Mirasol Therapies

01/02/2026

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Welcome February - Valentines is coming up. I have gift vouchers if you are stuck for treats for your favourite person. Just get in touch - all contact details are on this page.

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28/01/2026

ENERGY-BASED REFLEXOLOGY - HEALING THROUGH THE FEET

Energy-based reflexology is the kind of reflexology I offer. My original training was in Precision Reflexology which introduced me to the ‘linking, technique, based on ideas in polarity therapy, which involves linking two or more reflexes to enhance the flow of energy in the body. I followed up my basic training by doing a four day CPD course with the School of Precision Reflexology run in Devon at the time by Jan Williamson, who took the original work of Prue Miskin and added the study of chakras (Jan was also a yoga teacher)and the link with the endocrine glands.

I later attended a two day workshop in meridian reflexology in Cheadle Hume which introduced me to the Zen Shiatsu meridians as reflected on the feet. This gave me the inspiration to develop my own new links, linking foot reflexes to meridians on the feet. I discovered that my clients absolutely loved the deep relaxation these treatments gave them. Once I had also trained as a healer and incorporated this into my treatments, everything was taken to the next level.

Many reflexologists believe that only deep, and often painful, pressure will bring good results, but there are also very many of us who discovered that more gentle, healing, energy shifting approaches can bring astonishingly good results without causing pain, which will create tension in the body and not allow clients to relax properly.

Now you know what sort of treatment you will get if you come to see me. If you like deep, pressure look elsewhere. I offer medium and light pressure with holding techniques, energy healing and balancing.

I also offer Reflexology Lymph Drainage ( RLD), which is a completely different form of reflexology focussing on the lymphatic system to assist with lymphoedema, poor lymphatic flow or other conditions such as sinus problems, fibromyalgia,etc. It also uses a light touch and a protocol based on the principles of Manual Lymphatic Drainage (MLD). The advantage for people with ME or fibromyalgia is that it is very gentle.

Contact me to find out more or go to my website: Https://www.lizflynn.com.
For an extra treat you can add a short Indian Head Massage treatment before your foot reflexology for an extra £15.
Interested? Then contact me on 07792 742283 or email lizf@mirasol.co.uk.

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25/01/2026

I have decided to have a week off from 23rd to 27th February, so these are the appointments still available next month:
Tuesday 3rd 9.30am, 2.30pm
Wednesday 4th 2.15pm
Thursday 5th 11.30am
Friday 6th 11.15am
Thursday 12th 10am
Friday 13th 11.15am
Friday 20th 11.15am, 2.15pm
That’s all folks!
So if you need a treatment with me, please do get in touch and book your spot. 🌻🌻

25/01/2026

Useful stuff at this time of year! Reflexology Lymph Drainage can help.

🌿 Sinus Congestion: When It’s Not Your Sinuses — It’s Your Lymph

Blocked nose.
Facial pressure.
Headaches.
Post-nasal drip.
Ear fullness.
Brain fog.

If this sounds familiar, here’s the truth many people never hear:

👉 Your sinuses don’t drain on their own.
👉 They rely on your lymphatic system.

When lymph flow slows, the sinuses back up.

🧠 Understanding the Sinus–Lymph Connection

Your sinuses are hollow air-filled spaces in the skull that constantly produce mucus to:
• Trap pathogens
• Filter air
• Protect the brain and lungs

But mucus must drain.

That drainage happens through:
• Lymph vessels
• Cervical (neck) lymph nodes
• Facial lymph pathways

📌 If lymph is congested → mucus has nowhere to go.

🚦 Why Sinuses Get “Stuck”

Sinus congestion is rarely just a local problem. It’s usually a drainage problem.

1️⃣ Lymph Congestion in the Neck & Chest

Lymph from the face and sinuses drains downward into:
• Neck lymph nodes
• Collarbone (supraclavicular) nodes
• Chest lymph ducts

If these areas are tight, inflamed, or stagnant:
• Sinuses cannot empty
• Pressure builds
• Inflammation lingers

📌 You cannot drain the sinuses if the neck is blocked.

2️⃣ Chronic Inflammation & Immune Load 🔥

Allergies, infections, mold exposure, gut inflammation, dental issues, and chronic stress increase:
• Mucus production
• Immune debris
• Lymphatic workload

When the load exceeds drainage capacity → congestion becomes chronic.

3️⃣ Poor Nasal Breathing & Mouth Breathing 😮‍💨

Mouth breathing dries the sinuses and:
• Thickens mucus
• Reduces nitric oxide (important for sinus health)
• Slows natural clearance

📌 Nose breathing = lymph-friendly breathing.

4️⃣ Nervous System Tension (Especially Vagus Nerve) 🧠

The vagus nerve influences:
• Sinus drainage
• Inflammation
• Mucus regulation

Chronic stress, trauma, neck tension, or poor posture can:
• Reduce drainage
• Increase facial tightness
• Create recurring sinus pressure

5️⃣ Dehydration & Thick Mucus 💧

When the body is dehydrated (even mildly):
• Mucus thickens
• Lymph slows
• Drainage becomes sticky and sluggish

📌 Thick mucus = slow lymph.

🚨 Why Sinus Issues Keep Coming Back

Antihistamines, sprays, and antibiotics may reduce symptoms — but they often:
• Dry mucus further
• Suppress drainage
• Ignore the lymphatic root

That’s why sinus problems:
• Return repeatedly
• Become “chronic”
• Shift from side to side
• Flare with stress or fatigue

🌿 How to Support Sinus Drainage the Lymphatic Way

✔️ Open the Drainage Path FIRST

Before working on the face:
• Collarbone area
• Neck lymph nodes
• Chest lymph flow

📌 Drain down before you drain out.

✔️ Gentle Lymphatic Techniques
• Manual lymphatic drainage (MLD)
• Light facial lymph massage
• Dry brushing (neck & chest)
• Very gentle pressure (never deep)

✔️ Support Breathing
• Nasal breathing
• Slow exhalations
• Humming (stimulates nitric oxide)
• Diaphragmatic breathing

✔️ Hydrate for Flow
• Warm fluids
• Trace minerals
• Avoid excessive caffeine during congestion

✔️ Reduce Inflammatory Load
• Address gut inflammation
• Support liver detox
• Reduce dairy and mucus-forming foods if needed
• Address dental or jaw tension if present

💛 The Most Important Reframe

Sinus congestion is not your body attacking you.

It’s your body saying:

“I can’t drain.”
“The pressure is building.”
“I need support, not suppression.”

When lymph flow improves:
✨ Pressure eases
✨ Mucus clears
✨ Breathing improves
✨ Headaches reduce
✨ Brain fog lifts

🌱 Final Thought

If your sinuses feel blocked,
start looking down the neck, not just up the nose.

Where lymph flows, sinuses follow.

25/01/2026

Lymph flow problems? Try Reflexology Lymph Drainage. Contact me to book your appointment.
Further info: https://www.reflexologylymphdrainage.co.uk
Https://www.lizflynn.com

👣 The Lymph in Your Feet: Why Your Toes Might Be More Important Than You Think
When we think about circulation and detox, most of us picture the heart, the liver, or the kidneys. But here’s an underrated truth: your feet are lymphatic powerhouses, silently working to detox your body, regulate inflammation, and support immune function—all while you walk, stand, or even wiggle your toes.
Yes, your feet do far more than take you places—they help keep you alive, clean, and balanced.

🧬 What Is the Lymphatic System?
The lymphatic system is your body’s second circulatory system, consisting of:
* Lymphatic vessels (similar to veins)
* Lymph nodes
* Lymph fluid
* Immune cells (lymphocytes)
Its key roles include:
* Clearing waste and cellular debris
* Transporting fats from the digestive system
* Regulating inflammation
* Carrying immune signals
Unlike the cardiovascular system, the lymphatic system doesn’t have a central pump (like the heart). It relies on muscle contractions, gravity, and movement to circulate lymph.

👣 The Lymphatic System in Your Feet
Your feet contain a dense network of superficial and deep lymphatic vessels, all designed to transport lymph upward against gravity. These vessels drain into larger lymphatic trunks in the ankles and calves, then continue their journey toward inguinal lymph nodes in the groin, iliac nodes in the pelvis, and ultimately into the thoracic duct, where lymph rejoins the bloodstream.
Key lymphatic components in the feet include:
* Dorsal digital lymphatics (between the toes)
* Plantar lymphatics (bottom of the foot)
* Posterior tibial lymphatics (deep inside the ankle)
* Superficial lymph capillaries (just under the skin)

🔄 How Lymph Moves Through Your Feet
Because gravity pulls lymph downward, the feet are particularly prone to lymphatic congestion. Movement is essential to drive fluid back up the body.
Lymphatic flow in the feet depends on:
* Walking or toe flexion (muscle pumps)
* Ankle movement (activates venous-lymphatic synergy)
* Proper footwear and posture (restrictive shoes may impede lymph flow)
* Manual stimulation or dry brushing (boosts superficial lymph movement)

🧪 What Happens When Lymph Doesn’t Flow?
When lymph becomes stagnant in the feet, you may experience:
* Pitting edema (swelling that leaves an indentation)
* Heavy, tired legs
* Cold toes or poor circulation
* Skin changes (hyperkeratosis, dryness, thickening)
* Increased susceptibility to infections (e.g. cellulitis)
Lymphatic stagnation in the lower extremities can result from:
* Sedentary lifestyle
* Prolonged standing or sitting
* Post-surgical trauma (especially orthopedic procedures)
* Venous insufficiency
* Chronic inflammation or autoimmune disease

💃 Fun Facts About Foot Lymphatics
* 🧦 Compression socks support both venous and lymphatic return—your lymph loves them!
* 🌙 Lymphatic drainage is slower at night, which is why many people wake with puffy feet or ankles.
* 🔄 The plantar fascia (thick tissue in the sole of your foot) influences lymphatic flow by stimulating movement when walking barefoot.
* 🌿 Foot reflexology points correlate with major lymphatic pathways in the body.

🌿 How to Support Lymph Flow in the Feet
1. Move often! Rebounding, walking, and calf raises are your lymph’s best friends.
2. Hydrate well. Lymph is 95% water—thicker lymph = slower drainage.
3. Use a massage ball. Rolling the soles stimulates deep plantar lymphatics.
4. Manual Lymphatic Drainage (MLD). Gentle hands-on therapy can mobilize stagnant fluid.
5. Elevate your feet. A few minutes of elevation each day helps reverse gravitational pull.
6. Reflexology Lymph Drainage (RLD)

🧠 Final Thought
Your feet might be the furthest thing from your head, but when it comes to immune function, inflammation regulation, and fluid balance, they’re front and center. A healthy lymphatic system starts from the ground up—and that includes your soles, toes, and ankles.
So next time you stretch your feet or walk barefoot in the grass, remember: you’re doing your whole lymphatic system a big favor. 👣💚

Disclaimer:�This article is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always consult your healthcare provider before beginning any new wellness or therapeutic routine.

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24/01/2026

Interesting…..

The habit of labelling meat as “protein” isn’t rooted in science.

It came from mid-20th-century dietary policy, cemented by the US food pyramid, where foods were reduced to macronutrient categories rather than evaluated for their biological function.

Meat was placed in the “protein group.”
And in the process, its true nutritional role was obscured.

By weight, most meats contain only 20–25% protein.
The majority is water and fat — and that fat is not incidental. It is the carrier for the nutrients humans specifically rely on animal foods to provide.

One explanation is that you need complete animal proteins.

Yes, animal protein is complete.

But it’s a poor understanding of why we need to eat meat.

Most protein itself is widely available across the food supply.

What is not widely available are fat-soluble vitamins and highly bioavailable micronutrients such as cholesterol.

It’s these molecules, that our bodies need when we eat meat.

This becomes obvious when we compare muscle meat to organ meats.

Organ meats often contain lower protein percentages than lean cuts — yet they are orders of magnitude more nutrient dense per gram.

For example:

Liver contains less protein per gram than chicken breast

Yet it delivers Vitamin D, vitamin A, K2, B12, folate, copper, choline, iron, and in concentrations and active forms that are unmatched by any plant food.

It’s these nutrients that our bodies need. And calling meat protein ignores and completely bypasses this critical, central dogma in human nutrition.

Many of these nutrients would require hundreds or thousands of plant calories to replicate — if replication were even possible.

The “protein” framing produces two downstream harms:

First, it glorifies lean meat as superior, encouraging the removal of fat and the abandonment of organs — the very parts humans historically prized most.

Second, it allows meat to be treated as nutritionally interchangeable with plant “proteins.” Which are not a substitute for fat soluble vitamins.

We need to STOP calling meat protein.

What do you think?

22/01/2026

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19/01/2026

Wonderful insights into how grief is held in the body from Bianca. If you need help to get your lymphatic system moving again book a reflexology lymph drainage session with me.
More info at https://www. Reflexologylymphdrainage.co.uk

🌿 THE 7 PLACES YOUR BODY STORES GRIEF — AND WHY YOU FEEL PAIN THERE

By Bianca Botha, CLT | RLD | MLDT | CDS

Grief does not leave the body quietly.
It settles into the softest places, the weakest places, the places that once held safety.
Your nervous system remembers every loss — even the ones you tried to forget.
Your lymphatic system feels every emotion before you speak it.
Your tissues echo the stories your mouth never told.

Grief is not just emotional.
It is biological.
It is chemical.
It is physical weight your body tries so hard to carry for you.

Here are the seven places grief hides — and why each one hurts.

1. The Neck & Jaw — where unspoken words live

When grief hits, your vagus nerve tightens.
Your jaw clenches to hold back tears.
Your throat stiffens to hold back everything you wish you could say.

Physiology:
This tension compresses lymph nodes under the jaw and along the neck, slowing drainage and triggering headaches, pressure, and swollen glands.

Grief says:
“I never got to say what I needed to say.”

2. The Chest — where the ache settles when the heart breaks

Have you ever felt that heavy pressure in your chest when you miss someone?
That is the intercostal fascia tightening, shallow breathing reducing oxygen, and lymph fluid stagnating around the sternum.

Physiology:
Your sympathetic nervous system (fight-or-flight) constricts the chest, slowing lymph flow and making you feel tight, breathless, and unable to expand emotionally.

Grief says:
“It hurts to breathe without them.”

3. The Abdomen — where emotions become inflammation

70% of your lymph lives around your gut.
So when grief overloads your nervous system, your digestion is the first place to collapse.

Bloating, cramps, heaviness, constipation, and nausea are not “in your head.”
They are your gut trying to process emotions your words couldn’t carry.

Physiology:
Cortisol surges inflame the gut wall.
Lymph stagnates.
Food moves slower.
The body swells.

Grief says:
“I’m trying to digest a life I didn’t choose.”

4. The Shoulders — where responsibility becomes weight

The body lifts its shoulders when bracing for impact — even emotional impact.

That knot behind your shoulder blade?
That burning between the shoulders?
It’s emotional load turned physical.

Physiology:
The thoracic duct — the main lymph vessel — passes behind the left shoulder.
When emotional tension builds, this duct becomes compressed, slowing drainage from the entire body.

Grief says:
“I’m carrying more than I can hold.”

5. The Lower Back — where survival stress collects

The kidneys are stress organs.
The psoas muscle is a trauma muscle.
The lumbar lymphatics drain into deep abdominal nodes that swell under cortisol and fear.

Lower back pain after loss is extremely common.

Physiology:
Chronic stress tightens fascia around the spine, reduces circulation, and inflames the psoas — the muscle that curls the body into a fetal position when overwhelmed.

Grief says:
“I don’t feel safe here.”

6. The Face — where sorrow becomes swelling

Puffy eyes.
Morning swelling.
A face that looks heavier than before loss.

Crying is cleansing — but the emotional chemicals released during grief temporarily thicken lymph fluid.

Physiology:
Histamines + cortisol slow lymphatic return, especially around the eyes where drainage pathways are delicate.

Grief says:
“I have cried from a place deeper than words.”

7. The Legs — where unresolved emotions sink downward

When your body is exhausted, overwhelmed, or fighting to cope, circulation shifts to essential organs, and lymph flow slows.

This causes:
• Heavy legs
• Fluid retention
• Swelling around the ankles
• Restless legs at night

Physiology:
Emotional stress reduces the “muscle pump mechanism,” making it harder for lymph to travel upward.

Grief says:
“I’m tired from carrying this for so long.”

🌿 HEAR THIS, BEAUTIFUL SOUL:

There is nothing wrong with your body.
It is not failing you.
It is responding to emotions too heavy for your heart to carry alone.

Grief does not leave quietly —
but it does leave.

With gentle movement.
With breath.
With lymphatic flow.
With compassion for yourself.
With time.
With truth.
With release.

Your body has been holding you together in the only way it knows how.
Be gentle with it.
Be patient with it.
It is trying to heal you.

13/01/2026

Couldn’t say it better myself. Great explanation as to why your feet can feel tender during reflexology (shared with permission).

Why some areas on the feet feel tender or painful during Reflexology

A question I’m often asked is:
“Why does that spot on my foot feel tender?”

Tenderness in certain areas of the feet is very common, and it’s not something to worry about.

The feet reflect the whole body.
When an area is sensitive, it can indicate that the corresponding part of the body/mind or nervous system has been under pressure, overworked, stressed or adapting to how a part of the body/mind change.

Tenderness can be linked to:
🔆 tension or stress held in the nervous system
🔆 areas that have been compensating or overworking
🔆 emotional or mental issues
🔆 reduced circulation or mobility in that area

As reflexology continues, these tender spots often soften.
This is a beautiful sign that the body is responding, rebalancing and letting go.

Your body speaks through your feet, hands, face and ears not to alarm you, but to guide you.
Reflexology simply listens and supports that conversation.

Gentle awareness creates change.
And your body always knows the way back to balance 💚

12/01/2026

UPDATE: these appointments are now taken

A FEW APPOINTMENTS LEFT FOR JANUARY; NOW ALSO TAKING BOOKINGS FOR FEBRUARY 👣👣🌻🌻💆🏼‍♀️💆🏼‍♀️

Wed Jan 28th at 11.15 and 2.30
Thurs Jan 29th at 10

08/01/2026

YOU ARE NOT A FAILURE

Saw this on Facebook. People who are ageing, or have chronic conditions often give themselves a hard time for not being able to do the things they used to do. It is a symptom of our busy modern life where to be seen to be ‘achieving’ is the gold standard, when simply just ‘being’ sometimes is absolutely essential for our mental health. Don’t beat yourself up if you need a snooze, if things need changing or you don’t get all of your ‘to do’ list done each day. You are not a failure. You are not alone!