Glow Worm Place - Foot Health and Well-being

29/12/2025

Movement starts with our feet.
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24/12/2025

Wishing everyone a season of warmth, wellbeing, and moments of calm.

Thank you to everyone who I have had the privilege to provide with foot care, reflexology, or skincare advice this past year, and their families.

May this season be filled with warmth, peace, and opportunity for quiet rest and reflection.

And I wish for you a New Year filled with kindness to your mind, body, and inner peace.

With much love,
Sharon 🐛xx
Glow Worm Place - Foot Health and Well-being

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22/12/2025

Functional Reflex Therapy workshops coming to South Tyneside in 2026! 🥳

I will be hosting small workshops and 1:1 sessions to learn these lovely, relaxing, reflexology based techniques.

For more information, please do get in touch or follow the link below to the FTR website.

07596 332890
Contactglowworm@gmail.com
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Functional Reflex Therapy . Reflexology Therapy embracing diverse needs

Functional Reflex Therapy, a nurturing concept of reflexology created by Lorraine Senior supports children and adults with additional, complex and diverse needs.

19/12/2025

❄️❄️❄️Have you considered regular reflexology treatments to support your winter wellbeing?

❄️In winter, the cold weather, lack of daylight, and increased stress can impact our immune system, our energy levels, and our mood. We may experience poor sleep, stiffness in our joints, circulatory issues, low mood and fatigue.

❄️Reflexology is a holistic, non-invasive, and gentle treatment that encourages the systems of the body back to balance.

❄️During the winter, reflexology may help our wellbeing by....

💙Encouraging relaxation and reducing stress:
Reflexology can help the body to return to the “rest and digest” state it prefers. .
Research has shown reflexology can support deep relaxation, reduce stress levels, and enable it to support wellbeing.

💙Improve the quality of our sleep:
Good quality sleep improves immunity, energy levels, and our mood - especially important during the winter. Research has shown reflexology may improve sleep and reduce anxiety.

💙Improve immunity and resilience::
Reflex areas like the lymphatic system, may aid our immune response and resilience by supporting our body's ability to manage stress - so important for our immune health.

💙Respiratory and sinus support:
In a reflexology treatment, areas related to the lungs, chest and sinuses are often 'worked' to ease tension and encourage the release of congestion congestion.

💙Joint aches and circulation:
Often in the cold weather we can experience our circulation slowing and joint stiffness increasing. Research has shown reflexology may help to improve blood flow. Researach also suggests pain and muscular tension can be reduced with reflexology

💙Supporting mood and energy levels:
Less sunlight and shorter days can impact our mood.
Reflexology has been shown through research that it may reduce fatigue and support our overall well-being.

❄️Reflexology is more than just a "treat" or pampering ourselves.
It should be seen as an important part of our own self-care, helping us to keep our body balanced and supported during the winter.

❄️Reflexology is a gentle, low-risk, complementary therapy. It does not replace medical care.
We always recommend consulting your GP if your symptoms persist.

❄️Giving ourselves every opportunity for wellness this winter.

19/12/2025

🥰December 19🥰

Create your own cosy corner......🥰

This time of the year, lighting is important to mental wellbeing.

Longer periods of darkness trigger the body's production of melatonin, the hormone for sleep.

Getting enough natural light, or bright white light that simulates natural light, can help with food cravings, mood and concentration - regulating our natural circadian rhythms.

Cosy, warm, and bright. Create that corner just for you 🥰

18/12/2025

🥯December 18 - seasonal baking🥯

What's more welcoming than walking into a home with the lovely aromas of fresh baking? Especially this time of year. 😋

Baking is a beautiful way to de-stress, create a space for mindfulness, and improve our wellbeing. Using cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger increases the feeling of comfort and relaxation.❤

Enjoy the finished product with a lovely cuppa, whether as an opportunity for selfcare or by sharing with others. 💕

Cosy, warmth, nourishment, and achievement. Beautiful 🥰

17/12/2025

🚫December 17 - Make December Purposeful ⛔️

⛔️Make this December purposeful by balancing time for reflection and gratitude with time for activities that create meaningful action and time to connect with people who are important to you.

⛔️Take the opportunity of longer night and cold weather to reflect on the year past, set your intentions for the coming year, and savour moments you create with loved ones and for the good of others.

⛔️Declutter your physical, emotional, and mental space making way for the new year, leaving behind what no longer serves you.

16/12/2025

😌December 16 - grounding😌

Grounding practices can reset our nervous system, reduce inflammation, improve blood flow, decrease cortisol (stress hormone), and aid with sleep.

🙏But what is grounding?

Connecting with the Earth's energy to calm our mind and body.

🙏And how do I practice grounding?

Walking or standing barefoot or lying on the grass, sand, soil or unsealed concrete.

Use your 5 senses to connect with what's around you....

Become more present through the use of grounding - using the Earth's energy 🌍🌎🌏

14/12/2025

❤️December 15 ❤️

Invest in a hot water bottle for your lap or bed....

Oh yes, my hot water bottle IS my best friend!! 🤗 (and the cat is pretty partial to it too! 🐈‍⬛)

❤️Having a hot water bottle can ease aches, pains, and cramps by increasing blood flow and relaxing muscles.

❤️It can offer comfort, ease stress, aid with sleep and improve wellbeing.

❤️It's also a super cost effective way to stay warm in winter.

❤️Use with cold water instead of hot to reduce inflammation or swelling.

🚫For safety...
➡️Check your hot water bottle regularly for weak spots.
➡️Use a cover.
➡️Fill only two-thirds full with hot, not boiling, water. Expel any extra air before sealing.
➡️Adjust the water temperature for people with nerve damage, delicate skin, or cognitive difficulties.
➡️Avoid direct contact with skin to avoid burns.
➡️Change every two years from first use - hot water bottles have a daisy wheel in the neck with the manufactured date stamped on it too, for added monitoring.
➡️Store empty with no weight on it

13/12/2025

🌬 December 14 - open a window🌬

Opening a window for a few minutes a day...
💙Reduces humidity and prevents dampness
💙Improves air quality by releasing built up carbon dioxide and air pollutants
💙Eases congestion
💙Improves mood, focus, and productivity
💙Eases headaches

Fresh air is good for our mind, body, and soul.

13/12/2025

📖December 13 - Gratitude📖

Starting your day by jotting down 3 things you are grateful for shifts your mind into a positive state.✏️

This shift boosts our wellbeing and optimism. It can change our whole perspective, improving our ability to cope and become more resilient. 👍

By creating a habit of daily gratitude, we rewire our brain to appreciate what we have (abundance vs lack), reducing stress and increasing happiness 🤗.

Start your day by writing down three things you for which you are grateful - big or small. Doesn't matter. The important thing is to recognise them. 🤓

See what a difference this will have on your day. 💚💜💚

12/12/2025

👣December 12👣

💜Benefits of foot soaks...

👣Relieves stress
👣Calms the nervous system
👣Decreases anxiety
👣Eases pain and swelling in legs
👣Improves circulation
👣Softens callous and exfoliates

💜Add some Epsom salts too ease tension in muscles, relieves aches and pains, and reduce inflammation.

💜Essential oils like lavender for relaxation or peppermint, eucalyptus or rosemary during cold and flu season.

💜Treat yourself, and your feet, to a little bit of pamper time. Anytime 👣