Reflextime

16/08/2025

Give your feet the gift of Reflexology on this National I LOVE my feet day!
https://reflexology.nz/find-a-reflexologist/

29/07/2025

🦶 Reflexology vs Foot Massage, What’s the Difference?

Both feel good. Both involve the feet, but they are not the same.

A foot massage is a nice way to relax, using slow, flowing strokes and oils to soothe tired feet. It is comforting and pampering, great to feel calm.

Reflexology, on the other hand, is a therapeutic treatment. It is grounded in knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and the body's reflex zones.

As professionally trained reflexologists, we ask about your health issues so we can work with precision, stimulating specific points on the feet and/or hands, ears and face that correspond to organs, glands, and systems in the body to help improve what is happening with your health issues.

The goal is to support your health, restore balance, and activate your body’s natural healing processes.

So while foot massage nurtures the feet, reflexology supports the whole person: body, mind, and nervous system.

With Reflexology, we will feel relaxed 👍more importantly, we will feel more aligned 😄✔️

26/07/2025

Are you a Reflexologist in New Zealand seeking connection?
Join RNZ and discover the benefits of our enriching and supportive community. https://reflexology.nz/membership/

14/07/2025

Reflexology New Zealand (RNZ) is the National Reflexology Association for Professional Reflexologists.

All Reflexology New Zealand Professional members are registered, fully qualified reflexologists. This ensures that your practitioner has satisfied important criteria in relation to professional knowledge, training and continued education, and is bound by the code of ethics and code of practice set down by Reflexology New Zealand.
Find your local Professional Reflexologist https://reflexology.nz/find-a-reflexologist/
E hara taku toa I te toa takitahi, he toa takitini My strength is not as an individual, but as a collective

07/07/2025

Curious about Reflexology? Learners in Term 2's intro to Reflexology class were and they made the most of this practical workshop learning all about the different pressure points in the hands and feet and got some practical experience in too.

Head over to our website to find out more and to enrol in the next workshop.

30/06/2025

Reflexology

27/05/2025

Some.more.one day opportunities to.learn a little.more about reflexology

Learners got stuck into learning the basics of reflexolgy in our recent Intorduction to Reflexology Workshop.

This was a great hands-on introduction to the practice and learners got time to get stuck in and have a go at trying out the different techniques on each other.

We will be running this workshop again in Terms 3 and 4 so if you are interested enrol via our website.

📸Fiona Goldingham

13/05/2025

https://youtube.com/shorts/arTdbxagjWk?si=MRnGKnAOBoHUbpBn
This video is definitely not perfect and I attempted it several times before deciding I would post this one and future videos looking to improve on them. Hopefully this exercise proves useful for you

01/05/2025

A new piece of research indicates that reflexology is beneficial for pain following total knee replacement surgery (TKR).
TKR can be an extremely painful experience post surgery and high doses of pain relieving medication is usually given to control it.
In this study there were 50 patients in each group - reflexology vs control. Both groups were administered pain relieving medications, although the intake of those meds were not directly measured for the individuals during the experimental procedure.

Rather interestingly the researchers suggests that, the right foot decreases activation of the sympathetic nervous system whilst the left foot activates the parasympathetic nervous system, thus affecting the patient's pain and anxiety levels. An interesting suggestion, but do remember that we have no evidence to that effect in the research literature.
As a result of their assumption, they provided 20 minutes of reflexology to the right foot and 10 minutes to the left foot. Five minutes was dedicated to massage of the foot, pre and post reflexology, whilst the remaining time was given to stimulating the reflex points related to pain and anxiety.

Let's take a closer look.
a). there is no evidence that the left/right feet differ in terms of sympathetic/parasympathetic activity.
b). the researcher suggests there are points for pain and anxiety, but again, there is no evidence of specific points in the literature and we should bear in mind that we are all different in terms of our perception of pain, which is a very subjective experience.
c). it would be helpful for any ongoing research and replication, if the researchers had indicated where on the feet they applied the reflexology stimulus.
d). the natural course of events suggests that the farther away from a surgical procedure one is, the more likely it is that pain will decrease and mobility will increase.
e). there may be non-specific effects from the additional care and concern provided by the attending reflexologist/nursing staff which may have had an impact on improving anxiety levels.

Overall this is an interesting piece of research that suggests a beneficial effect on pain, but more importantly on mobility. Early mobilisation following TKR is important for the greater long term benefit of the patient.

Dr Jackie James recently completed her DProf on reporting research in reflexology which adds more structure. Without knowing the protocol involved, the points reflected through the feet, we cannot replicate this research or progress it further.

So, as a researcher and a patient who has experienced a TKR, I would suggest you err on the side of caution.

We are a long way from agreeing on what impacts pain in reflexology. We know we can alleviate that pain in 'some' individuals and that ongoing support with reflexology will bring about changes in the nervous system, but pain is very much a personal experience and we would do well to remember, there is 'no one size fits all approach'.

A good paper, with some good evidence, but not necessarily strong evidence.
https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/4324912

25/04/2025

If you've ever wanted to learn a little more about reflexology Im doing a one day course

We are running another Introduction to Reflexology course in Term 2, this time adapted into a one-day workshop.

Reflexology is a type of therapy that involves applying pressure to certain areas on the hands and/or feet. During this practical session, you will be guided by the tutor to practice hands-on techniques including massaging pressure points on the hands and feet.

You'll come away understanding the basic principles,learn how to locate and stimulate pressure points, and be introduced to what a Reflexology foot chart is and how it relates to parts of the body.

For the full course info and to enrol please refer to our website.

Introduction to Reflexology
📆 1 day - 3 May
⏰ 9am - 4pm
📍 Risingholme
💵 $ 99
🔗 www.risingholme.org.nz/product/introduction-to-reflexology-workshop/

21/04/2025

Many charts have images of 3/4 of the body showing and sometimes you might wonder how the lower half of the body is portrayed on a chart. Here's another perspective

08/04/2025

RIP to a great Reflexology Legend Hanne Marquardt. Never met her personally but have a copy of her book Reflexzone Therapy of the Feet. 1975.

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