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The power of reflexology❤️

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11/19/2025

Your feet have a lot to say💜

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It’s not unusual to feel sleepy, heavy, or even emotionally drained after a reflexology session, and it’s actually a good sign that your body is responding.

Reflexology activates the parasympathetic nervous system - the “rest and digest” branch responsible for slowing the heart rate, lowering blood pressure, and triggering recovery processes. When the body shifts out of a chronic stress state (sympathetic dominance), it finally has permission to relax, repair, and rebalance.

That deep relaxation can sometimes feel like fatigue, especially if your system has been running on adrenaline or stress hormones for a long time. The tiredness isn’t a side effect. It’s a signal that your body is resetting its internal balance.

📚 Research supports this response:

Studies, including McVicar et al. (Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, 2007), show measurable reductions in heart rate, blood pressure, and anxiety levels following reflexology - clear indicators of parasympathetic activation.

A 2011 pilot study published in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine found that reflexology sessions produced significant decreases in salivary cortisol (the body’s main stress hormone), reinforcing the link between reflexology and stress reduction.

Improvements in sleep quality and relaxation have been documented across multiple clinical settings, from cancer care to maternity wards, all pointing to the same physiological mechanism of rest and regulation.

💧 How to support your body afterward:

Drink water to help the body process metabolic by-products released during deep relaxation.

Avoid caffeine or alcohol immediately after your session to prolong the calm.

Rest if you can, even a short nap or quiet time helps integrate the benefits.

Feeling tired after reflexology is simply your body exhaling and catching up on the rest it’s been asking for. 😴

11/10/2025

Our hormones influence everything. Our mood, energy, and sleep, metabolism, fertility, and emotional resilience. When they’re out of balance, we can feel it in every part of our lives.

Reflexology offers a gentle, holistic approach to supporting the endocrine system - the network of glands that produce and regulate our hormones (including the thyroid, adrenals, pituitary, and ovaries/testes).

When we’re under chronic stress, our bodies release high levels of cortisol, the primary stress hormone. Over time, this can throw other hormones off balance - affecting menstrual cycles, thyroid activity, weight regulation, and even immune function.

By calming the nervous system and promoting deep relaxation, reflexology helps lower stress hormones and encourages the body to return to homeostasis - its natural state of balance.

🧠 How it works:

Reflex points corresponding to endocrine glands are stimulated, helping to improve communication between these systems via neural and circulatory pathways.

Activating the parasympathetic (rest-and-digest) response reduces cortisol and adrenaline levels.

With less stress load, the body can better regulate hormones like oestrogen, progesterone, insulin, and melatonin.

📚 What the research shows:

A 2019 study published in the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research found that women who received reflexology during their menstrual cycle experienced reduced PMS symptoms, less pain, and improved mood.

In Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice (2017), researchers reported that reflexology helped reduce anxiety and fatigue in menopausal women, suggesting a beneficial effect on stress-related hormonal imbalance.

Other studies note reflexology’s potential to lower blood pressure, improve sleep, and enhance overall wellbeing - all indicators of a more regulated endocrine system.

✨ The bigger picture:
While reflexology doesn’t replace medical care or claim to “fix” hormonal disorders, it can be a valuable complementary approach to help the body find its rhythm again.
For many, it offers a sense of calm, better sleep, and renewed emotional balance - the foundation for healthier hormone function.

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❤️ Reflexology & Heart Health – What the Research Says ❤️

Can reflexology influence the heart?
A double-blind randomised controlled trial explored whether working specific foot points linked to the heart could affect cardiovascular function in healthy volunteers.

👣 The study:

16 reflexology-naïve participants

Compared reflexology on the heart reflex point (upper left foot) with other, non-heart areas

Measured detailed heart and blood flow parameters beat by beat

✨ The findings:

Reflexology on the left foot’s heart reflex point caused a small but measurable drop in cardiac index (the amount of blood pumped by the heart relative to body size).

General relaxation was noted in both groups, but the heart reflex area showed a specific cardiovascular effect not seen in the control areas.

No adverse effects were reported.

🔍 Why it matters:
This is one of the few rigorous studies suggesting reflexology may have an immediate, organ-specific effect, supporting what reflexologists have long observed.
More research is needed, especially in patients with heart conditions, but the findings are encouraging for the role of reflexology in cardiovascular wellbeing.

👣 Sometimes, the heart really does respond to what happens at your feet.



Source: Jones, J., Thomson, P., Lauder, W., Howie, K., & Leslie, S. J. (2012). Reflexology has an acute (immediate) haemodynamic effect in healthy volunteers: A double-blind randomised controlled trial. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, 18(3), 204–211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctcp.2012.03.006

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🌺 The Body Knows How to Heal, it is so intelligent.
Reflexology doesn’t force change; it reminds your body how to reset and rebalance.

The moment your feet, face, hands, or ears are gently worked on, signals are sent through your nervous system, supporting all your body systems to function in a more balanced way.

It’s not magic.
It’s the wisdom within you, simply supported by touch.