IT’S IN YOUR HANDS
MICROCOSM MAPPED OUT ON THE PALM
THE BODY’S By HONEY LIM S
o what if you hit a busy period and cannot make time for a reflex session? Here’s what he advised. One way to keep blood
circulation humming along healthily is to give yourself a “HAND REFLEX”. Pressing the hands and ears can be as effective as a foot reflex. Tis is because there are also hundreds of reflexology points buried deep within the palm and at the back of the hands and earlobes. And if you know how to massage these points, you can really give your body a wonderful boost. The entire microcosm of
the
body can be found on the hands, feet and earlobes. Massaging the points under the feet on your own can be challenging as it is difficult to apply deep pressure on the points there; in any case, foot reflexology works best when the legs are stretched out. But reflex points on the hands can be accessed very easily, and all reflex points on the feet can also be found on the hands. Even if you didn’t know anything about reflexology and began by pressing various points on your
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hands using your thumb, you’ll start to discover certain spots that feel very tender when deep pressure is applied! Sometimes you can feel grainy, sand- like deposits moving under the flesh and this is a sign that energy flow and blood circulation to these organs may be blocked. Tese are areas that you should massage until they dissolve, and in doing so, should help remove blockages of energy and blood-flow to these organs. Pressing reflex points causes the muscles to relax, blood vessels to open, thereby increasing circulation. Tis in turn increases the amount of available oxygen and nutrients that get to cells in that part of the body.
IMPROVE DIGESTION, LIVER & KIDNEY HEALTH WITH THE ROTATING BALL TECHNIQUE A common problem people suffer from is poor digestive health. If you are having a gassy stomach, feel bloated or experience constipation, then pressing reflex points that relate to the digestive areas can be really helpful.
A favourite weekend ritual is my regular visit to my Foot Reflexologist. I feel a big difference in my wellbeing if I go too long without a reflex. The quality of my sleep suffers, my clarity of thinking goes haywire, and my energy levels drop. He tells me it is because as we age, blood circulation in the body gets sluggish. Lack of exercise and the build up of toxins causes the body to go out of sync. Regular reflexology sessions will fix these ills. Blood circulation improves. Toxins get eliminated!
circular motion
A simple technique is the “Chinese Ball” technique – which entails rolling a smooth but hard wooden ball in a clockwise direction between the two palms, pressing firmly as you do so. Tese wooden balls can be purchased in Chinese shops that sell massage equipment, but if you cannot get them, a golf ball will do. Te key is to use a very hard ball and roll it firmly between the palms. If this is your first time, you will likely feel some pain at certain points of your palm and this is normal; you might even feel a crunchy, grainy texture as the ball rolls over parts of the palm - this is a sign of mineral build-up breaking down as you massage it! Try to roll the ball over your entire palm paying
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