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What is Reflexology?

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Reflexology is a natural therapy that applies finger pressure to the various reflex points of the feet. Its ideology dates back 5,000 years to ancient civilizations in Egypt and China, where it was believed that reflex points in the feet are interconnected to the different organs and glands of our system. While Acupuncture works with the qi energy lines, Reflexology is based off the concept of the zone therapy. There is no special skill needed to understand zone therapy. These zone areas are like energy pathways in the feet. Each part corresponds to the five longitudinal zones of the right side and left side of the body with equal proportions. Think of it this way: the big toe down to the tip of the feet is zone 1, the index toe and down is zone 2, the middle toe and down is zone 3, and so on and so forth up to the 5th toe for the 5th zone. Therefore, the left big toe corresponds to the left brain, and the left index toe corresponds to the left eye and organs within zone 2. Pu...