Sensible walking shoes, designed to give us additional support, are the very worst thing for our knees, and they could increase our chances of developing osteoarthritis. Instead, shoes that have flexible soles, and even flip-flop sandals, are kinder on our joints, a new study has discovered. Continue reading “Walking shoes are bad for our knees”
13 Ways To Feel More Motivated This Month
Staying motivated is hard, especially when you’re always surrounded by potential distractions (e.g. your phone, social media, etc.).
So to help you stay on track so you can accomplish your goals, check out this infographic, detailing thirteen ways to feel more motivated this month.
(Hint: If you want to get to the heart of your motivation issues, jump to the very last suggestion…it’s a game-changer.)
All of the suggestions are easy to implement and you can start doing them today.
Check out the infographic below. Continue reading “13 Ways To Feel More Motivated This Month”
How To Relax More Worry Less – Stress Management Tips Techniques
What is Stress?
To understand the need for stress management, we must first understand stress. When a person is in danger, the body reacts, preparing to defend itself. The heart rate increases, blood pressure climbs higher, breathing becomes faster and blood flows to the muscles. This is great if a fierce dog is chasing you, because it gives you additional energy to get out of harm’s way. Unfortunately, the body reacts in the same way in response to daily problems and changes and over time this causes issues. Continue reading “How To Relax More Worry Less – Stress Management Tips Techniques”
Reflexology & Cancer Research
Research demonstrates that cancer patients who receive reflexology work experience significant improvements in physical and emotional symptoms, being provided with help in the management of symptoms and the side effects of chemotherapy.
That research is reported here in Medical Application of Reflexology: Findings in Research about Cancer by Barbara & Kevin Kunz.
Studies from eleven countries show improvements for patients during all aspects of the cancer experience. Link to buy the book below.
- Chemotherapy Symptoms are lessened for cancer patients receiving chemotherapy or radiotherapy when reflexology is applied. Results from research show patients experience decreases in nausea, vomiting, anxiety, fatigue and depression.
- Management of symptoms during cancer care Management of symptoms is improved for cancer patients receiving reflexology as demonstrated by research. Lessened pain, anxiety, stress, nausea and depression was realized by hospitalized patients with implications for use of reflexology at home by trained family members.
- Post-operative care Studies show that reflexology application post-operatively results in lessened pain and anxiety for cancer patients.
- Palliative/hospice care Reflexology use for cancer patients in hospice or palliative care helps reduce physical and emotional symptoms, alleviate fatigue, improve quality of sleep as well as providing a method to experience a helping presence when applied by a family member.
Reflexology Revives Energy Levels
When chronic stress causes your energy levels to plummet, it’s time to take control and reduce the stress levels in your life, and the most effective stress reliever I know is Reflexology. You may not even know that it’s stress causing the problems, but there are many reasons why stress causes fatigue and other health problems.
Reflexology: Ancient Solution to Modern Day Stress
When chronic stress permeates your body, muscles tense, you breathe with more difficulty and the stress hormones may make your heart beat faster and harder. Gastrointestinal issues and other problems that zap your energy may also occur.
Feeling drained, emotionally and physically can seem like you’re dragging a heavy burden along with you on a daily basis. Eventually, you’re not only dealing with fatigue, but other serious health problems. Continue reading “Reflexology Revives Energy Levels”
Introducing Aromatherapy Coloring Club
Do you love essential oils? I do and have used them for over 40 years in my day to day life. They’re great for so many different things! From helping aid in the recovery of the common cold/flu, to a natural air deodorizer, sleep aid, and so much more, essential oils are becoming more common.
I love them so much that I even created a course how to use Aromatherapy oils with Reflexology which was on sale a little while ago. Whether you picked up that home study program, or slotted it in for a later project, then you will love what I just signed up for – an Aromatherapy monthly club that very cleverly combines essential oil basics with coloring pages.
Every month, as a member of the aromatherapy subscription, I get a new set of coloring pages themed around one essential oil. The coloring pages allow me to explore different aspects of each oil – their history, science, uses, and more, using fun, detailed coloring elements.
I was excited to receive the November club release of the Ginger essential oil package, and December’s offering is the Christmas time Cinnamon essential oil coloring package. Best of all the monthly price is half of the individual package fee..
If this sounds like something that interests you, I invite you to join me and the rest of the aromatherapy coloring enthusiasts today.
Check it out here Aromatherapy & Coloring Club
My favorite coloring page (out of total of 31) in the December pack is the recipe for Warming & Relaxing Foot Bath – ideal for the coming cold winter nights. What a great idea to share with your Reflexology clients!
