Stress relief with reflexology presentation. We use it for corporate training for wellness education corporate programs. After learning the concepts of reflexology you will be able to discuss the stressor at work and how you deal with them. Hands-on portion includes demonstration and practice of self-applied techniques on the reflexes areas directly related to stress. You will gain skills on how to use natural, noninvasive techniques on your own hands any time you want to reduce stress and become more productive.

1. Presented by Veronika Chao, LMT,
Certified Reflexologist and Instructor
of the Ingham Method of Reflexology

2.  Stress and its effects on health
 Origins of Reflexology
 What is Reflexology?
 What does Reflexology do?
 The Ingham Method of Reflexology
 Myths about Reflexology
 Self-help techniques for stress relief

3.  “the non-specific response of the body to any
demand for change” Hanse Selye, 1936
 Researcher – found stress causes stomach
ulcers, shrinking of lymphoid tissue,
enlargement of adrenals, heart attacks,
stroke, kidney disease, rheumatoid arthritis
 The American Institute of Stress:
 http://www.stress.org/

4.  Positive vs. negative stress
 Physical and emotional
 Real or perceived
 Survival stress (fight or flight)- response to
danger
 Internal stress- worry about things that can’t
be controlled
 Environmental stress- noise, crowding,
extreme temperature
 Occupational stress – fatigue and overwork,
working too much or too hard

5.  Adrenalin (epinephrine) dilates pupils,
increases heart rate blood pressure,
breathing rate and blood flow to the muscles,
slows or stops digestion and elimination
 Cortisol – anti-inflammatory, raises blood
sugar

6.  Designed to help and protect in short term
situation – burst of energy, strength, anti-
inflammatory response
 Causes high blood pressure, heart and kidney
disease, stroke, lowers the ability of the
immune system to fight infections, adrenal
gland exhaustion and eventually death if long
term stress and no relief

8.  Egypt
 Dr. Fitzgerald- Zone therapy, 1917
 Dr. Riley
 Eunice Ingham- Stories the Feet Can Tell,
Stories the Feet Have Told, 1938
 Dwight Byers- president of The International
Institute of Reflexology, book Better Health
with Foot Reflexology, 1983

9. “Reflexology is a science that deals with the
principle that there are reflex areas in the feet
and hands that correspond to all of the glands,
organs and parts of the body. Reflexology is a
unique method of using the thumb and fingers
on these reflex areas.”
Dwight C. Byers, Better Health with Foot
Reflexology, p. 8-9

10.  RELIEVES STRESS AND TENSION
 IMPROVES NERVE AND BLOOD SUPPLY
 HELPS NATURE ACHIEVE HOMEOSTASIS
Dwight C. Byers, Better Health with Foot
Reflexology, p. 9

11.  Customized reflexology sessions:
reflex areas
zone theory
general rules for body systems
helper areas
referral areas
 No tools, creams, lotions

12.  Barometer- sensitivity means congestion or
stress in the body
 By working the sensitive reflex area – helping
the healing process
 Remote control

13.  Painful procedure
 Use of needles
 Religion
 Energy healing
 Will leave bruises on my feet if I’m taking
anticoagulants
 Have to wait until completely recovered from
a disease (and have the perfect pedicure)

14.  www.reflexology-usa.net
 Better Health with Foot Reflexology, Dwight
Byers
 Veronika Chao 305-206-0715
 veronikachao@reflexology-usa.net

15.  DIAPHRAGM/SOLAR PLEXUS REFLEX
 SPINAL REFLEXES
 ADRENAL GLANDS
 PITUITARY GLAND
 Pain eraser ball