Help! Different Foot Maps
Hello,
Ive just started at a new college to study Additional Reflexology which is a follow on from the VTCT Diploma in Reflexology.
I am very passionate about Reflexology, however i have just found out that i have been taught the Nichola Hall Foot map(western reflex and zone therapy style).... and My new current college have been studying A different foot map(British School of Reflexology )
Many things are in different places and i feel very sad, that my most passionate subject can have soooo many foot maps attached to it! How on earth can i make sense of the two foot maps?. I know many books have different foot maps and i have learnt to ignore them....but which one is right? Both colleges offer a the VTCT reflexology diploma.
Rachelx
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:)Hello Again and thankyou all for your replies....i think i just need to chill out and then i will get my head round it.(i was quite shocked to find that foot charts can be quite different....the other thing is i think there are quite a few differances...ie my chart has the eustachian tube and the parathyriods plus the heart is only on the right foot...ears and eyes run along the base of the toes..ie on top on the lung area the pituitary is in the center of the toe, the other foot map has the pituitary to the side of the big toe there is an extra reflex.... below the shoulder reflex(axilla) the eyes and ears are within the first two toes...there is a hypothalomus/thymus reflex and the heart reflex is on both feet.
Help i need to reprogram myself.
Love and sunshine
Rachelx
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Hi All
Just to add some more confusion. I trained VTCT Dip 3 in R and followed the Renee Tanner method (prob from Ingham originally). Have just been on a 3 day advanced intro to Chi Reflexology which uses acupressure points and meridians and is very gentle but powerful - sympathetic resonance! The maps are completely the other way around ie the sole of the foot is the front and the top of the foot is the back (Yin and Yang theory). Makes sense to me and I have only just graduated in June with VTCT! As Reiki Pixie points out so many different symbols in Reiki depending which type you are studying and practising eg Reiki Seichem etc. I suppose if you have learnt one method then stick with it but go with the flow and respond to the needs of the client.
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Hallos Hello Holisticman,
Thanks for your reply....and im glad you found chi reflexology course to be worth while. Im trying not to worry about all these different foot maps for the moment....and focusing on the intent to heal etc.
Love and sunshine
Rachelx
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pincher hi, i to found maps confusing , i trained with Jan Williamson who basically said they are just a very basic guide ,but everybody is an individual ,so therefor the reflexes are likely to be different on everyone you treat , so we had to learn each reflex by touch ,as they tend to have a unique feel to them ..(after lots of banging my head on wall , and thinking Jan was as daft as a brush) i am now , getting to grips with things and finding by touch alone ..nothings easy is it....just go with it ,experience , intent, and intuition will see you okay..anyway if you think of it the feet are relativey small even if you just rub them you will make a difference, as touch alone is one of the best forms of healing you can get.
Ive just started at a new college to study Additional Reflexology which is a follow on from the VTCT Diploma in Reflexology.
I am very passionate about Reflexology, however i have just found out that i have been taught the Nichola Hall Foot map(western reflex and zone therapy style).... and My new current college have been studying A different foot map(British School of Reflexology )
Many things are in different places and i feel very sad, that my most passionate subject can have soooo many foot maps attached to it! How on earth can i make sense of the two foot maps?. I know many books have different foot maps and i have learnt to ignore them....but which one is right? Both colleges offer a the VTCT reflexology diploma.
Rachelx
Answers:
:)Hello Again and thankyou all for your replies....i think i just need to chill out and then i will get my head round it.(i was quite shocked to find that foot charts can be quite different....the other thing is i think there are quite a few differances...ie my chart has the eustachian tube and the parathyriods plus the heart is only on the right foot...ears and eyes run along the base of the toes..ie on top on the lung area the pituitary is in the center of the toe, the other foot map has the pituitary to the side of the big toe there is an extra reflex.... below the shoulder reflex(axilla) the eyes and ears are within the first two toes...there is a hypothalomus/thymus reflex and the heart reflex is on both feet.
Help i need to reprogram myself.
Love and sunshine
Rachelx
Answers:
Hi All
Just to add some more confusion. I trained VTCT Dip 3 in R and followed the Renee Tanner method (prob from Ingham originally). Have just been on a 3 day advanced intro to Chi Reflexology which uses acupressure points and meridians and is very gentle but powerful - sympathetic resonance! The maps are completely the other way around ie the sole of the foot is the front and the top of the foot is the back (Yin and Yang theory). Makes sense to me and I have only just graduated in June with VTCT! As Reiki Pixie points out so many different symbols in Reiki depending which type you are studying and practising eg Reiki Seichem etc. I suppose if you have learnt one method then stick with it but go with the flow and respond to the needs of the client.
Answers:
Hallos Hello Holisticman,
Thanks for your reply....and im glad you found chi reflexology course to be worth while. Im trying not to worry about all these different foot maps for the moment....and focusing on the intent to heal etc.
Love and sunshine
Rachelx
Answers:
pincher hi, i to found maps confusing , i trained with Jan Williamson who basically said they are just a very basic guide ,but everybody is an individual ,so therefor the reflexes are likely to be different on everyone you treat , so we had to learn each reflex by touch ,as they tend to have a unique feel to them ..(after lots of banging my head on wall , and thinking Jan was as daft as a brush) i am now , getting to grips with things and finding by touch alone ..nothings easy is it....just go with it ,experience , intent, and intuition will see you okay..anyway if you think of it the feet are relativey small even if you just rub them you will make a difference, as touch alone is one of the best forms of healing you can get.