Ayurveda is the traditional medicine system of India. The name means literally science or knowledge of life, or put another way, of the origins of life and that which preserves life. 

Reflexologist, Anne Strange talks about her experience of working in a Cardiff hospital oncology department for three years first as a volunteer then as a permanent member of staff, the first NHS salaried therapist in Wales.

Rwo Shur is the Mandarin equivalent of “Josef”. Father Josef Eugster, a Swiss missionary, founded this method of Reflexology after using it on himself. Finding it effective, he set about turning the skill into a more exact science.

A practicing therapist with over 30 years of experience in the field of NLP and Energy Psychology,  Philip Underwood is a Registered Hypnotherapist, Master Practitioner and Accredited Trainer of NLP. Philip shares his experience with us.

Allison Walker qualified with The International Institute of Reflexology in 1999 and with a busy and successful practice became a tutor and then Course Director for the IIR. Allison has trained in ART techniques, VRT, Meridian and 5 Element Reflexology and Nerve Reflexology as well as many other courses.

Angela Sellens Drake is the Principal of Pathways School of Reflexology and has been working with Facial Reflexology since she trained with Lone Sorenson in 2003-4. She has helped to organise and co-teach Facial Reflexology courses in Norfolk since 2007.

New research shows that we have two brains, not only the one we know in the head - but also one in the gut.  This fascinating article is brought to Professional Reflexology by reflexologists Peter Lund Frandsen and Dorthe Krogsgaard of Touchpoint, Denmark and shows how we may use this knowledge to improve our reflexology.

Hippocrates was a Greek physician born in 460 BC on the island of Cos (Kos). He became known as the founder of medicine and was regarded as the greatest physician of his time. He based his medical practice on observations and on the study of the human body. He held the belief that illness had a physical and rational explanation.

It's been a minefield trying to start a business on my own. As a newly qualified Reflexologist, I was eager to get out there and make people relaxed, happy and feel better.

I was given the opportunity to give a talk but having never spoken in public before, the thought of it unnerved me. I kept telling myself I could do this and whilst researching, I came across the Professional Reflexology website.

Alison McClay is a Reflexologist and our resident Foot Healthcare specialist. She explains some of the basics your client might need to know.

The truth is that despite the fact that we know it works, our clients know it works and the increasing body of scientific evidence shows that it works we still do not know how Reflexology works.

A lady rang recently to book an appointment.  Nothing unusual in that, but this was on the suggestion of a GP from our local surgery.