The Joy of Reflexology: Healing Techniques for the Hands & Feet to Reduce Stress and Reclaim Health

by Ann Gillanders

Book Overview

The ancient Chinese technique of reflexology is growing rapidly in popularity around the world. Author Ann Gillanders, one of the foremost leaders of the reflexology movement, presents a clear,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316314668
• ISBN13: 9780316314664
• Release Date: March 1996
• Publisher: Little Brown and Company
• Length: 142 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.5" x 9.7"

Customer Reviews

I'm very happy

Of Course I'll shopping more items for that seller. The book was in excellent condiction and the price was amazing. The only restriction was about the delivery more than 10 days...but anyway still was a big deal. thanks

Great to learn patterns for ears and hands

I am very pleased to use this book along with a previous purcahsed VHS from the author. It is clear, definitive and well written. It will help me as I teach reflexology to my students. Charts are very good.

Surprising technique

Okay, so I'm a nurse and dedicated to the medical establishment from which I draw my livelihood! I also have great respect for scientific methodology. That said, I also have to admit to an innate curiosity about alternative approaches to health care, and so when my license needed 30 CEUs for renewal, one of the courses I decided to take was one on reflexology. I purchased The Joy of Reflexology for that course and began reading it with more than a little skepticism. Although it suggested that practicing the art on oneself was less effective than doing so on another subject, I happened to have no one else at hand on whom to practice the techniques, so it was me or nobody. I was totally prepared to pooh-pooh the entire thing as so much bumpkin, when I discovered that the very unpleasant hip pain from which I was suffering at the time resolved and didn't return when certain pressure points on my feet were massaged as indicated in the text. Since I had been kept awake nights over the preceding several months, turning over and repositioning myself about every half hour trying find a more comfortable way to rest, I can tell you I was fully prepared to eat crow when the massage technique worked! True, a population of 1 isn't the best statistics, and a test on oneself is hardly the makings of a double blind study. So, coincidence? Maybe. But I got the first uninterrupted eight hours of sleep I'd gotten in months! I'll take it. Thank you Miss Gillanders.

This book has been extremely helpful

I bought this book in 1996 and have since then used the techniques to help my wife deal with her Crohn's disease. I am writing this to let people out there know that reflexology works. If at the very least considered a relaxation method, we have experienced noticeable improvements in her condition after a few sessions. Four years later, we still use it whenever the need arises. For those of you debating whether to attempt this method, I would say you owe it to yourself to try it out. I hope you have as much if not better success than we have had.

good with detail

This book explores the theory of reflexology which says that by massaging our feet and hands (the outermost extensions of the body) we can stimulate certain body parts. This book includes sections on stimulating every major system of the human body along with tips on relieving certain common health problems. Each movement has an illustration complete with directional arrows so you cant go wrong. This is a great book to read if you want to help your loved one relax after a hard days work. Even if you dont believe in the theory of reflexology the massage movements still make the book worthwhile.