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An Introduction to Chinese Reflexology!!

MODULE 2: HARMONIZING THE HEART AND MIND


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Lesson 1 – Overview!What Influences Healing?, TCM: Heart and Mind Relationship!

SOLE FUNDAMENTALS PROGRAM An Introduction to Chinese Reflexology!

You will enjoy good health. - Fortune Cookie Saying © 2016 Holly Tse - www.ChineseFootRe!exology.com

•  What In!uences Healing? •  TCM: Relationship Between the Heart

and Mind •  Re!exology Points for Heart and Mind •  Mind Body Connection •  Putting It Into Practice

Module 2: Harmonizing the Heart and Mind



•  The information in this workshop is for educational purposes only and should not be used as a substitute for proper medical advice or treatment.

•  Use common sense. If you or a loved one is sick, see a doctor.

Before We Begin…



WHAT INFLUENCES HEALING?



•  Your body’s innate wisdom – has its own schedule, may not be the same as what you think!

•  Congenital Jing: More = more robustness •  Age: younger = faster •  How long have you had the condition?

–  Shorter time = faster, easier to heal –  Longer time = slower, harder

What In!uences Healing?



Overall health and resilience: stronger and healthier recovers faster •  Diet and nutrition: eating well supports healing,

poor choices hinder healing •  Lifestyle and stress: rest and relaxation are good;

high stress/pushing self are bad •  Movement, getting enough exercise

Factors You Can In!uence



•  Massage Chinese Re!exology points consistently and regularly, but not in excess!

•  To bring your body back into balance, you need to take a balanced approach

•  Address underlying emotional and mental blocks •  Choose thought patterns to support healing

Additional Factors You Can Control



TCM: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE

HEART AND MIND



A Yin and Yang Relationship

•  Heart is Yin (blood, !uid) •  Mind is Yang ("re, energy) •  Mutually dependent on each

other •  Qi helps propel and move blood •  Heart blood keeps "re in check



•  Heart blood nourishes and soothes the mind •  Heart anchors the mind •  Heart houses the mind and spirit •  Consciousness, intelligence, memory,

thinking also attributed to Heart

A Different Perspective



•  Mental and emotional disturbances •  Poor memory •  Insomnia •  Bad dreams •  Restlessness and agitation

Heart Disharmonies Can Result In



•  Depression •  Anxiety and panic attacks •  Mental confusion •  Manic behaviour •  Shouting, muttering, talking to oneself •  Hysterical crying or laughter

Heart Disharmonies Can Result In



Strengthen the Heart to balance the mind



•  Factors That In!uence Healing –  Factors you can’t control –  Factors you can in!uence

•  TCM: Heart and Mind Relationship –  Yin and Yang relationship –  Heart anchors the mind –  Strengthen the Heart to balance the mind

•  Next Lesson 2: Chinese Re!exology Points

Module 2, Lesson 1– Summary


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Lesson 2 – Chinese Reflexology!Reflexology Points for the Heart and Mind!



•  If you have not already done so, watch the guidelines and techniques for practicing Chinese Re!exology in Lesson 2 of Module 1.

•  Do not practice the techniques in this video unless you have watched Lesson 2 of Module 1.

Before You Begin



HEART POINT



•  Size of "st •  Left side of chest •  Four chambers

(atria and ventricles)

•  Made of muscle

Heart – Anatomy



•  Pumps blood through body •  Left side receives blood from veins •  Blood pumped to lungs to be oxygenated •  Returns to right side of heart to be pumped

to body through arteries

Heart – Functions



•  Houses the mind and spirit •  Heart blood helps to anchor the mind •  Governs blood and controls blood vessels •  Associated emotion is joy

Heart – TCM Functions



•  Holds long-held emotional pain, often from childhood

•  Emotions may be buried deep inside •  Deep emotional pain held in the organ

causes energy disharmony that shows up as a sensitive Heart point

Heart – Emotions



•  Sole of LEFT foot only •  Beside the Kidney point •  Oval-shaped area slightly

wider than the width of your thumb

•  Below ball of foot in top right quadrant of sole

Heart Point – Location



•  Massage technique

Heart Point – Video



•  Locate Kidney point on sole of LEFT foot

•  Use knuckle or thumbs to massage up and down

•  Press hard and rate between 1 to 10

Heart Point – Let’s Try It



•  Then let’s try it on your RIGHT foot!

•  Write down the rating for your left foot

Heart Point – Let’s Try It



BRAIN POINT



Brain – Anatomy

•  Four lobes •  Brain stem •  Cerebellum •  Cushioned by

cerebrospinal !uid •  Covered by meninges •  Protected by skull



•  Cognitive processes: thinking, processing language, memory

•  Motor control •  Processing information from "ve senses •  Control of autonomic nervous system:

functions such as breathing and heart rate

Brain – Functions



•  Consciousness, intelligence, memory, thinking are also attributed to Heart

•  Heart and mind have a symbiotic relationship, where a strong Heart helps to ground the mind and spirit

Brain – TCM Functions



•  Soles of both feet •  Pad of big toe •  Energy pathways cross over

and switch sides at neck level •  Opposite toes for opposite

sides of brain

Brain Point – Location




Brain Point – Video



•  Locate on big toe pad of your left foot

•  Use thumb pad to massage up and down

•  Rate between 1 and 10

Brain Point – Let’s Try It



•  Then your right foot •  Rate it and write down

your ratings

Brain Point – Let’s Try It



TEMPORAL AREA POINT



•  Corresponds to side of head by temples and above the ears

•  Also corresponds to trigeminal nerve

•  Good point for headaches and migraines

Temporal Area Point



•  Both feet •  Inside edge of big toe •  Opposite toes for

opposite sides of head

Temporal Area – Location




Temporal Area – Video



•  Start with left foot •  Use index "nger to press and stroke,

or opposite thumb to rub side to side

Temporal Area – Let’s Try It

•  From toe tip to base of toe •  If skin feels sensitive,

use a lubricant •  Rate from 1 to 10



•  Then your right foot

Temporal Area – Let’s Try It



Track Your Progress Chart

•  Record today’s ratings

•  And rate points from Module 1 again

•  Get baseline measurement



•  Homework: rate points for previous module •  Chinese Re!exology Points

–  Heart –  Brain –  Temporal Area

•  Next Lesson 3: Mind Body Connection

Module 2, Lesson 2 – Summary


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Lesson 3 (Part 1) – Mind Body Connection!How Thoughts Affect the Body, Shifting the Mind to Heal!



HOW YOUR THOUGHTS AFFFECT

YOUR BODY



Your body becomes your thoughts. What you think and feel creates your physical state of being.



•  Behaviour •  Physical response •  Flow of qi

How Your Thoughts In!uence Your Health



•  Placebo effect •  Nocebo effect •  Basketball and milkshakes

Physical Response to Thoughts



THOUGHTS AFFFECT THE FLOW OF QI

- EXERCISE



•  Recall a time when you were really ANGRY or FRUSTRATED

•  What happened? •  Who was involved?

Thoughts Affect the Flow of Qi - Exercise



•  Recall a time when you were really SAD

•  What happened? •  Who was involved? •  Did you feel overcome

with grief and sadness?




•  Think of someone or something you really LOVE

•  Who is it? Picture them in your mind’s eye

•  Recall a fun time spent together




•  Walked through three scenarios •  Used memory and imagination to transport you

to different scenarios •  Really put yourself in the moment •  Notice what was going on in your body,

breathing, heart rate, muscles, face, jaw, etc. •  Tension and constriction affects !ow of qi




•  Fear – Kidney •  Joy – Heart •  Sadness and grief – Lungs •  Worry – Spleen •  Anger and frustration – Liver

TCM: Emotions and Associated Organs


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Lesson 3 (Part 2) – Mind Body Connection!How Thoughts Affect the Body, Shifting the Mind to Heal!



SHIFTING THE MIND TO HEAL



You can shift your mind with three simple steps:

1.  Awareness 2.  Letting Go 3.  Believing and Choosing to Heal

How to Shift the Mind for Healing



Step 1 – Awareness

•  Congratulations! •  Awareness of how thoughts

affect your body and your health

•  Awareness of how thoughts affect the !ow of qi



Two things to let go: •  Attachment to condition (includes habits and

repetitive thought patterns) •  Release negative emotions

Step 2 – Letting Go



•  Wouldn’t people rather be free from a condition than to hang on to it?

•  Due to hidden or subconscious bene"ts

Why Are People Attached?



1.  Sense of control, safety and protection 2.  Self-identity 3.  Receive bene"t we are not giving to ourselves

3 Main “Bene"ts”



•  Prevent subconscious self-sabotage •  Clear out old so something new can take root •  There is a need that needs to be addressed •  Give yourself the bene"t you seek to break the

pattern

Why Let Go of Attachment?



TRANSFORM YOUR ATTACHMENT

EXERCISE



1.  Where are you feeling it in your body? 2.  What does this represent? 3.  What do I get from this? 4.  What is the gift that I really want? 5.  What does this look like? 6.  What do I focus on now?

Transform Your Attachment Exercise



•  Sit quietly and breathe for a few minutes •  Bring awareness to body •  Where are you feeling something? •  Make note of it

1. Where are you feeling it in your body?



•  Really FEEL into this area of your body •  Bring your mind’s attention to it •  Focus your energy on it •  Then ask, what does this represent? •  E.g. tightness in shoulder represents the weight of

the world and holding myself in by slouching inwards

2. What does this represent?



3. What do I get from this? •  Continue FEELING into this area of your body •  What do you get from what it represents? •  E.g. Weight of the world gives me sense of

importance, I matter because I’m supporting the world.

•  Holding myself in keeps me safe and protected, keeps things the same, fear of brilliance



•  What can you give yourself instead of holding onto the condition in your body?

•  DON’T OVER-THINK THIS!!! •  E.g. I desire a feeling of importance because I am

not appreciating myself and what I do enough. •  I want to feel okay with being exceptional.

4. What is the gift that I really want?



•  Now your mind can go to town •  Make list of tangible activities that will give you

this gift, things you can see yourself doing if you were watching a movie of your life

1.  Meditate 2.  Appreciate accomplishments 3.  Etc.

5. What does this look like?



Choose one item that you can do this week

6. What do I focus on now?



•  Figure out what you want to believe •  Open up to the possibility •  Choose health

Step 3 – Believing and Choosing



•  How Thoughts Affect Your Body –  Your body becomes your thoughts –  Behaviour, physical responses –  Exercise: Thoughts Affect the Flow of Qi

•  Shifting the Mind –  Three steps –  Exercise: Transform Your Attachment

•  Next Lesson 4: Putting It Into Practice

Module 2, Lesson 4 – Summary


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Lesson 4 – Putting It into Practice!Review, Practice Routine, What’s Next!




1.  Factors That In!uence Healing 2.  TCM: Relationship Between the Heart and Mind 3.  Re!exology Points for Heart and Mind 4.  Mind Body Connection 5.  Putting It Into Practice

What You Learned in Module 2



•  Sole of LEFT foot only •  Beside the Kidney point •  Oval-shaped area slightly

wider than the width of your thumb

•  Below ball of foot in top right quadrant of sole

Heart Point – Review



•  Soles of both feet •  Pad of big toe •  Opposite toes for opposite

sides of brain

Brain Point – Review



•  Both feet •  Inside edge of big toe •  Opposite toes for

opposite sides of head

Temporal Area – Review



Recommended Routine

Massage twice a week for each foot (unless noted): •  Kidney (30 to 60 seconds) •  Bladder (30 seconds) •  Brain (30 seconds) •  Temporal Area (30 seconds) •  Heart (30 seconds, left foot) •  Lymphatic Drainage (30 strokes) •  Upper and Lower Lymph Nodes (15 strokes)



•  Review guidelines from Module 1, Lesson 2 •  If you feel friction when massaging a point, apply

lubricant such as massage oil or moisturizer •  Remember to switch hands when switching feet •  Lean in with body weight to increase pressure

instead of pushing from thumb or wrist •  Rest if hands/arms feel tired •  Be relaxed when you massage

Remember to…



•  Homework: –  Rate points for previous module –  Action item from Transform Your Attachment Exercise

•  Checkpoint Reviews •  Live Q&A on April 1st, 10am Paci"c Time •  Module 3: Nourishing Your Body

What’s Next



•  April 1st, 10am Paci"c Time •  Live Q&A – Ask questions, email in advance if you

can’t attend live •  Email holly@chinesefootre!exology.com •  For email subject, begin with the word: SOLE

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