This depends on what your cause is and is the same answer if you’re asking, ‘does reflexology help with stress?’ For instance, if you have mental anxiety brought on by an overload of mental responsibilities then we may work the top of your toes. If however, it’s because of an emotional break up then we would work different areas pertaining to your heart and lungs.

This is the beauty of Essential Feeling and Karen, your MAR reflexologist. You are treated as an individual and won’t just be given a standard routine because that’s all your therapist knows how to do. Your treatment will be adapted to give you the best possible outcome — in this case, stress reduction.

Karen will generally practice reflexology on your foot but may teach you reflexology self care via some reflexology points to help you when you are at home, or in the office, or going about your daily family life. These will more than likely be on your hands and will help relieve tension stress when you’re between reflexology appointments.

You’ll feel results right there and then, in the reclining chair as we work you. You’ll be a few minutes in and already you’ll notice a sense of calm has washed over you. Your system will calm and you may choose to chat or drift away. Relaxation is one of the more immediate benefits of reflexology and indeed countless studies have shown the same.

Then that night, you could sleep better. With several weekly sessions, we help our clients get on top of the rest of your emotions, your sleep will usually have improved massively at this point, both insomnia being cured and you’ll find you sleep much more deeply too.

After this point, it’s down to you as to whether you want to keep going with your reflexology for stress and anxiety sessions, mark them down to a top up frequence so your emotions don’t run out of control again in the future, or whether you just want to come for a top up as and when you feel you need it. The effects of stress on health are well documented and we’ve written about this here. We’re not going to pressure you into anything. This is supposed to combat the effects of stress and anxiety after all.