Foot Reading Video 4-9-18

hello everybody and welcome to our latest foot reading video we are officially live on the YouTube channel so if you are a subscriber you probably got notified that we were doing this live event and so we are 100% on the live spectrum and I am going to be checking our comments and our chats as they come in live so if you are watching live make sure to let me know kind of where you're watching from and if you're watching the replay let me know where you're watching from - I'd love to connect with my people all over the world because reflexology is a universal force and we all deserve to know each other so without further ado let's share my screen and get into the presentation okay yay feet so we are here on the 9th of May to analyze this amazing set a feet yes this person lovingly donated their feet to science and I have blurred out their face with a nice little heart just to make sure that they remain anonymous but we will be discussing these feet specifically because they are worth discussing okay and for those of you who are not already members of the foot reading and reflexology online community that is the front group on Facebook where we are located and where this challenge came from so if you want to be a part of future videos like this and get the inside scoop that's where we're at but we are going to be talking about what I see in these feet what I would say and not say to particular clients that I would be doing a foot reading consultation for either live here at the Institute or online via Skype because I have clients all over the world that Skype me in and then what to do about it so it's not just about reading the feet and assessing the various reflexes it is also about making sure that you're able to coach and educate a client which is the C and E of ACE we are never trying to diagnose prescribe or treat we are not trying to DPT we are always trying to AC e assess coach and educate so context end story this is what we're really going to be zooming in on this particular video about because it is very important for us to kind of recognize the theme of things going on here and the first is we're going to talk about body system themes so in this pair of feets there are going to be multiple pictures that show us the exact same kind of markers for dysfunction but they will echo each other which is really really cool so we're going to be talking about the importance of body system themes and when we look at particular markers how they are echoed through the feet and how you can really validate your theories based on kind of what you're finding in multiple markers not just the ones system interconnectedness we're also going to be talking about how body systems influence each other because that's really important not just understanding like the heart reflexes cardiovascular but how does the cardiovascular system influence the other systems of the body then we're going to be focusing on actionable steps with this person because there are some very specific things that they need to do first before they start to find symptom relief in other areas which I find a lot clients will come in and they'll say Sam I want my back pain to go away I'm like great well first we need to fix this in this and then the back pain will disappear because it's actually a secondary symptom it's a tip of the iceberg and we need to really start from the ground up not the top down so all of that very interesting so let's pull up that first original picture that I showed you at the beginning of these lovely lovely feet so many of you have commented on the lines which we'll talk about some of you picked up on the callosum the puffiness all of those things are totally accurate but here is what I really would focus on in a reading if this were my client so first and foremost we have at this gigantic liver gash it literally looks like somebody took a knife and just sliced the liver reflex and we know this is the liver reflux because it is underneath the ball of the foot and above the waistline guideline on the kind of mid arch area and that line that deep deep slice representing that there is weakness in that liver reflux which is not okay right we don't want the liver to be weak and deficient but that is definitely what we're seeing here also from a mental emotional side this is going to indicate past career fatigue so basically the actions that they were taking were draining them more than they were actually fulfilling them which is you know not okay long-term but totally okay short-term like you have ebbs and flows in business you have ebbs and flows in life it just so happens that this person really really got affected by their past career instances and we would need to bring that up to the surface as well marker number two let's talk about this indented stomach reflux so we can see the gash on the right side in what we would call horizontal Zone three in between the diaphragm guide line and the waist line guide line on what's also known as the distal arch but then we also have the stomach reflux on the other foot because livers on the right stomach is on the left we can see that it looks like somebody almost took like a spoon or an ice cream scoop and kind of just took a chunk out of that the arch not not pleasant and when we think of another error marker so lines are one air marker kind of open space is another version of the air marker just indicating emptiness indicating a lack of tissue a lack of nutrients of lack of vitality feelings of emptiness and if that's right over the stomach then that would indicate the stomach as being empty nutrition being low but also this person isn't eating as much as they should the body is not as filled both literally but also metaphorically when we think of right foot as passed left foot is present right foot being in the same area horizontal Zone three past career present career on the left side is also slightly depleted not as much as the right side so they have come back to what might be like their quote-unquote normal career stance but because we're still seeing a lot of this openness a lot of this hollowness in horizontal zone 3 on the left foot this tells us that they're still not fulfilled by their career and we really need to fill in the gaps both physically in terms of diet but also internally in terms of career in actions both are very important then we have marker number 3 which is going to be our lower GI irritability so we can see what I talked about at the beginning like stacking markers things that are validating the exact same interpretation over and over again this idea that the liver is weak the stomach is weak and then we have lines over the lower digestive reflexes indicating that the lower digestive system is weak so this is all like GI territory this is all gastrointestinal very much oh hey sandy jumping on everybody's in the chat sandy is one of my live students and so marker number three is that lower GI irritability we know it's irritable because we're not just seeing lines here indicating weakness we're also seeing waves and waves are kind of like in the reflexes when we see ups and downs that's exactly how the physical kind of organ reflexes are also behaving highs and lows highs and lows highs and lows and so the waves are definitely giving us an idea that the lower GI is not processing food appropriately but we can also see from a right-to-left standpoint again that there's not as much deep lining in waves on the left as there is on the right so we can see a theme that there is in horizontal zone three that career in action space and that upper digestive space same thing happening in horizontal zone four so past relationships and family were also very stressed and then now they're starting to get better into a new normal but still we see some fluctuations there so both the upper GI and lower GI but also career and actions and family and relationships totally repairing in terms of kind of long scheme stuff but not as healthy as we would like them to be so that's something that we definitely need to take into consideration with these and then last marker I fool Jess so top three markers sometimes when we see markers like 1 2 3 4 specifically the first 3 are all talking about the digestive so if you wanted to really kind of group markers number 1 2 & 3 into an overall marker 1 as digestive irritability you totally could that's how I would simplify that but I really wanted to break them down as an example for you all so marker number one as a collective digestive stuff marker number four would technically be no marker number two but we're going to talk about thyroid puffiness we can see at the base of the neck what would be the big toe as the head space the physical like skull and then the neck reflexes below that representing the neck when I'm seeing puffiness here this is also right over the thyroid parathyroid reflex not something that I like to see in conjunction with digestive reflexes that are compromised like this because the thyroid does regulate metabolism so the fact that the digestive system is hollow weak and fluctuating paired with the thyroid reflexes being inflamed and puffy means that the body just the body's metabolism is just really really struggling they might be experiencing energy highs energy lows they might even be experiencing like swollen lymph nodes because they're not eating their digestive system and has been kind of sluggish and and fatigued and so their body might even be producing a semi immune response which would make sense with the puffiness on the the thyroid parathyroid but also like neck reflexes in general so all these things kind of leading to this digestive metabolism we could also internally talk about this puffiness as being horizontal Zone one territory which is thoughts and opinions I really like to delineate between the pads of the toes representing the actual mind and the necks of the toes representing the wastes or how somebody is vocalizing their thoughts and so puffiness here would mean that they're actually holding back their words as opposed to letting them drain freely and letting them be spoken so it seems like this person because of the stress because of the sensitivity because they were just tired they've been holding back their words in a way that's producing puffiness and the reflux but also thyroid metabolism issues that making sense to everybody so far we're going over a lot of stuff and it's kind of fast I also had coffee this morning so on that note let's talk oh where did my picture go give me one second y'all let's go with escapade real quick and let's pull this to do if technical dysfunctions I apologize but we are back on track so this is picture number two picture number two we need to confirm markers number one through three so the way that we're going to confirm markers number one through three is we are going to find our anemia bump and I've done a video on this everybody's super curious about this it seems to resonate with a lot of people so I'm gonna keep talking about it even though you might have heard it a couple different times so when we find a dorsal bone bump in line with the first toe in horizontal Zone 3 specifically that would be the proximal head of the first and second metatarsals when that bony prominence has started to increase in protrusion that means that there is in fact from personal experience that I've seen and from clients that I've spoken with at length about their digestive system that they are in fact on the anemic spectrum so with this marker being present in addition to everything that we've seen although it's not an additional marker that I would personally kind of like hammer home and make the client be like yeah so this is another thing saying that your digestive system is broken it's definitely something that I would personally use to confirm that yes this person is in fact malnourished they are their body is showing multiple signs of not being okay in the digestive space and this is one of the things that I would use to confirm markers number one through three if we really wanted to be specific about it we can see that the bone bump is a larger actually on that left foot it's more pronounced you can see that by the shading slightly because that bone bump is larger on the left foot that would mean that the malnutrition is more directly related to the stomach and the upper digestive system on the left side versus the right side which would be more liver I find that the bump is larger on the right side in people who truly have like a pernicious anemia more serious blood related anemic issues if it's on the left it tends to be more like the person just isn't eating and that's that's part of the equation they're skipping meals they're not the meals that they are eating or a very low nourishment content probably a lot of carbs a lot of quick things protein bars and smoothies you know all that jazz things that are not like bulk fiber nourishment soul food healthy fats all that jazz okay and in additional two points of discussion let's talk about some other things that are happening in it this dorsal aspect now we've already pegged digestive issues and metabolism issues and we've confirmed the digestive issues with another marker now we're going to confirm the digestive issues but also add in stress specifically mental stress so let's let's kind of go through that really quick syndactyly so some of you notice inductively is others are like best jeopardy word I don't understand what that is does not compute so a syndactyly sin like synthesized meaning to come together and dactyl meaning digit so a syndactyly is when the toes are fused and we can see that I've circled this on either foot normally esand actally occurs between the second and third toe that's a common place for a syndactyly to occur rarely it'll occur between the third and fourth but normally at second and third when a syndactyly occurs on the second and third toe it's also a marker from acid reflux for me it's basically zone 2 and zone 3 are two connected and so that you can think of it as that that hiatus that's space between the esophagus and the stomach is just kind of collapse or conjoined and that is leading to symptoms of acid reflux on a regular basis fun stuff but also from a mental emotional standpoint we have vertical zone 2 in line with the second toe in vertical zone 3 and line with the third toe mentally and emotionally that's the influence of feelings and emotions and career in actions so ascend actally also represents in addition to acid reflex type symptoms that this person is affectionately married to their work interesting right so whenever you see the second and third toe fused it's always a sign that this person their work comes first above all else now this is fantastic from an employee standpoint because they're very loyal to what they do they also have entrepreneurial streaks they tend to take everything that they do career wise very very personally but then also it tends to with the symptoms that we've already seen and the stress patterns that we've already seen in these feet it definitely means that this person has been you know oh burning the candle at both ends is the best way to say it they've let their work kind of take over their life for a brief moment and they continue to do so which I mean this inductively isn't totally fused it's only fused at that proximal phalanx of the toes so it's not a total takeover I've seen worse but definitely something to be aware of that this person is going to have a hard time detaching their feelings from their career in action then we have this additional discussion marker of past mental stress now why is it past mental stress because you can see the difference in the toenails on these feet so on the right side we have the big toenail that is curved it is almost gel like and you can see that it's slightly separating from the nail bed itself and this indicates that the person's mind was bursting at the seams they needed to create more mental space they were very much protective of their thoughts and they just had way too much happening on their mind in the past because we're looking at the right side left side the nail has become flat deflated slightly fragile we can see some of those white lines popping up if you really zoom into the video but that indicates that everything has leveled out both physically and mentally and emotionally in their headspace so additional discussion in addition to the career stress the family stress the digestive stuff and definitely the dietary deficiency it seems like the stress patterns mentally are also being mirrored in the toenails which we can vary greatly see all of that coming together we have a couple things to talk about so physically major digestive weaknesses and mal nourishment potentially due to past stress are creating physical instability so we talked about the Lions the fluctuations the gash on the liver the dorsal bone bump as well as that syndactyly and we can really talk about how the digestive area is the source of our physical problems in these feet we really need to drive at that home to the client letting them know that hey if there was one area that you needed to focus on it's the physical digestive system potentially due to past stress as well and it's creating physical instability we'll talk about that in a second internally a workaholic type attitude caused this person to experience a deep rock in her life boat when she tried to tough it out during a recent stressful time that's a really nice way to say that this person again burning the candle at both ends they when when I say they experienced a deep rock in their lifeboat so the metaphor of like you know like paddling through life in a boat yes so their boat got rocked there was a lot of turbulence on the waters of their life they started you know skipping meals they started to slip up on their daily self-care preventative maintenance and it's all because they really were trying to hold everything up both career-wise and also familywize so because they tried to push through the stress as opposed to kind of surrender to the stress and kind of take the time for themselves and really make sure that they were okay they neglected themselves in place for kind of just getting through it we can see that as reflected in the markers of their feet so that's how we come up with that internal meaning methods of balancing nourishment is key fo this body period nourishment nourishment nourishment the mental stress which could also be connected to sinus issues headaches the acid reflux some markers that we're going to see in the next slide all of that all of that is going to be back to the digestive system so with these feet we're seeing way too many digestive markers to consider any other markers as even remotely relevant like we're seeing so much kind of red flags produced by the body around the digestive reflexes that even if this person was coming in with back pain hip pain shoulder pain couldn't sleep restless legs what would be some other things brain fog like all things that I'm just rattling off the top of my head that the markers might suggest this person needs to focus on food first if their body does not have fuel in the tank then everything else will be exacerbated likewise everything else is Lynch pinning on the fact that this person isn't eating properly and that's part of the discussion here so there is nothing else that would be more than regular meals throughout the day with high-quality nutrients limiting liver taxing foods and drinks and taking the time to rest will also aid in the absorption process notice how I took that direct slash on the liver and I incorporated it into the methods of balancing statement where I said look there's this huge huge marker on the liver reflex so we don't want to overtax that that means super duper fatty heavy rich foods but also things like alcohol things like energy drinks things like large amounts of like processed food we want to stay away from because the liver is still recuperating from the stress although stress is recovering because we are seeing that right side to left side different so we are seeing the body kind of healing itself the echo of it is still very present within the body so she is still struggling with the stress that has subsided it's still kind of echoing throughout the body systems so we really want to make sure that this person does not think that just because the stress is done that they can continue toughing it out and neglecting themselves we really want to make sure that their body is taken care of in all aspects and that they're not just saying well now that external circumstances have sort of worked themselves out I can you know continue to skip meals and any like crap because that's definitely not the case okay so let's talk about what didn't make the cut so there were a couple pictures and definitely some markers that some of you were picking out in the Facebook group that although yes they are very present yes they are totally good markers no I would not include them in the reading and here's why so we see with this blue circle here the waves in the skin again with waves being fluctuations fluid retention specifically here we have the lower back reflexes we can see it's above that heel but then below that proximal head of the first metatarsal so that's low back territory that's a lumbar spine territory so they could be talking about low back pain that just won't quit but it's deficient low back pain again back to that idea that their body doesn't have the nutrients that it needs to hold proper musculoskeletal tone that's the problem here is although back pain may be a marker and may be a complaint for this person it all relates to the fact that their tank is empty so even if we say yeah you know go do some stretches yeah you know put some heat on that back it's irrelevant because their body doesn't have the nutrient content in order to rebuild the muscle tissue and keep it sustainable right so it's not it's not a good marker to focus on during a reading for that reason then we have this fluid so you can see these patches of fluid a lot of you talked about that again kind of mirroring the the waves and the diet in the spinal reflexes for the lower back definitely also low back but also reproductive territory here that fluid retention gives us the idea that yes low back may be present yes fluid imbalance yes hormone imbalance but again back to the idea of food this is also horizontal zone poor representing lower GI so the fluid retention in the pelvis that bloating that gas that distension is also from the poor quality of nutrient all of that and especially if there are a lot of carbs involved carbs retain water and produce inflammatory states and water retention so it's like everything is coming back to this idea that this person really just needs to focus on diet overall things at this point no amount of physical movement or stress reduction would help the fact that this person is just deficient you know so we really need to focus on what the feet are telling us as the major priority because markers number one through three clearly laid laid out that the digestive system has been the source of major dysfunction and then the dorsal bone bump says malnourishment so every other system and every other symptom would potentially fade away if the body if the body was fed properly yeah so when we think of like a triangle in terms of food movement stress reduction you know are they nourishing themselves properly are they moving properly in getting enough exercise and are they reducing their stress and handling life overall internally well you know the stress has passed the movement isn't necessary because they have a really steady frame they have a somewhat earthy Constitution that they can get away with not moving as much but it's just so many markers are telling us that food is the issue and that's part of why these pictures and these markers did not make the cut cool so that's it I hope that you all enjoyed this foot reading video make sure to subscribe join the Facebook group just search for foot reading and it should come up right away if you wanted to buy my book it's called foot reading a reflexology primer on foot assessment you can find out details in the description below take the foot reading online certification course if you're interested that's also the link is in the description below if you would like to become a certified foot reading practitioner I have an online course with 13 lessons and a certification track that you can take in order to up your foot reading skills and then email your feet in for the 100 feet project if you'd like to maybe not be you know publicized in my next book or if you just wanted to post your feet in the group and you know get other people's thoughts or if you have clients or friends or family that you're concerned about you can always do that but if you'd like to be in my next book entitled the 100 feet project where I'm actually documenting feet and publishing them into book number two that would be an excellent opportunity for you to do that with the details below with the link to the projects page on the website and stay tuned because there's a lot more coming excellent to do so we will stop the screaming chair and we'll chat a little bit so thank you everybody for tuning in I really appreciate you videos like this would not be possible without you so continue to interact continue to comment thank you for everybody who's chatting I know I didn't get to allow your questions because we had to zip through that real quick it's almost 11 o'clock it is 10:59 so I didn't want to keep this for more than but join the group make sure to connect with me I'm super accessible and I will talk to you soon 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