Foot Reading Video August 25 2017

hello everyone this is Sam over at the foot Whisperer reflexology Institute here today with another foot reading video for you if you've been following the series this is video number eight we would love for you to join if you would like to see your feet on the foot reading video series feel free to send them to Sam at Foot whisper calm that is the personal email that I check every day here at the Institute you can also join the conversation on our foot reading and reflexology online community group on Facebook that's frock Fr ROC for short and just as a reminder as well these videos are not meant to DPT diagnose prescribe or treat instead they're always aimed to AC e or assess coach and educate without further ado we've got two sets of amazing feet to look at and enjoy the video okie dokie everyone so here we go we're looking at our first pair of feet these feet were donated by Laura who's up in Canada thank you so much Laura for donating your feet to the foot reading video series on our channel and let's jump right into our first marker this one is a little bit hard to see on the video I know but it is a birthmark and we've talked about birthmarks before this one is relatively small so again if we think of like the size of the birthmark indicating the size of the issue or in this case the weakness or dysfunction this is relatively small but it's still significant enough for me to see so I did just want to bring it up in the foot reading so that we understand a little bit about kind of maybe what would be an underlying cause for some of the symptoms that Laura may be experiencing both physically and mentally and emotionally so this birthmark is on the right foot dorsal ankle in vertical zone 1 horizontal zone for horizontal zone 4 on the top of the foot specifically right over the dorsal ankle representing all of those pelvic muscle and reproductive reflexes so this is a marker for reproductive weakness physically as well as we in the muscles of the pelvis not something that I like to see on females but something that is just good to know if you do have birthmarks around this area it's just the body saying that this general vicinity is weaker than it should be that could manifest as something like so as dysfunction if we were to look at muscles kind of that feeling that the hips are always wobbly not necessarily in alignment but it could also mean that reproductive hormones specifically the right side of the reproductive system is firing not on all cylinders so do something to be aware of for Laura's Constitution and something that her body has made us aware of and let's jump to marker number two kept that circle on that marker but that's okay so these two concentric circles up at the top by the toes here we see earth deviations so when we think of symptoms in terms of earth air fire water earth representing that thickness denseness width also any deviation of bone would technically be an earth marker or that kind of rigid foundational shifting of the tectonic plates of the body so we see that there's pressure on the bunion area there's a clear deviation of that distal phalange that distal phalanx of the big toe so there's a lot of chest and head misalignments happening as well probably from the weakness in the pelvis so if we wanted to rope in that first marker but here we see the toes kind of jutting out more outside of that midline indicating that the the occipital area right at that c1c2 area will constantly be out of alignment and then it's largely due to that building pressure in that in that bunion area representing that center of the chest so thoracic area and cervical area are not really playing too nicely together the reason why they kept that circle kind of subconsciously circled over that birthmark is if we wanted to think of these markers mentally and emotionally there's the birthmark on the right side which is past horizontal zone for family and relationships it's also on the top of the foot meaning that in the past Laura had a family issue that everybody saw and it was a like a fair and it did kind of bring that what would be a scarring or a dysfunction to the surface but it is in the past now Laura is suffering from a little bit of mental emotional kind of deviations her thoughts and feelings are a little bit out of alignment not necessarily as easy to bring them back in to that proper stacking if you wanted to use that physical term and it could be because of that kind of lingering feeling of being burned familywize in the past but you know if we think of a big picture who doesn't have a dysfunctional family but in a foot reading these would all be significant markers to bring up with Laura to integrate some of that more coaching aspect is the mind affecting the body is the heart affecting the body or vice versa are the weakness in the hormones or the structural deviations of the head and neck and shoulders affecting the internal state and Laura's ability to feel well so all things to consider now let's jump to the last marker on the dorsal aspect of the foot here and back to the toes but we can also see a baby bunion forming as well so baby bunions are as opposed to in line with the big toe in line with the little toe you can see that joint is slightly swollen not necessarily because of fluid but because of that that earth quality that denseness that bone rigidity and that photo represents the influence of the lower body on the neck if we wanted to zone it in vertical zone five horizontal zone one so a little bit of knee instability which will actually talk about in the next picture influencing that misalignment of the neck mentally and emotionally Jane she hon in her book let's read our feet talks about the tilt of the little toe extensively it's one of the things that I appreciate about her book is that emphasis on the smaller details and here we see that toe is really rotated out towards the side and it's very pronounced almost as if it's kind of pushing itself away from the other toes this indicates that Laura is very much a rebel she's always thinking about the future how to break the mold how to really take things to the next level very creative and courageous person but that can also come at a dark side a detriment not being able to conform not being able to stick to the rules could also mentally and emotionally affect Laura but back to that idea of both the reflexes representing physical and mental emotional understanding that yes we're seeing Laura's sense of security influencing her thoughts vertical zone five horizontal zone one but also that physical deviation that lower-body affecting the neck so toggling in between the two and then also always coming back to that that birthmark because the body has placed that dot there for a very specific reason that pelvic instability that instability of family and relationships kind of influencing that upper body rigidity okay so now let's go to our last photo marker number four there's only one really that I wanted to point out on the plantar surface splinter surface actually looks really good in her email to me Laura had talked about how her husband always jokes that she has really really thick feet and this isn't really something that is bad but it does denote part of her Constitution so you've noticed that I've been talking a lot about earth markers she has a very earthy Constitution her feet are thicker denser wider more able to hold resources but also a little bit more stuck around the joints so just something to consider as far as constitutional elements but here we see what's known as the proximal head of the fifth metatarsal some really intense anatomy there for you that proximal head represents the knee reflex the direct joint reflex for the knee when it's pronounced like that automatically indicates knee pressure so back to that idea of the fifth toe kind of being separate being slightly curved that vertical zone five influencing horizontal zone one that lower body influencing the neck seems like the knees are agreeing the knees being that proximal head of the fifth metatarsal how they're really kind of splaying out to the side more so than other feet if you wanted to look at pictures you'll definitely see that deviation actually next feet we'll be able to see a good contrast with that as well but that deviation of that proximal head represents knee pressure so understanding that that physical influence is going to be very present with Laura also with that vertical zone influence that sent some security constantly needing to watch that ability to feel grounded stable with Laura seems like that's gonna be an ongoing theme just contentment being satisfied where you are not needing to push forward so much there's a healthy line between kind of running a crusade and being an activist in your own community those two levels of mental emotional influence just need to be checked at the door every once in a while when we're analyzing Laura's reflexes okay now let's go to our second pair of feet these the second pair of feet was donated by Suzanne thank you so much Suzanne for sending in your feet we'll jump right to the dorsal surface and we're only going to look at two markers here three really because they're all kind of bunched together but you can see right off the bat how pulled up these tendons are how flexed these dorsal tendons are but you'll notice that there are only three of them on the left and one yeah three on the left one on the right that are what I would call popped or raised this is extremely significant this is what's known as a fire marker fire markers are resulting in anything that's redness painful spasm but also muscular in tendon related so these pop tendons indicate excessive fire or excessive Drive passion irritability frustration but also excitement and joy just too much of that kind of overwhelming heat would be the best way to say it and here we see on the left side we're in vertical zone one in line with the big toe and then in vertical zones four and five in line with the fourth and fifth toe and this is really where we get into breaking down the vertical zone so it's really important to know when that first tendon in line with the big toe is popped that vertical zone one tendon I always tell my clients with this tendon you are being way too hard on yourself that's a really really intense marker to have because it means literally your thoughts and opinions are well note ight lis that it's influencing everything else both physically and mentally and emotionally then we have in line with the fourth and fifth toe that vertical zone of family and relationships and then sense of security those are popped too so it seems like with Suzanne she's really putting way too much pressure on herself regardless of if it is a real thing that she can't control or if it's just her perception of the situation her body is going into fight-or-flight mode on a very deep level in order to produce these markers but if we wanted to compare red side versus left side left side is clearly more agitated that means that more recently Suzanne has actually increased her stress level from past to present right foot representing past we only see that fourth tendon that's really popped in the picture meaning that her family and relationships have always been rather stressful the influence of that factor but more recently it's really come to a head and those tendons are really letting us know that from a physical standpoint that would indicate a lot of tension in the back body so spasms along the spinal column weird pinching sensations around the back of the ribs into that what would what would be that upper back area that kind of thoracic spine in between the shoulder blades all of that would be prone to those fire symptoms of pain spasm just rigid tightness not necessarily rigid in terms of like an earth marker but more of that constant feeling of pulsing tightness that heat that almost volcanic quality to the tissues okay now do to do let's check the plantar surface okay so I didn't even choose a marker here because the plantar surface gives us so much information and we need to really break this down step by step without isolating any particular area so on the top we saw markers for stress fire markers specifically that would also at the top of the foot being kind of how the world sees you what's on the surface the perception of what's open to the public kind of if you wanted to look at it that way the soles of the feet as a general meaning represent both the front of the body but also the things that we keep underneath the surface the more deeper aspects so on the surface Suzanne is displaying tension but on the plantar surface underneath the surface all of these lines indicate chronic exhaustion these lines don't appear overnight there's just so much weakness that's happening in the body here probably because this stress has been building for a very very long time so whenever we see lining this isn't just wrinkles this is what we refer to as lining in the markers these lines representing that air quality over circulation over extension dryness weakness kind of flitting from place to place without taking a break without taking kind of time for yourself losing track of time all of that just over extension being the meaning of these lines we can really see it start in horizontal Zone two in that chest space but also that emotional space and then we see almost a little bit of redness as well start to for more on that bunion area indicating that emotional frustration that pressure in the chest but can also be just that constant state of excitement needing to go go go we go into horizontal zone three in the upper digestive space and the markers for that lining really get intense more so on the right side than the left side but both pretty pretty intense representing that upper digestive weakness seems like Suzanne isn't eating appropriately not taking the time to digest her meals if we wanted to think of it from an elemental balance that dryness that weakness needs to be hydrated moistened nourished so upping the quality of food as well incorporating more vegetables more stews more soups more things that will hydrate nourish and replenish the vital tissues of the body then in horizontal zone four we can see some actual strong vertical lines being present as well right over the kidneys indicating kidney reflexes indicating dehydration back to that kind of need to nourish and moisten but also lower digestive fatigue then when we get into the heels everything starts to calm down a little bit we don't really see intense packing there's a nice pink hue that starts to come back into the tissues so it's really that horizontal zones 2 3 & 4 that chest lung heart area shoulders as well than upper digestive lower digestive is where all of that weakness is really centralized so it seems like part of the issue with Suzanne is that she needs to carve out time to get back onto her fundamental dietary routine making sure that she is fed she is nourished so that she can tackle all of her to dues which from what we can see are really starting to hit the breaking point for her so that's something that Suzanne needs to work on just those regimented scheduling of the basic fundamentals but if we wanted to just really quickly look at that proximal head of the 5th metatarsal not necessarily present not as pronounced as it was for Laura so Suzanne it doesn't really have a lot of joint issues specifically whereas Laura had it all in the joints the head the neck the knees all of that influence is not present in Suzanne instead hers is muscular and dietary Laura had a perfect digestive system there were no markers for digestive dysfunction meaning that that's not a factor could be hormonal with that marker over the top of the dorsal ankle but really all of her all of Laura's issues are in the bones here we see with Suzanne everything's in the dietary areas everything's in the emotional areas everything's about calming down that fire and getting back to the bare necessities of self-care ok so those are our two feet I really hope that you enjoyed this video if you would like to be featured in our foot reading video series please feel free to send them to me you can send them to me at sam at foot whisper comm also follow our posts on instagram and join our foot reading and reflexology online community group on facebook that's frock fr our OC foot reading and reflexology online community group and stay tuned like subscribe share the videos and let's give some power back to the art and science of foot reading you