Real Reflexology provides professional Reflexology services in the following areas: Malibu, Pacific Palisades, Topanga, Woodland Hills, Santa Monica and Calabasas.     

Reflexology is the technique of applying pressure to the reflexes on the feet or hands in order to bring about a state of deep relaxation, stimulate the body's own healing processes and help the client return to a state of balance and well being.

Many cultures, including the ancient Chinese,  Egyptians and American Indians, have been aware of the healing arts of applying pressure or massage to the feet and hands, but there is no direct link between these practices and modern reflexology.

 In 1913 Dr. William Fitzgerald, an American ear, nose and throat surgeon, noted that pressure on specific parts of the body could have an anaesthetising effect on a related area. Developing this theory, he divided the body into ten equal and vertical zones, ending in the fingers and toes. He concluded that pressure on one part of a zone could affect everything else within that zone. Thus, reflex areas on the feet and hands are linked to other areas and organs of the body within the same zone.

In the 1930's, Eunice Ingham, took Dr. Fitzgerald's Zone Therapy and developed it into what we know as foot reflexology. She observed that congestion or tension in any part of the foot mirrors congestion or tension in a corresponding part of the body. Thus, when you treat the big toes there is a related effect in the head, and treating the whole foot can have a relaxing and healing effect on the whole body.