20011 Spring Cleaning Guide Using Reflexology You're Lymph System and You Did you know that the lymph system is actually the body's own "sewage treatment plant?"  It works quietly in the background to clean up the mess made by virtually all the other systems of the body. Do you ever take notice when your body is "slowing down?' Do you have trouble with remembering things? Energy level down? Do you have that "just not right feeling" of heaviness throughout the body? Chances are your lymphatic system is getting sluggish from too much overload. The lymphatic system is actually a crucial player in your body's ability to ward off disease and heal from injury. Lymphatic function supports every other system in the body, including the immune, digestive, detoxification and nervous systems. In fact, many believe that poor lymph health underlies a host of conditions, from cellulite to cancer. Most people don't think much about the lymph system until something goes wrong. Usually when infection causes a swollen lymph node, or worse, when we develop cancer in a lymph gland, or cancer elsewhere that metastasizes through the lymph vessels. The lymph is a group of seed-like nodes that nature placed strategically throughout the entire body to filter out dead and unwanted debris. The reality is that you have twice as much lymph fluid in your body as blood. The lymph continuously bathes each cell and drains away the waste products in our circulatory system powered only by your breathing and movement. It has no "pump" of its own.  If the movement of the lymph stopped entirely you would die in a matter of hours.  Like the entire body, the lymph system needs cleared out on a regular basis. Clean out the "filters" in your body just as you would your own home where you live.  Ourphysical, mental and emotional health all depends on the body's ability to circulate blood andlymphatic fluid. What can you do to ensure your lymph system stays healthy?There are a number of ways to support lymphatic function that should be part of everyone's health habits.  A clean and nutritious diet, full of healthy greens and whole foods. Stay active. Be diligent in doing gentle easy stretches, they can help support the entire body and keep the lymphatic system flowing. If possible a mini tramp can help gently bounce the body into releasing lymph. (Check with your Dr.) Remember…movement. Also having regular lymphatic drainage through reflexology is a most excellent way of helping the lymphatic system eliminate waste products from the body. Just like the lymph system itself, being throughout the entire body, so too are the areas to be worked on on the feet that "mirror" the lymphatic system. Working theses areas "triggers" the nervous system to activate all other areas in the body to circulate the lymph. And having reflexology done just feels…heavenly! If a client has a lot of sensitivity on any of the immune system reflexes like the thymus, the spleen, or the groin lymph reflex points it may mean their lymph system needs an extra "boost" by working all lymph reflex areas. Chances are they have been more susceptible to colds and flu.  Reflexologycan bevery helpfulwhen a person is used to being sedentary where movement is very limited by activating the body's systems through stimulation. Whether they are confined to a bed or wheelchair, are suffering an illness, are paralyzed, or just inactive, reflexology plays a major role in helping move the lymph when they can't. Some areas of the medical field are starting to believe the lymphatic system may be the "new frontier" of healthcare. Enough cannot be said about how crucial it is to keep the lymphatic system clean and healthy. Let's start the New Year out byhonoring the natural laws of healthand our own bodies.After all,they do so many amazing things for us. It's just a small thing we can do in return with great benefits! ...read more