Reflexology is the therapeutic practice of applying pressure to various points on the feet, hands, face, and ears. Foot reflexology is especially popular since there are nearly 15,000 nerves in your feet alone, making them very sensitive to touch (hence why foot massages feel so good!).
Since it's such a relaxing practice, reflexology can make a great addition to any betime ritual. Get started with this 15-minute reflexology routine that corresponds to body parts that are important for sleep.
Foot reflexology is similar to a foot massage, but it's more targeted. To do reflexology, you use your thumb and fingers or a small massage ball to apply pressure to reflex points along the foot. In a foot reflexology map (pictured above ), every part of the foot corresponds to organs and glands in the body.
Benefits of foot reflexology
Certain parts of the feet—also known as reflex points—are thought to correspond to other areas of the body. By stimulating them with reflexology, we are also sending a signal to those inner organs and glands.
While the scientific mechanisms involved in this process are not entirely clear, they might have to do with the peripheral nervous system, which connects our central nervous system (the brain and spinal cord) with the rest of the body and acts as a biological highway of sorts, sending signals between our limbs and brain.
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