The amazing story of Dr. Mahlon Locke #recessionproof

Keeping social distancing while being a reflexologist or other "touch therapist" will be a huge challenge on its own. At the same time an infinite amount of sponsored social media guru's have popped out suggesting they know how we can survive the recession at our feet. Have they been through a similar situation before meaning maintaining social distancing while going through a recession? I do not think so. One man, a charismatic Doctor applying manual techniques to the feet not only flourished during the 1930 recession but also all of his townsmen. He did not apply social distancing of course. Together we will examine how he did it and what principles we can apply to our own reflexology practise. This story was told to me years ago by Tony Porter during his courses in Greece. It helped me back then and has helped me ever since, I am sure it will prove of benefit to everyone. hashtag#recessionproof Hosted by the Reflexology Association of Canada facebook page this Wednesday 29th April 2020.

Ρεφλεξολογία για κατοικίδια

Αυτός είναι ο Βάσος, έχει λίγο Καναδέζικο λύκο μέσα του,
όπως και εγώ έχω λίγο Καναδά μέσα μου.

Στα σχόλια θα σας βάλω τον χάρτη για να τον κρατήσετε ή να τον μοιραστείτε. Σε κάθε περίπτωση να τους κάνετε, όπως και στην οικογένεια σας.

Να είστε όλοι καλά. 

Reflexology in the near future possibly? A lesson from France.

I remembered that I had seen this in the past when I was preparing my presentation for the ICR conference in S. Africa.

Took me a while to find it again.

Aix-les-Bains is a major French spa town.
The picture was taken at a thermal water spa and is described as a local shower. 

But as you can see in the other pictures there is a lot of manual work applied on the limbs.

Great collection of Mr. Alain Cabello.

Source: http://www.cfdrm.fr/Cartes_Hommes_Aix.htm#108Aix

The ritual practise of tying the toes and thumbs together after death as per Hinduism. ...and parts of Ireland apparently.

I was watching a video of Sadhguru here , and at 13:30 he got into something interesting.
"The reason they tie the halux toes, and thumbs, after death in Hinduism." 
This is his explanation which I found interesting....

Of course I looked into it more and this is what I found...

1.  Answer from Quora

There are major 5 vayus, namely Prana, Apans,Samana,Udana and Vyana. They all have their allotted tasks in our body. At the time of death once the soul leaves the body, all these pranas leave the body and then the organs fail one by one.

Many times the soul that is scared and does not want to leave the body, tries to re- enter the physical body. When the toes are tied, Apana vayu which normally flows downwards, can no more flow downwards. By this it is made sure thst no attempt of the departed soul can be successful. At the time of Apana vayu too moves upwards.

 2. Death Customs: An Analytical Study of Burial Rites We learn that around the thumbs and big toes are twined one or two white threads tied with fringe or grass. The Kurmi caste also practise the custom of tying the thumb and great toe.

3. What is the science underlying the act of laying the deceased on his back and tying his big toes together, before taking him/her to the crematorium ?

        Before taking the deceased for cremation, the dead body is laid on the floor horizontally and the big toes are tied together. This helps in conjoining of the right and left energy channels, leading to movement of the waves from the body in a circular manner within the body itself. This effects complete restriction on the emission of waves that is based on the residual subtle energy present in the body at the time of death, and the process of spreading of the waves is enhanced. In this state, the flow of waves from both the sides (that is, the left and right) of the dead body is equal. Hence, pressure is exerted on the centre point of the human body (that is, the navel) and the subtle putrefying gases that remain trapped in the voids of the body are forcefully pushed in an upward direction and are expelled through the mouth or through the nose or they stabilise in the hollow of the skull and are expelled in the process of breaking of the skull during cremation.

4. In the book The Popular Religion and Folk-Lore of Northern India we read that in parts of Ireland "a thread is tied around the toe of the corpse, the object apparently being to secure the body and prevent an evil spirit from entering it."

How an early symptom of coronavirus could show up on your feet

From a reflexology view where the lesions show up correlate to respitory and sinus nasal reflexes, solar plexus there also.

The meridans are also worth taking notice.

This finding has not yet officialy been classified as a symtom but in the case it does it will be of much interest for all.

I remember hearing Dr. Bibiana Carasco  describing her teams work in paediatric oncology hospital were at times the reflexologists would observe a new positive reflex and inform the doctors of the patient. At times the doctors would answer that it might be a metastasis they were considering 
in that specific patient.

Full article here.

A team of Spanish experts is investigating after cases showed COVID-19 sufferers could be identified early through lesions to their feet “similar to chickenpox”.

The Spanish General Council of Official Podiatrist Colleges released a statement on Thursday saying several COVID-19 patients had shown lesions to their feet “similar to those of chickenpox or measles”.

The statement read: “Numerous cases are being observed in different countries: Italy, France, Spain… It is a curious finding that started to be spread in the health community yesterday (8th April) primarily between dermatologists and podologists.

“There has been an increasing detection of a symptom in COVID-19 sufferers, especially in children and adolescents, however, it has also been detected in some adults.

“They are purple lesions (very similar to those of chickenpox, measles or chilblains) which usually appear on the toes and normally heal without leaving a mark.