Hagar Basis Reflexology

22/09/2026

High quality training produces excellent practitioners👏👏👏👏

Reflexology Academy’s Practitioner Diploma in Clinical Reflexology starts in London on the 24 APRIL 2027 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Are you ready to join us at Reflexology Academy to begin your life changing journey as a clinical reflexologist ?

Connect to your unique reflexology lineage and become a focused ,highly skilled and confident practitioner.

Do you know 25% of our applicants are already qualified reflexologists? This training is suitable for a total beginner as well as experienced individuals.

Train with Hagar Basis and benefit from her 36 years in clinical reflexology practice and education .

Learn contemporary and modern approaches within our integrative embodied A&P programme, with the inspiring Melissa Softley Melissa Softley

Full Membership to one of the UK’s leading professional associations The Complementary Health Professionals Association (CHP) Complementary Health Pros.

Fully accredited with CHP to register with CNHC – Complementary & Natural Healthcare Council

Full membership to The Professional Reflexology Association (PR)
Reflexology Membership | UK

Member of the Independent Reflexology Schools Association - IRSA 

Eligible for UK’s most comprehensive full insurance package cover for professional reflexology practice.

Limited spaces available, only one intake per year!

Contact me if you would like to have a chat about the training , I am happy to answer any questions.

For online booking and more information follow the link below or in BIO .

https://www.reflexologyacademylondon.com/courses/reflexology-training

20/09/2026

WORLD REFLEXOLOGY WEEK

21 - 27 September 2026

World Reflexology Week is an ICR initiative set up in 1999 to raise awareness and promote reflexology to the public . WRW is held globally in the last week of September.



Feliz semana de reflexología global

εβδομάδα παγκόσμιας ρεφλεξολογίας

שבוע רפלקסולוגיה בעולם שמח

Giornata di riflessologia mondiale felice

Bonne semaine de réflexologie mondiale

Glædelig World Reflexology Week

Mutlu Dünya Refleksoloji Haftası

快樂的世界反射療法週

veseli svetovni refleksološki teden

szczęśliwy Światowy Tydzień
Refleksologii

Sretan vam svijetski tjedan refleksologije

Wythnos adweitheg byd eang hapus

Su Pasauline refleksologijos savaite

Please add in your own langage 🙂
Apologies for any mistakes!

Image detail from Keith Harding Mural - WE THE YOUTH

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18/09/2026

ONLINE MASTERCLASS

Thursday 24 September 2026

‘The Importance of Feet in the Fascial System’

I am delighted to be hosting the inspiring FLORENCE COHEN to teach her wonderful online 5 hour class.

Understand all the aspects of FASCIA, i.e. the tissues you touch in any manual therapy.

Understand why and how FASCIA is instrumental in the development of illness and the maintenance of good health

Understand the selfregulating mechanism located in the feet and how, by interacting with fascia from the extremities, we can tap into that regulation of our health, sometimes at speeds that defy what we thought we knew was possible.

During this online Masterclass we will examine:

What is fascia made of? (the solid part and the liquid part)

What are the amazing properties of fascia within the different depths , and how they create a new paradigm of looking at and understanding the human body?

Understanding the importance of continuity and tensegrity.

Tensegrity is a universal law, it is the point where gravity and electro-magnetism find their balance and matter can thus keep its shape. Tensegrity is also the key to cell function.

Fascial hierarchy and its implications in manual therapy/reflexology.

What does fascia react to, positively and negatively?

The importance of feet in the fascial system and the importance of feet in our relationship to gravity.

Improving health from the lower limbs through the properties of the fascial system.

The relationship between traditional reflexology and the fascial system.

This is a 5 hour online Masterclass not including break times .

Investment £125

TO REGISTER https://www.reflexologyacademylondon.com/courses/online-courses/osteopathic-reflexology

Email- [email protected]

18/09/2026

“Reflexology can reduce patients’ anxiety before undergoing surgery”,

A scientific study conducted at Haifa’s Bnei Zion Medical Center showed that reflexology significantly reduces patient anxiety before surgery.

A clinical trial led by Dr. Shmuel Attias and published in Frontiers in Medicine ( 12 September 2025) evaluated 300 patients undergoing elective laparoscopic gallbladder removal surgery.

Patients were divided into three groups: standard care alone, standard care plus reflexology, and standard care plus a “sham” reflexology-like touch control to account for the soothing effect of simple human attention.

Patients receiving actual reflexology experienced a statistically significant drop in anxiety upon entering the operating room compared to both control groups.

While the average anxiety reduction across all participants was 0.8 points on a 0–10 scale, the effect was even more pronounced—a 1.3-point drop—among the 75% of patients who started with moderate-to-high anxiety levels.

The researchers, including department head Prof. Elad Schiff, emphasized that reflexology offers a safe, simple, non-invasive tool to improve patient well-being without the side effects or recovery complications associated with anti-anxiety medications.

The Complementary-Medicine Division at Bnei Zion Medical Center provides these evidence-based treatments free of charge to hospitalized patients, including those in the obstetrics and hematology departments.

Read the full article in The Jerusalem Post by following this link :

https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/mind-and-spirit/article-874803

Image : DR SHMUEL ATTIAS treating a patient with reflexology ( photo credit PROF. ELAD SCHIFF)

Link to the clinical trail article - https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/medicine/articles/10.3389/fmed.2025.1634575/full

14/09/2026

Complementary Health Professionals accredits our Practitioner Diploma in Clinical Reflexology 🎉🥳👏

Complementary Health Professionals is one of the 2026 winners of Greater London Enterprise Awards.

13/09/2026

Back to school! Wonderful to see our reflexology diploma students this weekend ! We also had a little visitor offer his feet! Great group , well done to you all 👏👏👏
Next Practitioner Diploma in Clinical Reflexology starts April 2027 - some spaces available ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

10/09/2026

This is a short documentary video looking at the supportive role of...

10/09/2026

Reflexology and Plantar Nerve Receptors: Neurophysiological Foundations of Sensory Stimulation Beyond the “7,000 Nerve Endings”
Paradigm
Mabel Alejandra Davila
Hospital de Clínicas Universidad de Buenos Aires; [email protected]

“In much of the reflexology literature, the claim that the foot contains approximately 7,000 nerve endings has been widely disseminated and used as a foundational explanation for the therapeutic effects of plantar stimulation.However, this figure lacks verifiable anatomical and
neurophysiological support and does not align with current principles of sensory neurophysiology………”

“Conclusions
This article has provided a critical review of the widely disseminated claim regarding the existence of 7,000 nerve endings in the foot as a foundational explanation for the action of reflexology. The anatomical and neurophysiological analysis presented demonstrates that this claim lacks verifiable support and is incompatible with the functional organization of the somatosensory system.
Rather than relying on numerical counts, the relevance of plantar stimulation is grounded in the
richness and specialization of cutaneous nerve receptors in plantar skin, as well as in their capacity to transduce specific mechanical stimuli and integrate them within central somatosensory afferent
pathways. The effectiveness of reflexology practice is therefore linked to the qualitative nature of the applied stimulus and to the neurophysiological modulation mechanisms activated as a result.
Abandoning the traditional quantitative paradigm does not weaken reflexology as a
complementary therapy; on the contrary, it strengthens its scientific coherence and alignment with
current neuroscientific knowledge. This shift in perspective contributes to a more rigorous and
responsible foundation for the use of reflexology as a complementary therapy, supporting its clinical,
educational, and research development.”

Thanks to Mabel Alejandra Davila - Hospital de Clínicas Universidad de Buenos Aires, and to Spiros Bodyworx for posting in his blog .

Read the full article review : https://share.google/MHgWolXvdJkAcjGSu

06/09/2026

Looking forward to hosting Spiros , book your spot via the website :www.reflexologyacademylondon.com/courses/cpd-advanced/orthopedic-reflexology-course