Sue Ricks

Happy New Year - all the best for 2012

Wishing everybody a really happy New Year.

It has been a really super year with many challenges, experiences and changes both personally and professionally. I've been lucky enough to spend longer than I thought with my mum before she peacefully passed away in November. I feel very lucky that I had time to truly be with her. We had a magical holiday in France in July where she revisited a favourite area of Brittany (France) and we even took her to her special place where she was able to dangle her feet in the sea.  My beautiful second grandson, Charlie was born and is adored buyye veryone including his big brother Oscar. We just spent a lovely Christmas together as a family. I feel very lucky to have a wonderful partner, children, grandchildren and all my family.

2011 was many things including a time of travelling within the UK,  America, Ireland and Europe.  We've seen lots of students complete some superb complementary therapy and energy work. We been blessed with a beautiful group of new Gentle Touch Reflexologists (GTR) and in all our new 2012 courses are now launching as well.

We've revamped the clinic room and the training area so that it is really beautiful peaceful and restful and gives an added ambience to the work that we do together. We are very lucky to be working in therapy and training as it is immensely rewarding to see people going out and changing other people's lives for the better.

This year has seen a total relaunch of www.SueRicks.com where we can offer a range of treatments and online booking service and a completely new range of courses. There are now evening courses, daytime courses, full-time courses and part-time courses.

The clinic is operating in Loughborough, Leicestershire where I plan to be offering the people of East Midlands a range of therapies including reflexology, Hopi ear cancelling, Reiki, electro crystal therapy, NLP,  life skills and coaching, personal mentoring, EFT (emotional Freedom technique). There are some specific reflexology treatments available in is Gentle Touch Reflexology, reflexology for babies and children (infants), maternity reflexology and treatments to support those hoping to become pregnant (fertility and preconception care). Treatments available.

We really pleased to be able to offer some super courses in 2012 that include reflexology, hand reflexology, foot reading, Hopi ear cancelling energy and vibrational healing, chakra balancing understanding illness and disease, reflexology and retirement, reflexology for babies and children (infants), personal development seminars, the mirror principle, Reiki, Indian head massage, NLP  and feng shui.

It's been an exciting time of growth and development. We've got some online distance learning programs that are just about ready to be launched is there some webinars, and new training packages to suit all.

I'm so grateful to my mum who first introduced me to the healing arts, I feel her presence.

With love and blessings to everyone for a lovely 2012.

www.suericks.com

 

 

 

Baby Reflexology

Reflexology for Babies and Children

The benefits of Reflexology for both babies and children are endless and, although sometimes underestimated, this wonderfully simple and effective therapy can be perfect for them. Amongst the many reasons why this therapy is so helpful, supportive and healing for the younger generation are that it can help them to cope better with tough situations, become more confident, improve their sleep, reduce irritability or relieve physical discomfort.

Reflexology is as suitable for a new born baby as it is for a child or an adult.  There are now children’s charities, organisations, schools and even doctors offering Reflexology for their young clients.  This is wonderful news for all the babies and children who will benefit from Reflexology in their younger years and take this advantage into adulthood.  Everyone wins!

Gentle Touch™ Reflexology can be done on either the hands or the feet and is suitable for all ages.  It is the very lightness of touch that makes it so suitable for the youngest of babies or children and throughout their lives.  The therapeutic touch applied to certain parts of either the hands or feet can have an effect on the whole child. Gentle Touch™ Reflexology is a wonderful treatment and is both pleasurable to give and to receive.

Reflexology

Reflexology can be superb for children whether they are well, stressed or in critical care.

It can be useful in a huge range situations ranging from:

       General care and support of a baby/ child

       Creating links and bonds with baby/children

       Creating an environment and treatment that supports/ improves their capacity to heal.

It can provide assistance in:

§  Optimising the level of therapeutic touch available

§  Counteracting the child’s negative experiences whilst  in hospital

§  Improved parent/ carer bonding

§  Provides opportunities for deep rest and relaxation

§  Easy integration with existing practice – no extra tools required

Babies

       Calming and relaxing

       Aids restful sleep

       Helps to boost their immune systems

       Improves digestive functions

       Helps to alleviate colic

       Can help to improve excretory functionality

       Improves ability to breast-feed

       Improves bonding between Mother and Baby

 A loving touch can communicate care, love and a sense of “being there” for the child. 

To read more please click here

Caroline Cain Holistic Health, Denmark says:

Thank you so much for the fantastic skype training Sue, so effective, efficient and practical. I am finding it extremely rewarding (and very cute!) to give reflexology to babies and children. Such a precious tool. Your book is also fantastic - it is one of my favourite books of the moment :). All the best x

The Gentle Touch of Reflexology for Babies and Children - Sue Ricks

Are You, or your Child, the Same as a Baby Cow?

We have all heard the sensible advice about taking care of our bones by drinking milk and yet how many people also suffer from sinus problems, general nasal congestion and a blocked nose.  All of these could be related as more and more people are becoming sensitive to dairy products.

 

When I started my career in reflexology and found Gentle Touch Reflexology (www.g-t-r.org) within complementary therapies, I had absolutely no awareness of the problems caused by dairy intolerance and yet I had a son who was experiencing many of the symptoms!  No one told me that the problems that my baby was experiencing could be as a direct result of me eating dairy products while I was breast feeding or as he grew older when introducing him to baby yoghurts etc.

 

If you or your children are experiencing any prolonged or repeated symptoms of

blocked sinuses, facial pressure around your sinuses, ear aches or repeated infection, these could be a signal that your body is trying to tell you that it is not coping with the milk products from your food. 

 

Here are some of the ways in which the dairy intolerance can show up, these include:

       Headaches

       Nasal congestion

       Poor hearing

       Rogue “tummy” aches

       Repeated colds,

       Throat infections,

       Tonsillitis

       Snoring

       Aching

       Eczema

       Ear infections

       Facial Pain

To read more click here

USA Reflexology - sun and snow!

Just back from a great trip to the USA.  We had every sort of weather, met some incredible people, heard some fabulous success stories through the work being done by those doing paediatric reflexology and saw mountains, streams, rivers, sun and snow!  An action packed three weeks through New York, Denver and Ohio/ Kentucky.  No sooner were we back than we left again to support my son with his event at the Swindon and Cricklade Steam Railway Beer Festival. Another great event.

USA Courses available - ARCB approved

The ARCB have approved the following courses for CEU's (Continuing Educational Units). (Also see www.suericks.com for details of current course dates)

Sue Ricks School of Complementary Therapies, P00133, is approved as a provider of continuing education by the American Reflexology Certification Board.

Alphabetical Order

Subject	Course Title	Duration
Advanced Foot Reading	Advanced Foot Reading	One day
Advanced Foot Reading	Advanced Foot Reading Highlights	Three hours
Advanced Reflexology for Younger Clients	Gentle Touch ™ Reflexology for Younger Clients	Two days
An Introduction to Reflexology for Babies and Children	The Gentle Touch of Reflexology for Babies and Children	One day
EFT	Introduction to EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique)	One day
EFT	Introduction to EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique)	Three hours
Energy and Vibrational Healing	Energy and Vibrational Healing via the Feet	One day
Energy and Vibrational Healing	Energy and Vibrational Healing via the Feet	Three hours
Feng Shui	Feng Shui for Practitioners	One day
Feng Shui	Feng Shui for Practitioners	Three hours
Foot Reading	Foot Reading	One day
Gentle Touch ™ Reflexology	An Introduction to Gentle Touch ™ Reflexology	One day
Gentle Touch ™ Reflexology	Gentle Touch ™ Reflexology Techniques	Two days
Gentle Touch ™ Reflexology	Three day GTR Workshop	Three days
Hand Reflexology	Gentle Touch ™ Reflexology Hand Reflexology Techniques	One day
NLP	NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming)	One day
Reflexology for Babies and Children	The Gentle Touch of Reflexology for Babies and Children	Two days
Reflexology for Endocrine Imbalances	Gentle Touch Reflexology for Endocrine Imbalances	One day
Reflexology for the Elderly	Gentle Touch Reflexology for the Elderly	One day
Understanding Illness and Disease	Understanding Illness and Disease – bringing it all together	One day

 

Please feel free to contact me for more information or for details of arranging a class in your area.

suericks@suericks.com

Reflexology Association of America

The Reflexology Association of America (RAA) conference is going great. We are here in Denver having met some amazing people from so many states, Alaska, California, Florida and beyond.

There is terrific stand on the Pioneers of Reflexology with so many of the original items belonging to Eunice Ingham.  Dwight Byers is here and we even managed a photo opportunity!  NachiSanchez  has been showing me Eunice Inghams’s original typewriter ,letters to her from Joe Shelby Riley and some of her hand written teaching notes. What a prized collection, apparently gained from being in the right time at the right place. Nachi told me that he was on one of Dwight Byers courses and went for a walk at lunch time and saw a garage sale with some items that seemed to relate to reflexology. Another gentleman bought most of the items (Nachi is still looking for him!) and so Nachi bought an ancient couch and took it back to the class. Dwight saw the couch and recognised it as his aunt’s couch (Eunice Ingham)!

I have met so many passionate reflexologists who have so much to offer and it continues to inspire me about how much good will there is in the world.  So many gifted people with wide ranging abilities to help others (and themselves).

There are some superb speakers here:

       Dr Marc Piquemal

       Christine Issel

       Dr Martine Faure-Alderson

       Amanda Trosten-Bloom

       Barbara Brower

       Stephanie Cooke

       Kristi Gabriel

       Lone Sorensen

       Laura Jodry

       Plus information from Hanne Marquardt, Mauricio (Moshe) Kruchik, Bill Flocco and Lynne Booth

My book The Gentle Touch of Reflexology for Babies and Children has almost sold out and we still have a day to go! The Gentle Touch Reflexology foot and hand charts have also been popular, as have the chakra charts – so we have had fun!  Oh, and the Gentle Touch ™ Reflexology training DVD has gone well too!

For more information on the courses in the UK and USA (ARCB approved) – Click here

For more information on Gentle Touch Reflexology – click here

To purchase The Gentle Touch of Reflexology for Babies and Children book  – click here

New ARCB Courses Approved (American ReflexologyCertification Board)

Great News - All of the following courses have been approved by the ARCB (American Reflexology Certification Board). Please email me at suericks@suericks.com if you  would like to know where courses are being held or see my website www.suericks.com for more information

Alphabetical Order

Subject	Course Title	Duration
Advanced Foot Reading	Advanced Foot Reading	One day
Advanced Foot Reading	Advanced Foot Reading Highlights	Three hours
Advanced Reflexology for Younger Clients	Gentle Touch ™ Reflexology for Younger Clients	Two days
An Introduction to Reflexology for Babies and Children	The Gentle Touch of Reflexology for Babies and Children	One day
EFT	Introduction to EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique)	One day
EFT	Introduction to EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique)	Three hours
Energy and Vibrational Healing	Energy and Vibrational Healing via the Feet	One day
Energy and Vibrational Healing	Energy and Vibrational Healing via the Feet	Three hours
Feng Shui	Feng Shui for Practitioners	One day
Feng Shui	Feng Shui for Practitioners	Three hours
Foot Reading	Foot Reading	One day
Gentle Touch ™ Reflexology	An Introduction to Gentle Touch ™ Reflexology	One day
Gentle Touch ™ Reflexology	Gentle Touch ™ Reflexology Techniques	Two days
Gentle Touch ™ Reflexology	Three day GTR Workshop	Three days
Hand Reflexology	Gentle Touch ™ Reflexology Hand Reflexology Techniques	One day
NLP	NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming)	One day
Reflexology for Babies and Children	The Gentle Touch of Reflexology for Babies and Children	Two days
Reflexology for Endocrine Imbalances	Gentle Touch Reflexology for Endocrine Imbalances	One day
Reflexology for the Elderly	Gentle Touch Reflexology for the Elderly	One day
Understanding Illness and Disease	Understanding Illness and Disease – bringing it all together	One day

Gentle Touch Reflexology and Reflexology Foot Charts

Do you ever wonder how to relax immediately? Well, I have had an amazing day today and feel so incredibly lucky to be involved in Gentle Touch reflexology.  If you’ve ever wondered what the Gentle Touch of Reflexology can do for you then maybe you’d enjoy seeing someone doing or receiving a treatment.

I had three students with me today and each time one of them did a treatment on the other the “client “ in the chair went to sleep or sat there with a glazed over expression.  One of the students said that he has found it incredible how many of his clients doze off almost immediately and one lady said that she was now sleeping after ages of not being able to sleep properly at all.

Gentle Touch Reflexology (GTR) touches people’s lives in so many ways.  Today we’ve been talking to about Reflexology for adults and yet is still just as amazing for Babies and Children too.  One of my closest friends has had a terrific result from using the techniques that she read in the book Reflexology for Babies and Children. Her son was really constipated and she followed the techniques that she read and her son was okay again very soon. Sometimes the simplest things can bring the quickest relief.

In another way Gentle Touch ™ Reflexology is spreading its touch to mom’s is through a lovely practitioner called Michelle who has written about how useful she finds the Gentle Touch Reflexology foot chart and also the hand chart too.  How superb that she is making such difference to the tiny babies that she is treating. Well done to Michelle and all the rest of the team. Here is what she put:

Gentle Touch ™ Reflexology Foot Chart

This vibrantly colored chart is clear and easy to read. There is an amazing little point, the heart point that I have found to be highly beneficial for helping babies take a deep breath and relax.   

Gentle Touch ™ Reflexology Hand Chart

I gave a copy of this chart to a mom who was very interested in Baby Reflexology. She noticed that her son was sleeping for longer periods during morning naptime after his reflexology session.  Mom learned several techniques from me and then used the chart to help relieve a teething issue a few weeks later!

The new website will be up and running very soon and maybe by the time you read this! www.suericks.com – Feel free to visit the site with all the news, events, courses and products that we have available. If you see a chakra (rainbow) colored site then that is my new site! 

Gentle Touch Reflexology has become a real passion of mine and many others. It is perfect for adults, teenagers, children and babies. Reflexology for babies is such a beautiful thing to know about.  It is calming, soothing and greatly helps children with their overall heath, happiness and contentment.

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Complementary Therapies for Children in Hospital

I am really interested in the work of Complementary Therapies within Hospitals and am delighted that people are taking it increasingly seriously.  It has an invaluable role to play.  It has been amazing to see the benefits of what Reflexology for Babies and Children can have for these little ones when they are hospital.  Working with the Cincinnati Children's Hospital has opened my eyes to what is possible and when Hospitals like these have such great integrated health units we are starting to see a real change in what is being offered to Children.  See this video link below for what is happening at UCLH with the help of the wonderful Sam Buxton Sunflower Healing Trust.

To view  a DVD of the charities work see  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVYsoi3PT2U

I was over in Cincinnati last May and again in October and had the privilege of teaching Reflexology for Babies and Children to some superbly gifted people. What they are doing in the Children’s’ hospital is just fabulous.  The Hospital is ranked Number One in the USA for digestive disorders and very high for many other conditions and takes the issue of offering an nitrated approach very seriously. They really are leaders in their field. Some of the team have been using Reflexology on their units and getting some superb results. Improvements in lung function when babies have respiratory challenges; they are calmer and more relaxed and so much more. We will be writing more in a little while.

Well done to the UCLH team and to LMS team at Cincinnati Children’s for the work that they do.

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