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My hope in creating Soothing Soles is to offer you a peaceful and healing sanctuary, where for 60 or 90 minutes, you can let go of all your worries and stress, and relinquish all control in a most safe and loving environment. May you return home feeling loved, nurtured and completely rejuvenated. If you're looking for relaxation, relief from chronic or acute pain, or bliss - you've come to the right place.

Reflexology and Stress

When we are under stress, a primitive system governed by the old part of the brain, the ‘fight or flight’ reaction takes over.

When our fight or flight system is activated, we tend to perceive everything in our environment as a possible threat to our survival. By its very nature, the fight or flight system bypasses our rational mind—where our more well thought out beliefs exist—and moves us into "attack" mode. This state of alert causes us to perceive almost everything in our world as a possible threat to our survival. As such, we tend to see everyone and everything as a possible enemy. Like airport security during a terrorist threat, we are on the look out for every possible danger. We may overreact to the slightest comment. Our fear is exaggerated. Our thinking is distorted. We see everything through the filter of possible danger. We narrow our focus to those things that can harm us. Fear becomes the lens through which we see the world.

We can begin to see how it is almost impossible to cultivate positive attitudes and beliefs when we are stuck in survival mode. Our heart is not open. Our rational mind is disengaged. Our consciousness is focused on fear, not love. Making clear choices and recognizing the consequences of those choices is unfeasible. We are focused on short-term survival, not the long-term consequences of our beliefs and choices. When we are overwhelmed with excessive stress, our life becomes a series of short-term emergencies. We lose the ability to relax and enjoy the moment. We live from crisis to crisis, with no relief in sight. Burnout is inevitable. This burnout is what usually provides the motivation to change our lives for the better. We are propelled to step back and look at the big picture of our lives—forcing us to examine our beliefs, our values and our goals.

Reflexology has the ability to reverse the affects of stress by taking the body out of fight or flight mode, into parasympathetic mode, thereby activating the natural healing and repair response of the body.

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HOURS

Monday          9 am - 6 pm

Tuesday 11am - 1 pm

Wednesday 9 am - 6pm

Thursday       9 am - 6 pm

Sunday        10 am - 6 pm

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 2901 Ode Turner Road, Hillsborough, NC 27278

919.265.7858

NOTE: Reflexology does not diagnose, treat or cure any diseases, and is not a substitute for standard medical care. Stacy Kassebaum is not a medical doctor. None of the statements on this site have been evaluated by the FDA. Nothing on this site is intended to discourage anyone from seeking or following the advice of a medical doctor.