Via the simple process of touch, Reflexology can be very effective in our healing process. In the hi-tech culture we live in, touch has, unfortunately, taken second place to machines.

Many physiotherapists now use machines instead of using their hands in therapy. Physicians utilize machines to scan bodies and rarely rely on touch for diagnosis. People also seem to have forgotten how to even hug one another. We now shake hands, if we even touch at all. Many times we walk past one another on the street and don't even greet each other.

Electric blankets are used to keep warm at night during the cold months - human arms seem to have become redundant. However, healing takes place through an exchange of human energies, not through an exchange of electricity.

There is ample evidence that over-exposure to electricity increases cancer risk. Even living near high voltage pylons is reported to deplete our immune systems.

Research was completed in an orphanage located in London where the mortality rate of infants was very high. Folks were paid to visit the orphanage and to play with an experimental group of infants. The mortality rate stayed the same for infants in the control group, but the experimental group children who were played with every day showed a much rate of survival.

When you are feeling down or depressed and another person hugs you, you almost immediately begin to feel better. This happens because of the exchange of human energies. And, since positive energy can be used to neutralize negative energy, you actually change the energy field of the person and they will immediately start to feel better.

Every on of us has the gift of healing contained right in our hands. We instinctively use our hands to heal. When you bang your knee into something, you automatically place your hand on it. When a child hits her head against something, you place your hand on her head. When you do this, you are transmitting healing energy without even realizing it.