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Learn Reflexology Protocols for Myriad Diseases and Conditions

3/3/2022

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I've been able to work with thousands of people over the years with a variety of diseases, disorders, and conditions. People often reach out to me for advice as to where in the reflexology map to press for what ails them. So, I created this ebook for anyone who wants to know more! While it was created with reflexologists in mind, it is very detailed and easy to understand. That being said, it is also not dumbed-down. You will learn the specifics of every body system with corresponding illustrations of where the organs and glands are as well as foot reflexology body and brain maps! To know more or to preorder your copy CLICK HERE.
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Daily Movement IS Self-Care!!

2/16/2022

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Daily movement IS Self-Care!! In this video, Instutor Jesus, of Capoeira Angola Quintal in SF, will share movement stretches and sequences to help build strength, elongate muscles, increase blood flow, and have fun while doing it!

What you will learn:
1. Capoeira Burpees
2. Scapular Awareness and Isolation
3. Intro to Ginga
4. Meia lua de Frente
5. Bear, Crab, and Tiger Walks

To know more about capoeira or to take classes with Instutor Jesus of Capoeira Angola Quintal SF visit:
https://www.caqsf.com

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​Chantel is not a doctor and does not dispense medical advice. Nor does she diagnose, prognose, or prescribe. The holistic tools taught are not substitutes for medical care. Consult your physician in all matters regarding your health.
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Self-Care for the Neck & Cervical Spine

2/4/2022

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Learn easy self-care tools to manage pain and tension in the cervical spine, loosen tight muscles, and free the neck!

What you will learn:
  1. Nerve Threading Exercises
  2. Reflexology for the Neck, Jaw, and Shoulders
  3. The Brahma Mudra
  4. A Bija Mantra
  5. The Taoist Turtle Exercise

​Chantel is not a doctor and does not dispense medical advice. Nor does she diagnose, prognose, or prescribe. The holistic tools taught are not substitutes for medical care. Consult your physician in all matters regarding your health.
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Self-Care for the Sacral Chakra!

1/13/2022

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Let’s open the New Year by opening, balancing, and energizing our Sacral Chakra! The Sacral Chakra, also known as the Second Chakra, governs our creativity, vitality, and sexuality. In this video you will learn techniques and exercises to balance your Sacral Chakra and, in so doing, honor your emotions, activate your creativity, and charge up your sexuality. So, let’s commence 2022 with Self-Care for our Sacral Chakra.

In this video you will learn:
1 Chakra Meditation
2. Bija Mantra for the Sacral Chakra
3. Reiki over the Tanden
4. Stones/Crystals that Support your 2nd Chakra
5. Reflexology
6. The Ushas Mudra
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6 Stress-Relieving Tools You Can Do Under the Holiday Dinner Table

12/24/2021

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The holiday season can be quite stressful, so unless you’re planning to pull a Witherspoon/Vaughn Four Christmases move and utterly bail, there are ways to participate AND not lose your mind!

You also don’t want to be the person taking deep breaths between courses and conversations. If Uncle Joe gets hip to the breathing technique you do every time he talks politics, it is inevitable that tensions will only escalate, cuz you’re doing that “woo-woo breathing thing” again. So, since you can’t do your deep breathing exercises or hide under the dinner table, what can you do surreptitiously that will mitigate your stress and anxiety?

Here are 6 simple techniques for calming your body and mind without anyone ever noticing.

1. Hand Reflexology—to reduce stress

The hypothalamus, pituitary, and adrenals are the three glands in the body that are responsible for producing, regulating, and sending stress hormones—namely cortisol and epinephrine (aka adrenaline). These fight-or-flight hormones increase blood pressure and blood sugar levels, lower immune system responses, and slow digestion. To calm the storm brewing within, press on these three reflexology points in your hands. The hypothalamus and pituitary are located at the center of the swirl on your fingerprints—yes, all ten fingers. Because these points are so closely situated within the fingertips, pressing on this one area will address both. Gently hold this point for five seconds. Once you’ve held all ten finger points, move your thumb down to the center of the mound on the palm below the thumb. This is your adrenal gland reflexology area. Since there are two adrenals, you will press on this point in both hands. Again, five seconds.
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2. Universal Position—to calm and restore.

In Reiki, we place one hand on the heart and the other on the solar plexus. This position invites calm into your day. If you don’t feel comfortable placing your hands on these two areas in front of others, simply imagine that your hands are there. Doing this position in your mind’s eye is equally beneficial.
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3. Silent Mantra—to remember to be our best self

Say to yourself, “no judging, no fixing, no controlling.” This mantra brings forth greater compassion for others and reminds us to elevate the way we relate to others. Further, we don’t like others to be critical of us, so we commit to not being critical of others.

4. Apan Vayu Mudra—to lessen anxiety

Place your pointer finger so that it touches the base of the thumb; next, touch the tips of the thumb, middle finger, and ring finger. The pinky will be outstretched tall. Hold for 5-10 seconds. Don’t forget to take a nice deep breath!
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5. Shift Your Gaze Exercise—to allow frustrations to dissipate

I refer to this as the “Making Pickles Exercise.” I named it this because when you are in a pickle, you might as well make pickles—a sweet and delicious distraction! All you do is simply avert your gaze. Often, the reason why something feels dreadful is that we are unwittingly holding on to an old emotion that is linked to the first time we experienced a similar feeling. Perhaps, as a child, your mother belittled you and your beliefs, which left you feeling bitter and depressed. So, now when her comments imply that your beliefs are silly or childish, you spiral into anger or dejection. 

Emotion can become stuck in our bodies: we get so upset that we continually repeat a phrase in our heads—perhaps what we’d like to say—and this reinforces the pain we’re experiencing, only ensuring that the suffering perpetuates. You may be aware that often when we are in an emotional pattern, we find ourselves fixating our eyes on something. We become stuck, literally and figuratively. To shift out of this pattern, simply look at something else, shift your body, get up, or move around. And, if at all possible, get distracted and literally do something else—like make pickles! This is why arguments in cars have such a difficult time dissipating. There is nowhere to look except at the road or out the window. It often isn’t until you get out of the vehicle that you can take a breath and release the tension. So, at the dinner table, instead of staring at your carrots in a blind fury, lift your gaze and notice something else in the room. Continue to look around at different objects or faces until your mind clears.

6. Shake It Out!—to calm down

Have you ever noticed how cats and dogs shake their bodies after they’ve been scared or fallen? They do this instinctively all the time. The shake itself acts like a calming mechanism. It expels excess energy and almost says to the brain, “let’s start again.” So, if animals do it, why not us? This one can’t be done at the dining room table, but when things get REALLY tense, sneak away to the bathroom and literally shake it out.
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Try one, two, or all of these techniques. You may get a good laugh at yourself in doing them—which, by the way, is one of the best things you can do to release stress!
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Wishing you abundant love, light, and laughter this holiday season.

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Self-Care for Plantar Fasciitis

12/20/2021

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Learn Self-Care for Plantar Fasciitis! And why the heck I’m holding a Louise Hay book - watch the video to find out! :) Plantar Fasciitis is inflammation of the fascia on the plantar aspect of the foot. But it’s not just about inflammation. In this video you will learn self-care tools that can help manage the pain associated with plantar fasciitis and to begin to sense where it came from and why it persists.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: 
  1. Reflexology
  2. Metaphysically ~ In what way are you not moving forward?
  3. Affirmations
  4. Spinal Nerve Chart (L5)
  5. Reiki
  6. Drop Sock Exercise
  7. Elongated Calf Stretch
  8. Fasting, Juicing, or Plant-Based

To join FB lives, join my group: Self-Care with Chantel on Facebook.
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Gentle Care for Seniors

12/9/2021

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Learn simple techniques to bring comfort and light to those who are fragile and aging. These gentle approaches can be given or taught to those in need.
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​WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:
  1. Reiki Breathing Technique: Joshin Kokyu Ho
  2. Energetic Holds at the Head, Feet, and Hands
  3. The Patty Cake Hold (See and Be Seen)
  4. Solar Plexus Reflexology Hold
  5. Apana Mudra
  6. Ajna Chakra
  7. Earthing
  8. Listen

To join FB lives, join my group: Self-Care with Chantel on Facebook.
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Prevent Fatigue from Being an Empath, Healer, or Wellness Practitioner

12/7/2021

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Are you sensitive to energy or find yourself drained after being around certain people or situations? Do you feel exhausted after providing sessions to clients or those you love? You don’t have to be a practitioner in the healing world to feel the effects of psychic drainage. Learn self-care techniques to prevent fatigue from being an empath, healer, or wellness practitioner.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:
  1. What is an empath?
  2. Alignment/posture
  3. Softening mind, body, and spirit
  4. Releasing the need to fix others
  5. Put yourself first: radical self-care
  6. Aura cleansing and beaming
  7. Dry bathing
  8. Cutting the golden cord

To join FB lives, join my group: Self-Care with Chantel on Facebook.
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VIDEO on Gratitude & the Hypothalamus

12/4/2021

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Thank you to everyone who joined my FB Live on Gratitude & the Hypothalamus! Here is the post-live recording.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:
~ Universal Position in Reiki
~ Hypothalamus Function
~ Hypothalamus Location in Reflexology Map
~ Reflexology Press & Rock (Tilting) Method
~ Anjali Mudra
~ Hakini mudra
~ My Hypothalamic Pituitary Adrenal Axis (HPA Axis) Mudra


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Gratitude & the Hypothamus!

11/22/2021

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Join me for a Facebook Live on my group page, Self-Care with Chantel, Wednesday, November 24th at 2pm PST. 

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: Self-care to help facilitate and ignite more joy and gratitude into your life. We will also lea
rn how to tend to our hypothalamus, the ever-so important gland in our brains that produces oxytocin (aka the love hormone). By nurturing and employing self-care to this gland, we kickstart gratitude. Like the contagiousness of a smile, the more we tend to it, the more it grows!

​Hope to see you there!

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