April’s book review
You Are The Placebo By Dr Joe Dispenza £12.99 Is it possible to heal by thought alone – without drugs or surgery? The truth is that it happens more often than you might expect. In You Are The Placebo, Dr Joe Dispenza shares numerous documented cases of those who reversed heart disease, depression, crippling arthritis […]
Findhorn book review
After a successful Hollywood career as a writer, actor and producer, (see resume on IMDb), Doug Heyes discovered “The Touch” – the gift for healing he describes as “the natural birthright of all human beings”. He left a successful career in show business to plunge headlong into the waters of holistic health and healing. An outdoor […]
atOne this Sunday 3rd April 2016
Now that Spring has officially sprung and we’re on British Summer Time at last, we are looking forward to our next atOne day this Sunday 3rd April here at the Monastery with doors open 11am-4.30pm (opening mediation at 11.30am). atOne With Ancient Wisdom will explore two very different spiritual practices that continue to be relevant and useful today. […]
Easter Day- a gift of good listening
27th March – Happy Easter Day “Musical Rapture…A Healing Gift for Humanity”. One of my clients sent me this story …… I would like to share it with you now. At the age of 13, a year after Frederic de la Rue had his first near death-experience, he was guided to start playing people’s soul […]
Self Care is Constant Vigilance
Learning to “Manage Our Emotions” is a great skill. It is all about taking responsibilty and being accountable for our actions. We all need to step back and take a good look at how we relate to ourselves in the world. I want to get you really thinking about your needs and wants and focus on […]
Daily Hygiene & Self Care
This article is for all animal lovers, be it cats or dogs and for humans who wish to focus on “Self Care”. I am studying the values and benefits of using the Australian Bush Flower Essences on a regular basis for the dogs in my care and for myself. I have all the essences in […]
Best listening review for March
I was visiting Warrington town centre one day a few years back now and came across a therapist using Solfeggio tuning forks. I had to experience a session and she had a space vacant in half an hour so there I was in the middle of an open air market-square lying on a portable bed […]
Find a Therapist…
At the last board meeting this Monday 22nd February it was decided to use the web site for greater awareness to the general public. We wish to have our names advertising our skills and we are sure more members want this service. So lets start now. Send me your details and a short story of […]
CNHC Consultation response to NICE guidelines
Dear Members and Friends of CAR You may or may not be aware, by now, that the revision of NICE Guidelines for Improving Supportive and Palliative Care in Adults is underway and the scoping process has recommended that Complementary Therapy Services (CT) are removed from the guidelines. The rationale and implications for removing CT have yet to […]
16th Clinical Reflexology Conference ‘Cherishing the Feet’
Saturday 14th May 2016…..During the morning sessions the team will introduce SensoriReflex© – getting to know the feet as entry gates into the body based on the theory of body integration, pandiculation and soft tissue release. In the afternoon the focus will be on HypnoReflex© using techniques to promote deep relaxation and assistance with managing […]
Bury Cancer Centre is recruiting complementary therapists
Bury Cancer Support Centre is looking for complementary therapists, CAR trained therapists will be most welcome for consideration. For info about the post(s) contact manager Jan Katana, contact details: BCSC 406 Bolton Rd Bury BL8 2DA 0161 764 6609 email: infoBCSC@gmail.com
Foot Tapping Reflexology course in Leeds on Saturday 27th June
THE BRITISH REFLEXOLOGY ASSOCIATION 2015 Regional Lecture Day – An Introduction to Foot Tapping Reflexology Foot Tapping Reflexology (FTR) is a new technique that takes Reflexology to a new level, making your treatments much more effective. It incorporates aspects of other energy therapies into a reflexology treatment and can easily be included as and when […]
The 2015 AGM is being held on Sunday 19th April
Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of Clinical Association of Reflexologists will be held at The Hara School, Light Alders Farm, Light Alders Lane, Disley, Stockport, SK12 2LW at 11am on Sunday 19th April, to transact the following business: DRAFT AGENDA Approval of minutes of the previous AGM […]
Clinical Reflexology at The Christie 2016
The 16th Clinical Reflexology conference at The Christie Saturday 14th May 2016. CAR Members special offer £99.
Vertical Reflex Therapy Workshop
Vertical Reflex Therapy Workshop Dates: Saturday & Sunday TBC Time: 2 X full days Venue: TBC Facilitator: Lynne Booth Cost: Approx. £65 for each day (dependent on numbers) The Booth Method of VRT (also known as Vertical […]
Review of the Balens Conference by our member Linda Rose
In Issue 36 of the Clinical Reflexology Newsletter, we featured an article on the Balens conference 2013, written by Linda Rose, a long standing CAR member. Linda wrote an an extremely informative synopsis of the conference, which focused on: • Where is healthcare going? • Empirical science, vitalism or what? • Placebo or nocebo? • Online marketing […]
CAR Code of Practice and Ethics now available online
The CAR Board has recently been working hard on revising and updating the CAR Code of Practice and Ethics and is pleased to announce it is now complete and is available online by visiting the Membership section of this site.
Clinical Reflexology Conference at The Christie 2014
CLINICAL REFLEXOLOGY CONFERENCE Theme: Palliative & End of Life Care Date: Saturday 17th May 2014 Price: £120 Discount price: £99 Details: A packed day of presentations and workshops focussed on supporting patients and carers in palliative and end of life care settings Please contact us for more info….
First Aid Skills course available….
As you’ll be aware, one of the prerequisites of your Clinical Association of Reflexologists’ membership is that you must hold a current First Aid certificate. If yours has expired or will expire this year, we want to hear from you as we would like to arrange First Aid training for our members! More infomation available […]
New CAR uniforms available…..
We now have CAR uniforms available…All CAR members are invited to purchase the newly designed practitioner uniform – a while tunic in high quality, ‘easy wear’ fabric, complete with short sleeves, two pockets and neat zip fastening with smart collar feature. Gilets and fleeces with logos are also available….see the Sales page for more info.
More images showing the practical workshop demos….
The workshop offered a great viewing position for all delegates to see clearly demo of practical techniques.
Practical CPD event in Manchester – we celebrated a successful event providing quality time for the CAR Team and members to share.
Th event was respectfully attended and the content very well received. A varied cross section of the membership was represented including a few non-members joining us from Bury Cancer Support Centre The day provided an ideal & rare opportunity to exchange treatments under close supervision with hands on guidance for delivering effective, individual prescriptive reflex […]
Alison Morewood – A personal introduction to the late, great Clive O’ Hara.
As your current Chair of the Clinical Association of Reflexologists and former student and friend of Clive O’Hara, it is my privilege to introduce here one of the modern day pioneers of reflexology. During a career of more than 30 years unbroken clinical practice treating literally thousands of clients, a fact that undoubtedly qualified him as one of the leading […]
Peter Mackereth in Interview on Smoking Cessation for the BBC
Peter Mackereth, Clinical Lead for Complementary Therapies and Smoking Cessation at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester was invited by the BBC to provide his thoughts on the government’s proposals to introduce plain packaging for cigarettes. To see Peter Mackereth’s interview follow the following link: www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17699440. Health Secretary, Andrew Lansley recently reported that “Each year it […]