WORKSHOP: X-tra focus on: Hormones, Reflexology and the Meridians with Inge Dougans

WORKSHOP: X-tra focus on: Hormones, Reflexology and the Meridians with Inge Dougans is organized by Reflexology Association of Canada (RAC) / Association canadienne de Reflexologie and will be held from Sep 18 - 19, 2021.

Accreditation:
RAC Members who participate will receive 4 CEUs.

Workshop Description:
This workshop will cover hormonal disorders in a broader outlook, aiming to provide a vast learning experience and a new perspective to the way our hormones function. Focusing on how hormones affect multiple systems and linking them with ancient Chinese meridians, this course will provide you with the tools to identify and understand the appearance and causes of disorders that have become so common in many of our modern societies.

An exciting and informative course not to be missed!

On completion of this course, the participants will be able to relate to:
• The essential fatty acids, vitamins, mineral and amino acids obtained from our food produce our hormones.
• The importance of homeostasis
• The Five Elements relate to receiving, digesting, processing, transforming, and creating Chi (electrolytes that are controlled by hormones)
• A short summary of the 12 meridians
• Some individual meridians: The Triple Burner
• The Four Meridians linked to the Fire Element.
• The Triple Burner with a new analogy
• The pathway of the Triple Burner overlapping with the pituitary gland and hypothalamus.
• Understanding the concept of the upper, middle, and lower burner (Triple Burner meridian)
• Meridian connections to the thyroid
• Common thyroid disorders and assessments of meridians and reflexes related to the thyroid.
• Meridian connected to the parathyroid
• The Kidney and Bladder meridians – "the spark of life."
• The spark of life and our reproductive organs
• The calcium connection
• The overlap of reproductive reflexes with the kidney and the bladder meridians
• Our reproductive systems – the lower burner
• Cholesterol and our hormones
• Disorders of the reproductive systems
• Assessments of the meridians in the face and relate these to the reproductive systems.

Please note: this workshop will NOT be recorded.