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5SOLE FUNDAMENTALS PROGRAM AN INTRODUCTION TO CHINESE REFLEXOLOGY With Holly Tse Sole Fundamentals Module 5, Letting Go and Embracing Change – Transcript

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Lesson 5.1 – Breathing in Life [Welcome Video] Hi, it’s Holly here and welcome to Module 5 of the Sole Fundamentals program. In this module, it’s about letting go and embracing change, so you’ll learn some really powerful Chinese Reflexology points to help you do this. We are also going to delve deeper into the Mind Body Connection. And I’ll share with you some techniques to let go of negative emotions because they’re so messy for your qi. And then I will also show you how to overcome any setbacks you may encounter in your healing journey. So let’s get started! [Lesson 1 – Breathing in Life] [Module 5: Letting Go and Embracing Change] And we’ll begin with a quick overview of what we’ll cover in this module. So Module 5 is Letting Go and Embracing Change. In this module, you’ll learn about the respiratory system, including three Chinese Reflexology points to help you breathe in life. And then, we’re going to get into something a little different, which will be Chinese Reflexology hand points, and specifically for the Large Intestine. And as you know, the large intestine is all about moving things along and letting go of undigested waste from your body—the stuff that you don’t need or that you don’t want hanging around in your body. So the Mind Body Connection that we’ll touch upon in this module, is about letting go of the emotional stuff you don’t want hanging around in your body. And we’ll focus specifically on letting go of negative emotions. Then we’ll talk about moving forward, and blocks that might come up and how to detour around them, including a very powerful Chinese Reflexology point for moving forward in your life. [Before We Begin] But before we begin, it’s time for my common sense slide. The information in this workshop is for educational purposes only and should not be used as a substitute for proper medical advice or treatment. Please use common sense. If you or a loved one is sick, please go see your doctor. [Before You Begin] And because we’re covering Chinese Reflexology points, here’s a reminder that if you haven’t already done so, please watch the guidelines and techniques for


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practicing Chinese Reflexology in Lesson 2 of Module 1. And please do not practice the techniques in this video unless you have watched Lesson 2 of Module 1. [RESPIRATORY SYSTEM] Let’s begin with a quick overview of the respiratory system. [Respiratory System] The respiratory system includes the nasal cavity, trachea, bronchi and lungs. The nasal cavity is that space in your head behind your nose. Your trachea is better known as your windpipe. It connects to the bronchi, which are tubes leading to your lungs. The primary function of this system is respiration, which is the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide with the blood. [LUNG POINT] The first point we’ll cover in this lesson is the Lung point. [Lungs – Anatomy] But first, some anatomy. The lungs are a pair of spongy cone-‐shaped organs in your chest. The trachea, or the windpipe, branches into to two bronchi. These are two tubes—one going to each lung. The bronchi then branch into bronchioles, which are smaller tubes. And the smallest tubes are surrounded by clusters of alveoli, which are tiny air sacs where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide occurs. So it looks a bit like little clusters or bunches of grapes at the end of these bronchioles. The whole system is like an upside down tree branching from a main trunk, your windpipe, into smaller branches and then finally to twigs with leaves on them. And the little leaves then would be like your alveoli—or you could think of them as grapes, little bunches of grapes. [Lungs – Function] The lungs have a very important role in respiration. You inhale air by breathing in through your nose. The air then goes into your lungs, passing through the bronchi and bronchioles into your alveoli—those little air sacs. The exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the air and the blood occurs in the alveoli. And after that happens, you exhale the air, which is full of carbon dioxide, and then you repeat. Just keep on breathing. In fact, why don’t you take a good deep breath right now? It’s really good for your body. Alright, 1, 2, 3, breathe in, and then breathe out. Now just notice how relaxed you feel now? Wasn’t that nice? [Lungs – TCM Functions] In Chinese Medicine, the Lung is an important organ and energy meridian. It is said that the Lungs govern qi and respiration, and what that means is that they extract qi


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or energy from the air for the body to use. So it’s a lot like the respiratory function from a Western medicine perspective. It’s also said that the Lungs control descending and dispersing, and they regulate water passageways. So let me explain this. By controlling descending, the Lungs send qi downwards, so Lung qi is supposed to descend. And it’s supposed to descend downwards to help direct fluids down towards the Kidneys and the Bladder. The Lungs also spread what’s known as wei qi, or defensive qi. And that’s wei spelled w-‐e-‐i. So it spreads the defensive qi to the skin, where it forms a barrier to protect the body against what’s called, external evil, or Chinese Medicine speak for germs. So the Lungs play a really important role in keeping you healthy. The Lungs also disperse body fluids to the skin, so it regulates sweating and it also helps to keep the skin moist. If someone has dry skin or other issues, it’s often related to a disharmony in the Lung meridian. And that’s why it’s said that the Lung controls the skin and hair. Healthy skin and hair depends on the Lung’s function of dispersing qi and fluids throughout the body. Finally, the Lung meridian is associated with the emotions of sadness and grief. And if you think about it, when someone is really sad, really grieving and crying, their body curls inwards. It’s like they curl up and this constricts the flow of qi through the Lungs. And when it comes to the Mind Body Connection, the Lungs are very symbolic of breathing in life—of letting go of grief and sadness from the past so that you can welcome in joy and breathe in life. [Lung Point – Location] Let’s go over how to locate the Lung point. It’s located on the ball of the foot, so that top part of the sole and specifically the area below the three middle toes. And you have a Lung point on both feet. The left foot is for the left lung and the right foot is for the right lung. I also want to mention that the upper part of the Lung point corresponds to the bronchi, and the lower portion corresponds to the alveoli in the lower portion in the lungs. So the Lung point on your foot is a mirror of how the lungs are structured in your body. [Lung Point – Video] And let’s watch a video now on how to massage the Lung point. To massage the Lung point using my thumbs, I’ll support my foot with my fingers and then I’ll use both of my thumbs to press and rub across the Lung area of my foot. If I notice any area that is sensitive, what I’ll do is I’ll actually stop, and I’ll press and I will rub just


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a little bit more deeply on that area. And you can just go across your Lung area just with your thumbs like this. [Lung Point – Let’s Try It (left)] Now, it’s time to try this at home. Locate your Lung point on the sole of your left foot. It’s on the ball of the foot, but only in the area under the three middle toes. Wrap your fingers around your foot for support. Then press in with your thumbs, massaging in small circles as you go up and down and across the Lung area. Try that for about 10 to 15 seconds since it’s such a large point. Then give your Lung point a rating between 1 and 10, where 1 is slightly uncomfortable and 10 is extremely painful. And if you notice any extra-‐sensitive spot, you may just want to take note of that. [Lung Point – Let’s Try It (right)] Next, it’s time to massage your right foot. So same thing, locate the point on the ball of the foot under the three middle toes. Wrap your fingers around the foot for support, and press and massage the Lung area with your thumbs—and do that for about 10 to 15 seconds. Then, give it a rating between 1 and 10, and write down your ratings in the Track Your Progress chart. And if you notice any sensitive areas, make a note on the chart—and you can write it down in the margin—of where that is on your Lung point. [SINUS POINT] The next point we’ll cover is the Chinese Reflexology point for the sinus. [Sinus – Anatomy] Let’s first talk about the sinuses. They are hollow cavities in the skull and you have four pairs of sinus cavities. You have a pair located in the middle of your forehead above the eyes. There’s a pair between the eyes, another pair located in the bones behind the nasal cavity, and another pair behind your cheeks. [Sinus – Functions] The main function of the sinuses is to moisten and warm the air that we breathe. They also help to add resonance to your voice, and I can definitely vouch for that. Having taken singing lessons before—not that I’m any good at singing—but, I would have to say that you definitely use your sinuses to sing, and where you place the air in different parts of your head can actually improve the sound or the resonance of your singing. The sinuses also make your skull lighter because they’re hollow spaces in your head. [Sinus – Energy & Emotions]


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I wanted to draw special attention to something very interesting about the sinuses, and that is their associated emotion since this module is about letting go, and we’re going to be talking more in depth about letting go of negative emotions a little bit later. While the sinuses not a TCM organ, they do have an emotion associated with them. Louise Hay, many of you may be familiar with her, she’s the founder of Hay House, which is the company that is publishing my book. She’s also the author of the book, You Can Heal Your Life. Louise was one of the early pioneers in liking disease and discomfort to emotional roots. She said that sinus problems are related to irritation to one person, someone close. So if you get recurring sinus infection, a good question to ask yourself is, “Who are you peeved at?” When you focus on harmony within—if you’re calm and peaceful inside, then what goes on around you is less likely to agitate or irritate you, leading to the energetic disruption that can manifest as sinus infections. And if you massage your sinus point too, it can help to clear these feelings of irritation. [Sinus Point – Location] So let’s talk about how to locate this point. You actually have five sinus points per foot. They’re on the toe tips, but we’re going to focus on the main sinus point, which is on the tip of your big toe. Yep, there’s a lot of points on your toe, just because there’s so much going on in your head! So the sinus point on the underside of the toe, and it’s about 1/4 to 1/3 of the toe pad. So the point really is more on the tip of the toe, but since some people get too focused on just the toe tip, if you think of including about a quarter to a third of the toe pad, then you’ll get the whole point. And if you recall, the energy meridians cross over at the neck, so the left toe is for the sinuses on the right side of the head and the right toe is for the sinuses on the left side. [Sinus Point -‐ Video] Now, let’s watch a video on how to massage the main sinus point on the big toe. You can use your thumb to massage the sinus point. What I like to do is I’ll support my toes by reaching around with my fingers, and then I will just massage that point by pressing and rubbing across with my thumb like this. [Sinus Point – Let’s Try It (left)] So now, let’s try this at home. Locate the sinus point on your left foot. It’s on the toe pad of the big toe, right at the tip, but cover about one quarter to one third of the toe


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pad to make sure you get the whole point. Support your big toe with your fingers. And then massage back and forth with your thumb for a few seconds. And then, give it a good press and rate it between 1 and 10, where 1 is meh, whatever, and 10 is aaagh, beep, beep, beep, or in other words, extremely painful. [Sinus Point – Let’s Try It (right)] Then do the same for your right toe, supporting it with your fingers, and massaging back and forth with your thumb pad. Do that for a few seconds. Then give it a good press and rate it between 1 and 10. Write down your ratings in your Track Your Progress chart. [THROAT POINT] The last point in this lesson is the throat point. This is a really intriguing point when it comes to emotions, so I’ll tell you more in just a sec. [Throat – Anatomy] But first, let’s go through some basics regarding anatomy and physiology. The throat consists of three parts, which include the pharynx, the larynx and the trachea. Now you already know that the trachea is your windpipe, but what are the pharynx and the larynx—other than sounding like two characters from a Dr. Seuss story? The pharynx is a funnel-‐shaped passageway that connects your nasal cavity and mouth to your esophagus—and the esophagus is the tube where food passes through to your stomach. When you swallow, your windpipe is covered so that food only goes down the esophagus and not the trachea. The pharynx is also connected to your larynx, which is your voice box and it contains your vocal cords. An easy way to remember which is which is to remember the word laryngitis, which is when someone loses their voice. In medical terminology, anything that ends in itis refers to inflammation, so laryngitis is inflammation of the larynx. [Throat – Energy & Emotions] Speaking of losing your voice—and that is a really bad pun. It’s so bad pun, I love it! Anyhow, the throat is really interesting when it comes to energy and emotions. First, the throat is a chakra. It’s one of those energy centers along the midline of the body that you first learned about when we covered the solar plexus. The throat chakra represents communication and self-‐expression, In terms of emotions, the emotion that most affects the throat is holding back on expressing your emotions. If someone gets sore throats frequently, if they lose their


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voice a lot, it’s probably because they’ve been holding back on communicating their thoughts or expressing their feelings—and they’ve been doing this for a long time. If you recall from the previous module, where you learned about the Liver point, anger really affects the Liver and the flow of qi in the body. Over time, this can cause a disharmony in the Liver, which results in qi being driven upwards to the head. And if you’re holding back on expressing emotions, then this creates an energetic constriction in your throat. And then what happens is that there’s this big block and energy can’t move. So it’s a lot like throwing a wrench into the gears of a motor. The gears can’t move so then the motor overheat—and the same thing goes on in the throat, where the energy congestion generates heat, and that’s what causes a sore throat. [Throat Point – Location] Massaging the throat point is really good for helping to clear these types of energy blocks that are related to a sore throat. The throat point is located on the top of your foot. It is a small circle at the tip of the webbing between the big toe and second toe. The left foot is for the right side of throat and the right foot is for the left side. The location of this point is very close to the acupuncture point Liver 2, and interestingly Liver 2 is used to treat a sore throat. [Throat Point – Video] Now, it’s video time! So let’s watch how to massage the throat point. You can use your index finger to massage the throat point. Take the knuckle, put it down on the point, and then simply twist your wrist back and forth to press into that point to massage it. [Throat Point – Let’s Rate It (left)] Now, it’s time to try it at home. Locate your throat point on the top of your left foot, at the tip of the webbing between the big toe and second toe. Press in with your knuckle and twist. Do that for a few seconds to get a feel for it. Then, give it a good firm press and rate the point between 1 and 10, where 1 is slightly uncomfortable and 10 is extremely painful. When you massage this point, press hard enough so that you feel it, but not so hard that you bruise this area. The top of your foot is much more delicate than the sole, so pay attention when you’re massaging. And if you feel any friction, be sure to apply a lubricant to reduce the friction when you’re massaging. The sensitivity level of this point will give you a good indication of how much you hold back on expressing yourself. The more sensitive the point, the greater the


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energy constriction in your throat. As well, when you get a sore throat, this point will be extremely sensitive. And that’s when you should be massaging it extra, to help clear the energetic block that’s causing the sore throat. I’ll talk more about how to use this for a sore throat and a cold when we get to Module 6, which is on Putting It All Together. That’s where you’ll learn how to take everything you’ve learned in the Sole Fundamentals Program and put it all together into simple and practical routines that you can use to improve your overall health and address common health concerns. [Throat Point – Let’s Rate It (right)] Okay, now it’s time to massage your right foot. Same thing, use your knuckle to press and twist on the throat point for a few seconds. Then give it a rating between 1 and 10, and write your ratings down on the Track Your Progress chart. [Module 5, Lesson 1 – Summary] So that takes us to the end of this first lesson. Let’s review what we covered so far. You learned about the respiratory system and you learned three Chinese Reflexology points, including the very powerful Lung point, as well as the points for the sinus and the throat. You learned about the emotions associated with these points, and in the next lesson, we’re going to get deeper into letting go and letting go about negative emotions. You’ll learn about an organ that reflects how easily you let go of things. So thank you for watching this video and I look forward to seeing you in the next one. See you soon!


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Lesson 5.2 – Letting Go Hi, it’s Holly here. Welcome to Lesson 2 of Module 5 of the Sole Fundamentals program. In this lesson, you’ll learn two ways to let go of conditions and emotions that are no longer serving your health. Plus, you’ll also learn about Chinese Reflexology hand points. [Before You Begin] And since I’ll be showing you some Chinese Reflexology techniques in this lesson, if you haven’t yet already done so, please watch the guidelines and techniques for practicing Chinese Reflexology in Lesson 2 of Module 1. And do not practice the techniques in this video unless you have already watched Lesson 2 of Module 1. [Importance of Letting Go] As you learned in Module 2, Harmonizing the Heart and Mind, what you think and feel really affects the flow of qi in your body. And very often, we hold emotions inside our bodies–even if were not conscious of it. And while we may not be consciously thinking about them, these emotions still influence our actions and the flow of qi in our bodies. I'll share a little example from my own life, and then I'll share a few examples from students and clients. Alright, a little story about when I was a teenager. When I was a teenager growing up in the 80s, Madonna was the ideal of beauty. And if you remember her “like a virgin” look, she had big blonde, huge teased-‐up 80s hair. She also has blue eyes, pale skin, and big breasts. Now, you’ve seen what I look like, and I don't look anything like Madonna. So consequently, I was not considered to be beautiful by societal standards in the 80s. And I was also really shy, and awkward and self-‐conscious too, so it made me a very easy target for teenage boys to pick on. I would get heckled a lot. And in high school, there was this one hallway that led to the cafeteria. And you had to walk down this hallway and all the football players had lockers there. I hated walking down that hallway because inevitably, someone would shout something out at me about my appearance it was none too complimentary. So fast forward 15 years, and beauty standards had completely changed and I was a lot more confident so I carried myself differently. However, even though I no longer thought about being heckled by teenage boys when I was 13, 14, the emotions from those experiences were still held inside me. So even though I was a confident person in my late twenties, if I was walking down a street and saw a bunch of teenage boys, I would instantly feel tension in my body,


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like I was bracing myself for some sort of attack. And then I’d be conscious of this and I would tell myself I was being ridiculous. And of course I would walk by them and they would leave me along. But I would still sometimes cross to the other side of the street if I saw a group of teenage jocks hanging around. Even though I no longer got heckled by teenage boys, I still carried the emotions of that feeling inside me and it did effect what I was thinking, and it affected my actions too. Now I've also observed how holding on to emotions—so not letting go of them—can also really affect someone’s health. Let me give you a few examples right now. I already told you about the client who had a very sensitive Heart, even though he had no physical issues with his heart. And it was because he was holding onto the childhood pain of judgment and criticism, and he was holding it inside his Heart. And that was really affecting the energy in his Heart and Heart meridian. When he let go of the pain, that's when the sensitivity and the energy disharmony resolved itself very quickly. Another example that comes to mind is a woman who was quite young, but she had problems with her memory. So, while I work with people with Chinese Reflexology, I also help people release mental and emotional roots related to physical ailments. And that's what I was doing with this client. Given her age, she shouldn't have been having any problems with her memory—at least, not because of physiological reasons. However when we delved deeper into the emotional roots, what came up was that she had trouble letting go of things. So she had held onto a lot of emotional baggage and it was like her mind was full. And because she held on to so many of these things from the past, there was no room for new memories. Another example I can share with you is a guy in his late 30s. So he held onto every little regret, every little grievance in his life. It was like he was a collector and he stored all of these little irksome things in his midsection, and it manifested in his body as stomach ulcers. So it's so important to let go of things because even if you don't talk about something and you think you’ve moved past it, and it's not a part of your day-‐to-‐day life, if it's still inside your body, it is still affecting the flow of qi. The key to health and vitality is to let go of stuff because the less you hold, the more qi flows. [LARGE INTESTINE]



One organ and energy meridian that is very closely related to how easily you let go of things, is the Large Intestine. [Large Intestine] The Large Intestine is the last section of the G.I. tract. One of its functions is to absorb water and vitamins. And it also compacts undigested food waste into feces. [Large Intestine – TCM and Emotions] In Chinese Medicine, it is said that the Large Intestine controls passage and conduction. This is very similar to the Western perspective. The Large Intestine receives whatever is left over from the Small Intestine and passes it along to be eliminated from the body. Another saying for the Large Intestine is that it transforms stools and reabsorbs fluids. Again, this is similar to the Western perspective. It’s also important to note that from a TCM view, the Large Intestine needs to absorb the right amount of water. If too much water is absorbed, then the remaining feces becomes too dry. If not enough water is absorbed, then the feces is too wet, and it’s soft and loose. The Lung and Large Intestine meridians also have a relationship in Chinese Medicine. The healthy function of the Large Intestine depends on the descending action of the Lung qi. If Lung qi is weak, this can result in constipation. The other interesting thing about the Large Intestine in terms of emotions, is that it influences the ability to let go and to not dwell on the past. [Diagram -‐ Anatomy of the Large Intestine] The large intestine is comprised of a number of different segments. It begins on the lower right side of your body—so on the left side of this picture. Where the large intestine goes up in the body is the ascending colon, where it goes across is the transverse colon, and then it goes back down on the left side of your body—so the right of this picture—and that’s the descending colon. The last horizontal segment is the sigmoid colon, and then the large intestine ends at the rectum and anus. As you can see, there are a lot of different parts to the large intestine. And in Traditional Chinese Reflexology, there are actually eight reflexology points for the Large Intestine. Looking at the shape of the Large Intestine, you can see that it is long narrow tube, and that's how the reflexology point is on your foot too. Because it is so long and so skinny, it’s actually difficult getting a good massage on your foot using your fingers or knuckles, and it’s much better to use a Chinese reflexology stick. The Large Intestine is also an organ that can hold a lot of toxins,



especially if somebody has chronic digestive issues, such as Crohn's disease, irritable bowel syndrome, or colitis—or even just sensitive digestion. Because when digestion is weak, food is not being digested properly and it’s taking a long time to move through the system, and this is what leads to discomfort, bloating, and abdominal pain. That's why for the Sole Fundamentals Program, I wanted to get you guys started with those points that help clear toxins from your body. And I also wanted to focus on the digestive organs that can help improve the efficiency of the breakdown of food in the body. If food is being digested more efficiently, then it will be better utilized by the body, and the whole digestive system just runs cleaner and more smoothly. So even though we’re not covering the Large Intestine points on your feet, I do want to show you some points that you can use. [Hand Reflexology] And they are hand reflexology points. The location for points on the hands is very similar to their location on your feet. If you recall, this image of an outline of a body superimposed over feet, you can do something similar for the hands. Because the feet contain the master control points for balancing energy meridians, the foot points are much more powerful than hand points. However, the hands are handy, bad pun intended, when it's not convenient to massaging your feet. [Diagram of Hands] And here is an approximate location of the reflexology points on your hands. So the thumbs would be the same as the big toes for the head. The area underneath the pinky would be for the shoulders. And the organs in the abdominal cavity are on the palms of the hands. [A Handy Thing to Know] So I'm going to show you a handy massage routine that you can practice on your hand and it’s good for temporary constipation. Notice that temporary is bolded on the slide. If you have chronic constipation, this can be a serious condition so you should definitely get it checked out by your doctor. The temporary constipation I'm talking about here is for those awkward situations. You know when you're in an unfamiliar place, maybe a dirty restroom or you're on the airplane and a whole bunch of people are waiting in line for you to finish, or you're at work and you know your coworker can hear you.



So any situation where you don't feel as comfortable going as freely as you normally would at home, or if you don't have enough time and you're feeling rushed—all of these situations can result in a level stress. And the stress stops you from letting go easily because it's affecting the free flow of qi in your Large Intestine. So to counterbalance this, you can massage some points on your hand. [Large Intestine – Left Hand] So I'm going to show you points you can massage, and they are for your left hand only. They do not apply to your right hand because as you saw in the diagram of the large intestine anatomy, the large intestine on the left side of the body is different than the right side of the body. However, the left side is where the last segment of the Large Intestine is, and where the rectum and anus are, so the left is the one to massage for temporary constipation. The first section of the Large Intestine point on your left hand is a horizontal line that starts just above the thumb on your palm. It goes across the palm until just below the pinky finger. Then the next segment is a vertical line that goes down from the pinky to the base of your palm. And the last segment is a horizontal line that goes back across the palm towards the thenar of the thumb. [Rectum/Anus – Left Hand] The thenar is that big fleshy pad at the base of your thumb. So if you notice on the diagram here, there is a red x marked right in the middle of the thenar. The Large Intestine ends just below this x. And the rectum/anus point is a small circle located just below the x. [Let’s Try It – Top Line] Now I’ll walk you through how to massage this point segment by segment. I don’t have a video on this because it’s pretty straightforward, but if you do have any questions, please send me an email about it. So you want to start by pressing the knuckles of your right hand on the first segment, which is the top horizontal line on your palm. And you’ll begin on the edge of the hand that is where your thumb is located. So press in and stroke across the palm from left to right only. When you get to the pinky, lift up your knuckles and place them back at the starting point by your thumb. Then repeat, and do that 3 to 5 times to get a feel for it. Remember one direction only from left to right on that top horizontal line.



[Let’s Try It – Vertical Line] Okay, on to the next segment. This is the vertical line on the outer edge of your palm. Place one knuckle at the top of this line. Then, press and stroke down. When you get to the base of the palm, lift up your knuckle, place it back at the start at the top, and then, repeat and stroke down. And practice that 3 to 5 times. So on the vertical segment, you are always stroking down, so away from your fingers and towards your wrist. [Let’s Try It – Bottom Line] Now let’s do the last segment. Press the knuckles of your right hand on the bottom horizontal line, beginning at the outside edge, so on the pinky finger side. Then stroke across from right to left. When you get to the thenar of the thumb, lift up your knuckles and place them back at the start of the line by the pinky edge of the palm. Then repeat and do that 3 to 5 times. [Let’s Try It – Rectum/Anus] To massage the rectum/anus point, place your knuckle on the point, so it’s just below the center of the thenar, which is marked with the x. Then press and twist to massage this point, and do that for about 5 seconds to get a good feel for it. [For Temporary Constipation] Now, I'll walk you through how to massage your hand if you have temporary constipation. Obviously, you cannot rub your foot while you're sitting on the toilet, or you could but that would be really awkward. And that's why this hand point is really handy. Use the knuckles of your right hand to massage the Large Intestine as one continuous stroke. So you’ve had a bit of practice massaging each segment. Now massage them all together and massage them all together as if they were one continuous point, like a long snake. And massage in a clockwise direction only—so clockwise when you’re looking at your palm—and do that for 10 to 15 strokes. Then press and twist on the rectum/anus point for 10 to 15 seconds. So don’t do this right now. Do this if you have temporary constipation. The next point of the routine is after massaging these points is to take a deep breath and relax your abdominal region. Then repeat the reflexology and the breathing and relaxation. And after you’ve done this 2 to 3 times, then proceed with your bowel movement.



[LETTING GO OF NEGATIVE EMOTIONS] Okay, I do not have a smooth transition for moving from a bowel movement to letting go of negative emotions. So let’s just let it go and get to our number two topic in this lesson. Bonus points if anyone caught the bad pun there! [part 1 video ends, lesson continues in part 2 video] [How to Shift the Mind for Healing] If you recall in Module 2, Harmonizing the Heart and Mind, we talked about how to shift the mind for healing. And there were three simple steps to do this:

1. Awareness 2. Letting Go 3. Believing and Choosing to Heal

Let's do a quick review and celebrate what you’ve learned and what you’re practicing in your life right now. [Step 1 – Awareness] So step one was awareness. And you have been gaining a greater awareness. You're learning how your body works and how it responds. So you have much greater awareness of what’s going on in your body and how it works. Hurray! [Step 2 – Letting Go] The next step in shifting your mind to heal is letting go. Remember we did the Transform Your Attachment exercise to help you let go of any attachments you may have to any health conditions in your body. And as you did this exercise, started listening closely to your body and hearing those very important messages that your body wants to share with you. And now, you're listening to your body more often. Yippee! By the way, I couldn't resist putting this photo of this ridiculous looking cat here. I hope you enjoy it. It made me laugh, and that’s always good for smooth flowing qi. [Step 3 – Believing and Choosing] And step three in shifting the mind to heal, is believing and choosing. And you've been practicing mindfulness to grow your belief and to choose health on a continuous basis. And to that I say, Wow! You are amazing! And I couldn't resist the opportunity to remind you that SPUD stands for Stomach, Pancreas and Duodenum. So that was just a little reminder to help you remember these points. But you are such an amazing student, you probably already know this.



So I'll say it again: Hurray! Yippee! Wow! You are amazing! [Step 2 – Letting Go] There was one part about letting go that we didn't address earlier on in the Sole Fundamentals Program, and that was letting go of negative emotions. We’re going to address it in this module, because it’s a really good fit for the points that you're learning. [3 Steps to Let Go of Negative Emotions] There are three steps to let go of negative emotions. I know, more steps, huh? So let’s forget that this is step 2 in shifting the mind the mind to heal. Instead, let’s focus on the three steps here that will help you let go of negative emotions. The first step is to recognize when you are experiencing a negative emotion and step outside of yourself. So you have to be conscious of it, and not get caught up in it. Sometimes it can take you a few moments to realize when you’re wallowing in frustration, sadness, anger, or any other negative emotion. The first thing you have to do is be aware that you’re experiencing this emotion, and then step back as if you are watching yourself going through this experience. When you step back, it gives you the space to be aware that you have a choice in how you want to feel in this moment, and you have the power to change it. The next step is to face it, erase it or replace it. You get to choose one of these techniques, and they’re great for helping you let go of something that you've been holding onto, whether it’s something new that’s just come up, or something you’ve been holding in your body for years or even decades. And I’ll walk you through each of techniques in just a few seconds. Finally, the third step in letting go of negative emotions is to keep doing the first two steps on an ongoing basis. This is important because it’s not like you reach a state of Zen and enlightenment where your negative emotions go away forever. You will always experience negative emotions. They are a part of who you are. They are a part of being human. The only difference between you and a “enlightened” being, is that he and she recognizes, loves and appreciates these “negative” aspects of themself. It’s like yin and yang. You need darkness to see light. It’s just like Star Wars movies, or a cheesy cliché from a paranormal romance novel.



But it’s true. From the negativity, comes the desire for something better. For example, people don’t fully appreciate health until they lose it. After the car accident I was in my twenties where I lost my freedom of movement because of the pain I was experiencing, there was a desire within me to challenge myself and not only regain the mobility I had lost, but to challenge myself and surpass where I had been before. And that’s what drove me—perhaps a poor choice of words to say it drove me in this case because it’s what inspired me to ride a bicycle across Canada, to be a better version of myself—to grow and expand my horizons. [Face It] Let’s first talk about the Face It technique. This works really well for strong emotions that are buried deep inside. It’s especially good for pain, fear, guilt, anger or other strong emotions that have been held in the body for years—a lifetime or even lifetimes if you believe in reincarnation. So what you have to do, is you have to put yourself back in the place of pain, fear, guilt, anger—whatever the emotion was. You have to allow yourself to be in it, and really let yourself FEEL the negative emotions in all their glory and intensity. If the emotion is buried away and hidden from your consciousness, you have to uncover it. And you can do this by using the “Transform Your Attachment” exercise from Module 2. I believe that was in Lesson 3, part 2. Face It is about fundamentally giving yourself permission to experience the emotion so that you can let it go. It’s like dirty dishes in the sink. As much as you try to turn a blind eye to them, they’re still there festering. But if you just face it and wash them, you’ll probably end up expending less energy than if you didn’t wash them because they’re taking up energy and space in the back of your mind and you’re always seeing them out of the corner of your eye. Since it can be scary to face these emotions on your own, you can also work with a practitioner to facilitate the experience. A practitioner can work with you to create a safe mental space to face the emotion, and they can also hold you accountable when you’d rather bury your head in the sand at a subconscious level. Several years ago when I first started blogging, I was actually quite tentative and ambiguous about it. I had a certain feeling of unease and vulnerability about being visible, but I couldn’t consciously figure out what was holding me back. And I’m a very self-‐aware person. I can channel, and by channel, I mean I can connect with the energy of the Universe and get clear guidance from my higher self. Some people may call it inner wisdom or inner wisdom. I like to call it Dragon Spirit,



just because it’s fun and adventurous. And just to be clear, Dragon Spirit is not an entity or spirit outside of myself. It’s just a way of naming this aspect of myself. In fact, everybody has a Dragon Spirit inside them. Yes, even you. It’s that inner voice, that higher guidance, that voice of your soul that calls you to adventure, exploration, play and growth. It’s your highest wisdom minus the ego, and it knows the answers to your most pressing questions. And it’s always there for you, but the only thing that stops you from hearing it is what’s often referred to as the monkey mind, or the chatter and judgment in your head. Anyhow, normally when I encounter a block in my life, I can channel and hear my inner guidance to help me resolve the issue. But I was hitting a block with coming out of the closet as a healer and teacher and blogger. So I worked with a close friend of mine who is very intuitive and she’s very powerful at holding the space to guide you into that those dark and emotional places that you want to avoid. And working with her, what we uncovered was that my blocks about visibility—the root of it was actually because of the trauma I experienced from being born a girl. That’s something I had no recollection of or no conscious awareness of. My friend actually guided me back to the point in the delivery room when I was born, and I remembered the disappointment my parents felt when I emerged because I was a girl. And this was the 1970s, so a different time. And Chinese culture reveres boys and way, way, way more so back then. I was the second child and I had an older sister so they were really hoping for a boy. In my day-‐to-‐day life, I had no conscious awareness that I was carrying this pain inside me. Or that I was so hurt by it and it was affecting how I lived my life. My friend made me face the pain, to be in the pain. And boy (bad pun right there) boy, did I ever want to avoid it because it made me feel so uncomfortable. But she made me stay in it and face it. So I was crying and sobbing, and so emotional, and then after a few minutes, it was like magic. Like a cloud passing and the sun emerging. After about 10 to 15 minutes, I had no more tears and I didn’t feel the pain anymore. I felt perfectly fine. And after facing this emotion, the block I had about visibility just melted away, and I was blogging away without the uneasiness, and you know the rest of the story. So facing it, is not just good for your health. It can completely change your life.



[Ways to Face It] Now, I’ll talk about several ways you can face it. You can totally do this on your own, and if you do, I applaud your courage. You can practice the Transform Your Attachment exercise to identify where you are holding an emotion, or what that emotion might be. If you do this, be sure to set aside some time to meditate and place your focus on that part of your body, and also to let yourself fully experience the emotions that come up. And after you’ve cried a few tears—have some tissues handy—or you’ve let yourself feel that anger and you punched a pillow—so have an old pillow handy—after you express and feel those emotions, you’ll feel so much better and so much lighter because you’re not carrying it inside you anymore. EFT is another method that you can practice on yourself or with an EFT practitioner. If you haven haven’t heard of it, EFT stands for Emotional Freedom Technique. It’s where you tap on acupressure points on your body while making statements out loud about what you want to release. A more conventional way to face past emotions, a more conventional way, is traditional therapy or psychotherapy where you can talk about your feelings and the therapist will help you gain a new perspective on them. Something a little bit more unusual is past life regression hypnotherapy. This is where you undergo hypnosis with the goal of recalling a past life. Dr. Brian Weiss, and I hope I pronounced that correctly, he is a hypnotherapist who hypnotized his clients and helped them remember past lives to uncover the roots of phobias, and physical pain and discomfort. And after reliving the experience in the past life, his clients were able to release them and move forward. So Dr. Weiss has written some great books on the topic and you can just search for his name and find them. [Erase It] Moving on to a completely different method for letting go of negative emotions, and we have Erase It. This method is also good for strong emotions that have been held in the body for years. It’s like taking the garbage to the curb to be hauled away, so with this method, it’s not necessary to experience the emotion in its full glory. So you don’t have to open up the garbage bag and stick your nose in it. With Face It, the key to release was giving yourself permission to feel and express the emotion. With Erase It, you just let it go. It’s like erasing a hard drive, or it’s like an Etch A Sketch where you shake it up to erase it. You don’t have to study the picture you made before shaking the Etch A Sketch. You see there’s a picture, you want a clean surface, so you just shake it.



[Ways to Erase It] So there are a number of ways to erase it, and shake up your Etch A Sketch. Here are a few of my favourite ways. The first is retelling an old story with a new, more expansive version of the story. After all, who holds a memory other than you? And even if someone else was there experiencing it, both of you have different recollections of the same experience. And over time, how much you recall and what you recall can also change. Since memories really are arbitrary, rather than focus on the negative aspects of your version of what happened, why not just come up with a new version? Now, I’m not saying here to be delusional and bury your head in the sand. But let’s say if walking down the hallway where the football players had their lockers was really traumatic, why not retell the story in your mind’s eye? So for example, instead of being beaten down by the insults, I could have stood up tall, looked that jock in the eye. And the next time you saw him, he was alone and I’d go up and speak to him about the heckling. And then he might confide in me that he just did it because of peer pressure, and he was really trying to impress his friends and sound clever. And then he could apologize for being hurtful and then never heckle you again, and actually tell his friends to stop bothering me, too. So whatever story isn’t serving you, why not imagine an expansive retelling of the story instead? Remember how in the basketball experiment, how visualizing shooting hoops actually improved the students’ skills at tossing free throws? They didn’t throw balls in real life, just in their mind’s eye, but it changed the way that they threw basketballs in real life. It made them better, so you too can retell a story, it’s a form of visualization that can make you better, too. Speaking of which, visualization is another technique you can use. You can visualize the negative emotions that you’ve been carrying around as a physical burden, so like a heavy backpack or something you’ve been dragging around for ages. And then just picture yourself letting it go. So you drop that heavy backpack. You stop pulling around the giant tree log. And that’s it, you’re done. Sometimes performing a ritual or ceremony can help you erase it, too. Maybe you want to write down whatever it is on a piece of paper and then rip it up as you light some incense.



And if you feel called to do so, you can also work with a practitioner to erase it—to let go of these negative emotions. Some techniques include energy healing, applied kinesiology, PSYCH-‐K, and Dragon Spirit. These methods are good if you’re someone who is in your head a lot. That’s because your mind makes choices about what you share. So, when you’re working with someone to Face It—let’s say you’re talking to a therapist, your mind is a gatekeeper in choosing what to tell the other person or what to reveal. So if your mind doesn’t want you to face something, then you don’t. If your mind is a strong gatekeeper, you may prefer working with someone who uses techniques that are more body-‐focused such as applied kinesiology. I have a friend who does this remotely through a technique called Psych-‐K and she helps uncover and release blocks and stuck emotions without having to involve the mind. And as I’ve mentioned before, I also work with people and I use Dragon Spirit. In a Dragon Spirit session, I help people get out of their heads so that you can hear what their soul is calling them to do. When you’re in what I call the Dragon Spirit space, that’s when you’re most connected with your higher wisdom. And in this space, you’re really just connecting to the energy of the Universe and since it’s all about energy, you transcend time and space. And when you’re transcending time, then you can easily go back into the past, retell a story, and replace something negative with something positive, and then move forward from there. [Replace it] Finally, the last method for letting go of negative emotions that I’m going to share with you is the Replace It method. This is good for letting go of emotions that arise in your day-‐to-‐day life. So using one of my many analogies, Erase It is like reformatting the hard drive of your computer because it’s acting buggy, whereas Replace It is like tossing out the old computer and getting a brand new one. [How to Replace It] So, here’s how to Replace It. You have to have awareness of negative emotions as they come up in the moment, so this takes a bit of mindfulness. When you recognize you’re experiencing a negative emotion, you replace it with a neutral feeling, and then you replace it with positive feelings. This method is more effective and easier to do with fresh new emotions because they haven’t yet been locked into your body.



[Going Neutral: Ho'oponopono Practice] When you’re really in the experience of negative thoughts and emotions, it’s hard to just flip on the happy switch. So you stop the negative thoughts and feelings by going neutral first. And I just happen to have the perfect thing that can help you. It’s the Ho'oponopono practice—an ancient Hawaiian practice of forgiveness. And yes, this is very California hippy dippy of me, but I actually learned this from a friend who lives in Vancouver. So it still has that West coast vibe about it. Whenever you’re feeling a strong negative emotion, take a step back and then say this phrase to yourself: I love you. I'm sorry. Please forgive me. Thank you. Don’t worry about who or what you’re loving, or thanking or asking forgiveness from. It could be a person, it could be the world, it could be your body. Just say it in the moment to yourself and it’ll make sense in the right way for you in that moment. [Going Positive] Then after you go neutral, choose how you want to feel. You can choose by choosing positive emotions to replace the negative ones. So, let me give you a few examples: [If you want to feel calm and clear… think about nothing] This is where you empty your mind and you can do this by focusing on your breathing, or doing something physical that draws your attention away from thinking such as wiggling your fingers and looking at them. [If you want to feel focused and aligned . . . think of a motivating goal] Where do you want to be? What do you want? Is there something you’d like to accomplish? Find something that you want enough that it diverts your attention away from the negative feeling—and focus on what you want instead. When you stay in the negative emotion, you’re actually pushing away what it is that you want to achieve. Because when you’re in a bad mood, you’re less productive and less able to come up with good ideas. And if you believe in the Law of Attraction, the negative feelings push away the positive things that you want. For example, before I won my book publishing contract, I used that as my motivating goal. So whenever I felt negative—say someone cut me off while I was driving and I was really peeved at them—I’d ask myself, Do I want this to stop me from winning the publishing contract? And the answer would be no. So then I could let go of the negative emotions really fast because they were keeping me away from what I wanted.



And your goal doesn’t have to be something earth-‐shattering or for a higher purpose. It can be as simple as a new red purse—or maybe four! [If you want to feel love and joy . . . think of a happy memory with a loved one] Remember a happy time spent with someone you love. This instantly changes how you feel. And it feels so good, why not think of a happy memory right now? [If you want to feel grounded and connected . . . spend time with Mother Nature] Instead of feeling grumpy or upset, touch a tree. Nature has a naturally high vibration and when you spend time in nature, you’re naturally recalibrating your body to its own natural vibration. So everything has energy, and there’s a frequency to this energy, including in your body. And you lower it through stress and negative emotions, but when you’re in nature, it automatically raises back up. And when you’re in this higher vibration, you feel better. I’d actually recommend spending time in nature more often, or at the very least, placing your palm on a tree regularly. And do this even if you’re not trying to let go of a negative emotion because as you tune into nature more often, you’ll be able to recall this feeling and energy more easily. And then you don’t have to be in nature to recalibrate your vibration. [If you want to feel happy and uplifted… express gratitude and appreciation] There is so much to appreciate in life. Even just running through these few examples, there is so much you can be grateful and appreciative of. You can see the sky, you can breathe in clean air. You have goals and dreams. Your world is peaceful enough that you have the luxury of thinking about getting a new purse, or something else that catches your eye if purses aren’t your thing. You have happy memories with loved ones, meaning that you have loved and been loved. You have the capacity to love and receive love. And there are trees surrounding you providing you with life-‐giving oxygen, and there is so much beauty in nature. And even if you can’t commune with nature right at this moment, you can view this beauty on your computer And as I was speaking and walking you through these examples of things that we can be grateful and appreciative of, what were you feeling? What are you feeling right now? Are you feeling happier? Are you feeling uplifted? And that really is how easy and simple it is to let go of negative emotions.



So this is a really good place to leave you for now. [Module 5, Lesson 2 – Summary] I’ve got the Module 5, Lesson 2 summary page here, so yada yada yada. You can read this on your own…

• Chinese Reflexology Hand Points – Large Intestine

• Letting Go of Negative Emotions • Face It • Erase It • Replace It

• Next Lesson 3: Moving Forward [return to previous slide] But I’d rather we all bask in a little longer in that feeling of joy, happiness and appreciation. So have an amazing day. And take a break from watching videos for now. Just allow yourself to be in the happy feeling, and to bask in it. So I will see you maybe a little bit later than usual in the next video. Have an amazing, happy and joyful day today!



Lesson 5.3 – Moving Forward Hello, it’s Holly here and welcome to Lesson 3 of Module 5 in the Sole Fundamentals program. In this lesson, you’ll learn about setbacks to healing and how you can overcome them. You’ll also learn about the Chinese Reflexology point for the knees. [Before You Begin] But before you begin, if you haven’t yet already done so, please watch the guidelines and techniques for practicing Chinese Reflexology in Lesson 2 of Module 1. And do not practice the techniques in this video unless you have already watched Lesson 2 of Module 1. [OVERCOMING SETBACKS] Our first topic is overcoming setbacks to healing. I wanted to talk about this in Module 5 because this is a likely time for students to experience setbacks in their healing. Not everyone experiences them, but they may come up and I wanted to give you some strategies to get through them. I actually really wish people didn't have to experience setbacks—that you could completely skip them. In fact, I wish I could erase them for you. However, they are often a part of the healing journey. So in this lesson, I'll share with you how setbacks might show up, why they show up, and what you can do to move past them in the easiest and most painless way possible. [How Do Setbacks Show Up?] First let's talk about how they can show up in your healing journey. One of the most common ways I see is the classic “two steps forward, one step back.} When people experience an improvement in their health, often times, shortly thereafter, they'll see a reappearance of their symptoms, or they may even take a temporary turn for the worse. So let’s say you were at level 5 in terms of health, and then you noticed you that you getting up to level 7. Then the setback might show up as going back to level 5, or maybe even level 4. But after the temporary (and underline here, temporary) setback passes, your new level is level 6. Sometimes different physical manifestations may show up such as a cold or flu, a weird pain in the body, problems with the knees, feet, hips, ankles or other issues related to the legs. And the ones involving the legs are a special case, which I’ll talk about a bit more when we get to the Chinese reflexology point for the knee.



Setbacks don't always appear in the physical body. Sometimes they can make an appearance in the form of life circumstances that get in the way of doing the things that are helpful and supportive for your body. For example, it's funny how as you make progress, life suddenly gets busy. And you can't find the time to do the things that are helping you to heal. Maybe you've already experienced this during the Sole Fundamentals Program. You were excited and eager to get started at the beginning. You watched the videos regularly and practiced on your feet. And then suddenly, maybe a deadline came up at work. Or your kids came down with the flu, or something else came up. And then as you got busy, you started to get a little bit distract and a little behind with the course. I want to emphasize here that I am making no judgments about this. I’m not saying this is a bad thing, or that you’re a poor student. I’m not trying to lay an Asian mother guilt trip on you. These setbacks, as you will learn, merely a part of the journey. Sometimes we also forget to do the things that we learned about, or you forget what you just learned. And there's a reason for that to which I’ll explain in just a second. Finally, one of the most extreme ways of experiencing a setback is to actually sabotage yourself—and this is usually at a subconscious level. So, let’s say you wanted to lose weight, and you were doing really well. You were improving how you were eating and you’re getting more exercise. And then Thanksgiving rolls around and you eat a little bit more than you should. You have that extra slice of pumpkin pie when you were really full. And then you beat yourself up about eating too much. So not only are you self-‐sabotage by eating too much, you then continue on that trend by laying a guilt trip on yourself over it. And I share that example with you because I’ve done it myself. I have definitely overeaten during the holidays, and I’ve had all those mixed emotions about the experience, too. So subconscious self-‐sabotage is sneaky. You’re usually getting a little message from your body and you override that feeling. And you have this knowledge that you should be doing something else, but you don’t do it, and then you feel bad about not doing it. And then you’re doing a double whammy of self-‐sabotage by not only not doing what you got the message to do, but then actually feeling bad about it



afterwards. And there's a reason why people do this and once you gain awareness that you’re doing this, then you can be free from it. [Why Do Setbacks Show Up?] So, let’s talk about why you may experience a setback. In the module on Harmonizing the Heart in Mind, when we were talking about why people may be attached to a health condition, you learned that it’s because mind the likes to be in control. Keeping everything the same gives the illusion of control, and safety and protection. So when your mind observes change, it tries to recreate what existed before because that takes you back into the “safe zone.” Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t. Your mind wants to be in control to keep you “safe,” so it tries to make things the same as they’ve always been because that feels safer. And that’s why you experience setbacks. Your mind is resisting the change. And it’s desperately fighting against the messages from your body, not because it’s evil and wants to see you fail, but because it’s afraid of change and it is trying to protect you. I find all of this really fascinating. And this is so cool because you’re starting to see how everything fits together in terms of the Mind Body Connection and your health—and you’re starting to see the big picture, the forest view in the Sole Fundamentals Program. And I’ll let you in on a little secret. This has never been a program just about Chinese Reflexology. I promised you a program on health and well-‐being, on how to improve your health and well-‐being. And I promised to share the gift of showing you how you can heal yourself. And this right here, this Mind Body Connection stuff, this is one of the most incredibly powerful keys to unlocking the power to heal yourself. Any setback you may experience is merely a song and dance that your mind needs to go through before it can accept the change. And remember, your mind does want you to succeed and thrive. It just thinks it knows better than your body, heart, and soul. But once it starts to see that change is actually an improvement—that things are getting better—and that this is better than keeping things the same, then the resistance will start to fade. So how do you help it along? [How to Overcome Setbacks] The number one thing you can do is to not fight the setbacks. Don’t try to do everything you can to get through it faster. Then you’re just amplifying them. It’s like a swing on a playground. If you’re standing there and the swing is coming at



you, if you try to deal with it by pushing it away as hard as you can, the swing is just going to come back at you that much harder and with that much force and velocity. Instead, embrace setbacks as part of your journey. Everybody experiences them. It’s just another step that is actually moving you forward because it’s one of those things that’s part of the journey. And then when you see it that way, it’s not such a big deal. Then it’s like you’re catching the swing instead of pushing against it. You know how you can grab a swing when it’s coming towards you, and if you move with it, then you can easily grab it and stop it. So when you do that, you’re going with the flow instead of trying to force things or control them. And setbacks are okay. Let me repeat that, setbacks are okay. Don’t beat yourself up over them. Don’t feel bad about it. And whatever it is that’s going on, it will pass. Know that it will pass and trust that things will get better. [Great Job!] Then, you can celebrate that you’ve just experienced a setback. And you can acknowledge your mind for being so clever and so conscientious that it’s trying to make things the way they were before. Or maybe there’s another message for you to listen to, and it needs to be broadcast just a little bit louder for you to pay attention. So the setback is an opportunity to reassess what’s going on in your life, and to clear out old programming or what’s not working. Then, you can have a little conversation with your mind. You can do it in your head, and acknowledge and appreciate your mind for doing such a great job at keeping you safe and secure. And then, gently remind your mind that things are changing, but they’re changing for the better, so the resistance isn’t necessary. So you can say, “Great job mind. Thanks for doing all this stuff for me. And while I love and appreciate you for what you do, it’s okay right now. Things are getting better. This is a good change so there’s no need to resist so much.” And then, you distract your mind by giving it something else to focus on rather than the changes going on in your life: so something relaxing like reading, puzzles, gardening, crafts, or even watching TV, so that your mind isn’t focused on you. And during those times when you do experience a setback, take it easy, relax, play. And at some point, you’ll feel in your heart, in your mind, and in your body that it’s time to move on. You’ve been in this place for long enough, and then you’ll continue forwards.



[Embrace setbacks as part of your journey and they will pass more quickly and more easily.] By not resisting the resistance, the “setback” will pass faster. I promise you that. So, let’s move forward from here. [KNEE] And one reflexology point related to movement and moving forward is the knee point.

[Knee Anatomy and Function] The knee is considered to be the largest and most complex joint in your body. It connects your femur or thigh bone, to your tibia or shin bone, and your patella, which is your knee cap. The knees enable your legs to bend so that you can move about freely. [TCM Perspective on Knee Pain] In Chinese Medicine, sharp, intense, stabbing pain in the knees is due to a stagnation of qi and blood through the knees. This is usually the case for an injury or pain due to strain or overuse of the knees. The way to treat this is to increase the flow of qi and blood through the knees in order to promote healing. On the other hand, soreness, weakness, and chronic issues with the knees are usually due to a Kidney deficiency. If you recall from Module 1, you learned that the Kidneys control the bones. If there is longstanding weakness in the Kidneys, then they’re not able to carry out their role in maintaining strong and healthy bones in the body. And because the knees are such a large joint, if the bones are weak, then the joint is weak and this is what leads to the soreness and chronic problems. The TCM solution is to strengthen the Kidneys to help with chronic knee issues. [Knee Problems – Emotional Roots] Problems in the knees are often related to resistance to change. The knees represent movement and flexibility, as well as being a major component of your legs, which support your body. If someone is experiencing knee issues, they may be mentally or emotionally feeling rooted or stuck in one place—like they can’t move. They may also feel like they’re not being fully supported in making changes in their life.



And if you remember, that anything going on in the body is simply a message, then if you have knee issues, it may be your body telling you to embrace movement—embrace change. And to find ways to support yourself—creating your own support system—so that you can move forward with ease and flow.

[Knee Point – Location] So let’s go over how to locate the Chinese Reflexology point for the knee. You have a knee point on both feet, one for each knee where the left foot is for the left knee and the right foot is for the right knee. The point is located on the outside edge of the foot, and it’s circle-‐shaped area with a diameter slightly wider than your thumb. On the edge of your foot is a line where the skin meets the sole. Feel along this line, starting at the back of your heel, and just above the heel or in front of the heel (whichever way you prefer to describe it), there is a slight depression. And that’s where your knee point is located. [Knee Point – Video] Now let’s watch a video on how to massage this point. You can massage your knee point by reaching around there to the outside of your foot, taking the knuckle of your index finger, and just basically digging in with that knuckle, rubbing back and forth like this. [Knee Point – Let’s Try It] Okay, it’s time for you to try this at home. Place your left foot on a flat surface for support, so you could put it on a chair like you’re stepping up on a stair. Or you can also place it on the floor and reach around to massage the point. Since it’s on the outer edge of the foot, it is a little awkward to reach, so try out a few positions to see what works best for you. Feel around for that depression on the side of your foot, just in front of your heel. And when you find it, press in with your knuckle and massage back and forth from toe to heel for 2 to 3 seconds. And when you’re regularly massaging this point as part of your routine, if you feel any friction when you massage it, use a lubricant because the skin on the side of your foot is more sensitive than on the sole of your foot. Then give the point a good press with your knuckle and give it a rating between 1 and 10, where 1 is slightly uncomfortable and 10 is extremely painful. [Knee Point – Let’s Try It] Then it’s time to do the same thing for your right foot. So try to find a comfy position, or at least the least awkward one. Reach around the outside of your foot.



Find the depression above the heel along the skin meets the sole line. Then press in with your knuckle and massage back and forth from toe to heel for 2 to 3 seconds. After you’ve done that, give it a good press, and rate the point between 1 and 10. Then write your ratings down in the Track Your Progress chart. [Module 5, Lesson 3 – Summary] And that brings us to the end of Lesson 3. This lesson was short and sweet since the previous lesson, Lesson 2, was a bit longer than usual. Gotta balance the long with the short, the yin with the yang. So in this lesson, you learned about setbacks: how they show up, why they show up, and how to overcome them. You also learned the Chinese Reflexology point for the knee, and how knee issues are often related to resistance to change—resisting a big change or feeling unsupported in making the change. Knee issues can be a message from your body to stop resisting so much, and to embrace the change. Embrace the movement and find ways to support yourself so that you can move forward with more ease and flow. Moving forward, the next lesson is the Putting It Into Practice lesson for this module. You’ll learn how to add the Chinese Reflexology points you’ve learned in this module to your reflexology practice. Thanks for watching this video and I’ll see you soon!



Lesson 5.4 – Putting It Into Practice Hello, it’s Holly here. Welcome to Lesson 4 of Module 5 of the Sole Fundamentals program. In this lesson, we’ll quickly highlight what you learned about letting go and embracing change. And I’ll also give you instructions on how to add the new points you’ve learned into your regular Chinese Reflexology routine. [What You Learned in Module 5] In this module, you learned about the respiratory system and Chinese Reflexology points for the Lungs, sinuses, and throat, as well as their associated emotions. You also learned about Chinese Reflexology hand points, including how to massage your hand to help with temporary constipation. Then we talked about letting go of negative emotions and you learned three techniques to help you do this: face it, erase it and replace it. And the last topic we covered was moving forward, including how to overcome setbacks and the Chinese Reflexology point for the knee. So let’s do a review of the Chinese Reflexology points that you learned in this module. [Lung Point – Review] The first point you learned was the Lung point. It’s located on the soles of both feet, on the ball of the foot below the three middle toes. [Sinus Point – Review] Next, was the sinus point, and it’s on the tip of the big toe, and focus on the top quarter to top third of the toe pad. The left toe is for the right side of the face and the right toe is for the left side. [Throat Point – Review] You also learned the throat point. This point is located on top of your foot. It’s a small circle at the tip of the webbing between the big toe and second toe. The left foot is for the right side of the throat and the right foot is for the left side. [Large Intestine – Left Hand] Then you learned about Chinese Reflexology hand points and some handy points to massage on your left hand if you have temporary constipation. The Large Intestine point is a series of lines beginning just above the thumb. It goes across horizontally to below your pinky finger, and then the vertical line goes down to the base of the palm, and then back across horizontally to the thenar of the thumb. And it ends right



below the x marking the middle of the thenar; and that’s where the rectum/anus point is. [Knee Point – Review] Finally, you learned the knee point, which is on the outside edge of both of your feet. It’s a circle-‐shaped area with a diameter that is slightly wider than your thumb. The knee point is located in the depression in front of the heel along the line where the skin meets the sole of the foot. [Recommended Routine] So let’s talk about how to add these new points to your recommended Chinese reflexology routine. I’ve highlighted the new points in red and I’ll talk about where they fit into the routine. So continue massaging your points twice a week. Start with your excretory system points and the adrenal gland point. Then when you get to the sole of your foot, massage the sinus point for 15 to 30 seconds—so 15 seconds if you have no sinus issues at all, and up to 30 seconds if you do occasionally have problems with your sinuses. And after the points you massage on your big toe, then move on to your sole, add the Lung point and massage that for 30 to 60 seconds. Then continue with your massage as usual. When you finish rubbing the points on the sole of your foot, add the knee point on the outside edge of your foot, and massage it for 15 to 30 seconds—do 15 seconds if you don’t have any knee issues and you can go up to 30 seconds if you do occasionally have knee problems. Then move on to the points on the top of your feet, and massage your throat point for 30 seconds. Then finish your routine as usual. [Remember to…] With so many points, please remember to review the guidelines from Lesson 2 of Module 1 in case their not fresh in your mind. And if you feel any friction when massaging a point, remember to use a lubricant such as massage oil or moisturizer so that can reduce the friction. And remember to switch hands when switching feet. Now that you’ve got so many points, it’s important to use both hands, and also to remember to lean in with your body weight if you want to increase the pressure. And please rest your hands or arms if you feel tired. Make sure your fingers, your hands, arms, shoulders, feet, neck, back—your whole body are relaxed when you practice your points. And you can also take a break if you’re feeling tired or if it’s a lot of points at once. Feel free to split up this basic routine into two mini sessions that you practice during the same day.



And if you do, do this, remember to massage both your feet equally, so when you massage points on your left foot, be sure to massage the same points on your right foot, and you can do the Liver and Gall Bladder points on the right foot to match the Heart and Spleen points on the left foot. [What’s Next – Premium Support] So what’s next? Since the last module of Sole Fundamentals is next week—wow, time really flies—I wanted to talk about the one month of premium support that was included as a bonus when you signed up for the program. We're almost at the end of the month now since the program officially began on March 22nd. Now, I originally set the bonus at a month because I wasn't sure how many students would sign up or how inquisitive this group of students would be. Plus my son was off school because he had spring break in April, and tax returns were due in the middle of this month, too. So I wasn't sure what my bandwidth would be like, but since spring break has now passed, and I got my tax return in on time, and I'm finishing up the last Sole Fundamentals module and Q&A this week, I actually do have a little more extra time than I anticipated. So I would like to share that with you and gift everyone with an additional month of premium support. So from now until the end of May, you'll continue to receive unlimited email support, and you’ll also get an additional 5 Checkpoint Reviews. So please do send in your foot photos to check your point locations—especially for those trickier to locate points on the bottom of your feet. And please feel free to email me any questions you may have. I'm giving you guys an additional month of premium support because you’ve been such amazing students and I really care. I really want you to feel comfortable and confident in locating these points so that you’re practicing regularly. Because Chinese Reflexology works best when you practice consistently over time—and that’s what helps bring your body back into balance. [What’s Next – Private 1-‐on-‐1 Call] There's one more thing available that can also really assist with your progress. And since people signed up for the program at different times, not everyone knows about this, so I wanted to let you know about it now in case it might be of interest to you. And what it is, is a private 1-‐on-‐1 call with me. Students who signed up for Sole Fundamentals super early had the opportunity to get one of these consultations.



And since I can’t see you in person because we live in different places, this is the next best thing to me being there and actually feeling your feet. So it’s a 60-‐minute call—so a full hour—and the calls are by phone, or by Skype if you live outside of the U.S. or Canada, or if you prefer to Skype. In a 1-‐on-‐1 call, we can really customize your reflexology routine because we can talk back-‐and-‐forth. I can ask you questions, you can give me answers right away, which will probably lead to me asking you more questions. But then I can get a really good feel for what’s going on in your body. And I can also share any intuitive insights, any Dragon Spirit wisdom that comes through, that might help illuminate what’s going on in terms of the emotional roots of what’s happening in your body. And we’ll also go over your baseline sensitivity ratings, point-‐by-‐point. And all of this together will give me a really good big picture view, so that we can customize your basic reflexology routine so that it’s optimized for you. A 1-‐on-‐1 session is regularly $300, but I really want students to get as much as possible from this program, so if you’re interested in a session, I'm offering it at 50% off, so it’s only $150. And I'm booking sessions for the entire month of May, so that everything you've learned so far is still fresh in your mind, and you have your most current baseline measurements for the sensitivity of your reflexology points. If you’d like to book a session, you’ll find a link to more details right below the video for this lesson. And I do have to mention that there are a limited number of sessions available. And this isn’t one of those fake limited things. I really do have a limited amount of time because my book’s going to be released in July, and I have to start ramping up to get word out on the book. And the school year ends really early this year so my son’s off at the beginning of June. So if you would like to sign up, I would love to speak with because I feel like I've gotten to know a lot of you through email, and it’d be wonderful to talk in person, and be able to give you this extra level of support. [What’s Next] So your homework for this module is to continue massaging and rating your points. You can stop rating a point when you have three weeks worth of ratings for a point, and that can be used to determine your baseline sensitivity rating. And this is especially handy if you’re thinking of joining me for a 1-‐on-‐1 call.



Your other homework is to practice letting go of negative emotions that arise in your day-‐to-‐day activities and use the Replace It method: so be aware, go neutral with the Ho'oponopono practice, and then choose how you’d rather feel instead. And all of this is explained in detail in Lesson 2, part 2 of this module. And our next module is Module 6: Putting It All Into Practice. So I really can’t believe we’re almost at the end of the Sole Fundamentals Program. When a program comes to a close, it’s always a happy and sad time for me. Happy because you’re graduating and you’ve learned so many valuable tools and techniques for self-‐healing, and you’re on your path to transforming your health. But it’s also a sad time because we’re reaching the end of the program and we won’t be in touch as often as we have been, so it’s a little bit like saying good bye. But, we do have one final live Q&A session coming up on April 22nd, at 10am Pacific Time. [Live Q&A] You’ll find access details on the class page and in the email you just received about this module. And I’ll also send out an email reminder before the live Q&A. And if you can’t attend live, please email your questions in advance to [email protected]. And please begin the subject of your email with the word: SOLE (all in capitals), so that I can easily sort out your emailed questions from all of the other emails that I receive. So thanks for doing that. [Quote] And here’s the quote that I’ll leave you with today. It’s by the famous French painter, Paul Cézanne. Genius is the ability to renew one’s emotions in daily experience. This quote has so many layers to it, so I will leave it up to you to interpret, much like looking at one of Cézanne’s paintings in a museum. And on that note, I’ll say, “Au revoir. A bientôt." Pardon my French! Good bye. See you soon.

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