The Proof Is In The Practice – A Journey To Facial Reflexology

by Bethany Cox

In January 2011, I had the amazing experience of being trained in Facial Reflexology by Lone Sorensen. Being educated in the beautiful city of Denver was great in itself, but to learn under the woman who originated the practice was truly an honor.

Lone Sorensen is a Denmark native, and one of the hardest-working women I have ever known. During our training she would begin the day’s lessons with a bit of her personal background, her life journey and client testimonials. I couldn’t help but be inspired by her passion and dedication to her work!

Lone Sorensen, Facial Reflexology Pioneer

 

Lone Sorensen: Her education and her journey.

Lone began her professional journey at 18 as one of Denmark’s first foot Reflexologists. At that time, there were only a handful of Reflexologists in Denmark. Today, there are over 12,000.

Anatomy classes were later required for Reflexologists, so she decided to also study acupuncture; a three-year-long education. During this time she had Reflexology clients as well. And this was the beginning of her first official Reflexology practice.

Her passion for children drove her to study cranial therapy in Germany, but this was not producing the results for which she hoped. She was invited to Argentina by a Chinese doctor to study acupuncture points on the face which help with children’s concentration, memory and behavioral problems. At this time, Lone realized she had found the right combination of therapies to affect change for her clients. These facial points she found more effective because the acupressure pulses applied were closer to the brain stem.

During one particular class, Lone spoke of moving herself and her two children to Argentina. It was there, through the hardships of being located outside of the main city as well as not knowing the Spanish language, that she began her foot Reflexology practice. Around Argentina, word-of-mouth proved to be the best form of advertisement for her, and within a few months, she had clients from early morning to late at night!

As the months passed, she found herself struggling with allergies. During her search for curing these allergies, she came across a village of aboriginal South American Indians practicing some kind of facial work. Lone was allowed permission by these Indian women to watch and learn their practice. Through these observations Lone began to develop what she now calls Facial Reflexology.

The proof was in the practice.

One of her first clients was a local woman who suffered with spasticity, the result of a car crash three years earlier. Lone treated her client with neurological pressure points, Foot Reflexology and cranial lines and points for brain damage. After a year of facial reflexology therapy, this woman was 97% cured!

Lone studied more in Cuba to learn and eventually develop Temprana therapy courses for parents with disabled children. This therapy consists of 80% facial and 20% foot Reflexology. It is an intense course, but wonderful for parents with children who require special attention for conditions ranging from Down’s Syndrome to Spina Bifida to paralysis. (For more information about Lone’s treatments and testimonials visit her website)

In 2001, Lone Sorensen and her three children moved to Barcelona where she has her own Institute of Reflexology. Today she travels the world teaching her students about this phenomenal practice. The world of medicine and wellness is expanding more towards homeopathic and natural remedies.

Facial Reflexology, in my experience and through my knowledge from this course, is a wonderful compliment to modern medicine.