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September 2025

Reflexology in 2025: A Year of Growth, Adaptation, and Connection

After a refreshing late-summer break exploring Wiltshire and Dorset in a borrowed campervan with Claire and Dave, our Romanian Rescue Dog, I feel recharged and ready for the months ahead.

Highlights included standing among Wiltshire’s ancient stone circles — places that seem to hum with centuries of connection and earth energy — and watching beautiful sunsets that made us pause and breathe more deeply. There’s something about slowing the pace, waking up somewhere new each day, and spending time outdoors that clears the head and restores energy.

Back in the treatment room, I’ve been reflecting on what a varied and rewarding year it has been for reflexology — and what’s still to come before we see out 2025. Clients’ needs have been more varied than ever, from easing stress, sleep issues, and hormonal balance to supporting people with more complex health conditions that call for a specialist approach. Increasingly, that has meant meeting people where they are — with a growing demand for home visits as well as clinic sessions.

Of course, the cost of living continues to shape people’s choices. Some clients are spacing treatments further apart, or combining reflexology with other wellbeing approaches. This makes it even more important that each treatment feels deeply restorative, offering the maximum benefit from the time and investment you put into your wellbeing.

One of the most rewarding aspects of my work this year has been deepening my focus on clients with complex needs. These sessions often involve working closely with families and care teams, adapting positioning, technique, and pressure to each individual’s comfort and responses. My many years of experience with people with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) have shaped this approach, helping me to work flexibly, intuitively, and confidently when standard methods aren’t suitable.

This work has also inspired me to begin developing a new CPD course for reflexologists, focusing on practical adaptations, communication strategies, and collaborative approaches to support clients with complex needs safely and effectively. My own learning continues too: this autumn I’ll be training in Vertical Reflex Therapy (VRT), while also building on the steady growth of my Reflexology Lymph Drainage (RLD) practice and increasingly weaving in Precision Reflexology techniques.

It has also been a rich year of maternity and postnatal work, including supporting clients preparing for IVF, pregnancy, birth recovery, and early parenthood. 

Looking ahead, I’m focusing on building my client base at the Old Fire Station in Gosforth while continuing my busy practice at The Retreat in Whickham. In November, I’ll also be giving a talk on reflexology for IDoS, sharing insights from practice and exploring the many ways this therapy can make a difference.

Earlier this year I decided to pause and rethink the Tyneside School of Clinical Reflexology I launched in May — taking time to regroup and refocus. I’m also exploring new ways to bring reflexology into the community next year, through tasters at community and music festivals.

As autumn unfolds, I encourage you to use this season as a moment to reset. Whether you’re seeking relaxation, support with a specific concern, or simply time for yourself, reflexology can help you reconnect with body and mind — much like standing in the heart of a stone circle and feeling the quiet strength of the earth beneath your feet.

Here’s to a restorative autumn and a strong finish to the year.

Simon x