VOLUME 26, NUMBER 9, September, 2005
"Letters from Diana Princess of Wales written to her reflexologist Chryssie Fitzgerald have been sold for £19,400 at auction in Swindon (04/03/2004). The letters were written during the period of her marriage breakdown and the first two years of her separation from the Prince of Wales.
One of the letters, from October 1994 - sold for £3,300 - tells of her reaction to former Army Major James Hewitt's public revelation of their affair.
(http://www.nettyroyal.nl/newsmar04.html)Editorial note:This transaction brings up questions of ethics and confidentiality. As reflexology grows the right to privacy is a key issue. What are the limits of confidentiality? To enter the discussion join us at at the Reflexology Community.
Russian is the most recent language release for the Kunz and Kunz book, Reflexology Health at your fingertips (Dorling Kindersley, 2003). Also new is the Slovak language edition. The book has sold over 300,000 copies worldwide and is now published in fourteen language (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Norwegian, Danish, Portuguese, Chinese (Mandarin), Japanese, Korean, Arabic). The word "reflexology" was first used in 1917 Russia by Vladimir Bekterev, colleague of Pavlov.
A photo from Hanoi pictures a foot reflexology chart hanging in the window on a Hanoi street. "Foot Relax" reads the chart. Included is a list of prices for 30 minutes and 60 minutes. (www.english.epochtimes.com/news/4-10-17/23830.html) Thailand While visiting Thailand in July 2004, Nane Annan wife of United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, "visited a centre housing 550 girls and women who have been trafficked from within Thailand and surrounding countries. She spoke with them as they demonstrated vocational skills they had learned at the centre, such as cooking, fruit carving, painting, basket-weaving, reflexology and dancing."
(www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2004/sgt2416.doc.htm)When an idea such as reflexology enters the popular culture, it becomes the target of all aspects of society. ...Greece The owner of a reflexology clinic has been arrested for drug trafficking. ...Japan A former leader of a "foot-reading cult" was sentenced on July 16, 2005 to twelve years in prison for conspiring "with other cult executives to conduct a 'foot-reading diagnosis' for the 31 people, lied to them that they have cancers and other serious disease, and charged religious training fees to cure such disease." ... Ireland "A jealous therapist was jailed for life today for murdering his young lover in a frenzied knife attack." Christopher Newman, clinic owner and inventor of the "science of factology incorporating reflexology, massage and colon irrigation," was convicted on June 9, 2005. ... Singapore A part-time reflexologist was held as a suspected terrorist. (9/19/2002) ...South Africa "Controversial reflexologist" Hilda Khoza has been charged with fraudulently posing as a doctor, with some 265 charges against her claiming she used false numbers to submit claims to Medscheme, a medical aid.
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