Inspira Academy is a private college and we teach the OTHM Level 5 Diploma in Applied Reflexology for Integrated Medicine which is currently the highest level available in the UK.  

Inspira Academy is the longest running training centre in the South Wales area.  Other Schools and Colleges have come and gone, but Inspira Academy is still going strong. We have always upheld the highest standards and there is an ever increasing demand for this stringent approach to training.

At the Cardiff Centre, we also teach all the Reiki levels - including Reiki Practitioner Skills training

What the Inspira Academy Reflexology Course provides:  

At Level 5 you will learn all the things that you should be learning at Level 3, as well as much more and at a depth and complexity that will give you much more confidence to be a fully equipped Reflexologist at the end of your training.  

Yes, Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is important, but you should not be learning as CPD, subjects that are the basics ... you should be learning them in order to qualify!   working with a pregnant client, working with someone who has cancer etc.

Imagine how many clients you would have to refuse to treat, just with these two examples!

What is Reflexology? - A Definition*

Reflexology is a complementary therapy that is used in an ever increasing number of working environments.

The roots of reflexology are ancient, although it is in the last century that it has once again found its place as a respected means of promoting health and well-being.

Reflexology is both an art and a science. It is an art because a reflexologist must be adept, skilful and sensitive, and a science because it is based on physiological and neurological study and is an ever increasing subject of research.

The feet are a mirror image of the body itself - If you imagine looking at the feet together, then the head is represented by the big toes, the chest and lungs are the balls of the feet, the insteps are the main torso and the heels become the bottom of the body. You have to imagine someone sitting on the floor, with their arms and legs crossed, or kneeling with legs tucked underneath the bottom - then look at the pair of feet ... the shape is the same!

Within the feet are areas for all the body's organs and systems and with precise thumb and finger movements these are accessed in order to promote and aid the body's own healing system. So although the reflexologist will activate the healing process, it is the receiver of reflexology who will be in control of their own health and well being, a really positive way in which to look after yourself!

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The OTHM Level 5 Diploma in Applied Reflexology for Integrated Medicine qualification is part of the United Kingdom Regulatory system and is registered with OFQUAL

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You will register as student members with the Association of Reflexologists (to include free student insurance) and upon successful completion you may then obtain full membership giving access to comprehensive insurance cover via the AoR.

There are a maximum of 12 students per group 

 Please allow about 10 hours a week on average.   You spend approximately 160+ hours being taught in class at Inspira Academy and the remaining hours are spent studying, researching or doing Study Client Treatments at home

The Reflexology course days (please see course dates) run from 10.00 until 17.30

The Reflexology course is 23 days spread over 11 months in order to allow sufficient time to be confident and complete assignments and treatments

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Because the qualification is REGULATED in exactly the same way as GCSE's. A Levels, Degrees etc., your training at Inspira Academy and the qualification certification will be recognised both Nationally and Internationally. 

Foremost is the desire and commitment to learn reflexology and no prior knowledge is necessary

Minimum age is 18, but there is no maximum

Some IT skills (or be willing to learn them) as some assignments have to be sent by email or electronically

Complementary Therapies and Reflexology and Reiki in particular, are growth industries and because all the Inspira Academy tutors have been reflexologists and Reiki practitioners for many years, and because Inspira has such a good reputation, potential employers contact us directly enabling us to match working opportunities with qualified Inspira practitioners

Many past Inspira students have gone on to achieve wonderful things and here is a sample of some of the specialist areas:

> Corporate Stress Management

> Employment in a Private Health Hospital 

> Providing therapy to children with Cerebral Palsy in a Special School

> Day Centre and respite care for the disabled

> Some groups have remained together after completing their course to provide corporate and event treatments

> Working with children and youngsters within a mainstream school

> Controlling stress levels to band members prior to performing live on stage

> Private fertility clinic

> Peripatetic bus providing treatments for the carers of those with Alzheimers (Dawn John who set it up, as well as the reflexologists employed on the bus, were trained at Inspira)

> Working in mental health

> Working in the NHS (hospices, hospitals & GP surgeries)

> Dental Practice

> Reflexologist at League Football club

> Reflexologists at local rugby clubs

> As well as numerous self-employed opportunities available

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The OTHM Level 5 Diploma in Applied Reflexology for Integrated Medicine is designed principally to lead directly to employment as a reflexologist.  However, as Level 5 is comparable to a Foundation Degree years 1 + 2, it will enable progression to a First Degree in Health Sciences in a number of Higher Education Programmes in UK universities.

Research is an integral part of the Level 5 Reflexology Course and an Inspira trained student has had her research article "Using reflexology to manage stress in the workplace:  A preliminary study" published in Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice.

Inspira Academy tutors are involved with Professors and Consultants at University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff and are collaborating to develop an Integrated Medicine approach to Reflexology within the medical environment.