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06/21/2026

With Jacquelyn Haley – I just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉

06/21/2026

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06/17/2026

Big shout out to my newest top fans! 💎

Dulcinéia Pereira Silva, Kenneth Greene, Pina Santoro, Gayle Bardrick Moore, Maureen Fagan, Kishor Kaneria

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06/15/2026

Brain Scan Research Confirms Reflexology Affects Multiple Areas of the Brain

Dr. Stefan Posse, a researcher at the University of New Mexico, presented groundbreaking functional MRI (fMRI) findings on the “Neural Pathways of Applied Reflexology” at the International Society for Medical Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) Annual Meeting in Cape Town on May 12, 2026.

The research maps brain activity during foot reflexology to understand what happens in the brain in real time while reflexology was being applied and neurological impact in patients with stroke. Advanced MRI technology was used.

What They Found in Healthy People

Scans revealed distinctly different activation patterns for different reflex areas. Importantly, the brain responses weren’t limited to just the foot area of the brain — multiple regions were activated. One area that consistently responded was the supramarginal gyrus, a part of the brain packed with “mirror neurons,” which are linked to empathy, learning, and body awareness.

For the first time showed reflexology technique applied to different reflexology reflex areas activates different areas and networks of the brain in healthy controls and stroke patients.

What They Found in Stroke Patients

In people who had suffered a stroke, the brain activation looked different — more one-sided — and varied depending on whether the left or right foot was worked. Following the application of reflex stimuli, patients demonstrated increased two-point discrimination and improved sensorimotor function in their hemiplegic hands.

Who Is Behind the Research

The team is led by Dr. Posse and includes well-known reflexology educators Barbara and Kevin Kunz, graduate student Arthur Schoen, and researchers from the University of Minnesota.

What Comes Next

The team is now expanding the study to better understand the timing of brain responses during reflexology and to identify exactly which brain networks are involved in stroke recovery.

In short: this research is building scientific evidence that reflexology creates specific, measurable responses in the brain — and may play a meaningful role in stroke rehabilitation.

05/29/2026

Your Foot Is a Transmitter. Modern Life Is Jamming the Signal.
A signal-to-noise framework for understanding how sitting, standing, and shoes each degrade the foot-brain axis — and why the fix is different for each.
Stay tuned!!!

05/29/2026

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05/26/2026

Thank you Reflexology Association of America for your prestigious award.

05/19/2026

Here’s the trimmed version:

2026 Award Recipient
Barbara Kurcaba Kunz
2026 Paul Bartlett Ré Peace Prize Recipient

Barbara Kurcaba Kunz, a 1972 University of New Mexico graduate in psychology, has spent decades transforming reflexology from a traditional practice into a globally recognized field grounded in research, education, and healing. Alongside her husband, Kevin Kunz, she has led workshops around the world since 1980 and authored dozens of books translated into numerous languages. Barbara authored and illustrated the first comprehensive textbook on reflexology, making the practice more accessible to practitioners and patients worldwide. Her work bridges scientific rigor with artistic sensibility, reflecting the spirit of Paul Bartlett Ré. She is currently engaged in a five-year fMRI research project studying reflexology’s efficacy and continues expanding understanding of how healing practices can improve quality of life for those facing pain and illness.

About Paul Ré

Paul Ré is an Albuquerque-based artist, author, and humanitarian whose work explores art, science, peace, and transcendence. A California Institute of Technology graduate in physics, Ré has spent more than four decades creating art reflecting themes of interconnectedness, harmony, and the shared origins of life and the universe.

Ré is recognized for The Dance of the Pencil: Serene Art by Paul Ré and his celebrated Touchable Art exhibitions for both blind and sighted audiences. His work has been exhibited across the United States, including at the Albuquerque Museum, the UNM Jonson Gallery, and the Karpeles Museum in New York, drawing praise from Georgia O’Keeffe and Nobel laureates Richard Feynman, Kip Thorne, and Roger Sperry. Blending art with physics, philosophy, yoga, and meditation, Ré developed hybrid hand-digital works known as “Réograms,” through which he advocates for peace, environmental stewardship, and humanity’s shared connection to the natural world. He established the Paul Bartlett Ré Peace Prize through the UNM Foundation to recognize individuals whose work advances peace across disciplines and communities.

For further details and full biographies, visit www.paulre.com

05/19/2026

From Barbara: Thank you for the congratulatory messages. I am very touched. I was very moved to receive the award, the 2026 Paul Barlett Re Peace Prize. Paul has devoted a lifetime to an idea, the idea that peace and harmany exist within each of us to be nurtured, developed and spread to the world through our actions such as with reflexology. Thinking about his idea, I now see reflexology as an idea that transcends its core mission of helping seek health and wellness. It is an idea that reaches not only within but across borders and religions and beliefs to foster peace and harmony.

To support Paul Re, see: https://www.paulre.org/peace
To “attend” the Zoom award reception Thursday May 21, https://unmfund.co/PaulRe2026
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05/16/2026

Are your feet locked up?

Here’s a structured argument exploring whether locking of the feet is associated with disorders, and how it may affect the immune system and...