Pay R200 for a one-hour reflexology session at Touch, valued at R400 (save 50%)

If your federation of limbs was the mafia, your hands and feet would be the pinstripe-suited kingpin that pulls the strings from behind the scenes; they’re the cold-hearted crime-lords dictating how much stress your body should be feeling on any given day. Though no one’s suggesting you slam your hands and feet in the pokey, turn them away from the evil, stress-inducing ways with a one-hour reflexology session at Touch for R200.

Blocked energy flows can ruin anybody’s day, causing anything from tension headaches to excessive gnashing of teeth and caterwauling. Better than Roto-Rooter at clearing up blockages, the therapists at Touch spa pride themselves at being able to clear up qi-obstructions quicker than a knee-jerk reaction. Using a blend of finger, thumb and hand techniques, specific areas of the hands and feet are stimulated and, like the domino effect, every area of the body is affected.

Once you’re inside Touch’s warm and inviting salon, let your hair down, kick back and relax while trained hands go to work on your tips and toes – and your heels and palms. Like smoke-signals, the rhythmic touches send messages to the rest of your body telling it to chill out while rebalancing its energy. Not only does the reflexology session aid relaxation, it can reduce pain and improve blood flow. Like a good cup of tea or a glass of warm milk, it can ease insomnia and water down your mood-pallet if it contains too much blue.

The treatment is said to be more relaxing than sipping a fruity drink from a coconut on a beach in the Bahamas and the friendly therapists at Touch like to make sure they’re working within your comfort zone. After the one-hour session you’ll skip out of Touch feeling fresher than a tray of just-baked cookies.

Reflexive Fact: A woman in downtown Oklahoma is petitioning to have another zone added to reflexology chart, asserting that hairstyles have an effect on your energy flow. She claims that whenever she gets a jerry curl at the hairdresser, she suffers from extreme insomnia.