Therapeutic Reflexology Sessions and Reflexology Classes with International Institute of Reflexology Certification

David Cook has been practicing Reflexology since the early 1980's. Trained and certified by the International Institute of Reflexology, he now trains other Reflexologists at the International Institute's training seminars.

David Cook has served as an officer of the New York State Reflexology Association and on the Steering Committee of the American Reflexology Association. He is certified by the
American Reflexology Certification Board and practices and teaches therapeutic Ingham
method Reflexology.

All sessions by appointment

Manhattan (SOHO)
177 Prince St.
3rd Fl.(Sullivan & Thompson)
New York, NY 10012
(212)353-3659

City Island
190 Fordham St. #16
City Island, NY 10464
(718) 885-0557

Therapeutic sessions are customized for the individual case. The average is 45 minutes per session, but really it's whatever is needed.

Manhattan appointments are at the Reflexology Center in Soho at 177 Prince Street between Sullivan and Thompson streets on the 3rd Floor. To schedule an appointment at Prince St. call 212-353-3659.

City Island appointments are at 190 Fordham St, Suite 16 in City Island, also on the 3rd Floor. To schedule a City Island appointment call 718-885-1494

A session will

- Relieve Stress & Tension
- Improve Nerve Supply & Circulation
- Help Your Body to Normalize
- Leave Your Body Relaxed and Your Feet Feeling Great!

You can learn effective Reflexology to keep yourself and your family healthy or as a new career. Our classes will open the world of Reflexology to you and get you started with the right technique - the original Ingham method. The late Eunice Ingham originated, researched and developed Reflexology as it is known today, and founded the International Institute of Reflexology (IIR) now headed by her nephew, Dwight Byers. At the IIR we've been training and certifying Reflexologists for 60 years, and we're very good at it. The IIR certification is the standard in the field, both in America and internationally. In fact, just about everyone teaching or writing books about Reflexology today was trained by Eunice or Dwight or the people they trained. David Cook is the representative of the International Institute in New York City, and teaches their courses. For class schedules and to find out about the IIR certification program, call 718-885-0557 or visit this page.

We teach Reflexology in a two-day course. Of course you can’t learn Reflexology in two days, but you can teach it in two days, and that’s how we’ve been doing it for the last 60 years, all over the world.

The way it works is - you take the two-day class, which is theoretical and practical, with students working on each other, and you learn as much as you can - which is enough to get started. Then you go out and practice on your friends and relatives for a few months, then come back and take the same class over again - for considerably less money. When you come back you’ll learn some of the stuff you missed the first time and see what’s wrong with your technique and get that corrected. And then you go out and practice some more.

The first time you attend the class we consider it Phase I and the second time you attend it’s Phase II. You may do several Phase II courses, and if you do you’ll learn something each time you attend.

Once you’ve mastered the basics of Reflexology, we have another two-day course we call the Advanced Proficiency course. There you’ll learn Hand Reflexology and some ways to be more effective with your Foot Reflexology.

For certification, we require that students complete at least two of the basic Phase I/Phase II courses, and at least one of the Advanced Proficiency courses, and that they have documented 100 sessions of Reflexology work - with at least 15 people who got at least 4 sessions each as part of the 100. Then they can take the Certification test, which is a written and a practical test.

Depending on how aggressively you pursue your training, it will take you 6 months to two years to achieve certification, and cost you a little over $1000. But you’ll be working on people from the completion of the first class.