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Dien Chan Zone® :: Unique and Complete

13th January 2018

phe key to health is on your face and in your hands.

Beatrice Moricoli

 

Four years ago, at a small school in Italy, I first encountered a therapy called Dien Chan Zone®. At the outset I was skeptical, but as I began to heal my gluten intolerance and hormone imbalance using simple gestures taught at a two-day course, I dedicated more attention incrementally…

Treating others provided equally astounding results leading me finally – as any millennial would – to consult Google on the matter. But my search for ‘Facial Reflexology’ produced more questions than answers. Why was nobody out there talking about the natural pain relief it can provide in mere seconds? Or its distinctly Vietnamese and ancient origin? Had nobody else realised that if you teach receivers to self-treat the results become super-charged?

I found beauty massages, I found instrument vendors and I found people so confused that they combined reflex zones with meridian points. But it was clear to me very quickly that the simple, comprehensive technique I had come to adore was completely unique worldwide. And it became my mission to reveal to English speakers the extent of what is possible when you use educated touch on the face.

These days, as others Google the same way I did I’m often asked the question ‘What makes Dien Chan Zone® so outstanding compared to other methods of facial reflexology?’. I’ve never studied another course but I have done my research and so what follows is a brief depiction. I mean no disrespect to the teachers and therapists using other methods. I see no competition only complimentary and varied approaches and I advise all potential students comparing techniques to follow their own inner guidance as to which would best suit their practice.

 

NB :: I intend no disrespect to the teachers and therapists using other methods. I see no competition only complimentary and varied approaches. And I advise all potential students comparing techniques to follow their inner guidance on which would best suit their practice. My response is split into two sections for greater ease.

 

Our tools are modest and minimal

 

  1. What is the difference between Dien Chan/m and Dien Chan Zone®?

‘Dien Chan/m’ (sometimes referred to as ‘multireflex’ or ‘Chan’beauté’) is very seperate technique from Dien Chan Zone® (Italian Facial Reflexology) though both stem from the same origin in Vietnam. Key differences include:

  • Dien Chan/m educators are also the main importers and vendors of the Vietnamese tools designed by the 1970s founder of the modern method Bui Quoc Chau (we buy our tools from them). They also teach classes but the method is so simple it can just as easily be learned from a book.
  • Meanwhile, Dien Chan Zone® has been developed over the last 20 years by two therapists in Italy to meet the needs of westerners as a painless and non-invasive means of health care and vibrational medicine. Read the full story >>> here.
  • The former has an emphasis on the use of multiple tools, the latter encourages the use of fingertips and one specially designed ‘double pointer’ tool above all. Obviously there is less financial incetive to sell tools, but the work is also much more profound with the use of one at a time.
  • Dien Chan works with hundreds of reflex points (called BQC) on a grid which can never be memorised and so Operators must keep a book handy to perform each treatment.
  • Dien Chan Zone® uses simpler reflex zones (and certain points) to decipher personalised points of interest for each individual receiver – hence the suffix zone. The maps are all simple and intuitive, easy to remember and applied one at a time. No books are required to perform treatments.
  • The former is based in Spain/ Canada, whereas the later is only taught only in association with the International Academy of Italian Facial Reflexology from Italy. To date, Helen Black is the only teacher offering classes internationally.
  • Dien Chan Zone® includes simplified sequences for each apparatus in the body as well as a relaxation – tonification – base points protocol to prepare the nervous system for treatment which is used at the beginning of each session to induce deep rest (and often meditative states/ sleep).
  • Other additions developed by my teacher Beatrice Moricoli include a muscular Beauty Massage, the world’s first Facial-Cranial reflexology, TCM incorporations to treat allergies and intolerances and simplified massages of specific zones to share with others.  These have been her evolutions of Dien Chan in Italy, informed by her experience with Reiki, Shiatsu, Tuina and TCM.
  • Dien Chan Zone® embodies the ‘original Vietnamese’ approach of short and heavy-handed pressing of points in one instance only – emergency. In Vietnam, this invasive technique is perfect for the populace given their ancestral approach to the face and their association of pain with healing. But, in the West where the application of pain causes our natural defences in the body to kick in, this activity is less than therapeutic and has been known to cause lasting injury.

 

our maps are simple and intuitive aiding their potency

 

2. How does Dien Chan Zone® differ from other methods of Facial Reflexology more generally?

  • The maps: Dien Chan Zone® uses maps associated with Traditional Vietnamese Medicine which are thousands of years old and have been used for centuries by local people there to maintain wellness via facial stimulation. There are over 30, they overlap all over the face and are easily remembered and intuitive from the start. The application of multimple maps sets this method apart from any other style of reflexology. We call it ‘multi-reflexology’. See examples of some maps >>> here.
  • Its origin: other techniques use maps associated with Native American traditions, Zone Theory (developed in the 1880s by an American doctor) or meridian points (which is technically acupressure and not reflexology). We also incorporate aspects of TCM which is closely linked to Traditional Vietnamese Medicine.
  • The tools: nothing fancy here, either fingertips or a double ended pointer, maybe a little bit of natural oil and occasionally (in the case of facial paralysis for example) a roller. Gemstone Gua Sha makes a nice compliment. No moxibustion on the face. No machines. No faddy instruments. Certainly no fancy creams.
  • Its perspective on the body: it truly sees the body as a whole. Advanced practitioners are taught to work all over the body as well as consider its signs and symptoms from far beyond the face with ease, relating back to the face for treatment. In addition, its founding principle that Similar Form determines a reflex connection allows for a new perspective on the body as a whole – a vision of that Universal Law ‘as within, so without’. Read more about this concept >>> here.
  • Self care: at the end of each Dien Chan Zone® treatment therapists provide a personalised map with instructions for self care to be applied at home in autonomy by their receivers. Because the effects of reflexology are cumulative this is another aspect which super-charges the results offered by this technique. To date, no other training includes this step.
  • It’s breadth of application: far greater than any other technique in this genre, it holds protocols for all kinds of symptoms. From migraines, hayfever and UTIs to allergies, intolerances, chronic inflammation and emotional imbalance. And contains multiple entry-points for therapists. It incorporates pillars of Traditional Chinese Medicine, includes the world’s first Facial-Cranial Reflexology,and the Dien Chan Zone® Beauty Massage and even emergency protocols (for pain, choking, labour, panic attacks etc). See more examples of treatments >>> here.
  • Balance over beauty: whilst certain methods focus on the beautifying benefits of facial reflexology, teachers of Dien Chan Zone® recognise that improved circulation, better skin function, muscle toning and fine line reductions are unavoidable (though very popular) by-products of facial stimulation. Meanwhile, the results that can be achieved by working with internal imbalances (digestive, hormonal, respiratory, etc) are so satisfying and transformative, this is always our priority. Real beauty after all, comes from deep within. Our moto: ‘balance inside = beauty outside’.

 

These are just some of the differences shared with the intention to provide clarity in an all too often confusing online world. If you have any further questions please visit the >>> FAQ page for further information and if you still have queries or doubts feel free to email me personally via >>> hello@helen.black.

 

our most valuable resource for newcomers

 

To learn more about the technique, its applications and the work of my generous free-spirited teachers I recommend you explore their textbook which offers a wealth of accessible information for people from all walks of life. ‘Dien Chan Zone: A Practical Handbook with Maps and Images‘ is available in e-book form from Amazon worldwide. My own print handbook will be ready for you by autumn 2018.

 

Sending light,

 

Helen

 

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W H A T N E X T ?
It is really important after stimulating the same reflex zone for 21 days to pause and take a 7 day break. This will give you an opportunity to observe your body without any intervention and evaluate how it is performing ‘alone’. What has shifted as you look back on your notes from the past 3 weeks? What other systems / parts of your body have called your attention over this period? Have you noticed any change in your cycle? Your emotional state? The speed or content of your mind?
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Personally I’ve noted all kinds of observances including :: ‘crunchy’ areas under the skin above my lip, to tired and achey eyes, digestive changes (including one whole day of hiccups), ringing in my ears, interrupted sleep, vivid dreams, urogenital shifts I don’t care to detail here and a few emotional revelations. To many these observances may seem random, unrelated or even exaggerated to notice but to those studying the body as a whole they reveal clues and patterns which indicate the language of the body.
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If you’ve noticed an improvement (no matter how ‘small’ in the initial symptoms which led you to try this practice, you may wish to continue in the same way for a further 21 days once your break is complete. Otherwise it may be best for you to work with another system for optimum rebalance of the whole. I’ve personally trained over 200 operators in Europe and North America who are equipped to guide you forward with this practice as well as amplify your results with the full therapeutic experience of DCZ #facialreflexology which has been described as ‘hypnotic,’ ‘mystical’ and ‘meditative.’ You can find the practitioner closet to you at www.dienchanzone.com or DM me for more information.
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  • ⏳ HOW MUCH TIME SHOULD I DEDICATE TO SELF TREATMENT ?? ⏳
Often when I deliver a personalized map to continue treatment autonomously, I’m asked this question, and I tend to say that you can spend around 15 minutes, but this is NOT THE ANSWER.
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The answer is “TUJ” - IT DEPENDS in Vietnamese, this word for me is the heart of Dien Chan Zone, how much time do you want to devote to take care of you? How much time can you dedicate to listening to what you hear without judgment? How much confidence do you have in the possibility to bring yourself back to balance despite life’s difficulties?
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It depends and always depends on ourselves.
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If one day you don’t want to spend 10 minutes on self-treatment, maybe you can simply listen to that resistance, make space and pay attention to what it wants to tell you.
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🦋 Listening
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Be open, flexible, curious and treat yourself with patience and kindness, this will create time and space for everything.
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We’ve made it to day 13 of the #dienchanzonewomban challenge! See my saved stories or watch today’s live to hear a little about how we’ve been getting on. It thrills me to the core to think that around 300 women around the world are stepping up to care for themselves in this way because what this tool has to offer is nothing like any other reflexology or complimentary therapy, it’s unrelated to any other facial practice, it’s uniquely simple and comprehensive and if we were all to pass it on to just one woman in our lives we’d change the world with its potency.
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This means our cellular life as an egg begins in the womb of our grandmother. Each of us spent five months in our grandmother's womb and she in turn formed within the womb of her grandmother. We vibrate to the rhythms of our mother's blood before she herself is born. And this pulse is the thread of blood that runs all the way back through the grandmothers to the first mother. We all share the blood of the first mother - we are truly children of one blood.” ~ Layne Redmond
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When this happens in the body it produces what we call ‘symptoms’ :: messages from the body intended to alert us to the state of imbalance. At first the body whispers and over time, if nothing is done to resolve the dis-ease, it begins to shout.
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Working with DCZ facial reflexology we can begin to perceive this conversation. Each person responds differently to stimulation of zones on the face but all should be aware than ANY change in the body / emotions which we observe is a sign that the medicine is working and so it is very important to continue with the daily practice for a full 21 day cycle. Even if after a couple of days you feel the issue is resolved / even if the body begins to bring your attention to another organ or system / even if things start to feel ‘uncomfortable’. Stay the course. .
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