In courses in reflexology, students learn the philosophies of this age-old healing art, which is founded on the principles of energy healing and meridian therapy. While enrolled, individuals learn how to use specific touch methods and pressure points along the "reflex zones" of the feet (and other body parts) to unblock energy flow within the meridians (energy channels). By unblocking these channels, it is believed that balance is restored to specific body organs; and this is how self-healing is initiated.