Reiki Hand Positions

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REIKI

HAND POSITIONS

 

Many

healers work intuitively - allowing their hands to do the work as they allow

the receivers body to direct the healing energies. How do you know where a

problem area is? Before you place your hands in the first position, scan the

recipient's body. Scanning is done by moving your hand back and forth across

the body, feeling for any difference in sensation. 

 

While doing the Reiki hand

positions on a person it is sometimes possible to feel sensations such as

heat, coldness, pulsing or tingling or there can be a total absence of any

sensations. The person experiencing the Reiki treatment may or may not feel

the same thing the Reiki practitioner is feeling.

 

A

complete treatment is given with the hands 2 to 4 inches from the body using

the pre-established hand positions. The

hands should be slightly cupped with the fingers held together and the thumbs

pulled up against the hand. This positioning keeps the energy from passing

between the fingers and allows you to direct it to the person you are treating.

 

 

What position

is best for the person receiving a Reiki treatment? Lying down is the best

position. This enables the person to be totally relaxed and better able to

receive the energy. If they are totally opposed to the idea of lying down or

if they're physically not able, have the person sit in a chair. Some people

with bad backs can not lay on their back for long periods of time. You may

want to have a pillow ready to put under their knees to take some stress off

their back.

 

 

A Reiki treatment always starts

at the head with the first hand position covering the forehead (third eye) and

ends at the feet.  Moving from one position to another should be done

very gently so as not to disturb the recipient. Once the first hand is placed

on the body, contact should not be broken. This can be accomplished by moving

your hands one at a time, so that the practitioner is always in contact with

the recipient.

 

While it's always recommended

to do full treatments, there will be times when you're going to treat a

headache, sore hand or emergency as a quick spot treatment. It is good to

remember that Reiki is a full body treatment where the energy removes

blockages that have been causing dis-ease. A earache may not have it's origin

in the ear and you're not really healing when you act as a quick fix to remove

pain. The healing comes from the full body treatment and the result of

clearing blockages and balancing the body's energy.

 

Many healers use specific hand

exercises before they begin to do the Reiki hand positions. One of the most

effective is rubbing the palms of your hands together, like you would do to

warm your hands up if they were cold. This is a good way to get the energy

going.

In accident and other first

aid situations, especially where there is a risk of shock, place one of your

hands over the person's solar plexus and the other one over the adrenals on

their back. Remember not to move someone who has been involved in an accident,

unless you are a trained medical professional. If you are a second degree

practitioner, you can always send the person Reiki energy by using the distant

healing technique.

 

The following pictures of Reiki

Hand Positions for Reiki Treatments are from the book ~Essential Reiki by

Diane Stein~

 

The Reiki Practitioner

stands/sits behind the persons head for Positions 1 to 4 , positions 5 to 10

are done from either side of the persons. Stand/sit at the bottom of the table

for position 11, the feet. Then ask the person to turn over on their stomach

and do positions 5 to 10 on the back of the person (stand to either side of

the person). Before you remove your hands from the person, you can smooth

their energy within their Aura , run both hands a few inches over the body

from head to toe. 

 

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