Hand Positions Used in Reiki

If you are wanting to learn how to do Reiki or you want to learn how to become a practitioner of Reiki you will have to learn the various hand positions that are needed. The hand positions are what is important to help with healing. These hand positions help the energy to be channeled properly through your hands from the universal energy source to the one that needs healing.

One thing to remember is that when you are putting your hands on the body of the person that needs healing you need to keep it there. Always be sure that you have at least one hand on this person while you are moving the other hand. You want to make sure that the energy is constantly flowing through you into this person with no break in that energy flow.

There hand positions used first start out in the torso. There are a total of six hand positions to remember for this part. First of all you need to have your hands on the left side of the body, right beside the solar plexus. Your hands will be covering the pancreas and spleen. Then you move over to the right side of their body to cover the liver and pancreas with your hands. This is important because the liver and pancreas are both connected into the circulatory system.

Then you will want to place your hands parallel, one on each side, which will cover the stomach. This will also cover the intestine as well. Then you need to move your hands towards the hips ad cover the lower torso. After that you move them down  to the hip joints. After you have completed these moves you start to move your hands up the torso towards the heart.

This brings about the second patterns of hand positions. You cover the heart and lungs with your hands, and then you move your hands towards the head of the person who needs healing. You place your hands on the forehead first, and this will help with the sinuses and the emotional state of the person. Then you move to cover their ears to help their hearing and help deal with stress.  Then you move your hands on back and move the head to help the energy flow. Then you move your hands on down to the jaw and throat area.

There are also some hand positions that you will use on their back as well. There are a total of eight positions used here. You begin by placing your hands on the spine, starting out at the top of the back. Then you move your hands on down to where the lungs are, and then on down the back. This helps to relax and release the nerves and help them work better. Then you will move your hands all the way down to the feet of this person.

It is important to remember all these various hand positions. If you understand them you will better understand how Reiki works and how it can help heal a persons body. These positions of the hands are important and help to enhance the way energy flows through the body.