positions for reikiThe Reiki Hand Positions
These Drawings are some I drew with Paint shop pro and a trackball there are 
drawings from "Essential Reiki" by Diane Stein for more drawings 
I personly  almost always start with my hands over the top of the head on the 
crown first most people are more comfortable with this as the first position and 
children are less likely to lick your hands if you start them off with a less 
challenging placement than directly over the face. 
The hands are held slightly cupped and with the thumb and fingers  held  closed, 
rather like they are held  for swimming   It is  somewhat like having the hand 
in a sock rather than a mitten. Most people spend a moment before they begin the 
treatment with their hands held in the gassho or praying hands position at the 
chest or face as they mentaly focus for the treatment . The touch is very light 
no pressure is applied use a " butterfly touch". 
  


. For the first 5 or 6  hand positions shown  the practitioner stands  behind  
the head of the recipient , the other  positions  are done from the side except 
for the feet if you have room to stand at the foot of the treatment serface. The 
hands are placed with the fingertips of one hand touching the heal of the other 
as for whether the left or right hand is the near hand or the far hand that 
depends on what is most comfortable for you . I also  like to run reiki into the 
joints, shoulders, elbows , wrists, knees,and hips, and the hands also. 
Intuition is the best guide but it is best to learn the traditional positions 
first  in order to give your intuition something to develop from . Reiki touch 
is very light, no pressure is applied. the energies often run for about 3 to 5 
minutes in each position when you are starting out and get faster over time.




more hand positon graphics more drawings 
  
  
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