When you learn Reiki Level One the hand positions that are taught are
for you to use on yourself first – so you can do a self treatment
daily. But these same general hand positions can be used to structure a
healing session on others too.
They are only guides, of course, but at basic level one Reiki, they help give your healing sessions structure and will give you confidence in treating others…
For once you know your 12 hand positions your healing session both for yourself and/or your client becomes more fluid and purposeful.
You can also time each hand position to give a rough estimate of when to change positions and how long an overall healing session will last.
Of course, the hand positions used today can vary from school to school of Reiki but the 12 hand positions shown here are the general ones and quite adequate for you to use.
You may sit or lie down to do these hand positions. I prefer, for ease, to sit on my meditation stool but the main thing is to remain relaxed and comfortable.
Reiki Hand Position 1 : The Eyes.
The first position is the hand that is placed on the face. To do this, you should put your palms either on your own face or on the person who is receiving Reiki. The palms should form a cup over the eyes while the fingers are on the forehead. There must be no pressure at all but only a gentle touch.
Reiki Hand Position 2 : The Temples.
The second position includes the hand on the crown and on the top of the head. Both hands must be on the sides of the head whereas the heels of the hands are located near the ears. The fingertips must be able to touch the crown.
Reiki Hand Position 3 : Occipital region, at the back of the head.
The third position is at the back of the head. Form a cross by using your arms. One of the hands must be on the head while the other one is above the neck's nape.
Reiki Hand Position 4 : The Throat.
The fourth position includes the touching of the heart and collarbone. Make a V-like shape with the thumb and fingers. You must be able to easily hold your neck via the V formation. Lower one of your hands and have it resting in between the collarbone and the heart.
Reiki Hand Position 5 : The Heart.
The fifth has something to do with touching the jaw line and the chin as well. Again, let your hands form a cup and let your chin rest in it. Let your hands wrap themselves on your jaw line. The sixth position includes your ribs. Put your hand on the upper portion of the rib cage and provide some support to the bended elbows. The other hand should be on the abdomen. Let your fingertips touch your tummy.
Reiki hand Position 6 : The Solar Plexus.
The pelvic area is included in the seventh position. Put your hands on your pelvic bone and allow your fingertips to touch your pelvic region.
Good for all the organs mentioned above – but more so the liver, spleen, gallbladder, and stomach.
Helps to ‘release and let go’ the emotional/physical contents of the large bowel and to keep things ‘on the move’ to prevent constipation.
It’s also your gathering centre, so if you have gathered something you don’t want like sad emotions, shocking news from the telly, someone elses anger, then focusing on this area will help you to release it.
Reiki Hand Position 7 : The abdomen, (Tan Tien).
In martial arts this is where you store up your energy – and when you give your ‘ki-ai’ shout and discharge it, this is where it comes from.
Focusing on this area and ‘belly breathing’ naturally deepens your breath and uses all your lungs.
It’s also good for relaxing the mesenteric and small bowel.
And, with the small bowel often being referred to as a reflection of your sub-conscious mind – this is a superb multi-purpose hand position.
Reiki Hand Position 8 : The pelvic/groin area.
Then the eight position concerns your shoulders. Bend your elbows and arms over the head and touch your shoulder blades with your hand. While your elbows are bent, put your hands onto the center part of your back.
Reiki Hand Position 9 : Top of the Shoulders.
The nine position includes the lower back and the sacrum. Let your hands rest on your lower back. Lower your arms and then place them on the sacral area and then proceed to relax.
Not the easiest of positions to hold on yourself but good for cascading the energy down into the whole torso.
Reiki Hand Position 10 : The Shoulder Blades.
(Beam the energy from the front – beaming is simply imagining the Reiki energy flowing out of your palm. See it as you would a beam of light coming from a torch)
I have found it is much simpler to just beam the energy from the front of your chest to the back of you -and as your shoulder blades are situated directly behind your lungs you’ll hit the appropriate areas quite easily.
This position is good again for lungs, pleura, lymphatics, bronchitis, asthma, colds etc.
It is also good if you have something you wish to…
‘Get off your chest’…
Reiki hand Position 11 : The Kidneys.
The kidneys work as your energy batteries.
Whenever we feel tired and lethargic, worn out and run down, or just simply pooped, then often times it is because we have a depleted energy store in our kidneys.
So allowing the Reiki energy to run through our kidneys can be very reviving and refreshing to our whole system.
The kidneys are also our ‘filters’.
Therefore taking time to nurture our kidneys is a good way of flushing out unwanted physical elements – literally – as well as unnecessary emotional debris too.
Kidneys also work as a team or a pair so they often reflect ‘partnerships’… joint ventures, business relationships, team sports, etc.
Also good for lower backache, sciatica and hip problems, feeling chilly and any physical problem the Chinese might call ‘damp’ Smiley
Reiki Hand Position 12 : The Base of the Spine or Tailbone area.
This position is great when you feel unsettled, or unseated Smiley It really helps to ground your energy.
Whether you have lost your job, all your money, facing a fearful experience (a nasty dog, or parachute jump!) then focusing on this position will help.
It even feels comforting and reassuring.
Again good for the hips, rectum (piles, prolapse, abscess), sciatica, low back pain.
And there we have it…
I have given very simple outlines for what each position can be used for, but truly there is such a huge amount of information that can be blended with these positions, that it would take a book just to scratch the surface Smiley
But the more you practice and use the Reiki energy the more you will get to ‘Know’ and ‘Trust’ where to position your hands.
These 12 positions are guides to start you off – so use them until you feel confident enough to not use them Smiley
Okay then I’ll finish with a couple of commone sense comments: For positions 5-6 gentlemen need to be aware of accidentally touching a womans breast’s, so it maybe more appropriate to just raise the hands above the area slightly and beam the energy down.
The same goes for position 8 too…
As I said, common sense really, but… In this day and age it is better to be safe than sued.
And to be sure… Horace Greeley probably said it best with – “Common sense is very uncommon”.
Now, as a wonderful thing you can do for yourself, try running the Reiki energy through all twelve of the hand positions we have covered for just one minute at each position.
Think of it as a twelve minute Reiki tune up that can quite easily be done both morning and evening.
They are only guides, of course, but at basic level one Reiki, they help give your healing sessions structure and will give you confidence in treating others…
For once you know your 12 hand positions your healing session both for yourself and/or your client becomes more fluid and purposeful.
You can also time each hand position to give a rough estimate of when to change positions and how long an overall healing session will last.
Of course, the hand positions used today can vary from school to school of Reiki but the 12 hand positions shown here are the general ones and quite adequate for you to use.
You may sit or lie down to do these hand positions. I prefer, for ease, to sit on my meditation stool but the main thing is to remain relaxed and comfortable.
Reiki Hand Position 1 : The Eyes.
The first position is the hand that is placed on the face. To do this, you should put your palms either on your own face or on the person who is receiving Reiki. The palms should form a cup over the eyes while the fingers are on the forehead. There must be no pressure at all but only a gentle touch.
Reiki Hand Position 2 : The Temples.
The second position includes the hand on the crown and on the top of the head. Both hands must be on the sides of the head whereas the heels of the hands are located near the ears. The fingertips must be able to touch the crown.
Reiki Hand Position 3 : Occipital region, at the back of the head.
The third position is at the back of the head. Form a cross by using your arms. One of the hands must be on the head while the other one is above the neck's nape.
Reiki Hand Position 4 : The Throat.
The fourth position includes the touching of the heart and collarbone. Make a V-like shape with the thumb and fingers. You must be able to easily hold your neck via the V formation. Lower one of your hands and have it resting in between the collarbone and the heart.
Reiki Hand Position 5 : The Heart.
The fifth has something to do with touching the jaw line and the chin as well. Again, let your hands form a cup and let your chin rest in it. Let your hands wrap themselves on your jaw line. The sixth position includes your ribs. Put your hand on the upper portion of the rib cage and provide some support to the bended elbows. The other hand should be on the abdomen. Let your fingertips touch your tummy.
Reiki hand Position 6 : The Solar Plexus.
The pelvic area is included in the seventh position. Put your hands on your pelvic bone and allow your fingertips to touch your pelvic region.
Good for all the organs mentioned above – but more so the liver, spleen, gallbladder, and stomach.
Helps to ‘release and let go’ the emotional/physical contents of the large bowel and to keep things ‘on the move’ to prevent constipation.
It’s also your gathering centre, so if you have gathered something you don’t want like sad emotions, shocking news from the telly, someone elses anger, then focusing on this area will help you to release it.
Reiki Hand Position 7 : The abdomen, (Tan Tien).
In martial arts this is where you store up your energy – and when you give your ‘ki-ai’ shout and discharge it, this is where it comes from.
Focusing on this area and ‘belly breathing’ naturally deepens your breath and uses all your lungs.
It’s also good for relaxing the mesenteric and small bowel.
And, with the small bowel often being referred to as a reflection of your sub-conscious mind – this is a superb multi-purpose hand position.
Reiki Hand Position 8 : The pelvic/groin area.
Then the eight position concerns your shoulders. Bend your elbows and arms over the head and touch your shoulder blades with your hand. While your elbows are bent, put your hands onto the center part of your back.
Reiki Hand Position 9 : Top of the Shoulders.
The nine position includes the lower back and the sacrum. Let your hands rest on your lower back. Lower your arms and then place them on the sacral area and then proceed to relax.
Not the easiest of positions to hold on yourself but good for cascading the energy down into the whole torso.
Reiki Hand Position 10 : The Shoulder Blades.
(Beam the energy from the front – beaming is simply imagining the Reiki energy flowing out of your palm. See it as you would a beam of light coming from a torch)
I have found it is much simpler to just beam the energy from the front of your chest to the back of you -and as your shoulder blades are situated directly behind your lungs you’ll hit the appropriate areas quite easily.
This position is good again for lungs, pleura, lymphatics, bronchitis, asthma, colds etc.
It is also good if you have something you wish to…
‘Get off your chest’…
Reiki hand Position 11 : The Kidneys.
The kidneys work as your energy batteries.
Whenever we feel tired and lethargic, worn out and run down, or just simply pooped, then often times it is because we have a depleted energy store in our kidneys.
So allowing the Reiki energy to run through our kidneys can be very reviving and refreshing to our whole system.
The kidneys are also our ‘filters’.
Therefore taking time to nurture our kidneys is a good way of flushing out unwanted physical elements – literally – as well as unnecessary emotional debris too.
Kidneys also work as a team or a pair so they often reflect ‘partnerships’… joint ventures, business relationships, team sports, etc.
Also good for lower backache, sciatica and hip problems, feeling chilly and any physical problem the Chinese might call ‘damp’ Smiley
Reiki Hand Position 12 : The Base of the Spine or Tailbone area.
This position is great when you feel unsettled, or unseated Smiley It really helps to ground your energy.
Whether you have lost your job, all your money, facing a fearful experience (a nasty dog, or parachute jump!) then focusing on this position will help.
It even feels comforting and reassuring.
Again good for the hips, rectum (piles, prolapse, abscess), sciatica, low back pain.
And there we have it…
I have given very simple outlines for what each position can be used for, but truly there is such a huge amount of information that can be blended with these positions, that it would take a book just to scratch the surface Smiley
But the more you practice and use the Reiki energy the more you will get to ‘Know’ and ‘Trust’ where to position your hands.
These 12 positions are guides to start you off – so use them until you feel confident enough to not use them Smiley
Okay then I’ll finish with a couple of commone sense comments: For positions 5-6 gentlemen need to be aware of accidentally touching a womans breast’s, so it maybe more appropriate to just raise the hands above the area slightly and beam the energy down.
The same goes for position 8 too…
As I said, common sense really, but… In this day and age it is better to be safe than sued.
And to be sure… Horace Greeley probably said it best with – “Common sense is very uncommon”.
Now, as a wonderful thing you can do for yourself, try running the Reiki energy through all twelve of the hand positions we have covered for just one minute at each position.
Think of it as a twelve minute Reiki tune up that can quite easily be done both morning and evening.
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