Hand Positions for Energy Healing - Head and Neck Positions
Contact Position
Hand Position 1
To begin a treatment, you make gentle contact with the client by sliding your hands under their shoulders. This will help warm your hands and give you a sense of how the client will react to your touch and the Reiki energy.
The head hand positions are designed to be a continue flowing motion without the hands ever leaving the client's body.
Eye Position
Hand Position 2
The second hand position is to cover the eyes with your fingers, resting your palms gently on the forehead of the client. To find this position, you place your thumbs together and place them above the bridge of the nose with your index fingers on each side of the nose.
Be careful not to press on the nose as it can be uncomfortable for the client and may cut off their ability to breathe.
Good for
* Sinuses
* Eyes
* Third Eye Chakra
Jaw Joint Position
To find hand position 3 you slide your hands to the side of the face and move down
until the base of your thumbs are level with the eyebrows. Depending on the size of your
hands, your fingers should be near the chin.
Hand Position 3
Good for
* Jaw Joints
* Lower Sinuses
* Jaw
Lower Jaw Position
To flow to the next position, number 4, you slide your palms down over the ears with
the fingertips on both hands touching each other. You measure this by keeping your index
fingers on the line with the client's jaw.
Hand Position 4
Good for
* Jaw
* Saliva Glands
Throat Position
Position 5 is found by sliding your hands off the ears until your thumbs are on the jaw
line. Your little finger will be on the neck and the rest of the fingers on the neck area
will be cupped so that no pressure will be felt by the client on their neck or throat
area.
Hand Position 5
Good for
* Glands in Neck
* Throat Chakra
Ear Position
To find Position 6, slide the hands back along the jaw until they are cupped over the
ears. Be sure not to press hard on the ears with this position.
Hand Position 6
Good for
* Ears
Back of Head Position
Position 7 is found by sliding both hands toward the back of the client's head. While supporting the head with one hand, gently slide the other hand beneath the head. Then support the head with the hand beneath it, and slide the first hand beneath the head also. Once you have found this position, the head should be cradled with the tips of the fingers near the base of the skull.
Hand Position 7
Good for
* Central Nervous System
* Brain
Brain Stem and Neck Position
To find Position 8, carefully slide the hands down the back of the neck, supporting the
head as you do so, until they are resting with the palms at the back of the neck and
fingers pointing down the base of the neck towards the back.
Hand Position 8
Good for
* Brain Stem
* Central Nervous System
* Certival Vertebrae
* Spinal Cord
Adrenal Position
To arrive at position 9, gently slide one hand out from under the head and neck,
supporting them with the other hand, and sliding the first hand to rest over the
collarbone. Then gently slide the other hand to rest on the other collarbone.
Hand Position 9
Good for
* Adrenal Glands
* Lymph Glands
Heart Position
Position 10 is found by sliding the left hand from the collarbone, until it rests with
fingers on the breastbone. Then slide the right hand to rest over the breastbone pointing
towards the stomach.
Hand Position 10
The Alternate Hand Position 10 is useful when the client is a large-breasted female, or
if the client is sensitive in the area of the breastbone. To reach this position from
position 9, slide the hands down to the sides of the client, so that the palms of the
hands are even with the top of the chest.
Hand Position 10 - Alternate
Good for
* Heart
* Lungs
* Lymph Glands
On to the Trunk Hand Positions
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