Reiki hand positions are the key to either self-treating yourself with reiki, or treating others. Before your start your session, if you chance to be new at this, or if you’re not, check the charts for the proper reiki hand positions before you start. Before your session with yourself or your customer, when you have the reiki hand positions scoped out, you will probably (dependent on what level you are at in your reiki journey) start by drawing your symbols.

If you’re a complicated consultant, then commence with Dai Ko Mio, then Cho Ko Rei, then Sei He Ki and eventually Hon Sha Ze Sho Nen. If you’re not complicated, you’d be beginning your session with the Cho Ko Rei and then assuming the reiki hand positions.

Don’t forget to draw the symbols and say the names of each symbol 3 times. What occurs next, now you have drawn and called your symbols, is the universal life force energy starts flowing thru your hands. By this time you may have the first of the reiki hand positions already on your customer. The 1st position is over the eye area. Very carefully lay your hands there in the right reiki hand positions and begin.

By beginning at the head of your customer and following all of the correct reiki hand positions, you may allow the energy to flow where it has to go, where the customer wants it the most. Just don’t force the energy to go somewhere; it’ll do that on its own. A common reiki session takes about forty five mins, in which time you’ll have used your reiki hand positions all over the customer’s body holding each position from three to five mins in length. You may use your intuition on the period of time to hold the positions. Cup your hands a touch, fingers holding together, and keep your touch light. Your customer will possibly either be on your reiki massage table or in a chair if they wish. Your desire before beginning your reiki session is to be clear that you are beginning treatment to help in healing and to have the universal life force energy flow thru you to help that. It is not a fairly advanced ritual, just the easy exchange of energy between 2 or more folk. You want the will to help in treating and give. They need the need to receive help and energy. You don’t have to stress about where the energy is going when you have started working on the customer.

Reiki life force energy is smart and it knows where it has to go. In reality, when you have started your session it’s best to just get out of the way of the energy and let it do its own thing.

The treatment protocol typically taught Reiki practitioners involve a collection of hand positions well spaced along the customer’s body. The way in which they are spaced out provides good coverage for the customer. While the energy does go where it is most required, it often stays near where the specialist has placed her hands. Having mentioned that, it is sensible that by covering all bits of the body uniformly, the customer gets the best treatment possible.