Last Updated on September 5, 2024
Your universal life force energy is channeled by Reiki hand positions. And each position channels the self-healing energy in a unique way.
Engaging in a self healing practice through the daily use of Reiki techniques can facilitate personal healing on physical, emotional, and spiritual levels.
In this article, we’ll go over different Reiki hand positions. We’ll explore why they’re so important in Reiki, their effect on Reiki’s power, and more.
We’ll also share 22 Reiki hand positions so you can focus on using a hand position if you feel ill in a specific body part.
Reiki practitioners have learned how important it is to treat ourselves and transmit or offer Reiki healing energies to another person. This sensation occurs when the universal life force energy or self-healing energy begins flowing into our physical, psychological, and spiritual practice systems.
Thus, consciousness guides us to exactly the place to go to adjust an imbalanced structure. And it’ll require passing through Reiki attunements — preferably, Reiki level 1 attunement. Although some techniques are quite easy to use at this point, it’s possible to sustain your spiritual practices for years to come.
In traditional and modern Reiki treatment processes, as well as distant healing methodologies in the western world, hands are our core tools in practicing Reiki. Anyone practicing Reiki knows that. So to make the most out of each Reiki session, we need to position them accordingly.
Traditional Reiki hand positions
The traditional way of carrying out Reiki therapy addresses an illness in specific areas of the body. Before chakras came into the picture, a traditional Reiki hand position was seen to be highly effective.
1. Head
This is one of the best ways to start the Reiki self-treatment process, initiating a holistic healing process. Here, you’ll need to place both of your hands at the top of your head.
Benefits:
Fuels the main energy channel, Sushumna
Provides energy to the pineal gland
Stimulates the brain
Enhances cognitive abilities
Improves intellectual function
2. Eyes
This hand position is often used by qualified practitioners for the Reiki self-treatment process along the eye area. Using both of your hands, cover your line of sight.
Benefits:
Cleanses imbalances in the eyes, sinuses, and the pineal gland
Regulates the endocrine and reproductive systems
Helps you fall asleep fast
Provides stress relief
Calms nervous system
3. Temples
To channel Reiki energy on the upper side of your face, place each hand on each temple. This is also called the “palms on the head” Reiki healing.
Benefits:
Energizes eye and optic nerves
Stimulates the pineal and adrenal glands
Treats problems in the pituitary gland
Promotes healthy eyesight and hearing
Enhances intuition
4. Head
Both hands should be at the back of your head. One hand should be in the upper area. And the other hand should be just below it.
Benefits:
Energizes cortex responsible for good eyesight
Stimulates the cerebral cortex
Strengthens immune system
Maintains good health and well-nourished body
5. Neck
To begin healing in the upper portion of your body, place both hands at the sides of your neck. This position is like you’re covering yourself from the cold.
Benefits:
Boosts function of the thyroid and parathyroid glands
Heals salivary glands, trachea, and larynx
6. Shoulder
Touch your shoulder blades. If it’s too challenging a position, a good alternative is to put your hands on your cervical area — below your neck.
Benefits:
Promotes the health of the upper muscles
Helps achieve stability
Calms the nervous system
7. Chest
This is where energy channels come together. To stimulate the chest, place one hand above your heart. Then place one below it — as if you want to feel your heart beating.
Benefits:
Energizes the heart
Heals the lungs and eliminates respiratory problems
Promotes the health of the thymus gland
Alternative to medical treatment for behavioral issues
8. Left body
Healing your left body is a start in finding balance. Place your hands on the lower left portion of your body. Use your left hand first and then move on with your right hand.
Benefits:
Energizes the left area of your body near the liver
Promotes a healthy gut
Regulates the digestive system
9. Right body
The therapeutic touch of your hands on the right side of your body will make you feel positive sensations. Place your hands on the lower right portion of your body.
Benefits:
Energizes the right area near the liver
Releases bottled-up anger, frustration, and common negative emotions
10. Abdomen
Locate your navel. Then place both hands below it.
Benefits:
Boosts physical health
Supports the healthy absorption of nutrients
Helps find balance
Helps with self-acceptance
Vital in activating the Kundalini energy
11. Hand position for kidney
Place your hands in your lower back — or at the area of your kidneys.
Benefits:
Energizes the kidneys, spleen, and liver
Enhances daily energy levels
Improves gallbladder function
Provides stress relief
12. Hand position for lower back
Find the lower and middle areas of your spine. Then place one hand on top of the other.
Benefits:
Energizes the intestines
Treats issues within the lumbar area and sciatic nerve
Promotes the healthy condition of the base of the spine
Stimulates creative and sexual energies
13. Hips
This Reiki hand position can be challenging if you don’t know where your inguinal junction is. It’s basically a separator that connects your lower body to your upper body. Once you find it, place one palm on each side.
Benefits:
Speeds up blood and energy flow to the lower extremities
Promotes the optimal functions of the prostate (for men), uterus (for women), and bladder
Treats inguinal lymph nodes and muscle aches in the hip area
14. Hand positions for knees
Place a hand on one knee. You may do this like a Reiki Master — by placing both hands on both knees, too. Reiki Masters use this position to promote rational manifestation and boost creativity.
Benefits:
Promotes rational manifestation
Boosts creativity and flexibility
Heals knee-related ailments
15. Feet
Hold your left foot between your palms. Now, do the same with your other foot.
Benefits:
Accelerates relaxation
Improves grounding ability
Heals physical pain in the lower part of the body
Modern Reiki self-healing hand positions for chakras
Modern Reiki treatments focus on stimulating the seven main energy centers. As believed by contemporary alternative medical practitioners and those who practice Reiki in modern times, energizing specific chakras is the ultimate answer. It can alleviate almost any illness related to that chakra.
A Reiki Master Teacher plays a crucial role in guiding practitioners through the modern Reiki self-healing process and offering techniques for energetic protection.
16. Sacral chakra
Reiki hand positions for the sacral chakra involve finding your navel. Place one hand in that area. Then place another hand on the back.
Benefits:
Helps develop bountiful relationships
Improves self-perception
17. Root chakra
Your root chakra’s purpose is to help ground you. And to help it do that, refer to the hand position solely for your root chakra or place both hands just above the most sensitive part of your whole body. Think of the situation as if you’re shielding parts of you that you don’t want others to see.
Benefits:
Strengthens vital physical energy
Increases mental toughness and well-being
18. Crown chakra
Place both hands at the top of your head — as if you’re protecting your head from a falling object. Many would kick off the Reiki self-treatment process by energizing the crown chakra first.
Benefits:
Helps manifest higher self-consciousness and better intuition
Boosts the ability to be mindful and enjoy the present moment
19. Third eye chakra
For self-treatment of illnesses associated with the third eye chakra, focus on the area between your eyebrows. Now, place one hand there. Then do the same on the lower back area of your head.
Benefits:
Sharpens wisdom, intelligence, and memory
Significantly sharpens intuition
20. Throat chakra
Place one hand on the front area of your throat. Then place the other at the back.
Benefits:
Boosts self-confidence
Improves communication skills
Helps verbalize feelings
21. Heart chakra
Chances that the Reiki self-treatment process will go smoothly are high if your chakra is in excellent condition. Go into the “prayer position” and use both hands (one in front and another at the back) to activate the heart chakra in your chest area.
Benefits:
Enhances the ability to give and receive compassion
Heals core emotional structures
22. Solar plexus chakra
Your solar plexus area is near your stomach. And for Reiki energy to flow freely in this area, you’ll need to place one hand on the front part of your stomach. Then place one at the back. Engaging in this self healing practice on a consistent basis will contribute to your overall well-being and help you feel good all the time.
Benefits:
Sharpens assertiveness
Boosts confidence
Improves willpower
Conclusion
Reiki works wonders and makes you feel deserving of many blessings. It’s a powerful self-healing technique and can help with a variety of illnesses — anxiety, high blood pressure, chronic depression, and more.
Fortunately, there are many great ways to learn it. One is by checking out a Reiki book like Reiki Healing for Beginners. Feel free to observe a certified Reiki practitioner, too.
