A standard Reiki treatment covers most body areas, and all the seven chakras – and it usually lasts about an hour or a little over.
As the practitioners give the treatment, either to themselves or to other persons, they tend to listen to their intuition and spend more time on areas that “draw more energy” compared to the others. If you don’t feel the energy flow yet, don’t worry, just spend equal time in each position.
There are variations of these positions, and some Reiki Masters teach them differently. Some may teach more or fewer positions. If in doubt, do as your Master has taught you, or follow your intuition.
The images below cover self-healing. We have another article with the reiki hand positions for healing others here.
At the end of the article is a chart you can download in PDF format and print.
Reiki Hand Positions for Head
Position 1: Cover the eyes approximately with the palms of your hands.
Position 2: Cover the ears approximately with the palms of your hands.
Position 3: Place your hands on the back of your head, either one on top of the other as in the image below, or alternatively you can place them side by side.
Reiki Hand Positions for Front of the Body
Position 4: Place your hands on each side of your neck.
Position 5: Place one hand on the chest, above the breasts, and the other just above it, towards the neck.
Position 6: Place your hands under the breasts, in the solar plexus area.
Position 7: Place your hands on the abdomen, over the stomach.
Position 8: Place your hands in a V shape, fingers touching or almost touching, below the waist (for men) or over the ovaries (for women).
Reiki Hand Positions for Back of the Body
Position 9: Place your hands on your shoulders, fingers bent over, pointing towards the shoulder blades.
Position 10: Place your hands on your waist, on the back, palms placed on each side of the spine at comfortable distance.
Position 11: Place your hands on your hips on the back of your body.
Reiki Hand Positions for Legs and Feet
Position 12: Place your hands over your knees.
Position 13: Cup each foot with your hands.
Reiki Hand Positions Downloadable Chart
To download the full chart in PDF format, see below.
Reiki Hand Positions
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Thank you for sharing this. Very easy to understand, and the drawings are excellent! Light and love to you all 🙂
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It is the easiest method of hand positions. Sridharbabu.T
no son necesarias tantas posturas, con equilibrar los 7 chakras principales es suficiente.
Nice and compact.
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One of the clearest and most explanatory set of hand positions I have seen in print.
It’s too good. I was searching for this. Thanks a lot.
The examples of the hand positions are nicely done. Thank you for sharing and it is most appreciated.
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how funny! i already do these hand positions. thanks
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I learned 24 positions of Reiki. Reiki has been very effective for immediate relief from pain.
I Thank you, What do you say as you perform this? Namaste
Thank you so much for sharing, this is very useful and very easy to understand, blessings x
Thank you so much for this great chart! I’ve been looking for one that has great detail and is very easy to understand.
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Very beautiful explained. Thank you! 🙂
Thank you a lot for these pics! They are very helpful.
Just a question…
There are a lot of kind of Reiki in the world, with a lot of kind of positions, most similar, most different.
I would like to know from which “type” of Reiki are they from?
I mean are they from ORIGINAL JAPANESE REIKI, or from Alliance (Phyllis Lei Furumoto) Reiki… or?
Thank you in advance for your reply
Why only 12 shown in place of 24 ?
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Is that necessary to give reiki all parts of body everyday?or only give reiki to seven chakras? I am confused
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Thankyou so much your charts make it so much easier when learning.
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How long do you hold each position?
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Thank you! I was just trying to study them last night and was having trouble following the sheet provided to me.
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I did this now and felt reiki energy. Beautiful!!
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Thank you for reading this article and hope all the insights shared will help you develop your Reiki practice! Many blessings 🙏
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Thank you! Love these charts!