Usui is said to have used five hand positions on the head and used intuition to place hands on parts of the body needing energy but it was Hayashi who developed the more structured positions for whole body treatments. Eguchi is said to have introduced Qi Gong based palm techniques such as patting, pressing and stroking.
Here are some of the hand positions that are used for self-Reiki:





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