Help yourself to build resilience and stay well
One of the great things about Jin Shin Jyutsu is the ‘Self Help’ aspect and everyone can learn how to use it. And you don’t have to be ill to benefit from Jin Shin Jyutsu – you can use it in a preventative way to keep yourself from becoming ill in the first place – promoting an ever growing sense of wellbeing and vitality throughout your body. Note: Jin Shin Jyutsu® is not intended to be a substitute therapy for acute or major conditions attended to by a medical practitioner.
The POWER to help yourself is in your own hands. Harmonise your energy flows by simply holding your fingers. The body is affected by air, food, actions, thoughts etc. Each of the fingers and thumbs are simple unlocking keys to harmonizing ourselves.
Hold both left and right fingers in order to balance or body equally – imbalance causes tension and can lead to discomfort and pain.
Jin Shin Jyutsu – Main Central
“The Artless Art of Getting to Know (Help) Myself”
The Main Central Vertical Flow is the source of our life energy. This pathway runs down the centre of the front of the body and back up the spine. Here is a Jin Shin Jyutsu self-help process to harmonize this pathway.
Harmonizing the Main Central regularly helps you feel centered and ensures that you will have plenty of energy. Some people find it calming and use it to fall asleep, while others like to use it to clear away the cobwebs upon awakening. For optimum results, do this daily.
Main Central vertical flow
Download a handy, print-friendy PDF on the Main Central vertical flow
Step 1: Place the fingers of the right hand on the top of the head (where they will remain until step 6). Place the fingers of the left hand o your forehead between your eyebrows. Hold for 2 to 5 minutes or until the pulses you feel at your fingertips synchronize with each other.
Step 2: Now move the left fingertips to the tip of the nose. Hold them there for 2 to 5 minutes, or until the pulses synchronize.
Step 3: Move the left fingertips to your sternum (center of your chest between your breasts). Stay there for 2 to 5 minutes, or until the pulses synchronize.
Step 4: Move your fingers to the base of your sternum (center of where your ribs start, above the stomach). Hold them there for 2 to 5 minutes, or until the pulses synchronize.
Step 5: Move your fingers to the top of your pubic bone (above the genitals, center). Stay there for 2 to 5 minutes, or until the pulses synchronize.
Step 6: Keep your left fingertips in place and move your right fingertips to cover your coccyx (tailbone). Hold for 2 to 5 minutes or until the pulses you feel at your fingertips synchronize with each other.
Note: The right hand remains on the top of the head while the left hand moves down the body until the final step.