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One of the most popular posts on our reikisisters blog (the us being me and my older sister Elyse) is one on byosen scanning. Here's a major portion of the article:

Actually, I find scanning one of the easiest Reiki techniques. Byo means sick and sen means line, so you are basically looking for areas of sickness in the body. What is difficult is gauging the subtlety of what you find in the energy field. Sometimes you can feel hot or cold, tingling or other sensations, each or which may indicate something different. Ideally, with time the practitioner will be able to discern what each feeling indicates.

According to an article in the Reiki News Magazine by Frank Arjava Petter:

Levels of byosen

* Heat. This heat is above normal body temperature.
* Strong heat. This heat makes your palms sweat.
* Tingling. The tingling can be experienced as pins and needles, as a magnetic feeling, or as your hands falling asleep.
* Pulsation, cold. The pulsation can be strong or weak, slow or fast. When the place you touch feels cold, it is not the fault of your hands, but a sign of byosen level four.
* Pain in the hand of the practitioner. This pain may be felt in the hand, in the fingers or in the back of the hand. It may move up your hand into the forearm, and may continue all the way up to your shoulder.

 

The ability to scan becomes more necessary when clients come in without a specific complaint but feeling a general malaise, tiredness or feel blocked in some way they can't easily define. Here's the technique:

1. Starting at your client's crown, run your palm downward along the front of the client's body, keeping your hand at least two or three inches above the client. Scanning is done strictly in the energy field. The back of the body can also be scanned.

2. As your hand moves, note any changes in temperature or any sensations of tingling, pain, or discomfort you might feel in your palm or in your own body corresponding with where you are scanning on the client.

3. These areas where you feel differences are the ones that in all likelihood require special attention during treatment.

Scanning does not have to occur in one smooth motion, but often proceeds in several stroking motions, pausing when hibiki is found. Hibiki is the dissonance between the positive energy in the practitioner's hand and the negative energy of dis-ease in the client which causes the sensations I described. The practitioner might pause to confirm the presence of sensations, note their strength or discuss them with the client before moving on.

As with anything else, practice makes perfect. Again, the artwork is by Gaia.