SELF- HELP FINGER HOLDS IN JSJ

Jin Shin Jyutsu offers very easy self help techniques, which can help you treat both emotional and physical discomfort. Here I am including the various fingers “holds” and their benefits.
Do not be surprised at the healing power of your fingers. All the energy meridians in your body end up in your fingers and toes. Therefore holding those for a length of time, balances the energy meridians ending up in the particular finger or toe.

All you have to do is wrap your one hand around each finger of the other hand as mentioned below.

· For maintenance you can hold each finger for a minimum of 3min, 5min would be better. In general it would be highly beneficial to get in the habit to hold your fingers (each at a time) whenever you do not need to use your hand. Like if you are waiting in traffic, or watching a film, or waiting in some office etc…

· If you are undergoing an emotional upheaval at the moment such as fear, anger, anxiety, grief etc... Or have a physical problem of the ones mentioned below; it is best to hold the corresponding finger for at least 20 min. You will observe the emotional problem subside and disappear. For the physical problem I suggest you apply this for 20 min three times a day.time.

Enjoy your simple yet highly effective self-healing routines!

Hold your THUMB to help treat:
· WORRY, Stress, Insecurity and nervousness
· Insomnia
· General fatigue
· Headaches (base of thumb)
· Skin Surface
· Digestions(Stomach and spleen)
· Shoulder tension
· If you’ve been sitting too long.


Hold your INDEX FINGER to help treat:
· FEAR and Anxiety, Mental confusion, Frustration
· Depression, perfectionism, Shyness
· Tendency for criticism and self criticism
· Digestion, Assimilation and Elimination (constipation)
· Kidney and Bladder discomfort
· Muscle Tension
· Back discomfort
· Arm discomfort
· Teeth and gums
· If you’ve been on your feet too long.


Hold your MIDDLE FINGER to help treat:
· ANGER, irritability, cowardice, Instability
· Emotional Imbalance
· Sluggishness (lack of alertness), general fatigue
· Eye tension, vision
· Liver and Gall Bladder problems
· Hypertension or Hypotension
· Head discomfort
· For breastfeeding
· Knee discomfort
· If you’ve been reading for too long.


Hold your RING FINGER to help treat:
· GRIEF, sorrow and sadness
· Lack of common sense
· Respiratory functions
· Excessive mucus
· Deep skin conditions
· Lung discomfort
· Tinnitus – ear ringing
· Large intestine discomfort, elimination irregularities
· Leg Tension
· If you have to recline for too long.


Hold your LITTLE FINGER to help treat:
· PRETENSE, i.e.: trying too hard, keeping your true feelings hidden, “laughing on the outside, crying on the inside”
· Insecurity, nervousness, confusion
· Heart conditions, palpitations (To stop palpitations try biting the tip palm side of your little finger)
· Small Intestine dysfunctions
· Bloating
· If you have been or need to be walking a long time.


Hold the CENTER OF YOU PALM to help treat:
(Here you place the fingers of on hand on the centre of the palm of the other hand).
· FATIGUE, exhaustion
· Depression
· Lack of focus
· Memory dysfunction
· Eye strain
· Difficulty in Breathing
· Appetite imbalance
· Abdominal cramps
· Elimination irregularities
· Equilibrium and balance
· Cold feet

"Concerning matter, we have been all wrong. What we have called matter is energy, whose vibration has been so lowered as to be perceptible to the senses. There is no matter." Albert Einstein