When I got introduced to Reiki I spent a couple of months learning about the universal life force energy and the chakra system, until I finally became a level 2 practitioner. All this time in every video, article, and several books I read or watched, everyone talked about opening the chakras and flowing energy through the chakras.

But no one talked about the meridians even though they are a vital part of our body’s energy system and connected with our chakras. This was shocking to learn because we can improve healing in a Reiki session by incorporating and unblocking the meridians.

In this article, you will learn what are the Reiki meridians and how to use them during a Reiki session.

What Are The Reiki Meridians?

The Reiki meridians are a complex network of energy channels where Qi energy and blood flow throughout the body. There are 12 main meridians in the body of which 6 are yin meridians that flow energy down the body and 6 yang meridians that flow energy up the body. As well as other 8 extraordinary meridians which store energy or act as energy reservoirs for the body.

Based on Chinese and Hindu medicine, we have 2 bodies, the physical body and the energy body made up of meridians and chakras. When we use energy healing modalities such as Reiki, we are in fact healing the energy body which has a big impact on the health of the physical body as they work hand in hand with each other through the mind and body connection.

It wasn’t until the early 1960s that the meridians were recognized by modern medicine as the third vascular compartment of the body called the primo vascular system which is identical to the meridian network in the body.

The meridians flow into each other seamlessly, but each main meridian channel is directly associated with internal organs and can be used to heal issues of those specific organs. 

As a Reiki practitioner, you will be able to improve energy flow and healing in a patient if you unblock pressure points in the meridians that are blocking the flow of energy. This will allow you to provide a better Reiki session by healing your patients deeper and faster.

12 Meridians Of The Body Chart

Watch this great video from Picture Healer to learn about the meridian clock and see the meridian channels in the body:

Gall Bladder Meridian

The yang gall bladder meridian starts from the outer corner of your eye and is divided into two branches. The first branch ends up at the side of your hip, while the second branch ends up connecting with your liver meridian at the top of your big toe.

Liver Meridian

The liver meridian starts at the top of your big toe, goes all the way up to your eye while passing through your genitals, and connects with your gall bladder meridian on the outer corner of your eye.

Lung Meridian

The lung meridian starts just above your belly button and goes down passing through your intestine, then turns back up to pass through your lungs and it diverts towards your arm where it ends up at your index finger connecting to your large intestine meridian.

Large Intestine Meridian

The large intestine meridian starts at the tip of your index finger, goes all the way up to your shoulder and it divides into two branches. One branch passes through your lungs and ends up in your large intestine, while the other branch goes up passing through your mouth and ends up on the opposite side of your nose.

Stomach Meridian

The stomach meridian starts from the side of the nose, goes down to your jawline before it turns back up towards the corner of your forehead where it splits into two branches. One branch goes down towards the stomach, while the other branch goes down even further towards your big toe to connect with the spleen meridian.

Spleen Meridian

The spleen meridian starts from your big toe, goes through the inner side of your leg all the way up to your heart meridian while passing through your abdominal cavity and connecting with your spleen. A branch of your spleen meridian will continue until it reaches your throat.

Heart Meridian

The heart meridian starts from your heart and it divides into three branches. The first branch goes up towards your eyes, the second goes down towards your small intestine, and the third goes through the inner side of your arm towards the inside tip of your little finger to connect with your small intestine meridian.

Small Intestine Meridian

The small intestine meridian starts from the inner tip of your little finger and goes all the way up to the back of your shoulder where it divides into three branches. The first branch goes internally directly towards your small intestine while passing through your heart and stomach. The second branch passes externally through the corner of your eye and ends up going directly into your ear. Lastly, the third branch goes directly to the corner of your eye where it connects with your bladder meridian.

Urinary Bladder Meridian

The urinary bladder meridian starts at the inner side of the eye, goes up towards the top of your head, and then it goes back down where it divided into two branches at the back of your head. The first branch will go down to your urinary bladder, while the second branch will go down all the way to the lateral side of the tip of your small toe to connect with your kidney meridian.

Kidney Meridian

The kidney meridian starts from the inferior side of your small toe and goes up through the inner side of your leg and enters your body near the base of your backbone to connect with your kidney. It then comes out through your pubic bone and goes up towards the top of your chest.

Pericardium Meridian

The pericardium meridian starts from your chest and divides into two branches. The first branch goes down through your diaphragm to connect with your triple heater. The second branch goes from your lower chest area towards the tip of your middle finger while passing through your lung and heart channels. When it reaches the tip of your middle finger, a smaller branch splits up to reach the end of your ring finger and connects with your triple heater meridian.

Triple Heater Meridian

The triple heater meridian starts at the outer tip of your ring finger and goes up towards your shoulder where it divided into two branches. One branch unites the upper, middle, and lower heater by going internally through the chest. The other branch goes externally to the outer corner of your eye and connects with your gall bladder meridian.

Comment below if you found this article helpful and let us know if you have unblocked your meridians with Reiki!