Jin Shin Jyutsu

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Jin Shin Jyutsu®

Hands‐On Help for You, Your

Family, & Your Patients

Chaplain AnaLisa Bischoff, MDIV, BCC-NACC

analisa.bischoff@svh-mt.org

What is Jin Shin Jyutsu®?

A way of using your hands

to help yourself and others heal.

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What is a Safety Energy Lock (SEL)?

Chaplain AnaLisa Bischoff, MDIV, BCC-NACC

Frontal bone

Occipital bone

Right

Parietal

Left

Parietal

Sagittal suture

To relieve stress &

fatigue, place

fingertips closely

on sides of the

sagittal suture at

the crown of the

head and “pull.”

Remember to

breathe!

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To increase mental clarity,

gently hold your “sit bones”

(ischial tuberosities)

with same‐side hands

To aid memory,

place right

hand/fingertips on

top center of head

& left fingertips on

the center of the

forehead

~

This can be used as a

daily practice, when

reading material you

wish to retain, or when

recalling information

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Jiro Murai

Mary Burmeister

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36 Conscious Breaths

Place feet flat on floor, drop shoulders, smile…

Exhale, then inhale = 1 breath

Breathe normally, no need to change anything. Just

give your breath your complete attention for

36complete conscious breaths.

During 36 Breaths, you may also:

• Visualize the breath, like a river, flowing up the back and down

the front of the body

• place your fingertips on the opposite anterior cruciate ligament

just distal to the elbow

• place your fingertips on each side of the mid-forehead above the

eyes (right hand to right side, left to left)

• gently hold any finger or palm centers

• or apply any other Jin Shin Jyutsu® connection

Jin Shin Jyutsu® ~ Helping Attitudes with Fingers

Thumb:

Worry

Preoccupation

Depression

Digestion

Stress “nerves”

Tension in head, shoulders, lungs

Grounding

Calming

Insomnia & back-of-the-head

headaches, hold more toward the

base of the thumb

Cradle each finger completely with the same

tenderness you would hold a newborn child ~

firmly, but gently

For insomnia &

back‐of‐the‐head

headaches

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Jin Shin Jyutsu® ~ Helping Attitudes with Fingers

Index Finger:

Fear

False

Evidence

Appearing

Real

Anxiety

Panic attacks

Self-criticism

Shyness

Back pain

Constipation

Digestive projects

Jaw, teeth, gums

Bursitis, tennis elbow

Jin Shin Jyutsu® ~ Helping Attitudes with Fingers

Middle Finger:

Anger

Frustration

Irritability

General fatigue

Eyes, vision

Frontal headache

Indecision

Helps regulate blood pressure –

high or low

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Jin Shin Jyutsu® ~ Helping Attitudes with Fingers

Ring Finger:

Grief

Sorrow

Loss

Breathing projects

Asthma

Skin conditions

Tinnitus

Excessive mucus

Negative attitude

Jin Shin Jyutsu® ~ Helping Attitudes with Fingers

Little Finger:

Effort

“Trying-to”

“Do or do not, there is no try” Yoda

Pretense – the mask we put on

Being judgmental of self or others

Bloating

Nourishes the heart

Insecurity

Nervousness

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Jin Shin Jyutsu® ~ Helping Attitudes with Fingers

Palm Center:

D

eep fatigue

Eye strain

Abdominal cramping

Depression

Mental confusion

Spiritual distress

Help balance cholesterol

Depression?

Give yourself a lift

by

• Holding your thumbs

• Holding the area just

below the middle of

both clavicles at the

same time

• Holding the area

below the middle of the

clavicle on one side and

the opposite side back

base of the ribs

• Holding the upper arm

with the opposite inner

thigh a hand’s length

above the knee helps

open the SELs below the

clavicle

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Pain Relief

For self and others, gently place

RIGHT

hand immediately

below the medial ankle bone and

LEFT

hand immediately

below the lateral ankle bone on the same side of the body.

Right

hand is always placed medially and

left

hand is

always placed laterally for this purpose.

In addition to the previous

pain relieving connection,

this connection relieves

the pain of TMJ projects:

The hand opposite the side

of the TMJ pain covers the

affected jaw area; lay the

fingertips of the other hand

below the lateral (outer)

ankle bone on the side

opposite the TMJ project.

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Breathing difficulties?

Asthma?

Hold the base of the left

front rib cage with your

left hand

and the back

base of the rib cage

with your right hand

Acute

Hold big toes tightly

Seizures

Use this connection to assist in

keeping the SEL on the bottom

of the big toes open

Left hand to left groin & right

hand to crest of right hip.

Then right hand to right groin &

left hand to crest of left hip.

Also assists with relieving

headaches

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Our body’s thermostat “knobs” are

found at and just below the head of

the fibula just around the “corner”

created by the hamstring tendon

when the knee is bent.

Gently lay the fingertips onto the calf

just below these “corners,” on the

left

to lower

the body’s temperature and

on the

right to raise

the temperature.

Connect both at the same time to let

your body’s wisdom balance the

temperature. This is most easily done

on yourself when seated.

The left side will also assist with

relieving constipation and the right

side with relieving diarrhea.

Helps relieve

hot flashes

To aid the body’s immune

system and help relieve

o

Fevers

o

Colds

o

Sore throats

Also relieves tension in the

pelvic girdle

Right hand to left upper

medial scapula & left hand to

right upper medial scapula

OR

Right hand to left upper

medial scapula &

left hand to

left mid upper thigh.

Then

reverse to complete flow: Left

hand to right upper medial

scapula &

right hand to right

upper thigh.

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To relieve a variety of skin

projects such as acne, rashes,

scars, and even serious burns

Palm both Calves

Manchurian Belly “Massage”

Aids in relieving constipation

Not actually a “massage,” this energy

pattern is traced very lightly with the

palm side of the fingers, continually

inwards from the periphery, then

outwards from the navel, for no more

than 10 minutes. The pattern must

follow the direction of the large

intestine—up the right side, from the

right side of the abdomen to the left at

the base of the ribs, down the left side,

and across to the base of the right side

again; end the final round at bottom

center.

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Daily Balancing with Jin Shin Jyutsu® Fingers

Generally, hold each position for 2‐3 minutes. Alternatively,

you may spend more time with a finger position that seems to

need more attention.

#1 ~ Hold palm side of

left middle finger

lightly with right

thumb. Place rest of

right fingers on back

of left middle finger.

Reverse for the right middle

finger.

Daily Balancing with Jin Shin Jyutsu® Fingers

#2 ~ Hold back of

left middle finger

lightly with the right

thumb. Place rest

of right fingers on

palm side of left

middle finger.

Reverse for right middle

finger.

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Daily Balancing with Jin Shin Jyutsu® Fingers

#3 ~ Hold palm side

of left little and ring

fingers with right

thumb. Place rest

of right fingers on

back of left little

and ring fingers.

Reverse for the right hand.

Daily Balancing with Jin Shin Jyutsu® Fingers

#4 ~ Hold back of left

thumb, index and

middle fingers with

right thumb. Place

rest of right fingers

on palm side of left

thumb, index, and

middle fingers.

Reverse for the right hand.

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Daily Balancing with Jin Shin Jyutsu® Fingers

#5 ~ Make circle with

right middle finger and

thumb (palm side of

thumb on middle

fingernail). Next slip

left thumb between

circle of right thumb

and middle finger (left

thumb palm touching

right middle fingernail).

Reverse for the right hand.

Daily Balancing with Jin Shin Jyutsu® Fingers

#6 ~ Touch right

ring fingernail

with palm side of

right thumb.

Reverse for the right

hand or use this hand

position with both hands

at the same time.

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Daily Balancing with Jin Shin Jyutsu® Fingers

#7 ~ Touch palms of

left and right middle

fingers in folded

hands position.

Daily Balancing with Jin Shin Jyutsu® Fingers

#8 ~ Touch left

and right middle

fingernails

together.

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The Main Central Vertical

Flow is the source of our

life energy in the body.

This energy flows down the

center of the front of the

body and up the center of

the back.

Harmonizing the Main

Central Vertical regularly

centers you and ensures

that you have plenty of

energy. Depending on need,

some people will find this

flow calming and prefer to

apply it at bedtime; others

may be energized by it and

prefer to apply it first

thing in the morning.

Jin Shin Jyutsu® ~ Main Central Vertical Flow

The right hand remains on the top of the

head

while the

left hand moves down the body

until the final step

when the

right hand moves

to the coccyx (tailbone).

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

on

your forehead above and between

your eyebrows.

Step 2: Now move the left fingertips

to

the tip of the nose.

Step 3: Move the left fingertips to

your

sternum (center of your chest

between your breasts).

Step 4: Move your fingers to the

base of your sternum (center of

where your ribs start, above the

stomach).

Step 5: Move your fingers to the

top

of your pubic bone (above the

genitals, center).

Step 6: Keep your left fingertips in

place and

move your right fingertips

to cover your coccyx

Umbilicus ‐

optional

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Right

Hand

Left

Hand

Right Foot

Left Foot

Jin Shin Jyutsu®

Opposite Fingers & Toes

Jin Shin Jyutsu®

Opposite Fingers & Toes

Thumb & opposite little toe

Index finger & opposite ring toe

Middle finger & opposite middle toe

Ring finger & opposite index toe

Little finger & opposite big toe

Do both sides

Hold very gently—TLC

Helps “everything”

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For those interested in learning more:

The Touch of Healing:

Energizing Body, Mind, and

Spirit with the Art of Jin Shin

Jyutsu®

By Alice Burmeister with Tom Monte

ISBN: 0‐553‐37784‐1

For further information

about Jin Shin Jyutsu

seminars, local classes, and

books, please contact:

Jin Shin Jyutsu, Inc.

8719 East San Alberto

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

480‐998‐9331

http://jsjinc.net

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I may not be able

to help them all

but I can help this

one…