The Hand and Feet Chakras: The Small Centers Healers Use

Beyond the seven main chakras, many energy traditions describe minor chakras throughout the body. Two of the most important sets are in the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet. The hand chakras are said to send and receive energy, which is why healers in Reiki, pranic healing and many prayer traditions work through their hands, and why we instinctively place a hand on a hurting friend. The foot chakras connect us with the earth, drawing up grounding energy and releasing excess. When the hand chakras are open, we feel more sensitive and giving. When the foot chakras are open, we feel steady and present.

You can feel both within a few minutes, and the practice is a lovely doorway into energy work.

The hand chakras

• Location: in the center of each palm, with smaller points at the fingertips.
• Connected with: the heart chakra, through the arms. Love from the heart flows out through the hands.
• Purpose: giving and receiving energy, sensing, creating, healing touch.
• Signs they are open: warmth or tingling in the palms, sensitivity to energy, natural healing touch.
• Signs they are blocked: cold hands that feel closed, difficulty receiving, holding back creative work.

Many traditions say the dominant hand gives and the non-dominant hand receives, though practitioners vary.

The feet chakras

• Location: in the soles of the feet, near the arch.
• Connected with: the root chakra and the earth star chakra below the feet.
• Purpose: grounding, releasing excess energy, stability, moving forward in life.
• Signs they are open: feeling steady, present and calm.
• Signs they are blocked: feeling spacey, anxious, cold feet, difficulty "taking the next step."

Exercise 1: feel your hand chakras

1. Rub your palms together briskly for 20 seconds.
2. Hold them about 6 inches apart, facing each other.
3. Slowly move them closer and farther apart, as if playing a soft accordion.
4. Notice warmth, tingling, pressure, or a feeling like a magnet or a balloon.
5. Imagine a ball of light between your hands. Let it grow and shrink.

Most people feel something on the first try.

Exercise 2: open the feet chakras

1. Stand barefoot on the earth, or on the floor.
2. Rock gently from heel to toe and side to side.
3. Imagine a small door opening in the center of each sole.
4. Breathe in and picture warm earth energy rising up through your feet.
5. Breathe out and let any tension flow down and out.
6. Stay for a few minutes, feeling heavy and supported.

Daily care

• Hands: massage your palms, wash your hands with intention after crowds, and shake them out after giving energy.
• Feet: walk barefoot, soak in warm salt water, massage your soles before bed. See Grounding Techniques for Busy Days.

From the Infused Lights crystal shop

Palm stones are made for the hand chakras. Many people hold clear quartz to amplify and red jasper to ground, or step on a smooth stone placed by the bed each morning.

Clear Quartz Comfort StoneView in the shopRed Jasper Comfort StoneView in the shopLabradorite Palm StonesView in the shop

Browse all Crystals and Stones. Crystals and tools are offered as reminders for reflection and intention, not as medical care.

Use your hands for healing in A 15-Minute Self-Reiki Routine.

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