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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)?

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Sagittal suture
Frontal bone

Left
Parietal

Right
Parietal

Occipital bone

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

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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
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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

Chaplain AnaLisa Bischoff, MDIV, BCC-NACC

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
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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

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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:
Deep fatigue

Eye strain
Abdominal cramping
Depression
Mental confusion
Spiritual distress
Help balance cholesterol

Chaplain AnaLisa Bischoff, MDIV, BCC-NACC

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 hands 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.

Chaplain AnaLisa Bischoff, MDIV, BCC-NACC

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

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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

Acute
Hold big toes tightly
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Our bodys 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 bodys temperature and
on the right to raise the temperature.
Connect both at the same time to let
your bodys wisdom balance the
temperature. This is most easily done
on yourself when seated.

Helps relieve
hot flashes

The left side will also assist with

relieving constipation and the right
side with relieving diarrhea.
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To aid the bodys 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
intestineup 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.

Chaplain AnaLisa Bischoff, MDIV, BCC-NACC

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.

Chaplain AnaLisa Bischoff, MDIV, BCC-NACC

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.
Chaplain AnaLisa Bischoff, MDIV, BCC-NACC

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.

Chaplain AnaLisa Bischoff, MDIV, BCC-NACC

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.
Chaplain AnaLisa Bischoff, MDIV, BCC-NACC

Jin Shin Jyutsu ~ Main Central Vertical Flow

The right hand remains on the top of the
Step 1: Place the fingers of the
head while the left hand moves down the body right hand on the top of the head
until the final step when the right hand moves (where they will remain until step 6).
to the coccyx (tailbone).

Umbilicus
optional

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
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Jin Shin Jyutsu

Opposite Fingers & Toes

Left
Hand

Right
Hand

Right Foot

Left Foot

Chaplain AnaLisa Bischoff, MDIV, BCC-NACC

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 gentlyTLC
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

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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

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