Reiki flow in a nutshell:

• Ground and Center - remember the Jumping Jack visual with connections (strings) above & below.  This is part of what you're accomplishing when you bring the energy in through your Crown & Root/feet and having the streams cross at the Heart Chakra.
• Turn on your Reiki & let it flow into and through you.  I think of this as flushing out the pipe.  Pay attention to how it feels (physical).
• After your flow is established you can begin healing yourself or others.  
• Fill yourself first!  Then, place your hands where you want to Reiki to go, and
• Release the Reiki through your hands.

Essentially, that's it!  It's what you were doing when you were giving Reiki to others on the table.     

Here are   some of the finer points that come with practice:

• Let the Reiki expand your "in" pipes with every in-breath (relax & get out of the way), and 
• Let your "out" pipes expand with the out-breaths.
• Pay attention to how it feels as it flows through you:  in, out, left vs right etc.  

There will come a time when you no longer need to focus on any of this ... it just happens automatically :)   

Remember to:

• Move energy from Foot to Head for Liberating energy (increasing vibration/frequency).  I almost always begin in this direction
  • good for cleansing/clearing gunk
  • note: when you use this Liberating Channel, your client may have emotional releases as s/he works through their Chakras with you.
    • “let it go” works better than ‘push’ as you coach them (energy focus on the release, not the gunk)
    • remember it is NOT YOUR STUFF coming out!
• Move energy from Head to Foot for Manifesting energy (decreasing vibration/frequency)
  • good for relaxation
  • similar concept as using ultrasound to break up a cyst or tumor