Heart region
Front position 2 · chest focus
This point marks the central chest or heart-region placement included in many modern full-treatment sequences. Its inclusion is deliberate but lineage-sensitive because some Takata accounts describe heart work as optional rather than part of every foundation treatment.
Point 8 of 12 in Usui Reiki — standard treatment hand positions
Cross-tradition overlaps
No overlapping points are registered for this point.
Sources
Mitsui Kōshi / Kozuki lineage hand-treatment material (primary)
Japanese hands-on treatment material treats regionally and allows school-specific placement choices.
Marianne Streich, How Hawayo Takata Practiced and Taught Reiki (secondary)
Records that heart placement was optional in some Takata foundation-treatment accounts, illustrating list variance.
William Lee Rand, Reiki: The Healing Touch, First and Second Degree Manual (scholarly_modern)
Modern comparative manual presents contemporary treatment hand-position conventions.