Throat
Front position 1 · neck and throat focus
This point marks the front throat and neck region as the final head-area focus in the sequence. A school may place one hand over the throat or use a bilateral neck variation, so the point remains a midline regional anchor.
Point 7 of 12 in Usui Reiki — standard treatment hand positions
Cross-tradition overlaps
- Throat ↔ Throat centre (coincident)
- Throat ↔ Throat chakra (distance 0.010)
- Throat ↔ Throat hyperactivation (distance 0.010)
- Throat ↔ Expression throat (distance 0.015)
- Throat ↔ I — throat resonance (distance 0.015)
Sources
Mitsui Kōshi / Kozuki lineage hand-treatment material (primary)
Hands-on treatment material retains region-focused neck and throat placements.
Frank Arjava Petter, The Original Reiki Handbook of Dr. Mikao Usui (secondary_translation)
Presents translated Usui treatment-position material for the throat and neck region.
Marianne Streich, How Hawayo Takata Practiced and Taught Reiki (secondary)
Reconstructs Takata's head sequence as including a neck placement.