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Step Four: Firmly Press B10:
Curve your fingers, placing your fingertips on the thick, ropy muscles on the back of your neck. Apply firm pressure as you breathe deeply for one minute.
Step Five: Press GV16:
Place your middle fingers in the large hollow at the center of the base of your skull. Close your eyes, slowly tilt your head back and breathe deeply as you press firmly into this hollow area for one to two minutes. Induce yawning while holding this point if you're trying to get to sleep.
Step Six: Press Up Into GB20:
Use your thumbs to gradually press underneath the base of your skull, two to three inches apart depending on the size of your head. Keeping your eyes closed, slowly tilt your head back as you use your thumbs to firmly press up and underneath your skull for oneto two minutes or until you feel a regular, even pulse on both sides.
Step Seven: Hold GV24.5 Along With CV17:
Place your right middle fingertip in between the bridge of your nose and your forehead. Position the fingertips of your left hand on CV17, in the indentations of your breastbone at the level of your heart. Close your eyes and breathe deeply for one minute.
Curve your fingers, placing your fingertips on the thick, ropy muscles on the back of your neck. Apply firm pressure as you breathe deeply for one minute.
Step Five: Press GV16:
Place your middle fingers in the large hollow at the center of the base of your skull. Close your eyes, slowly tilt your head back and breathe deeply as you press firmly into this hollow area for one to two minutes. Induce yawning while holding this point if you're trying to get to sleep.
Step Six: Press Up Into GB20:
Use your thumbs to gradually press underneath the base of your skull, two to three inches apart depending on the size of your head. Keeping your eyes closed, slowly tilt your head back as you use your thumbs to firmly press up and underneath your skull for oneto two minutes or until you feel a regular, even pulse on both sides.
Step Seven: Hold GV24.5 Along With CV17:
Place your right middle fingertip in between the bridge of your nose and your forehead. Position the fingertips of your left hand on CV17, in the indentations of your breastbone at the level of your heart. Close your eyes and breathe deeply for one minute.
The
following routine is most effective when lying down. However, you
can also practice all these acupressure techniques (except step one)
sitting comfortably.
Step One: Use Tennis Balls To Press B38:
Lie down on two tennis balls, placing them between your shoulder blades. Close your eyes and breathe deeply for one minute.
Step Two: Press P6:
Place your right thumb on the inside of your left wrist with your fingers directly behind, two and one-half finger widths below the wrist crease. Press firmly for one minute. Then press the point on your other wrist.
Step Three: Hold H7:
Place your thumb or the fingers of your right hand on the inside wrist crease of your left hand. Press into the H7 point, the hollow in the crease directly below your little finger. After holding for one minute, switch sides to hold the point on your right wrist.
Step One: Use Tennis Balls To Press B38:
Lie down on two tennis balls, placing them between your shoulder blades. Close your eyes and breathe deeply for one minute.
Step Two: Press P6:
Place your right thumb on the inside of your left wrist with your fingers directly behind, two and one-half finger widths below the wrist crease. Press firmly for one minute. Then press the point on your other wrist.
Step Three: Hold H7:
Place your thumb or the fingers of your right hand on the inside wrist crease of your left hand. Press into the H7 point, the hollow in the crease directly below your little finger. After holding for one minute, switch sides to hold the point on your right wrist.