Yes you are making lots of sense Dee!
I put my hands on my body and don't move them. Reiki goes wherever it is needed and I trust that if my foot needs a healing that the energy will go there is there isn't something more important that needs the energy first.
for example: I may be upset about my sore foot, but the cancer that is trying to take hold in my body may be more in need of the healing.......so that's why we just trust. (and the reiki may need to go to a past life to heal the dis-ease at the starting point of that dis-ease.)
the reason that we do postitions in reiki is so that wherever the reiki 'wants' to go, it first has to go thru that organ or limb etc. to get there, so then you get a complete healing. (does that make sense?)
so at night, i just lay down and relax and meditate while i do my healings. i first do my symbols, of course, but then i just meditate and bask in the light. roll over and go to sleep. it's a beautiful ritual that i never miss.
once or twice a year i redo my cleansing ritual. this is 3 weeks of one chakra a night for 15 minutes each night. so you go thru your chakras 3 times in total. first week, 7 chakras, 2nd week, redo each chakra and then the 3rd week finish each chakra, one a night. expect diarreah, perhaps flu like symtoms and lots of personal movement in your life.....this is a big thing to do, hence once or twice a year. when my students receive an attunement they perform this cleansing for the next 21 days as part of their attunement.
blessed be.
jade