30 *PRANIC HEALING Figure 6. Sensitizing the hands. 5) Do not be discouraged if you do not feel anything on the first try. Continue your practice, you should be able to feel these subtle sensations on the third or fourth session. It is very important to keep an open mind and to concentrate properly. SCANNING In scanning, it is helpful (but not really necessary) to first learn how to feel the size and shape of the outer and health auras before scanning the inner aura. This is to make your hands more sensitive since both the outer and health auras are subtler than the inner aura and also to prove to yourself the existence of the outer and health auras. In healing, we are primarily interested in scanning the inner aura. It is in scanning the inner aura that the trouble spots can be located.