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Practical guide · Reviewed September 2026

Learn to do lymphatic drainage on yourself, at home.

Step-by-step guides, 3- to 15-minute routines and a map of where your lymph nodes are. Free, and built on the technique NHS lymphedema services teach.

Start here

  1. 01 What lymphatic drainage is, and what it is not Lymph, lymph nodes and why the massage is so gentle. With what the evidence says, and nothing more. 12 min read →
  2. 02 Open the collarbone: the move everything starts with Before any area, you open the way out. Two fingers, one minute. 3 min read →
  3. 03 The lymph node map The 7 groups self-massage works with, where they are and which way the skin goes in each area. 4 min read →
Full-body figure with the lymph node groups marked: face, neck and collarbone, armpit, belly, groin and knee
Preauricular Face Supraclavicular Neck and collarbone Axillary Armpits and arms Abdominal Belly Inguinal Groin Popliteal Legs
Full-body figure with the lymph node groups marked: face, neck and collarbone, armpit, belly, groin and knee
Preauricular Face Supraclavicular Neck and collarbone Axillary Armpits and arms Abdominal Belly Inguinal Groin Popliteal Legs

Tap an area of the body to see how it is done.

Guides by area

Step by step, area by area.

  1. 01 Lymphatic drainage for the face Face · neck · 8 min read
  2. 02 Heavy, swollen legs: what to do at home Legs · groin · 7 min read
  3. 03 Bloated belly: breathing and self-massage Belly · 6 min read Soon
  4. 04 Neck and collarbone, the opening Neck · 5 min read Soon
  5. 05 Arms and armpits Arms · 6 min read Soon
  6. 06 Puffy face in the morning: a 5-minute routine Face · 6 min read

Free routines

Short routines, every second accounted for.

Every routine opens the neck, works your area and closes with breathing. Here are the order and the timings. If you want to do it guided, it opens right in your browser, with the move on video and the rhythm set for you.

Fresh face

5:00
  1. 01 Belly breathing 0:40
  2. 02 Open the collarbone 0:45
  3. 03 Sides of the neck 0:25
  4. 04 Lips to ears 0:25
  5. 05 Nose to ears 0:45
  6. 06 Under the eyes 0:45
  7. 07 Down the neck 0:25
  8. 08 Belly breathing 0:50
Do it guided

Light legs

8:00
  1. 01 Belly breathing 0:40
  2. 02 Open the collarbone 0:45
  3. 03 Armpits 0:45
  4. 04 Groin march 0:55
  5. 05 Thigh 0:55
  6. 06 Behind the knee 1:05
  7. 07 Calf 0:55
  8. 08 Ankle pumps 0:45
  9. 09 Leg sweep 0:35
  10. 10 Belly breathing 0:40
Do it guided

Calm belly

5:00
  1. 01 Belly breathing 0:40
  2. 02 Open the collarbone 0:45
  3. 03 Sides of the neck 0:25
  4. 04 Armpits 0:45
  5. 05 Hands-on belly breathing 0:40
  6. 06 Groin march 0:30
  7. 07 Lower belly to groin 0:25
  8. 08 Belly breathing 0:50
Do it guided

The guided version

Rather be guided while you do it?

In Rinpa, every routine goes step by step: the move looping on video, the direction drawn over it and the rhythm set for you. You learn at most two new moves per session, and the routine adapts to your day. It runs in your browser, with nothing to download.

How it works 7 free sessions · No card
Neck and face · 3:47

Step 2 of 7 · Neck

Open the collarbone

Fingers flat in the hollow above your collarbone. Stretch the skin down and in, then release.

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