To perform a remote healing one can either visualise the person and perform the inscriptions in ones mind. You will perform the inscriptions in the same way as a physical healing, i.e. in the same order and methodology. The efficacy of a remote healing is the same as a physical one, though the physical healing has a more direct link and many clients feel the 'spiritual transmuted into the material' in a direct healing. There have been cases where the client's auras will be unlocked by direct healing, which enables the client to experience a tiny fragment of what the Aaiyyanist healer lives through each day.
Historically, Aaiyyanists have used either paintings or charcoal drawings of the client to aid in the visualisation process. If the Aaiyyanist has drawn you in person, the symbolic bond between the client and healer will be very strong indeed and the resonant energy will flow more quickly. The drawing or painting does not have to be perfect, it just needs to be a truthful representation of the client in the eye of the healer. It is the link between eye and hand, between mind and soul, between this plane of existence and the multitudinous realms that exist. As you perform many remote healings the Universe itself and Brahma will guide your hand and you will begin to experience the autonomous craft of Aaiyyanist drawing.
In the modern era, some Aaiyyanists use photographs to aid in the visualisation process. There have been cases of video conferences also. You must use whatever tools which will aid in the visualisation for you (a traveller on the path of Aaiyyanism). Having said that, just closing your eyes and visualising the person as you perform the inscriptions is the most powerful gift you can give as a healer.
To heal yourself you can visualise the symbols and perform the inscriptions using your mind. Remember though, to mirror image the symbols so as to direct the energy onto yourself rather than someone else. Having said that one can also simply imagine that you are performing the healing to yourself (without mirroring) - the effects on a spiritual level will be the same. Many Aaiyyanists use the mirror symbols (which can be found by placing a mirror against the symbols and seeing their reflection), or use the direct symbols (and imagine themselves performing the healing in their mind). Both systems are historically interchangeable.