Prayer is a much misunderstood word.
Prayer is the process of sending energy to the object of your prayers, whether this be the world as a whole, or just one person. In fact the principle of prayer lies behind the simple technique of absent or distance healing.
To pray correctly, you stand, hold your hands in the air, as though you were being held at gunpoint, with the palms falt and all the fingers together. Say your selfless healing prayer, imagining, as you do, energy streaming out of the palms of the hand and the heart centre to the person you are praying for. Don't try to inflict your will on them, but ask that good things may come to them - whatever good things you wish.
If you are using this technique to send healing then you should also visualise the recipient of the healing being filled with power and energy and completely healthy. Do not visualise any illness or impairment but make your visualisation completely positive in every way. You will find with practice that this simple technique is highly effective - amazingly so.
When you have finished your prayer or absent healing session, detach completely from what you have done and just let the power that you have transmitted do its work.