That's what I was thinking.

Either way sounds pretty much the same because I've spent so long developing both techniques but some of the methods that say you should anchor the fingers say that it's very important that you do so but they don't ever explain why it's so important. I thought maybe it was a health issue or something.

Personally I would think that anchoring the fingers would be a waste of energy and promote unnecessary tension but I wasn't sure if there was something I just wasn't seeing.

Thanks guys for the advice, it's appreciated.