i've noticed, how in movies, when someone is dead and no one knows for sure, they check the pulse by forcing down the index and ******* somewhere on the neck - to find the artery - since blood pumped through arteries is pressurised... but in all honestly this is a farce... the best place to find the pulse is in the armpit... after all, when they ******* that kit where the machine checks your blood pressure, they put it on your upper-arm above the elbow... but to find a more natural way of feeling your pulse, the arm must be extended so it's almost like you're hanging off it... and the applied index and ******* pressure should be orientated in the region closer to the left side of the armpit of the right hand... i can't really be more specific, it's a case of fiddling with the spot where you can feel a bulging artery that almost feels like you're holding the actual heart - with the scapula as the background.