Let’s Talk “Tapping”
Are you familiar with the “Tapping” – Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) phenomenon? This is a semi-miraculous, ritualized, way of “tapping” with your fingers on acupressure points on your face and body while speaking about topics that have caused issues for you in areas such as health, financial circumstances, emotional pain, or some other theme. You can even use it to address things like “writer’s block” or fear of giving presentations, as well as broken hearts, health symptoms, and limiting beliefs – just to name a few examples!
For a more formal definition, here’s one from the ever-present Wikipedia:
“Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) is a form of counseling intervention that draws on various theories of alternative medicine including acupuncture, neuro-linguistic programming, energy medicine, and Thought Field Therapy. During an EFT session, the client will focus on a specific issue while tapping on “end points of the body’s energy meridians.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapping.
Tapping – Emotional Freedom (EFT) Process
For those of you who are unfamiliar, here are the steps.
- First, you identify the concern and pay concentrated attention to the sensations that arise, as your mind thinks about the issue and the emotions begin to be expressed in the body. You might feel tightness, fear, pain, or any number of things.
- As you experience whatever the body is communicating to you, you acknowledge it and assign it a number – between 1 and 10 – to describe the intensity of those feelings as you think about the problem.
- You then state (usually aloud) that – in spite of this difficulty – you love and approve of yourself. You do this three times while tapping on the appropriate acupressure point. (In this case, it is called the karate chop point.)
- After that portion of the technique Is done, you go through a series of tapping points, using different words to overcome the feelings associated with that issue. During the process, you stop periodically, to “check in” with your body and see if the sensations have changed.
- You then re-assign a number between 1 and 10, if the intensity has transformed. Often the number has gone from 10 to a very low number or to 0 after just a few minutes of this exercise, and the issue becomes resolved.
SOUNDS CUCKOO, DOESN’T IT?!!
But, guess what! IT WORKS
Here is a link where you can learn much more and get testimonials about how great it is: http://www.thetappingsolution.com/.
So, why am I blogging about Tapping – Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)? The answer is……..drum roll, please……..because I often do not like the words I hear being used to resolve the issues. I think words – which are creating a new reality for you – need to be carefully chosen, so as to create the most healthful outcomes: mental, physical, and spiritual.
Consequently, I have decided to remind you that wonderful tapping scripts can be found on YouTube and elsewhere. They often focus on abundance, health resolutions, overcoming broken hearts or the loss of loved ones, and more!
I use the tapping technique, along with other tools, like Neuro-linguistic Programming, to help my clients reframe their negative or limiting beliefs and emotions. If you are interested in learning more, contact me to set up a free, Sip & Share Zoom session, so I can answer your questions and give you a demonstration.
Email me at MyPersuasivePresentations@gmail.com and put “Request Sip & Share – EFT” in the subject line, so that your request can rise to the top of the hundreds of emails I get.
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Do It the Write Way! Let My Fingers Do Your Talking!
