If you follow me, you know what EFT Tapping is. If you don’t, I’ll give you a quick tutorial. EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique), also called, Tapping, was founded by Gary Craig in the 1990s. It is like acupuncture but without the needles. Basically, you use your fingertips on either or both hands and tap on certain energy meridian points (as in acupuncture) to calm down and restore balance of the energy in your body. EFT can help both emotional and physical problems/issues. By tapping while focusing on a specific issue/traumatic event you can calm down the emotions you are carrying, and even release these old patterns that go along with the emotion.
HOW DO I DO THIS EFT?
First, let me tell you where the tapping points are:
- Karate Chop (Side of hand, fleshy part) (KC)
- Top of the Head (TOH)
- Inner Eyebrow (IE)
- Outer Eye (OE)
- Under Eye (UE)
- Under Nose (UN)
- Under Chin (UC)
- Under Collarbone (One inch down from collarbone then one inch out on soft tissue) (CB)
- Under Arm (where bra strap hits) (UA)
First, you think of what is bothering you that you want to tap on. How intense is this feeling/emotion, on a scale of 0-10. Zero being it isn’t intense at all and 10 being VERY intense. Then place your dominant hand over your heart, then the non-dominant hand over. Take 3 deep breaths from the. belly.
Next, start tapping on the side of your hand, where you would do a karate chop, the soft, fleshy part. You tap with either hand, tapping with your four fingertips, gently, while repeating a “Set-Up Phrase,” which is a short explanation of the issue you want to tap on. For example, you are upset that you got into an argument with your boss and she made you feel like you were incompetent. So, the setup phrase could be something like, “Even though my boss made me feel incompetent during our argument today, I deeply and completely accept myself,” while tapping on the side of your hand. You start with “Even though I have (this issue)…I deeply and completely accept myself.” You will say this 3 times.
Next, you will use the “Reminder Phrase.” This is a shorter version of what is bothering you. Using the above example, you could say, “Boss made me feel incompetent,” or “Feeling incompetent.” Anything that feels right to your words. It is important that you use what feels right to you. So, when you get that, you start at the Inner Eye or on the Top of the Head. You can do either. I tend to start on the inner eye, but do what is comfortable for you. There is no wrong way with Tapping. So, tapping gently on the inner eye (where the eyebrow meets the bridge of your nose) repeat, “Boss made me feel incompetent.” Then to the outer eye, gently tapping, “Boss made me feel incompetent.” Do approximately 7-10 taps, but you don’t have to count. It usually takes at least 7 just to say the Reminder Phrase. Don’t worry, it will still work if you do 5 or 20. Continue down each point, ending at the Top of the Head. Stop and take a breath and check the intensity (your 0-10). Has that intensity number gone down, up, stayed the same? Just feel how it feels. Repeat the problem, such as “Boss made me feel incompetent.” How does it feel? Same intensity. If it did not go down to about a 2 or lower and you have time, do the round again. If your emotions have changed, say that now you feel angry or hurt, you can change the Reminder Phrase to something that feels true to you. For example, “Feeling hurt.” Go through the points saying this reminder phrase. Keep going with the above pattern until you feel like it doesn’t bother you anymore. When you get to a 1 or 0 on the intensity scale.
I will be doing more video’s on this so don’t get frustrated. You can’t do it wrong. You can even just rant what you are feeling and just change points. If you still don’t feel comfortable, pick a point that feels good to you and just rant while tapping that point. Again, you can’t do this wrong. Make sure you keep going back to your intensity.
That is EFT Tapping in a nutshell. It is something to start with. Next, I will do a blog on Tapping for Breast Cancer. You can use Tapping for anything you can think of. Just feel the emotion while you are tapping. That helps that negative energy to release a little easier.
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