My EFT Tapping Story
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My Tapping Story
A little story about me and EFT Tapping. I found Tapping back in 2016 and had only been using it on and off until about 2019 when anxiety attacks took a hold of me and wouldn't let go. They were so bad that I constantly took myself to the hospital because I literally thought I was having heart attacks each and every time. I was in a constant loop of panic, anxiety and fear. Where did they come from? I think it was a combination of things that were happening in my life, that I didn't speak up about, etc and just let things fester or sit too long and having these attacks was the one way it showed up for me.
So there I was not knowing how to control this except with medication, which I did not want to do and maybe meditation, which I really sucked at..LOL! but this thought came to me, what about Tapping, you have done it a few times why not go back to that and see what happens.
I started using and within a few tapping sessions I had such a great reduction in my anxiety attacks to the point where I almost forgot I had them. Let me preference by saying that I am not a doctor nor am I saying don't see a doctor, get the medical help you need or stop taking any medications if you need them. I just knew for me I really wanted to see if I could find ways to help myself first.
Tapping has truly become a modality that is part of my self-care and mental health care, I use it all the time for many things in my life and what I love about is, is that once you learn how do use it, you can do it in the comfort of your house, by yourself. Now with more complicated issues it is recommended to do EFT Tapping with an EFT Tapping practitioner, who can help you on a different level.
I love it so much that I have earned Level 1 and Level 2 Certificates and am going for my Level 3 Certification in Dec 2022. With Level 1 and 2 I can help to guide people through tapping lessons and so excited for my Level 3 Certification.
I just wanted to share a little of my journey with Tapping in the hope that you would like to find out more about it and if so, please click on the link below for your Free Report: The Healing Benefits of Tapping Explained.
So there I was not knowing how to control this except with medication, which I did not want to do and maybe meditation, which I really sucked at..LOL! but this thought came to me, what about Tapping, you have done it a few times why not go back to that and see what happens.
I started using and within a few tapping sessions I had such a great reduction in my anxiety attacks to the point where I almost forgot I had them. Let me preference by saying that I am not a doctor nor am I saying don't see a doctor, get the medical help you need or stop taking any medications if you need them. I just knew for me I really wanted to see if I could find ways to help myself first.
Tapping has truly become a modality that is part of my self-care and mental health care, I use it all the time for many things in my life and what I love about is, is that once you learn how do use it, you can do it in the comfort of your house, by yourself. Now with more complicated issues it is recommended to do EFT Tapping with an EFT Tapping practitioner, who can help you on a different level.
I love it so much that I have earned Level 1 and Level 2 Certificates and am going for my Level 3 Certification in Dec 2022. With Level 1 and 2 I can help to guide people through tapping lessons and so excited for my Level 3 Certification.
I just wanted to share a little of my journey with Tapping in the hope that you would like to find out more about it and if so, please click on the link below for your Free Report: The Healing Benefits of Tapping Explained.
What is EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) you may be asking yourself and how can it help to empower me and the benefits of it.
So glad you asked. Here is a quick explanation of EFT Tapping that may help you understand so you can get a feel for how it can help you.
EFT stands for “Emotional Freedom Techniques.” It is an extremely effective self-help method known as “tapping” or “meridian tapping” that is used by hundreds of thousands of people all over the world. Emotional Freedom Techniques are beneficial for releasing negative thoughts, and behaviors that have become stored in our bodies on a cellular level.
In the 1970s, Dr. George Goodheart, Dr. John Diamond and Dr. Roger Callahan each discovered that verbally focusing on a problem or issue (emotional or physical) – while manually stimulating acupuncture points – could bring surprising relief in their patients – particularly with regard to fears, phobias and physical responses to stress. Dr. Callahan was so moved by his discoveries in this area that he patented his emerging "tapping" program TFT or Thought Field Therapy. Eventually, his focus on "tapping" would completely transform his Psychology practice, which was unheard of in therapeutic circles at that time. TFT, while effective and still widely practiced today, was involved and complex. It was primarily accessible only to therapists or those willing to make a substantial financial investment in learning the process.
One of Callahan's students, Gary Craig, was able to synthesize it into a more simplified form – one involving fewer tapping points and far less complexity. A Stanford trained engineer and Master of NLP (Neurolinguistic Programming), Craig added key NLP concepts, and called it EFT or Emotional Freedom Techniques.
Psychological acupressure delivered with EFT is an excellent way to overcome emotional barriers that can make you feel “stuck” or in a rut in certain aspects of your life.
EFT Beginnings
The origins of EFT or tapping are said to have been developed in ancient Chinese medicine as acupuncture was being discovered. Acupuncture is a healing method that utilizes energy pathways in the body known as energy meridians. Acupuncture is mainly used to treat physical ailments and not typically psychological issues, such as with EFT. The practice is based on the same energy meridians that have been utilized in traditional acupuncture; however, no needles are involved. You simply use your fingertips to gently tap on their meridians in order to generate kinetic energy into these particular meridians on mainly the head and the chest area.
While you are tapping on these points, you think about a certain problem in your life you wish to overcome; possibly an addiction, a chronic pain or a traumatic event. While holding that image in your mind, you can voice positive affirmations while tapping in order to clear the blockage. The purpose of you voicing positive affirmations and tapping on your energy meridians is to restore your body and mind’s balance by short circuiting the emotional blockage from your body’s bioenergy system. Once the blockage is released and balance is attained, it is possible for physical and emotional problems to heal and optimum health to reign.
How and Where to Tap
There are 2 key points to utilizing EFT: the tapping technique and locations, and the positive affirmations. There is a sequence to follow in tapping and once you get the hang of it, usually after only a few minutes, you will be able to do the sequence automatically and focus more on your affirmations.
There are 9 Tapping Points on the body:
Accepting and Understanding
Many people are skeptical when they first discover EFT and tapping.
Being aware of the electromagnetic energy that constantly flows through our body and regulates our health has recently been recognized in our Western culture and is gaining popularity.
It is common for people to be initially amused by the methodology of EFT, but once they try tapping and feel the benefits, their amusement often changes to belief.
Are you familiar with EFT affirmation and tapping? If not, why not give it a try!
What is EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) you may be asking yourself and how can it help to empower me and the benefits of it.
So glad you asked. Here is a quick explanation of EFT Tapping that may help you understand so you can get a feel for how it can help you.
EFT stands for “Emotional Freedom Techniques.” It is an extremely effective self-help method known as “tapping” or “meridian tapping” that is used by hundreds of thousands of people all over the world. Emotional Freedom Techniques are beneficial for releasing negative thoughts, and behaviors that have become stored in our bodies on a cellular level.
In the 1970s, Dr. George Goodheart, Dr. John Diamond and Dr. Roger Callahan each discovered that verbally focusing on a problem or issue (emotional or physical) – while manually stimulating acupuncture points – could bring surprising relief in their patients – particularly with regard to fears, phobias and physical responses to stress. Dr. Callahan was so moved by his discoveries in this area that he patented his emerging "tapping" program TFT or Thought Field Therapy. Eventually, his focus on "tapping" would completely transform his Psychology practice, which was unheard of in therapeutic circles at that time. TFT, while effective and still widely practiced today, was involved and complex. It was primarily accessible only to therapists or those willing to make a substantial financial investment in learning the process.
One of Callahan's students, Gary Craig, was able to synthesize it into a more simplified form – one involving fewer tapping points and far less complexity. A Stanford trained engineer and Master of NLP (Neurolinguistic Programming), Craig added key NLP concepts, and called it EFT or Emotional Freedom Techniques.
Psychological acupressure delivered with EFT is an excellent way to overcome emotional barriers that can make you feel “stuck” or in a rut in certain aspects of your life.
EFT Beginnings
The origins of EFT or tapping are said to have been developed in ancient Chinese medicine as acupuncture was being discovered. Acupuncture is a healing method that utilizes energy pathways in the body known as energy meridians. Acupuncture is mainly used to treat physical ailments and not typically psychological issues, such as with EFT. The practice is based on the same energy meridians that have been utilized in traditional acupuncture; however, no needles are involved. You simply use your fingertips to gently tap on their meridians in order to generate kinetic energy into these particular meridians on mainly the head and the chest area.
While you are tapping on these points, you think about a certain problem in your life you wish to overcome; possibly an addiction, a chronic pain or a traumatic event. While holding that image in your mind, you can voice positive affirmations while tapping in order to clear the blockage. The purpose of you voicing positive affirmations and tapping on your energy meridians is to restore your body and mind’s balance by short circuiting the emotional blockage from your body’s bioenergy system. Once the blockage is released and balance is attained, it is possible for physical and emotional problems to heal and optimum health to reign.
How and Where to Tap
There are 2 key points to utilizing EFT: the tapping technique and locations, and the positive affirmations. There is a sequence to follow in tapping and once you get the hang of it, usually after only a few minutes, you will be able to do the sequence automatically and focus more on your affirmations.
There are 9 Tapping Points on the body:
- Side of the Hand (SOH)
- Top of Head (TH)
- Eyebrow (EB)
- Side of the Eye (SE)
- Under the Eye (UE)
- Under the Nose (UN)
- Chin (Ch)
- Collar Bone (CB)
- Under the Arm (UA)
Accepting and Understanding
Many people are skeptical when they first discover EFT and tapping.
Being aware of the electromagnetic energy that constantly flows through our body and regulates our health has recently been recognized in our Western culture and is gaining popularity.
It is common for people to be initially amused by the methodology of EFT, but once they try tapping and feel the benefits, their amusement often changes to belief.
Are you familiar with EFT affirmation and tapping? If not, why not give it a try!