EFT Tapping (Emotional Freedom Technique)

EFT is a respected, evidence-based practice used in counseling settings around the world. It's simple to do.

Use it when:

• You are stressed

• You want to shake an emotional state

• You want to work on a specific condition (a step more advanced - but learning it is easy and free)

• You want to feel better about yourself (a habit, a belief about self...)

• You are feeling dissociated

HOW TO TAP:

(Complete instructions are here.)

Moving from top of head down, you will gently tap the above points with your fingertips.

This usually results in a more present, relaxed state. (It is used in clinical settings to help bring a person back from mild dissociation.)

You can then add verbiage for more powerful results.

(Taken from the EFT Gold Standard website:)

The Setup:

The Setup is a process we use to start each round of Tapping. By designing a simple phrase and saying it while continuously Tapping the KC (Karate Chop) point, you let your system know what you’re trying to address.

When designing this phrase there are two goals to achieve:

1)  acknowledge the problem

2)  accept yourself in spite of it

We do this by saying:

“Even though I have this _____________, I deeply and completely accept myself.”

The blank above represents the problem you want to address, so you can just insert things like:

• This sore shoulder: "Even though I have this sore shoulder, I deeply and completely accept myself.”

• This fear of spiders: “Even though I have this fear of spiders, I deeply and completely accept myself.”

• This humiliation at my eighth grade graduation: “Even though I have this humiliation at my eighth grade graduation, I deeply and completely accept myself.”

• This difficulty making free throws: “Even though I have this difficulty making free throws, I deeply and completely accept myself.”
  

You can then distill each one down to a Reminder Phrase.

Depending on your issue, you might say the following at each tapping point....

"This sore shoulder"

"My father embarrassed me"

"This difficulty in singing that high note."

Try it and see how you feel afterward. Many people choose to do this daily or more on a certain issue.