Please Note: EFT can be learned and self applied by almost anyone - you do not
have to be a professional to apply it to yourself and your friends
and family. However, as with all therapies, there are a small
percentage of people with severe emotional problems who should not
attempt to use EFT without the advice of a skilled professional and
their doctor. Typically this would include people suffering from
psychiatric disorders who are under the care of a psychologist or
psychiatrist. If you are in any doubt as to whether EFT would be
suitable for you, check with your doctor consult a professional EFT practitioner.
The instructions below should enable you to try EFT out for yourself and hopefully achieve
some positive results.
I received an email from "J" who told me her experience of using these online instructions
without having ever had any one to one tuition in EFT to completely eradicate her fear of
flying, that previously required her to take prescription medication before a flight.
Click here to read the full write up of her amazing story.
If you have any questions about the application of EFT or would like
to book a one-to-one session to learn the technique more thoroughly, please contact me.
Alternatively you can also learn EFT in-depth with the original EFT training videos.
Click here to find out more about them.
First of all I will show you where the tapping points are on the body.
These points are the end points of certain meridians and they should each be
tapped using the index finger and middle finger of one hand. It doesn't
matter which hand and it doesn't matter which side of the body you tap on, or if you swap between
left and right. Use whichever is most convenient. The tapping should be firm
enough so that you can feel it but not so you bruise yourself! On average you should tap
each point 7 or 8 times.
The points used in EFT:
Karate Chop This is used in the ‘Set Up’. It is found on the
side of the hand half way between the base of the little finger
and the wrist. This is where you tap when saying the 'Set Up' phrase.
Eyebrow At the inner end of the eyebrow, where the forehead
starts to curve into the eye socket.
Side of Eye On the bone next to the outside corner of the
eye.
Under the Eye On the edge of the bone under the eye socket,
below the centre of the eye.
Under the Nose Midway between the nose and the top lip.
Chin In the hollow beneath the bottom lip, on top of the
chin bone.
Collarbone From the u-shaped notch at the base of the
throat go down 1 inch and across 1 inch to find a hollow at the end
of a collarbone. The collarbone point can be difficult to find so instead
of tapping with 2 fingers, use your fist instead.
Under the Arm Take a line down from the armpit to a point
level with a man’s nipples or a woman’s bra strap. This point can
feel tender.
The Procedure:
Choose a specific issue that you want to deal with, think about it
and name the emotion it triggers in you (e.g. anger, fear, sadness)
Grade the intensity of the emotion on a scale of 0-10, where 10
is extreme discomfort and 0 is completely calm or neutral.
Choose the precise words of how you would describe the issue and emotion
and try to be as specific as you can.
Now start with the ‘Set Up’ which is tapping the Karate Chop point while saying out
loud three times "Even though I have (this emotion), I deeply and
completely accept myself". So for example this may be "Even though I have this fear of spiders, I deeply
and completely accept myself".
Then while really thinking about the issue and keeping tuned into the emotion it creates
tap a 'Round' which is tapping each of the points, with your
index and middle finger, 7 or 8 times. While tapping each point
say a short reminder phrase, e.g. "this fear" to keep you focused.
When you finished tapping the last point (Under Arm) check your score on
the 0-10 scale. If it is 0 you are finished.
If it has reduced but isn’t yet at 0, do another complete round with
an adjusted Set Up phrase such as: "Even though I still have some of (this
emotion) left, I deeply and completely accept myself".
Keep going until your score is 0.
What if it doesn’t seem to be working?
If the score isn’t reducing at all you may need to be more specific
with your Set Up phrase.
Be persistent - some problems will take many rounds of tapping.
There may be other aspects to deal with. Many problems have lots of
different aspects, and although one has been reduced to 0, there may
be others that arise and cause you to still have intense emotions.
For example, if you were dealing with a spider phobia you may have to
tap on "fear of spiders", "fear of moving spiders", "fear of spiders
touching me", etc
To read more about EFT and find out how to book a one-to-one session to gain maximum results, have
a look at my EFT FAQ's.
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