What is EFT?
Tapping is a blending of modern Psychology and the ancient art of acupuncture.

EFT is does meridian tapping while acupuncture uses needles.

The way it’s done is simple.
Bring up an upsetting emotion or a disturbing thought.  You tap on the energy meridian points located on the head and torso while you are in the disturbing state.  Your fingertips are used for tapping.

How Does EFT Tapping Work?
Let’s discuss acupuncture first.

Illnesses and pain are caused by an abnormal and unbalanced state of energy flow, according the theory of Chinese medicine.

In acupuncture, the needles are inserted into energy points or qi meridians of the body. In this way, the energy channels are stimulated, allowing the natural state of health to return.

It is similar to the way meridian tapping works.  The founding belief of EFT is that disturbing emotions are a disruption of the body’s energies.  Tapping on those energy points when you’re upset enables the meridian energy to resolve and balance.

This EFT Youtube video will help you understand why it is beneficial to state some negative words while doing EFT.

This results in a return of a healthy and balanced emotional state.  A feeling of comfort, peace, calmness, joy, wisdom are some of the common results.

Here’s a link to one of the EFT videos to see how EFT works.

Is EFT Effective?
According to tens of thousands of people, the world over, EFT is highly effective.  There are reported cases that EFT working for just about everything.

Success stories include:

• Overcoming fears and phobias such as fear of flying, snakes, spiders, water, swimming, heights
• Post traumatic stress disorder symptoms are cleared
• Being calm after feeling stress and overwhelm
• Extreme anger and hate to a state of peace
• Providing emotional support and reducing the side effects for patients who undergo chemotherapy
• Quitting smoking, drinking, overeating
• Loss of stage fright

Tap the points and it will help clear your issues. It’s that easy.

Eager to learn more EFT? Check out this free EFT training course.

Do you ever feel like an obstinate two-year old

Stubbornly refusing to do what you know you should do?

Do you avoid doing certain things?  Wasting all kinds of energy for days, dreading something you will eventually do?

Here’s a solution.  It has helped me immensely and no doubt it will work for you as well.

It is called Emotional Freedom Tapping, also known as EFT tapping.
The technique uses the mind body connection.  You think thoughts and feel emotions about something that’s bothering you.

Simultaneously, you use your fingertips to tap certain points.  The points you tap are on the energy meridians, the same meridians acupuncturists use.

It sounds and looks totally weird.  But I suggest you give it a good try, because it actually works

Employ this tapping therapy for absolutely any disturbing emotion.

But it’s amazing when you use it for procrastination.

Here’s the EFT technique I like to use.  It’s easy to do and is a quick way to learn EFT and get started using it.

Using a few fingertips of your right or left hand to tap gently, on either side of your body.  Tap a few times on every point.

You’ll learn the tapping points by watching the very quick video.

Here’s what you do next.  Think of the thing you are avoiding doing.

Tap on the points while you say the following statements.

Eyebrow: I don’t want to do it!

Side of Eye: I’m dreading doing it.

Under Eye: Just thinking of it makes me hate it.

Under Nose: I will not do it.

Chin: I simply refuse.

Collarbone: You can’t make me do it.

Under Arm: You can’t make me and I don’t have to do it.

Top of Head: I am not doing it and that’s all there is to it.

If you haven’t tried it yet, I bet you’re still thinking it’s silly.  Well, give it a try!

Tap the points while saying those same words on each point (one round is tapping on each of the points) or several rounds.

Then, notice how you’re feeling about the thing you were avoiding.  You may be surprised at how your avoidance and procrastination changes.

What can it hurt to try it?

We all get in bad moods from time to time.  If you’re a human, living life, it’s unavoidable.

However, because being in a lousy mood can obscure the good feelings that are possible, even from being productive and feeling joy, it’s valuable to have some tricks to get out of feeling bad.

The following are six ways I use all the time to turn my mood around.

One:  Smile
Smiling interrupts bad mood neural pathways. It also helps the brain stay in a positive state more often.

Smiling alone makes you feel better.  And, when your smile is aimed at another, you’ve just spread the contagion of smiling and feeling happy.

#2 Yawn
Yawning is an amazing tool due to the fact that it triggers some very beneficial results.  It reduces stress, causes physical relaxation and increases sensuality and pleasure. 

Just open your mouth wide and induce a yawn.  Try it now!

Three:  Say Yes!
Simply saying the word “yes” can help you get into a more positive frame of mind. 

Using your fingers to count, ask ten questions of yourself and answer “yes”.  Start easy, for example, Am I asking myself a question?  Answer “yes”

As you continue asking, get more and more enthusiastic, asking questions that make you happier and happier.

#4 Appreciation
Begin by looking around wherever you are find something you appreciate. Silently think of a reason you appreciate it.  Next think of another reason you appreciate it.  And another, and another.

Then move on to another object.  This is something you can do while waiting, driving – any time.

#5 Tapping
Your body’s system of energy can get stuck both in patterns of thought and in patterns of emotion.

When you tap on some specific points, the ones used in Chinese acupuncture, clears and releases the blocked energy and turn a bad mood into a good one.

This easy-to-learn technique is called EFT tapping.  You can learn to do tapping therapy in as little as 10 minutes with this free EFT manual and you may want to watch the one-minute YouTube EFT video at the top of this page.

#6 If I did feel happy…
When you’re feeling really low, it can be hard to simply decide to feel better.  Try this.

This works aloud, by writing or silently.  Begin by saying, If I felt happy right now, I could possibly feel happy about”  then finish with something you would feel good about.

Keep going, completing your sentence with things you could feel good about. 

Before you know it, you’ll find yourself feeling better and better.

I wish you more and more good moods.

Do you know the feeling of living with anxiety?

What is Anxiety?

Anxiety is a problem that puts many limitations on our lives.

Anxiety is the physical state that results from fearful thoughts and limiting beliefs about your future.  When you think these fearful thoughts, your physical body undergoes many fight or flight reactions which is in preparation for escaping a danger that threatens your life.

Maintaining a state of anxiety takes a lot of physical energy.

So much energy is used up that you don’t have very much left for experiencing happiness, movement, creative expression, fun and play, love or even sex .

Solution for Anxiety

That brings me to the solution that I’ve found to work great for anxiety.  I named it SALT.  The letters stand for…

Stop

Tap

Here is how it works.

First you Stop

When we’re feeling anxious, we do not stop.  Instead of stopping, we have a tendency to try to run from the fear.

This first step is simple.  Just stop what you’re doing.

Ask

Then ask yourself any of the following questions.

What is scaring me?  What’s the cause of this anxiety?  What are the thoughts I’m having?  What thoughts are under this?  What beliefs are causing this anxiety? 

Listen to Your Answers

Now listen to what your mind answers.  The answers may be surprising.

Do not discount or argue with the responses.  What you hear may be immature, petty or seem silly to you.  You are getting to know the nature of the human mind.  And with awareness comes power.

If you write them down you’ll more easily remember them and it seems to have a calming effect.  That whiney childish part wants to be heard too!

You will probably be feeling much better already.  But doing the last step will help to reverse your anxiety for good and establish new healthier patterns.

Step Four:  Tap

As the last step, you do EFT tapping.  For tapping statements, you use what you heard in the Listening step. You say your answers aloud while doing tapping therapy.  Say one statement at each tapping point.

Is EFT tapping foreign to you?  Click here for a free EFT manual.
So next time you’re feeling anxious – just add a little SALT!

Are there things in your life that you’d like to change? Are there emotions or behaviors that you’d like to change? Would you like to learn a quick way to release these emotions that are no longer serving you?

EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) is a method that can help you do just that. The method is rooted in the fact that your emotional energy can be reset by tapping on points along energy meridians. EFT tapping is simple to do and can alter your negative emotional state quickly.

Say for example, that there was a time in your childhood that you were scolded for doing something you did not know was wrong.

Did the event make you feel scared, ashamed, or uncertain of yourself? You may still be experiencing doubts that began with an event such as this and these negative feelings can hold you back from being as successful and confident as you could possibly be.

Through the use of EFT tapping therapy while you remember the past event, you can effectively change the emotions surrounding it.

Almost instantly, you can change your uncertainty into confidence. You can also change any beliefs that were formed during this event by concentrating on them as well.

Maybe it made you begin to think that you were a bad person or that there was something wrong with you. Thinking about these beliefs while tapping can help you realize that they are not truths, only beliefs.

This realization can be the first step to transforming the way you feel about yourself!

EFT tapping is easy once you’ve learned the point.  If you have just over one minute, you can learn the EFT tapping points in this YouTube EFT video. 

Knowing and using EFT gives you the power to change your life.  This form of self-help costs you nothing. By learning this technique you can be on your way to happier and more confident you!

Are there things in your life that you’d like to change? Are there emotions or behaviors that you’d like to change? Would you like to learn a quick way to release these emotions that are no longer serving you?

EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) is a method that can help you do just that. The method is rooted in the fact that your emotional energy can be reset by tapping on points along energy meridians. EFT tapping is simple to do and can alter your negative emotional state quickly.

Say for example, that there was a time in your childhood that you were scolded for doing something you did not know was wrong.

Did the event make you feel scared, ashamed, or uncertain of yourself? You may still be experiencing doubts that began with an event such as this and these negative feelings can hold you back from being as successful and confident as you could possibly be.

Through the use of EFT tapping therapy while you remember the past event, you can effectively change the emotions surrounding it.

Almost instantly, you can change your uncertainty into confidence. You can also change any beliefs that were formed during this event by concentrating on them as well.

Beliefs are thoughts you think again nad again.  They shape our lives every minute of every day.

Perhaps it caused you to believe that there was something wrong with you or that you were a bad person. The realization that these thoughts are only beliefs, not truths, can be grasped while tapping.

This realization can begin to transform the way you feel about yourself!  And as they say, knowledge is power.

It’s easy to learn EFT tapping.  You can learn the tapping points in just over one minute in this YouTube EFT video. 

By learning this technique you can be on your way to happier and more confident you!

EFT Tapping is a powerful and effective self-help method.  If you want to take responsibility for your own happiness, health and success, Emotional Freedom Tapping is a tool you’ll want to know and use.

Like anything, the more skills you have, the greater your success is likely to be. 

Here are 5 tapping technique tips to help build your Emotional Freedom Tapping skill and help you get the most out of your tapping therapy.

1. Write it Down

Thoughts have the tendency to keep repeating themselves and going in circles.

When you make a list of what’s bothering you, you’re much less likely to write the same thing over and over.

Take the time to make a list of what you’re thinking and feeling about your tapping subject.You can use the things on your list as your tapping script.

2.  Know What’s Keeping You Safe

Whenever you want to change, there’s a part of you that wants you to stay the same.  That part’s job is to keep you safe. 

Complete this sentence to find out how you’re keeping yourself safe. 

“It won’t be safe to ______ (fill in the blank with the change you’re planning), because…”

Listen to what comes up and use what you hear as tapping phrases.

3.  What if… Tapping

You can tap in a more positive future for yourself.Imagine some ways you’d like to be different, things you would like to do or have in your life. 

While tapping, complete a What if… statement at each point.  If you want to increase your financial abundance, you might tap, “What if I doubled my income?What if I made more money every month?”

4.  Feel your Feelings

Your body tells you what emotion you’re feeling.  You know what anger feels like, anxiety, excitement 

Any easy and effective tapping therapy technique is to tap while noticing your physical sensations. Keep tapping and noticing until your body relaxes.

5.  Ask Yourself

I bet you sometimes think you can outrun your uncomfortable emotions.But you cannot usually.Ways to distract yourself include work, fun and food, the the disturbing emotions will still be there, reducing your energy and dulling your brilliance. 

But you can easily find out what’s bothering you and use that info to clear your discomfort. 

Get quiet and ask inside what’s wrong.  Listen to the answers you hear.Tap on those statements.

Use these five emotional tapping techniques to increase your tapping skill and attract greater abundance into every area of your life.

EFT tapping, or Emotional Freedom Techniques, is useful for just about anything challenging in life.  But could you use if for grief?  If a loved one dies?

When death just happened, there are things to take into consideration.  Think about the following Do’s and Don’ts when you think about using tapping therapy for grief.

Don’ts
1.  Unless they ask you specifically, don’t force EFT on anyone right after a death

2. Even though we are normally advised to be specific with EFT, it’s better to tap using general phrases when grief is fresh.  Instead of tapping on the raw truth, tap using general phrases, like “what just happened,” or “this sadness.”

3. Unlike typical EFT, you don’t expect the person to finish up feeling totally happy.  There are stages of grieving that people transition through. It can take months or years to fully process a death.

4. Unless you’ve been asked to do formal EFT by the grieving person, I don’t suggest you try it.

Grief EFT Do’s
1. Surrogate tapping is great for grieving people.  What you do is simple tap on yourself as if you are grieving.

2. If you have permission, or if you know it would be good, gently move into doing EFT with the person who’s grieving.  No words are necessary when the emotion is strongly felt.

3. Even tapping without words is useful for resolving the shock or horror of the situation.  With permission, you can tap on the grieving person’s fingertips while they express what they are thinking and feeling.

4. Tell them that anything they’re thinking or feeling is OK.  Feelings of anger or resentment are common and normal.  People feel a whole range of emotions after death.

5.  Be willing to wait weeks, months or even years before the grieving person is open to your tapping help.

6. Let the person who’s grieving lead with their thoughts and emotions.  Venting is the most appropriate thing to do at this stage.  It’s not necessary to impose any type of choosing to be happy.  That would likely bring up lots of resistance.

I hope you find these EFT techniques for grief and grieving useful to you.

Have you heard of EFT Tapping – Emotional Freedom Tapping?  Is it something you know how to do?

My purpose here is to, tell you what Emotional Tapping is and describe the basic method.

For starters, EFT was invented by Gary Craig, Emotional Freedom Technique founder.  What you do is tap with your fingertips, on points on your body’s energy system on your head, face and your torso. While tapping, you tune in to an emotional issue..

Your thoughts and feelings about the event shift.  Here is an example of this tapping technique.

Let’s say you have a disturbing memory from your childhood. You got in trouble for something you did.  Remember the bad feelings of feeling ashamed?

Over the course of your life, you’ve continually believed something was wrong with you, even though you may not be consciously aware of that belief.
Here is the way you’d use EFT therapy to clear the disturbing emotions and beliefs you still hold from that event.

You tune into the memory of the event while tapping on various energy meridian points on your head, face and torso.  There are eight tapping points that are commonly used by an EFT practitioner.

So, focusing on the event, and tuning into your feelings about it, you use your fingers to tap on the EFT points.  You can also put your focus on the belief that was formed during the event. – that you are defective or that something’s wrong with you.

What happens, is that after tapping the points and tuning into the event, your reaction to the memory alters.  You can go from feeling ashamed to feeling peaceful.  The emotions you feel can change from resentment, upset, frustrated, overwhelmed – to a state of calm and understanding.  It is typical to start out feeling insecure and end up feeling confident.

As when you learn any worthwhile skill, there are levels of sophistication and skill you can gain.  But with a simple Youtube EFT video, you may be super-jazzed to learn more about EFT.

Are there things in your life that you’d like to change? Are there emotions or behaviors that you’d like to change? Would you like to learn a quick way to release these emotions that are no longer serving you?

EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) is a method that can help you do just that. The method is rooted in the fact that your emotional energy can be reset by tapping on points along energy meridians. EFT tapping is simple to do and can alter your negative emotional state quickly.

Say for example, that there was a time in your childhood that you were scolded for doing something you did not know was wrong.

Did the event make you feel scared, ashamed, or uncertain of yourself? You may still be experiencing doubts that began with an event such as this and these negative feelings can hold you back from being as successful and confident as you could possibly be.

Through the use of EFT tapping therapy while you remember the past event, you can effectively change the emotions surrounding it.

Almost instantly, you can change your uncertainty into confidence. You can also change any beliefs that were formed during this event by concentrating on them as well.

Maybe it made you begin to think that you were a bad person or that there was something wrong with you. Thinking about these beliefs while tapping can help you realize that they are not truths, only beliefs.

This realization can be the first step to transforming the way you feel about yourself!

EFT tapping is easy once you’ve learned the point.  If you have just over one minute, you can learn the EFT tapping points in this YouTube EFT video. 

Knowing and using EFT gives you the power to change your life.  This form of self-help costs you nothing. By learning this technique you can be on your way to happier and more confident you!