The
Process
EFT works best if you can identify an
emotion. It works on physical symptoms also but if you can
identify the emotion it is more focused. You need to have
the disruption in place in the energy system when you do
the tapping. If you don't feel the emotion you can call it
up. All that matters is that you know what you are
identifying so when you describe it you send a clear
message to your unconscious mind about what you intend to
clear.
Affirmation
Statement
We use an affirmation
statement: "Even though I have this (name the
feeling), I deeply and completely accept
myself." (You are accepting yourself despite
the fact that you have this problem).
The
Tapping
1.
You can tap on the points on either side of the
body.
2. You need to tap hard
enough to send energy through the meridian but the tapping
should not be painful.
3. The tapping points are
acupuncture points so they are generally more sensitive and
tender to the touch.
4. Use your index and middle
finger and tap with a medium pressure about seven times on
each of the following points while repeating the reminder
phrase.
5. You may need to do a
number of cycles to clear the energy
disruption.
Location of Points for the Short Sequence
Eyebrow:
The inside edge of
the eyebrow, above the inside corner of the
eye.
Side of the
Eye: Next to the outside of the eye
on the temple.
Under the
Eye: Just below the middle of the
eye, near the edge of the bone.
Under the
Nose: In the indentation just between
the middle of the nose and the middle of the upper
lip.
Chin:
On the middle of
the chin, just below the crease.
Collarbone:
A tender area close
to the end of the collar bone, next to the u-shaped
indentation below the neck, just under the
bone.
Under the
Arm: The tender area on the side of
the chest about four inches below the
armpit.
Crown of the
Head: This point is just below the
crown of the head.
Thumb:
all finger points
are on the side of the finger, in line with the nail
bed.
Index Finger
Middle Finger
Little Finger
Karate Chop
Point: on the side of your hand,
roughly in line with your life line.
Gamut
Point: just behind and between the
knuckles of your ring and little
finger.
Tapping
Chart
Take a moment now to find and touch
each point in turn. You may notice that some feel
slightly different from others, or you may not. When you
get to work on various issues, you will feel that some
of the points "feel" differently when you tap them, and
you will notice that the shift or release will occur
with one or more points, depending on the reason for
using the technique at the time.
For practice, tap all the
points from the Eyebrow to the Karate Chop point now just
to get the feel of doing it.
Contacting The
Problem
To
direct the releasing effects of the tapping to the required
area, we focus the mind on the problem by using a statement
of the problem: "I am afraid of heights."
Preferably, this is spoken
out loud to engage as much of the neurology as possible and
to contact the problem as directly as possible.
In a moment, take a little
time to think about a problem that you have, a pain, a
fear, an illness or perhaps a phobia, something that always
makes you depressed when you think about it, just generally
any negative emotion you are happy to release now and
forever. Choose a statement that rings true to you,
choosing words that make sense to you and you
alone.
The more forthright, direct
and truthful you can be, the more profound a change you
will experience.
The Set
Up
Now that we've named the
problem, we can start with the Set Up.
For the opening statement, we
use the following routine: Find the sore spot on either
side of your chest; rub it round gently and say:
"Even though I
(insert problem statement), I deeply and profoundly accept
myself."
For example, if you decided
your problem was "My back is killing me", you would say as
your Set Up Statement:
"Even though my
back is killing me, I deeply and profoundly accept
myself."
Repeat this three times,
rubbing the Sore Spot continuously as you do so, and please
do endeavour to put some meaning and energy into
the "I
deeply and profoundly accept
myself" part.
The
Round
Following the Set Up, we now tap all the
points, starting from the top (Eyebrow) and ending up with
the Karate Chop Point on the hand.
As you tap each point, repeat
a shortened version of the Set Up Statement which is called
the reminder phrase; so if your set up statement was, "Even
though I hate and despise my boss, I deeply and profoundly
accept myself",
… you say the reminder
(shortened version)
phrase: "I
hate and despise my boss" …on each point at the same
time as you tap.
The 9
Gamut
This
is the middle part in what is sometimes called the EFT
sandwich: Following tapping all the points about 7 times
from the top of the eyebrow to the karate chop point, you
tap continuously on the Gamut point, and then do the
following:
~ Move your eyes from the floor to
the ceiling without moving your head and back
again.
~ Move your eyes from
left to right and back again.
~ Move your eyes in a big
circle and back again.
~ Hum - "Happy Birthday
To You" (or another tune or just a scale) for about one
bar.
~ Count - one two three
four five - then Hum again.
~ Take a deep breath in
and out.
A
s you do these (at
first slightly unusual) things*, repeat the statement
in between as best you can to keep yourself focussed
on the problem in hand.
Then, repeat the Round one
more time, tapping all the points from the eyebrow to the
karate chop point. Take a deep breath and allow yourself a
moment to reflect on how you feel now.
The eye movements are linked
to various brain functions and the reason for the
humming-counting-humming manoeuvre is to switch between
hemispheres quite quickly; both are designed to "wake up"
your neurology so the tapping can go to work on the
problem.
Subsequent Treatment
Rounds
If the original set up
statement was something along the lines of, "Even though I
have this problem" and you have tapped a first round on
"this problem", and upon checking with yourself, this
problem is not as severe anymore but still noticeable,
change the start up affirmation to: "Even though there is
still some of this problem remaining"
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