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In EFT, these points
are stimulated by tapping on them. Try now tapping the point under
your eye, with your index or index and middle fingers, quite
rapidly* about seven to nine times or as many times as it takes for
you to take a normal breath in and out. The strength of tapping
should be comfortable, but you should be able to feel a resonance
from the tapping spreading out across a reasonable part of that side
of your face.
* I have noticed
that different people have different speeds of tapping. We generally
show a tapping speed in line with the rhythm of "Jingle Bells".
In spite of this,
some people develop a kind of woodpecker action after a while, and
others tap quite slowly. I would suggest that what feels
right to you probably is right for you.
For practise, 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.
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.
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.
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;
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count - one two three four five
-
hum again
Take a deep breath in
and out.
As 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.
A great way to
ascertain from yourself or others just how you feel is to put a
number on it. The technical term is taking a SUD Level or SUDS Scale
reading, which stands for Subjective Units of Disturbance.
What that means is you
ask yourself:
-
On a scale of 10
to 0, 10 being the highest imaginable pain/freak out/fear/sadness/dis-comfort,
and 0 being completely calm, pain free, tranquil, relaxed and
happy, how would you rate what you are experiencing at this
moment?
This works for
emotions as well as for physical sensations and even for beliefs
which might be a problem:
On a scale of ten
to zero:
-
how depressed are you right now?
-
how painful is your leg?
-
how bad is your fear of heights?
-
how distressing is this memory?
-
how much do you hate this person?
Before you begin
tapping for any subject or problem, take the time to take a SUDS
rating and make a mental note of it. Then, when you have
completed a Sandwich treatment, ask the question again to find how
much has changed. It's a good way to be able to assess how well the
treatment has worked and if you need to repeat the treatment.
Sometimes, the problem
can go from as high as 10 to as low as 0 in a single Sandwich
treatment.
More often though, you
start with 8 or 9, and after a round of tapping, the severity is
reduced to a 4 or a 5.
This means that the
treatment is beginning to work but there's more to be done.
Testing is a very
important part of the EFT procedure; see also Testing in the
A-Z, Part 2.
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",
or
"Even though I still have some of this problem".
When you're down to a
rating of "Oh its a tiny little bit now" which would be a 2, 1 or a
half on the subjective rating scale, a third round can be done with
the opening statement of,
"I
want to completely overcome this problem
and
I fully and completely accept myself".
And that's it!
It's as simple as
that. There's no need for you to worry about getting it wrong, or
getting the wrong statement.
ALL
TAPPING YOU DO IS GOOD FOR YOU.
Any tapping you do
stimulates the meridians, relaxes you, calms you and makes you feel
a little better, even if you get totally the wrong opening
affirmation and the original problem has not yet shifted.
Just try again with a
different start up phrase, or think about what the truth about the
problem might be.
EFT
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