EFT - A Healer's Super Tool
I have helped people in planes, parking lots, restaurants, and cars. There is nowhere that I would feel uncomfortable helping people. The tools that I have at my disposal are so fabulous that I feel like everybody needs to know them and use them.
One of the most powerful tools that I have at my disposal is EFT.
The other day I went to a mini NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) seminar, and watched with great frustration while the seminar leader used NLP on this gal for love pain. I wanted to just jump in there and use EFT on her, because I knew that what took him one hour, would have taken me twenty minutes (max) using EFT. I'm not saying that there are not some really neat tools in NLP, but I've got to say that some things are simply more amenable to EFT.
If you're not familiar with EFT, it stands for Emotional Freedom Techniques. Created by a Stanford engineer named Gary Craig, it is like emotional acupuncture, without the needles. It is good for getting rid of negative emotions, non-serving beliefs, and many physical pains (that have an emotional component). The theory behind it is that all negative emotions are the result of an imbalance in the body's energy system. I have a tendency to believe that it is the other way around. I think that negative emotions create imbalances. Nevertheless, it doesn't really matter what the theories are, or why it works. Because by golly, it really works. It's amazing. It's one of those things that shocks you every time it does work because it is so easy. And yet it works so consistently well, you are surprised if you don't get a miracle every time! Gary Craig says "try it on everything." I agree. Utilizing the technique takes about two minutes. Instantly, you would feel a sense of calm and peace, no matter what the issue. But to get to the "bottom of the issue," you would have to get to the underlying reasons for the issue, and that's where the talents and skills of the therapist come in.
EFT is a very odd technique. It requires one to tap on various end-points of the meridian system ('a la acupuncture). Of course, nobody ever cut somebody open and found a "meridian system," but the theories seem to bear out under scientific scrutiny in double-bind tests that it does work. Then to get REALLY WEIRD, there is something called the nine-gamut procedure which requires you to roll your eyes around in your head, count, and hum. All in the name of healing! I won't explain the reasons behind these unusual gyrations, because I don't want this article to be too long, but you can do some of your own research on Gary Craig's massive website: www.emofree.com
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One of the great things about this tool is that it is easily and readily taught to someone. And although looking from the outside in, it looks so weird, if you can get over how you look doing it, you would have a super tool that would help you for the rest of your life. You could help others with it, too. In about two minutes you could take someone from serious overwhelm, or anxiety, or anger, or frustration, to calm. Of course, I utilize breath in conjunction with EFT, and that is wonderfully complimentary and helps the effectiveness of the technique, but it is not necessary.
I have been using EFT since 1997. I was one of Gary Craig's directors on his original email list when there were only about two hundred members. Since then, his list no longer has directors, but it does have contributing authors, and it's numbers are in the tens of thousands. Why? Because the stuff works.
Try it, you'll like it! And maybe I'll see you tapping on someone in a public place, or maybe I'll just see you tapping yourself! I envision a world where folks are tapping themselves on the freeway. Why? It's great for road rage! I envision a world where mothers are tapping their crying and whining children in public. Why? I don't like to hear crying and whining children in public! And why cry and whine when you can feel peaceful and comfortable? Not a bad idea, eh?
One of the most powerful tools that I have at my disposal is EFT.
The other day I went to a mini NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) seminar, and watched with great frustration while the seminar leader used NLP on this gal for love pain. I wanted to just jump in there and use EFT on her, because I knew that what took him one hour, would have taken me twenty minutes (max) using EFT. I'm not saying that there are not some really neat tools in NLP, but I've got to say that some things are simply more amenable to EFT.
If you're not familiar with EFT, it stands for Emotional Freedom Techniques. Created by a Stanford engineer named Gary Craig, it is like emotional acupuncture, without the needles. It is good for getting rid of negative emotions, non-serving beliefs, and many physical pains (that have an emotional component). The theory behind it is that all negative emotions are the result of an imbalance in the body's energy system. I have a tendency to believe that it is the other way around. I think that negative emotions create imbalances. Nevertheless, it doesn't really matter what the theories are, or why it works. Because by golly, it really works. It's amazing. It's one of those things that shocks you every time it does work because it is so easy. And yet it works so consistently well, you are surprised if you don't get a miracle every time! Gary Craig says "try it on everything." I agree. Utilizing the technique takes about two minutes. Instantly, you would feel a sense of calm and peace, no matter what the issue. But to get to the "bottom of the issue," you would have to get to the underlying reasons for the issue, and that's where the talents and skills of the therapist come in.
EFT is a very odd technique. It requires one to tap on various end-points of the meridian system ('a la acupuncture). Of course, nobody ever cut somebody open and found a "meridian system," but the theories seem to bear out under scientific scrutiny in double-bind tests that it does work. Then to get REALLY WEIRD, there is something called the nine-gamut procedure which requires you to roll your eyes around in your head, count, and hum. All in the name of healing! I won't explain the reasons behind these unusual gyrations, because I don't want this article to be too long, but you can do some of your own research on Gary Craig's massive website: www.emofree.com
One of the great things about this tool is that it is easily and readily taught to someone. And although looking from the outside in, it looks so weird, if you can get over how you look doing it, you would have a super tool that would help you for the rest of your life. You could help others with it, too. In about two minutes you could take someone from serious overwhelm, or anxiety, or anger, or frustration, to calm. Of course, I utilize breath in conjunction with EFT, and that is wonderfully complimentary and helps the effectiveness of the technique, but it is not necessary.
I have been using EFT since 1997. I was one of Gary Craig's directors on his original email list when there were only about two hundred members. Since then, his list no longer has directors, but it does have contributing authors, and it's numbers are in the tens of thousands. Why? Because the stuff works.
Try it, you'll like it! And maybe I'll see you tapping on someone in a public place, or maybe I'll just see you tapping yourself! I envision a world where folks are tapping themselves on the freeway. Why? It's great for road rage! I envision a world where mothers are tapping their crying and whining children in public. Why? I don't like to hear crying and whining children in public! And why cry and whine when you can feel peaceful and comfortable? Not a bad idea, eh?
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