How To Find Core Emotional Issues

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A Video Introduction to EFT

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Depression and Eating Disorder Solved With EFT

Getting Rid of Depression and Eating Disorder in One Shot

Louella, age 41, had suffered major bouts of depression since age 9. When she first walked in my door, she was suicidal. Tears came easily and "hopeless" seemed to be her favorite word. After a few rounds of EFT, the tears subsided and the depression dropped from a 10 to a 6. There was even a smile or two. But that was all we could do. She said she was exhausted (this turned out to be a clue to her problem since substance sensitivities tend to sap one's energy) and went to sleep for 4 hours. She usually slept 15 hours or so per day, partly because she was so exhausted and partly because it was an escape from the world.

When Louella awoke she was feeling "a little better". She lives 2 hours away and I invited her to use a spare bedroom so we could do more EFT that night and again the next day. She accepted and we began applying EFT to her back pain (which subsided) and her asthma (which went away and never came back, even though it formerly required daily medication). Also, we applied EFT to 3 traumatic memories which were clear candidates as underlying causes for her depression. EFT handled them rather routinely and they, too, never came back. As the ensuing weeks unfolded, and even in her most depressed moments, she could still discuss these events without tears or emotional disturbance. She left that first session at a SUDs [0-10 intensity] level of 4 or 5 which she thought was a great improvement. I was less than delighted, however, because I had expected the whole thing to lift. Such had been my previous experience.

We talked on the phone 2 days later and her depression had come back full scale. The traumatic memories and the asthma, however, remained non problems. She came back weekly for 5 more 24 hour sessions and, on each visit, we applied EFT to more traumatic memories and other events in her life (15 or 20 altogether - I lost count) and ALL of them went to zero and didn't come back. 

Nonetheless, each time she would arrive with her depression at an 8-10 level and leave with it at 4-6. The tapping was, apparently, only a temporary help for the main issue - depression.

After hundreds of cases with EFT, I can safely say that my expectations for success are usually met UNLESS there is toxic interference with the energy system. Once the sensitivity is located and eliminated, then the problem becomes easy to handle with EFT. Louella, as it turns out, had a known sensitivity to sugar. Also, she had some inherited tendencies along these lines since her mother and other relatives were sensitive to a variety of foods and other substances.

In Louella's case, I asked her to pay attention to her emotions and, when they became particularly acute, to notice what may have just happened in her world. Did she just change clothes, use soap or brush her teeth? What did she just eat or drink that may have contributed to her emotional state? She kept a meticulous journal of everything going on in this regard but was unable to identify anything. The depression persisted. Finally, during our 6th weekly session, she was feeling relatively good one afternoon (about a 4) but then ate a commercially grown (non-organic) apple. Within moments she experienced extreme anxiety (bordering on panic) and her depression was at a 10. She became very tired and went to her room and slept for 4 or 5 hours. To me, she acted like she had taken a drug.

When she awoke, she felt better and we spent the evening talking and applying EFT. At about 8 am the next morning, I woke her up to find that she was feeling "OK" (about a 6). Since I didn't know for sure if that apple was the real culprit, I asked her to eat another one. She reluctantly agreed and I fetched an apple out of the same bag as the original apple. Within minutes, she was anxious again. She then became drowsy (drugged?) and slept for another 4 or 5 hours.

While it was apparent that something in that apple was bothering her, we didn't know if it was the apple itself or some pesticide(s) that might be in it. So we established a "Detective Diet" (my name) to establish which foods might be contributing to her problem. She was to eat ONLY ORGANIC FOODS (to eliminate pesticides from the equation) and could only eat ONE FOOD AT A TIME and had to WAIT ONE HOUR BETWEEN FOODS. She then kept a journal of the foods she ate and any reaction she had to them. The beauty of this diet is that it isolates foods so that you can look back and notice if there was any link between what one eats and their emotional reactions.

Interestingly enough, none of the foods seemed to bother her except whole wheat. It tended to make her a bit drowsy, but nothing serious. Nonetheless, FROM THE MOMENT SHE STARTED THE DIET THE DEPRESSION BEGAN TO LIFT AND WITHIN 24 HOURS IT WAS GONE. That was 5 weeks ago. Since then she has slept normally, gone on long hikes with friends, enjoyed dancing AND she just got back from kicking up her heels for two weeks in Spain. THERE HAS BEEN NO SIGN OF DEPRESSION SINCE. It has been a flat out zero.

We can suspicion, of course, that pesticides are the culprit here. After all, that was the only thing conspicuously absent from her diet. If so, we don't know which pesticides get the finger of blame, at least not yet. But that's OK. We can discover those by a similar process of elimination. However, unless there is some big need to know, why bother? Why not just stay on the pure diet and quit poisoning oneself with pesticides and other foreign residues? We have more detective work to do here. This is still a case in progress and more will be done in time. But, for now, Louella is perfectly happy to keep things as they are.

Now here's a fascinating point. WHAT Louella ate may not have been the only thing causing her depressed state. HOW OFTEN SHE ATE may also have been important. In the process of doing all this, Louella's sister (who has hypoglycemia, a blood sugar problem) loaned her a device to self test her blood sugar levels. She tested her blood repeatedly throughout the day and found that, when depressed, her blood sugar level would often get dangerously low. As it turns out, Louella was hypoglycemic. Since the "Detective Diet" had her eating small amounts consistently throughout the day, her blood sugar was maintained at acceptable levels and thus the hypoglycemic symptoms (depression?) were kept at bay.

I am an engineer by academic training and don't pretend to be an expert in medicine or nutrition. However, I know scientific evidence when I see it. It is clear to me that hypoglycemia, pesticides or both deserve a round of boo's & hisses regarding Louella's depressed state. The exhaustion she felt was consistent with someone who had been drugged (by pesticides?) and/or suffered from low blood sugar. With these two offenders out of the way, the depression is nowhere to be seen. However, it is also scientific nonsense to generalize from one instance like this and say that all depression is due to pesticides and/or low blood sugar. It takes many case histories to support such a conclusion.

As it turns out, there is already support for the link between diet and emotional disorders. The phenomenon has been known for over 20 years and thus is hardly new. Louella has been studying this subject avidly and has brought to my attention several books which point to diet (particularly pesticides and low blood sugar) as the cause of many emotional disorders (including schizophrenia).

Two year follow-up

Louella called me two years later to say that her depression has stayed away except for a couple of brief occasions when she had "boy friend problems." Even then, it wasn't really depression. Just a case of the "temporary downs

Long term severe depression gone in ten minutes with EFT

Long term severe depression gone in ten minutes with EFT

Nick Ortner

By John Bullough

I thought you might be interested in this account of long term severe depression vanishing after 10 minutes of tapping.

I recently had an initial therapy session with 'Mary' (age 22), suffering from long term severe depression, with a Beck's Depression Inventory (BDI-II) score of 30 and a Beck's Anxiety Inventory (BAI) score of 10. Her depression seemed to be focused on feelings of guilt and self-criticism about a series of terrible losses she had suffered over the past few years.

At the end of our cognitive behavioural therapy (assessment) session, I asked her if she would like to try tapping on her strong fear that 'no amount of therapy will help', which she assessed with an intensity of 10. One round of 'Even though I am very scared that therapy will not help' brought her intensity down to 8, and she found herself saying, 'Well at least I am trying therapy!'.

One more round including the words 'Even though I'm still scared that therapy won't work, at least I am trying it' brought it to 5 or 6, and she commented: 'Well lots of other people get better so why shouldn't I?'.

A further round using 'Even though I have this remaining fear that it won't work' brought her intensity down to 2 or 3, but further work made little impact and I was left with a strong feeling that there was something causing her to 'hold onto' her depression.

Then finally when we tapped using: 'Even though for some reason I'm hanging on to this depression' and 'Even though I don't feel I deserve to get better', her face lit up like the sun and she said: 'I KNOW I'm going to get better!' I didn't need to ask about her intensity level again!

When we met again two weeks later, her BDI and BAI scores had fallen to 4 and 0, and by our third session, having successfully tapped on some other issues that were bothering her we agreed that she was in great shape to manage on her own from now on. It would typically have taken at least 15 to 20 sessions of cognitive behavioural therapy to achieve anything remotely similar.

Depression Gone With EFT

Depression Gone With EFT

By Masha Bennett

I am fortunate to travel around the world to teach EFT and, in addition to the joy I get from using EFT in my private therapy practice and in my state health service job as a psychotherapist, I also hear dozens of wonderful and inspiring stories from my students, many of whom are experienced health professionals, working with difficult and complex cases, for whom EFT has offered a powerful approach that surpasses most, if not all of the existing tools in their therapeutic toolkit.
One of my students from Moscow, a psychiatrist and psychotherapist, Dr Oksana Korsunova, has shared the following story.
Her 23 year old female client (whom we will call Katya), began her therapy approximately 6 months after Oksana had learnt the basics of EFT on the Level 1 workshop which I taught in Moscow in 2008. Katya was a nurse, married for two years to a man one year younger. At the commencement of therapy for depression, Katya was in the third month of pregnancy. She said she felt no joy at the thought of her baby coming into the world, no joy in the relationship with her husband and her outlook for the future was gloomy and hopeless. Three years previously, she began receiving pharmacological treatment in the form of anti-depressants and tranquilisers, but the doctors advised against psychotropic medication during pregnancy so she was referred for psychotherapy instead. Kate was absorbed by anxiety, low mood and fears for her future, and had frequent suicidal thoughts.
At that time Dr Korsunova had already began to implement EFT in her therapy practice, she has learnt to identify aspects of the problem (which she described as “magician’s handkerchiefs” – once you draw out the first one, it pulls out the second one, etc), and had found the Movie Technique extremely useful for the treatment of both old and fresh traumas. This was the first case for Oksana of working with a young suicidal patient who was pregnant, and she was treading carefully as she introduced EFT into the treatment, alongside the traditional psychotherapy methods. Whilst some of Katya’s distress eased during therapy, the relief turned out to be only temporary – the overwhelming feelings returned, and during one of the sessions Katya told her therapist, weeping, that she didn’t think the therapy was working. She didn’t want to be tormented any more, and the thoughts of “stopping all the suffering” were coming to her mind more and more frequently. Concerned, Oksana gave the patient her mobile number with permission to call outside office hours, if she needed help.
Once, a few weeks after treatment began Oksana received a call from her patient’s husband. He said that Katya was standing on the balcony of their eighth-floor apartment, and wouldn’t leave it. Just before going outside onto the balcony, she had been crying and pacing around the room for some time. Now she was standing, looking pale, serious and determined, close to the balcony railing. “What should I do?” the husband asked. Oksana told him to pass the phone to Katya, and asked her how she felt. She replied that she had been very low, anxious and hopeless, and at that moment, as she was looking at the clouds, she envied them – they seemed to be floating so easily, calmly, with no care in the world; they were free from anguish.
Katya calmly noted that she wanted to float in the sky just as easily and freely as the clouds. She just needed to cross the balcony railing and then everything would be fine.
Oksana then asked Katya to describe the balcony, where she was, and her posture. She described her surroundings and said that she was leaning forward over the railings. Oksana asked her to move away a little from the railings, and gently suggested to do some tapping over the phone. Katya agreed, and they began to tap. Oksana was very conscious that the phrases of self-love, self-acceptance or self-forgiveness in the set-up statement would most likely be rejected by the client at the time when she was seriously considering ending her life, so she had to be creative in use of her language.
To start with, Oksana suggested the following words:
“Even though I am standing on the balcony and am watching the clouds floating past, I am standing on the balcony with both of my legs.”
She then double-checked with Katya:  “Is this true? Are you sure that you are standing on the balcony with both of your legs?”
Katya replied, “Yes, it is true. I am sure.”
They tapped on that phrase. Then Oksana asked:
“Katya, are you alive now?”
“Yes, I am alive.”
“Would it be OK to say that even though you are standing on the balcony and envy the clouds, you are alive anyway?”
“Yes, I can do that.”
“Is it true?”
“Yes, it is true.”
So they tapped with “Even though I am standing on the balcony and I envy the clouds, I am alive anyway.”
They both continued tapping over the phone, Oksana in her office and Katya on the balcony of her eighth-floor apartment, and after a little while Katya repeated with some emphasis and conviction in her voice “Yes, I am alive.” Oksana later found that that was the moment her client felt the determination to live. They continued tapping on phrases such as:
“Though it hurts, and I am scared, I am alive anyway.”
“Though I feel anguished and weary, I am alive anyway.”
When they finished tapping, Katya said that she has now left the balcony and is sitting on the sofa in her living room, she was tired. They said goodbye, and an hour later Katya’s husband called and reported that his wife was sleeping. Next day she got in touch to arrange another session. They continued working throughout the pregnancy, using EFT as one of the integral tools. There were some successes during treatment and some significant challenges as well. The depression abated slowly. In later stages of pregnancy the frequency of sessions diminished, as Katya was beginning to enjoy the relationship with her husband and more eagerly awaiting the arrival of the new baby - and then one day she called her therapist and said: “I am ringing from the hospital - I have just given birth to my son – he is the most wonderful baby in the world.”
With advanced training in psychiatry and psychotherapy, Oksana has a good grasp of neuroscience and her hypothesis explaining the efficacy of EFT is that the tapping combined with tuning into the problem has an effect of regulating and balancing the activity of parasympathetic and sympathetic branches of our nervous system.
Dr Korsunova has now been using EFT for 2.5 years, and has seen some wonderful results on a regular basis, but this one remains one of her favourite cases. To me this is yet another manifestation of the tremendous versatility and power of EFT, and the potential for its applications in crisis situations, as well as in day-to-day self-healing and formal therapeutic settings. Of course, in addition to the major part that EFT has played in this case,  we should credit the therapist’s expertise and skills as well as her creativity and resilience in the face of a very challenging situation – but this does not take away from the fact that we have the privilege of having an extremely potent tool literally at our fingertips, which in some cases, such as this one, can prove life-saving.
Masha Bennett
AAMET Advanced Practitioner & Trainer UKCP Registered Neurolinguistic Psychotherapist(Dr Oksana Korsunova can be contacted through Masha.)

Healing Yourself Online With Emotional Freedom Technique

Healing Yourself Online With Emotional Freedom Technique

How to do the EFT Tapping Basics - The Basic Recipe

The EFT Tapping Basic Recipe is an easy to use healing tool that provides the very foundation for expanding your emotional freedom. It is the tapping procedure that we use in every round of EFT … it is easy to learn and easy to apply, which is why EFT has become well known as a tool that anyone can use. By itself, the EFT Tapping Basic Recipe can be applied to any issue you want, and although it is still only the first step to EFT’s full potential, it continues to provide results that range from encouraging to impressive. The rest of the benefits come when you learn how to aim the tapping procedure at the best targets, but you will need to know the basics before learning the rest, so let’s get started!

EFT Basic Recipe cake

A recipe, of course, has certain ingredients which must be added in a certain order. If you are baking a cake, for example, you must use sugar instead of pepper and you must add the sugar before you put it in the oven.

Otherwise....no cake.

The EFT Basic Recipe is no exception. Each ingredient must be introduced precisely as described and they must be added in the proper order.

Although I am going to some length to describe it in detail, The EFT Tapping Basic Recipe has only 5 brief steps (ingredients) and takes very little effort to learn. Once memorized, each round of it can be performed in about 30 seconds. It will take some practice, of course, but after a few tries the whole process becomes familiar and you can do it in your sleep (millions have done this, including children). You will then have a permanent tool that you can use for a lifetime.

Remember our Discovery Statement?

"The cause of all negative emotions is a disruption in the body’s energy system.”

EFT Basic Recipe uses

It follows, then, that energy disruptions are the reason we have any kind of emotional issue like grief, anger, guilt, depression, trauma, and fear. Since both physical and performance issues often have emotional roots, it also follows that clearing energy disruptions can be useful for those as well.

Once we find those energy disruptions, we use the tapping process to correct them. The EFT Tapping Basic Recipe blends focused wording with a 9 point Tapping sequence. The focused wording tunes us in to the issue and this, in turn, points us to the energy disruptions (zzzzzts) that we need to address.

This wording is an essential part of the process because it tells our system what we are working on. Negative emotions come about because we are tuned into certain thoughts or circumstances which, in turn, cause our energy systems to disrupt. Otherwise, we function normally. One's fear of heights is not present, for example, while one is reading the comic section of the Sunday newspaper (and therefore not tuned in to the problem).

Once tuned into the issue, the Tapping stimulates the energy pathways thereby balancing the resulting energy disruptions (zzzzzts). Also, for clarification, the points we use are at or near the end points of the energy pathways (meridians and vessels) … OR … at points along these pathways that are close to the body’s surface.

You may be aware that acupuncturists study and use over 300 meridian points on the body instead of the mere handful that are used by the EFT Tapping process. Further, unlike EFT, acupuncturists associate each of the energy pathways with body organs (kidney, stomach, spleen, etc.) and emotions (anger, fear, sadness, etc.). We are not denying the validity of this approach but we are ignoring it. EFT Tapping represents a different use of these pathways that allows someone with no formal training in Chinese medicine to realign disruptions on their own with a simple process.

You may learn the intricacies of the Chinese meridian system if you wish, but this knowledge is not necessary to generate first class results with EFT. In practice, the 12 meridians and 2 governing vessels are interconnected and thus sending balancing energy down one pathway influences other pathways. That is why we usually need to address only a few pathways to get the job done.

Before I demonstrate The EFT Tapping Basic Recipe on a video, let's (1) take a look at the Tapping Points, (2) set the stage with some useful Tapping Tips and (3) review the 5 Steps in The EFT Tapping Basic Recipe.

The EFT Tapping Points

These illustrations, together with the written aids below them, are self-explanatory and are explored in detail later (including videos). For now, just locate each of these points on your own body and touch each of them with your fingertips.

Written aids to locating the EFT Basic recipe Tapping Points

KC: The Karate Chop point (abbreviated KC) is located at the center of the fleshy part of the outside of your hand (either hand) between the top of the wrist and the base of the baby finger or....stated differently....the part of your hand you would use to deliver a karate chop.

TOH: On the top of the head. If you were to draw a line from one ear, over the head, to the other ear, and another line from your nose to the back of your neck, the TOH point is where those two lines would intersect.

EB: At the beginning of the eyebrow, just above and to one side of the nose. This point is abbreviated EB for beginning of the EyeBrow.

SE: On the bone bordering the outside corner of the eye. This point is abbreviated SE for Side of the Eye.

UE: On the bone under an eye about 1 inch below your pupil. This point is abbreviated UE for Under the Eye.

UN: On the small area between the bottom of your nose and the top of your upper lip. This point is abbreviated UN for Under the Nose.

Ch: Midway between the point of your chin and the bottom of your lower lip. Even though it is not directly on the point of the chin, we call it the chin point because it is descriptive enough for people to understand easily. This point is abbreviated Ch for Chin.

CB: The junction where the sternum (breastbone), collarbone and the first rib meet. To locate it, first place your forefinger on the U-shaped notch at the top of the breastbone (about where a man would knot his tie). From the bottom of the U, move your forefinger down toward the navel 1 inch and then go to the left (or right) 1 inch. This point is abbreviated CB for CollarBone even though it is not on the collarbone (or clavicle) per se. It is at the beginning of the collarbone and we call it the collarbone point because that is a lot easier to say than "the junction where the sternum (breastbone), collarbone and the first rib meet."

UA: On the side of the body, at a point even with the nipple (for men) or in the middle of the bra strap (for women). It is about 4 inches below the armpit. This point is abbreviated UA for Under the Arm.

Tapping Tips

These tips answer the most common questions.

•Some of the Tapping points have twin points on each side of the body. For example, the "eyebrow" point on the right side of the body has a twin point on the left side of the body. Years of experience have taught us that you only need to tap one of these twin points. However, if you have both hands free you can certainly tap on both sides for good measure.

•You can also switch sides when you tap these points. For example, during the same round of The EFT Tapping Basic Recipe, you can tap the "karate chop" point on your left hand and the eyebrow point on the right side of your body. This makes the Tapping process more convenient to perform.

•The Tapping is done with two or more fingertips. This is so you can cover a larger area and thereby insure that your Tapping covers the correct point.

•While you can tap with the fingertips of either hand, most people use their dominant hand. For example, right handed people tap with the fingertips of their right hand while left handed people tap with the fingertips of their left hand.

•You tap approximately 5 times on each point. No need to count the taps because anywhere between 3 and 7 taps on each point is adequate. The only exception is during the Setup step (explained later) where the Karate Chop Point is tapped continuously while you repeat some standard wording.

•The process is easily memorized. After you have tapped the Karate Chop Point, the rest of the points go down the body (see the Sequence Points in the diagram above). The Eyebrow point, for example, is below the Top of the Head point. The Side of the Eye point is below the Eyebrow point. And so on down the body.

The 5 Steps of The EFT Tapping Basic Recipe

These simple steps are also given in the video below. For now, just familiarize yourself with the concepts. The video will walk you through this Tapping process so you can memorize it easily.

1. Identify the Issue:

All you do here is make a mental note of what ails you. This becomes the target at which you "aim" the EFT Tapping Basic Recipe. Examples might be: Sore shoulder, my father embarrassing me at my age 8 birthday party or hitting that high singing note. Be sure you are only targeting one issue at a time. As you will learn later, trying to combine issues in the process will compromise your results.

2. Test the Initial Intensity:

Here you establish a before level of the issue's intensity by assigning a number to it on a 0-10 scale where 10 is the worst the issue has ever been and 0 is no problem whatsoever. This serves as a benchmark so we can compare our progress after each round of The EFT Tapping Basic Recipe. If, for example, we start at an 8 and eventually reach a 4, then we know we have achieved a 50% improvement. The number of possible issues we can address with The EFT Tapping Basic Recipe is endless and they don't all fit into neat testing boxes. That is why we have an entire segment later on dedicated to Testing Your EFT Tapping Work. For this stage of your learning, however, here are some useful methods to help you access your issue(s) and arrive at your 0-10 numbers. They apply to most issues.

•For emotional issues, you can recreate the memories in your mind and assess their discomforts.

•For physical ailments you can simply assess the existing pain or discomfort.

•For performance issues you can attempt the desired performance level and measure how close you come to it.

3. The Setup:

The Setup is a process we use to start each round of Tapping. By designing a simple phrase and saying it while continuously Tapping the KC point, you let your system know what you’re trying to address.

When designing this phrase there are two goals to achieve:

1) acknowledge the problem

2) accept yourself in spite of it

We do this by saying:

“Even though I have this _______________, I deeply and completely accept myself”.

The blank above represents the problem you want to address, so you can just insert things like:

This sore shoulder:

“Even though I have this sore shoulder, I deeply and completely accept myself.”

This fear of spiders:

“Even though I have this fear of spiders, I deeply and completely accept myself.”

This humiliation at my eighth grade graduation:

“Even though I have this humiliation at my eighth grade graduation, I deeply and completely accept myself.”

This difficulty making free throws:

“Even though I have this difficulty making free throws, I deeply and completely accept myself.”

Not all of the issues will fit neatly into “Even though I have this ____________,” so you can use some flexibility when designing your Setup phrase. For example, instead of “this sore shoulder” you could say “Even though my shoulder hurts, I deeply and completely accept myself”. Or instead of “this humiliation at my eighth grade graduation” you could say “Even though my dad humiliated me at my eighth grade graduation.”

By using “Even though I have this _______________,” you will automatically choose something that represents your experience, your reaction, or a problem that you recognize as something that belongs to you, and that is an important feature.

We do not want to use EFT on someone else’s problem. For example, rather than, “Even though my son is addicted to drugs, I deeply and completely accept myself,” it’s better to focus on your own reaction which might be, “Even though I’m frustrated by my son's drug addiction.” Or instead of “Even though my husband works too much…,” better to try something like, “Even though I feel alone when my husband stays late at the office…” We want to aim EFT at our part of the problem rather than trying to fix someone else’s problem.

By identifying the problem with this phrase, you “set up” the initial zzzzzt behind the scenes so the Tapping has something to resolve.

Important, Important, Important:

The language that we use always aims at the negative. This is essential because it is the negative that creates the energy disruptions (zzzzzts) that The EFT Tapping Basic Recipe clears (and thus brings peace to the system). By contrast, conventional methods and popular self-help books stress positive thinking and preach avoiding the negative. This sounds good but, for our purposes, it does little more than cover over the negative with pleasant sounding words. EFT, on the other hand, needs to aim at the negative so it can be neutralized. This allows our natural positives to bubble up to the top.

4. The Sequence:

This is the workhorse part of The EFT Tapping Basic Recipe that stimulates/balances the body's energy pathways. To perform it, you tap each of the points shown in the Sequence Points diagram (see above) while saying a Reminder Phrase that keeps your system tuned into the issue. I list the points below followed by a description of the Reminder Phrase:

Top of the Head (TOH)

Beginning of the Eyebrow (EB)

Side of the Eye (SE)

Under the Eye (UE)

Under the Nose (UN)

Chin Point (CH)

Beginning of the Collarbone (CB)

Under the Arm (UA)

The Reminder Phrase is quite simple as you need only identify the issue with some brief wording. Depending on your issue, you might say the following at each tapping point....

"This sore shoulder",

"My father embarrassed me",

"This difficulty in singing that high note."

5. Test the Intensity Again:

Finally, you establish an "after" level of the issue's intensity by assigning a number to it on a 0-10 scale. You compare this with the before level to see how much progress you have made. If you are not down to zero then repeat the process until you either achieve zero or plateau at some level. You can also include some additional Tapping points that will be introduced in the next section of this article. Otherwise, you will likely need to "get to the roots of the issue" (see Intro to Part II of The Gold Standard EFT Tutorial).

Now follow along with this video as I demonstrate The EFT Tapping Basic Recipe live. It assumes you have familiarized yourself with the Tapping Points, Tapping Tips and the 5 Steps to the EFT Tapping Basic Recipe given above. Accordingly, you may want to review them again before proceeding with the video.

Note to EFT’ers with training prior to this Tutorial: The EFT Tapping Basic Recipe has been streamlined in the following ways: (1) What was formerly known as The EFT Shortcut is now The EFT Basic Recipe. Other Tapping points and methods as well as the 9 Gamut procedure have been recategorized and put “on the shelf” for use when one may be stuck on an issue (to be discussed later). (2) The term Psychological Reversal (PR) has been eliminated because, after years of experience, I think it was mis-named. In practice, PR is a form of secondary gain/loss or a new aspect of the original problem. While the correction for PR remains in the EFT Basic Recipe, I have found that PR can be handled effectively with the proper treatment of Aspects, Specific Events, and Detective Work (see later articles). (3) The Sore Spot, The Collarbone Breathing Technique and Floor to Ceiling Eyeroll have been eliminated because of their rare use. (4) The idea of “subsequent round adjustments” wherein we formerly addressed the “remaining” problem is no longer considered essential. You will see it, however, in the other videos simply because it was considered useful when they were filmed. It's use does not add or detract from the process.

Also, to allay any scientific concerns, this streamlining has not changed the previous protocol from a research point of view. The basic Tapping points and language remain the same. The EFT Tapping Basic Recipe protocol, for convenience and ease of use, has merely been divided into smaller parts and thus one need only reassemble the individual parts to arrive at the original used in previous research. Thus all past research is still valid and remains unaffected by this Tutorial. New research can use this streamlined update.

Test Drive:

Now let’s give The EFT Tapping Basic Recipe a test drive. Just pick an issue of your own and tap along with me in the next video. With a few practice rounds you will embed the process into your memory and will then be able to apply it to a wide variety of issues. Please remember, though, that you are still a beginner at this so you may or may not experience relief this first time. That’s OK. Our goal at this point is to acquaint you with the process. Results follow as you expand your use of it. There is much more to learn if you wish to pursue this Tutorial further (recommended).

Other Tapping Points and Routines

The standard EFT Tapping Basic Recipe points you learned above are the ones you will use over 90% of the time. In addition, there are some other points you may find useful under certain circumstances. If your initial rounds of the EFT Tapping Basic Recipe have not brought the intensity to zero, you can include any of these into your next Tapping round to see if they help. They are worth learning, even at this early stage, so I describe them next as well as in a video a few paragraphs below.

The Finger Points:

EFT Basic Recipe Finger Points diagram

These are useful when you’d like to extend the EFT Tapping Basic Recipe and try a more thorough round on stubborn aspects. They also come in handy when any of the regular Tapping points are hard to reach or become irritating. They can be very effective on their own and I sometimes use them instead of the standard points. Also note that you tap the facial and torso points with your fingertips and, in so doing, you also stimulate the finger points.

The Tapping point is in the same location for each finger and each thumb. On the index finger (IF), tap on the side of the finger that is closest to the thumb, even with the base of the nail. Once you have located that one, you can find the similar MF (middle finger), BF (baby finger), and Th (thumb) points on each hand.

Just for simplicity, the Ring Finger has not been included in this sequence. For those who may be curious, the meridian involved runs on the opposite side of that finger. I may occasionally include a point on the ring finger while I’m tapping because it’s easier than explaining why I leave it out. However, the EFT process and all of its power were built without this point and our results have not been affected by either including it or leaving it out.

The Below Nipple Point (often called the Liver Point):

EFT Tapping Liver Point diagram

You won't see this one on our Art of Delivery videos or elsewhere in our materials. This is because it is socially awkward for women to tap. For the male, it is located one inch below the nipple. For the female it is where the underskin of the breast attaches to the chest wall. For some women the breast must be lifted so that the point can be tapped. I include it for completeness as you may find it useful under some circumstances. I use it on rare occasion. The diagram to the right shows the BN Point on both sides of the body. As mentioned earlier, you only need to tap one of them.

EFT Tapping Wrist Point diagram

The Wrist Point:

This point is also rarely used but I acquaint you with it because you may see it in our videos. It is located on the underside of the wrist at the mid-point of where a watch band would normally reside. Please refer to the diagram for clarification.

In general, it is most effective to tap this point with several fingertips, or you can hold your hand flat and gently slap the area on the inside of the wrist. There is a twin point on each wrist and sometimes these points are "tapped" by gently banging the inside of the wrists together.

The 9 Gamut Procedure:

Originally developed by Dr. Roger Callahan, the purpose of this nine step process is to engage both sides of the brain. This is accomplished by continuously tapping a particular point on the hand while performing specific eye movements, humming and counting. It can seem like a strange process, but through connecting nerves, certain parts of the brain are stimulated when the eyes are moved. Likewise the right side of the brain (the creative side) is engaged when you hum a song and the left side (the digital side) is engaged when you count.

The 9 Gamut Procedure was a standard feature in the Basic Recipe for many years, but is now optional, and I rarely use it. I've found it helpful when there is a clear brain disorder (e.g. Cerebral Palsy) and I will include it occasionally when progress seems to be halted.

It is very difficult to explain this procedure in words and pictures. It is easier to understand when you can see a demonstration, and you will find a video link for that purpose following the written explanation.

The 9 Gamut Procedure is a 10 second process wherein a gamut of 9 "brain stimulating" actions are performed while continuously tapping on one of the body's energy points (the Gamut Point). To do the 9 Gamut Procedure, you must first locate the Gamut point.

Gamut Point:

EFT Tapping 9 gamut point diagram

To locate the Gamut Point, which is on the back of either hand, put a finger between the ring and little finger at the base. From this location, move your finger about a half inch toward your wrist and this is where you’ll tap the Gamut Point. Please see the illustration for clarity.

9 Actions:

While facing forward and keeping your head still, tap the Gamut point continuously while performing the following nine actions:

1.Eyes closed.

2.Eyes open.

3.Eyes hard down right while holding the head steady.

4.Eyes hard down left while holding the head steady.

5.Roll your eyes in a circle as though your nose was at the center of a clock and you were trying to see all the numbers in order.

6.Same as the previous step, but roll your eyes the other direction.

7.Hum 2 seconds of a song (any song will do, but I often use Happy Birthday).*

8.Count rapidly from 1 to 5.

9.Hum 2 seconds of a song again.

* For some people, humming Happy Birthday causes resistance because it brings up memories of unhappy birthdays. In this case, you can either use EFT on those unhappy memories and resolve them … or … you can side step this issue for now by humming some other song.

Now, in the interest of being thorough, here is a video where I demonstrate the Finger Points, Below the Nipple or BN Point (often called the Liver Point), Wrist Point and the 9 Gamut Procedure. The video assumes you have thoroughly familiarized yourself with the above descriptions.

OTHER EFT TAPPING POINTS & PROCEDURES - WATCH VIDEO

Review:

In this article, you learned the EFT Tapping Basic Recipe with the following components:

•9 primary tapping points (KC, TOH, EB, SE, UE, UN, Ch, CB, UA)

•Setup Phrase on the KC point

•Reminder Phrase at the rest of the points

•Measuring intensity and the 5 step process

•Additional tapping points (Fingers, BN, Wr, 9 Gamut)

21 Day Detox Diet

21 Day Detox Diet

3 weeks of detoxifying experience

Are you in for a 21-day detox diet program?  Well, make sure you're ready for such a stringent diet of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and lots of fluid.  Otherwise, you may end up exasperated of not being able to complete the whole program and treat yourself instead to more junk food.  That's right.  Getting into a 21-day detox diet is never easy.  Any person who wishes to undergo this program should be emotionally, physically, and mentally prepared.  Changing your eating habits may also mean changing your lifestyle.

There are several 21-day detox diet programs.  So how do you know which ones to choose?  First, like any other detox programs, have yourself assessed by a health professional.  People with problems in kidneys, liver, heart, pancreas, parathyroid, and other preexisting disorders may not be allowed to undergo a detox diet program.

Some 21-day detox diet programs include workshops on food preparation, group support, nutritional medicine, enzyme theory, therapeutic fasting, colon care, energy medicine, acid/alkaline testing, and healthy shopping.  The program may be separated into 3 parts and on a weekly basis.  For instance, some 21-day detox diet programs may focus on fruits and vegetables to acclimatize the body on eating only these foods for the first week.  This plant-based diet encourages participants to steer away from animal products to lessen the amount of toxin exposures by as much as 50%.  A menu is required in order for participants to strictly follow the program.

In the second week, you may proceed with a live-food diet, eating only uncooked foods and two smoothie meals (blended), minimizing the stress placed on your digestive system.  You will be provided with an organic live-food menu.  The purpose is to keep you away from processed foods and increase your nutrient intake by eating uncooked vegetables.

Week 3 of a 21-day detox diet program is the liquid diet.  This is supposed to relieve your digestive of any stresses and ensure healing at intra-cellular level.  Your diet will be diverted from a whole plant-based diet to blended food.  Of course, the benefits of a liquid diet will definitely be discussed to psychologically support you.  It is also helpful to support this program with application of reflexology, meditation, yoga, and light therapy, as well as the chakra system as a tool in healing.  The final stage of a 21-day detox diet program includes hints and shopping guides for you to maintain in this frame of mind… and diet.