Emotional Freedom Technique
(E.F.T) is a wonderful tool that can easily be learned by anyone as part of that process to becoming emotionally free. It uses light tapping of a few acupressure points on your face, upper body and hands. It is something I use to help clients release themselves from negative thought patterns that may have held them in a negative state for a long period of time. It’s also useful for helping a person release emotional or mental blocks that may be preventing them from reaching their goals. E.F.T theory states that “the cause of all negative emotions is a disruption of the body’s energy system” - a theory similar to that of which “Touch for Health” is based upon.
Western medicine seems to have overlooked so much. It has forgotten and dismissed so many wonderful ways at looking at health and the body. It has broken it down into various compartments, each area treated separately to the other. Physically, mentally and more often than not, chemically. This doesn’t seem to work in the long run, how could it?
The pharmaceutical companies often focus on reproducing the chemicals involved in nature. They vigorously produce synthetically a reproduction of God given gifts that lie in natures grasp. Eastern medicine has focused more on the energy in the body, such as acupuncture.
Acupuncture is based on the concept that the body encompasses energy or electrical systems known as meridians. Disruption of these energy systems can have an adverse effect on health. Hence, the correction of these disruptions can lead us back towards health. E.F.T is a very simple, combined, physical and psychological technique which has been found to help with phobias, negative feelings, negative thoughts, fears, cravings and even physical ailments.
In 1980, Dr Roger Callahan was working with a patient who suffered from an intense water phobia. She suffered from frequent headaches and terrifying nightmares, both of which were related to her fear of water. The patient sought help using conventional psychotherapy but had no improvement
Dr Callahan had tried to help using conventional psychotherapy but had made no improvement either. Until one day, he stepped outside the normal boundaries of psychotherapy.
He had been studying the body’s energy system and decided to tap under his patient’s eyes. To his astonishment she announced that her phobia had gone. She raced to a nearby swimming pool and began throwing water into her face. No fear, no headaches, it all went away ... including the nightmares and it has never returned.
Results like these are common place with EFT. The forerunner in the field of Emotional Freedom Technique is an engineer called Gary Craig. He explains the background science of his theory on his website ..... HERE
I personally use a version developed by Dr Patricia Carrington, a clinical professor of psychiatry, author of over 35 research papers in professional journals and of four leading books in stress management and the self development field.
Dr Carrington has taken E.F.T an interesting step further with a system she calls 'Choices'. Her approach customises EFT so that you can use it for your own personal growth in a much more targeted way and I would personally urge anyone to take a closer look at her work.
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