What is EFT?
EFT is an emotional acupressure technique that utilizes meridian energy points across the body to 'discharge' past emotional trauma. While the concept itself may seem dubious, it has consistently demonstrated such amazing results that many psychiatrists and doctors have begun utilizing it as a part of their healing arsenal. What makes it particularly noteworthy is its high success rate for phobias and anxiety. EFT has been said to work where often nothing else will.
Possibly the best thing about this technique is the fact that anyone can do it, there are no expensive methodologies or drugs involved and the training materials are free. Anyone with even a passing interest and an issue to tackle can try it out for themselves to see if it works. A majority of people experience noticeable results and improvement with their first attempt.
How does it work?
The 78-page manual available for order online covers the history and theoretic aspects of the process and why it works. The technique itself is defined in only two pages and consists of:
- Actively imagining the issue
- Rating the 'discomfort' on a scale of one to ten.
- Massaging a lymph area of the body just below the collarbone (this is said to clear emotional blockage) while repeating a positive mantra;
- Tapping specific points along your body with two fingers, and a specialized technique which activates and incorporates left and right brain activity.
Treatment begins either as a solitary prospect or between a practitioner and client. Issues which are typically addressed can include:
- Anxieties
- Phobias
- Depression
- Addiction
- Smoking
- Weight Loss
In a relaxed manner, the client is advised to imagine the problem and fully experience the emotions associated with the issue. When a crescendo of emotion is obtained, the client is asked to rate the feeling, and then the tapping process begins.
After the initial session, the client is asked to again rate the feeling associated with the issue. Further cycles of tapping and recall are initiated by the practioner in order to bring all associated issues to light. After successive rounds of treatment, the majority of the time the emotional/physical response is either greatly reduced or is no longer present at all.
EFT has been used successfully to treat phobias, repressed anger, addictions, weight loss and insomnia without medication or expensive clinical visits, which has made it a boon among the holistic and alternative medicine community.
Further Links and Resources
EFT Free Manual
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