Emotional Freedom Tapping

 

What is Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)?  EFT is a quick and simple method that has been clinically proven to eliminate stress and emotional issues in minutes. Also known as “tapping,” EFT combines basic principles of psychology with the ancient Chinese medical practice of acupressure. The concept tapping acupressure points was discovered by a cognitive psychologist by the name of Dr. Roger Callahan.  The streamlined version from Dr.Callahan's more complex process called EFT was developed by Gary Craig in 1981.

EFT works by tapping on specific acupressure points on the body while tuning into an emotion or issue to reduce the intensity of traumatic memories, conquer phobias, anxiety, stress, compulsions, addictions, food cravings, physical pain, mental blockages, and many other issues that are influenced by our minds, and to bring our system back into balance. Everyone has experienced at least one of the above issues growing up. For the lucky ones, the incidents were rare and mild, but for others early experiences were much more traumatic, possibly including violence, deprivation or abuse. Most of us fall somewhere between those two extremes.

 

Over the years, we build up a toxic load of energy blockages (trapped unconscious or semi-conscious memories), and develop unconscious beliefs, coping strategies and behaviors, such as addictions, based upon them. You’ve heard people say that they feel blocked but they cannot put their finger on the problem. Some refer to those blockages as engrams.

According to Encarta Dictionary (English-NorthAmerica), an engram is:

“a hypothetical physical impression made in neural tissue by a mental stimulus, once regarded as an explanation of the persistence of memory”

 

They are a certain points and experiences in your past that are frozen in time. If your system was unable to process some sort of trauma experienced by a younger self, it remains trapped within your consciousness as an engram.

These engrams become activate when a similar stimulus to the original incident happens. Your reactive mind takes over and you act in a way that you may not have intended based on stimulus-response. In addition, until there is resolution to the issue by removing the charge from the memory, a specific issue may manifest in some kind of addictive behavior like binge eating, cravings, drinking, compulsive shopping, or reliance on drugs.

 

--more to come on tapping