WHAT ON EARTH IS THIS "ENERGY STUFF"?

Briefly, the Energy Therapies that comprise Quantum Flow Bioenergetics are based upon the same energy patterns in the body utilized in accupuncture. Instead of using needles to access these energy patterns, we can self-treat a variety of thought disorders (fear, anger, sadness & traumas) and even physical dysfunctions by tapping or holding a precise sequence of these accupuncture points. It's not important that you know accupuncture or accupressure, just that you memorize a simple series of spots on your body and how to use them. Easy!

One of the most popular and easily learned of these methods is "Emotional Freedom Technique" or EFT, which was discovered by Stanford Engineer Gary Craig, in concert with psychiatrist Dr. Roger Callahan. For a much more comprehensive explanation of the history of such techniques and more about what they entail, please click here.

THE EFT "DISCOVERY" STATEMENT

Craig and Callahan discovered that "The cause of all negative emotions is a disruption in the body's energy system" We balance the body?s energy in EFT by holding the negative emotion or situation in mind using a specific affirmation, while simultaneously tapping a sequence of powerful pressure points. This releases energy and allows those negative emotions to dissolve. The body's own natural healing and equilibrium system can then go to work restoring balance and functionality to the individual. You can also use this same tapping sequence in a slightly different way to program in exactly the kind of future you desire. Freed from emotional blockages and with new tools to create your best life, you can be effortlessly successful!

PROCEDURAL NOTE

EFT is accomplished by first identifying and setting into memory the specific problem you wish to treat, then either rubbing the "Sore Spot" (see model below) -OR- tapping on the "Karate Chop" spot to make sure no part of you covertly wishes to keep your problem. Once that part is out of the picture, your tapping will be much more successful.

This "devil's advocate" part of you may get some benefit from your having the problem and is working to keep it is is technically referred to as "psychological reversal" or in EFT-speak, "PR". The part we're trying to get out of the way is that internal saboteur that urges you to "Go on, have a slice of cake - just this once...!" while your real goal might be to refrain from empty calories or avoid eating sugar. Rubbing the Sore Spot OR tapping the Karate Chop point while saying the EFT Setup phrase effects a PR correction that puts this "saboteur" part of yourself to sleep while you perform the rest of the EFT routine.

Below is a model showing the specific EFT accupoints that you will be tapping on. Of these, the "Sore Spot" on your upper chest represents a general area rather than one specific, tiny point - your own particular Sore Spot may be a little above, below or to one side.

Feel gently around your upper chest (usually a hand's width above the nipple) until you hit a tender area - that will be your Sore Spot. As with most of the EFT accupoints, the Sore Spot exists bi-laterally, on either side of the body, and the Sore Spot on either side may be used. If you cannot find your Sore Spot, you may tap on the Karate Chop point instead. The Sore Spot however, tends to be much more powerful. The effects of making this PR correction using the Sore Spot generally last from twenty to thirty minutes - much more time than you will actually need.

EFT IN A NUTSHELL - "Here's How!"

Memorize The Basic Recipe, below. Aim it at any emotional, physical or spiritual problem by customizing it with an appropriate Setup affirmation and Reminder Phrase (below). Where necessary, be persistent until all aspects of the problem have vanished.

To Ensure Success...just remember, “If Necessity is the mother of Invention, then SPECIFICITY is the mother of Success” ? in all things as well as EFT! Be VERY SPECIFIC in terms of actual incidents you?re tapping on. Tapping on ?my sadness when Dad didn?t come home for two days?, then ?my fear when Dad didn?t come home?, "seeing Dad's empty chair at dinner" is much more effective than tapping on a ?global feeling of anxiety due to abandonment?. Separate emotions or "scenes" of incidents that happened to you require separate tapping sessions to completely dissolve. Treat all the separate incidents and emotions you can find and with persistence, the negativity surrounding your central issue will come tumbling down! Memorize the tapping points below, and then begin the Basic Recipe.

Note on Abbreviations
The letters and numbers to the sides of each point refer to the accupuncture meridian and the number of the point on the meridian. "Side of Eye" for instance, is Gallbladder Meridian, point #1. The Collarbone point/s are the twenty-seventh points on the Kidney Meridian. I include this information for students of accupuncture and accupressure - it is not strictly necessary for you to know the names and numbers of the points along the meridians, just the places on your body that you will be tapping.

THE BASIC EFT "RECIPE"

1. The Treatment Setup - We use a very specific affirmation to begin our EFT work. Once you have a very specific incident, symptom or other problem in mind that you'd like to apply EFT to, you will plug it into this affirmation:

"Even though I have this ( fill in the blank with your SPECIFIC fear, pain, frustration, anxiety, physical symptom, etc?), I DEEPLY and COMPLETELY ACCEPT myself."

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Do you realize how little we tell ourselves that even with all our problems, we accept
ourselves anyway? Even if you don't believe it initially, this statement will have a
powerful, positive impact upon your relaxation and wellbeing - I promise!

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Go on and fill in your own words to describe what you're working on but make them as simple as possible. For instance: "Even Though I have this miserable migraine headache, I deeply and completely accept myself" Say this phrase THREE TIMES while continuously rubbing the Sore Spot OR (if you can't find your Sore Spot) while tapping the ?Karate Chop? point on the outside edge of either palm. This neutralizes any small part of yourself that may, for whatever reasons, wish to keep you in that negative emotion, situation or feeling and is also known as the "PR Correction" (see above)

Tapping the Karate Chop point works almost as well as rubbing the Sore Spot to neutralise these "internal saboteurs", and can be helpful for those who can?t find their Sore Spot or who?ve rubbed it so much that the ?sore? has gone away. This treatment setup corrects for any part of you that may be invested in keeping the negativity for whatever reason, allowing you to perform the EFT process successfully.

2. SUDS - Not soapsuds, but Subjective Units of Distress. Before you begin the tapping sequence rate your SUDS, or the strength and intensity of the emotions you're dealing with by using the scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the worst it could get and 1 being almost completely gone. Write this number down, you'll be looking at your progress later on by referring to it. EFT is so effective that people often forget how upset they were after tapping - we call this the "Apex Problem" - so do write your SUDS numbers down! Noting them in a journal is a good way of seeing how far you've come and testing your results.

3. The Sequence (first set) - The part that you filled in for The Setup phrase (eg; "this headache") becomes your Reminder Phrase to use while tapping. As an example, for The Setup "Even though I have this headache, I DEEPLY and COMPLETELY accept myself", the Reminder Phrase would be "this headache". To start the sequence, tap 5 - 7 times on each of the following energy points while repeating your Reminder Phrase at each point: (refer to the diagram above)

1st Set Tapping Points: Crown, 3rd eye, Eyebrow, Side of Eye, Under Eye, Under Nose, Chin, Collar Bone, Under Arm

4. The Sequence (second set) - Tap about 7 times on each of the following energy points while repeating your customized Reminder Phrase at each point. Two sets make one round and it doesn't matter which side you start on.

2nd Set Tapping Points: Crown, 3rd Eye, Eyebrow, Side of Eye, Under Eye, Under Nose, Chin, Collar Bone, Under Arm

Take your SUDS rating again, after each round of two sets. Observe your SUDS move down, down, down…

***IF you are not getting anywhere after three sets of two tapping rounds
each, add The 9 Gamut Procedure below, if you need to

5) Long-form EFT & The 9 Gamut Procedure - If you aren?t making much headway with EFT and your issue doesn?t seem to be moving, use this process which ?ping-pongs? the new instructions deeply into your mind. How does this work? Humming engages the right side of your brain, counting engages the left brain, and the eye movements synch the two hemispheres together in working towards your goal. There is also evidence to suggest that we encode negative experiences in the brain by what position our eyes were in as they happened. Since we don't know where that was, a thorough scanning of the eyes around a circle in the Nine-Gamut helps lift this coding out of our system.

To do Long-Form EFT, add the finger tips to the first round of your tapping routine, tapping on the outside edge of the finger near the nail while repeating your Reminder Phrase, on the thumb, forefinger, middle finger and little finger, then on the karate chop point. From the Karate Chop, proceed to the Nine Gamut Procedure:

The Nine Gamut Procedure

Tap continuously on your "Brain Balancer" or Gamut Point. This point is located on the back of your hand between the little finger and ring finger, half an inch towards your wrist you can feel the ?v? of the pinky and ring finger bones come together, and a slight depression at this point. Keeping your head faced straight forward, tap on the Gamut Point as you:

(1) Close Eyes
(2) Open Eyes
(3) Eyes look hard down on the floor, to your right
(4) Eyes look hard down on the floor to the left
(5) Roll your eyes in a complete circle, going right or left, doesn't matter
(6) Roll eyes in a circle in the other direction
(7) Hum (don?t sing words) 5 seconds of a song ? a simple ?do-re-mi? scale is suggested
(8) Count to 5
(9) Hum (don't sing) 5 seconds of a song

Stop tapping on the Gamut Point, take a deep breath in and out. This is the end of your First Round. Take your SUDS rating and note whether it went down or not. Write down your number. Go back and do a second round without the Nine-Gamut to comprise a set. Rate your SUDS again. Keep going until your SUDS is at a zero.

...Breathe deeply between sets to continue deep movement of the energy...

Speed EFT: To erase negative emotions faster, tap down the body from crown point down to the armpit, then back up the body from armpit back up to the crown. Go up and down several times, until you feel the need to take a deep breath, sense a deep relaxation, sigh, stretch, or in other ways feel the energy shifting. Take your SUDS again and note how your emotions have changed.

Subsequent Round Adjustments: Sometimes it takes more than a few rounds of tapping to release your emotions around an incident. In subsequent rounds, The Setup affirmation and the Reminder Phrase are adjusted to reflect that you are addressing the remaining problem. Example: ?Even thought I have THIS REMAINING headache (pain, thought, fear, or whatever you're working on)...? Then also adjust the Reminder Phrase ?this REMAINING headache ?this remaining headache?? as you tap.

A Note On The Art of Delivery: In the model above, points on both sides of the body have been highlighted. While either side is valid to tap on, most advanced practitioners currently practicing EFT tap on both eyebrow, side eye and under eye points at the same time, then tap the upper lip and chin simultaneously, followed by both collarbone points and both underarm points, then the points on either hand, if doing long-form EFT.

Final Note & Disclaimer: I am not a medical practitioner or licensed psychotherapist and cannot advise you on diagnosis or treatment - that is up to you and your healthcare providers. On the other hand, many people including myself can attest to the efficacy of EFT in helping reduce or eliminate symptoms. In addition to following your regular medical or psychological treatment, try EFT on everything that gives you pain, negative emotions or trauma. As inventor Gary Craig says, ?Keep tapping, every day, on everything? To read case studies of people who have successfully dealt with serious mental, emotional and medical conditions using EFT, click here.

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Get more information at the Original EFT website, including in-depth
treatment articles, email lists, low-cost tutorial CDs, videos and the
Free original EFT manual, here at: www.emofree.com

Thanks and kudos go to our lovely EFT Model, LifeCoach Gwyneth Anne Freedman. Gwyneth Anne is a coach for expatriates settling into new cultural environments and people seeking balance in their lives. I've coached Gwyneth Anne and recommend her services highly. You can contact her and find out more here

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