When you’re ready to give eft a try, follow these simple steps. 1. Get comfortable. You can tap while sitting, lying down, standing, showering — Yates occasionally taps even while jogging. I prefer to sit in a chair, straight-backed. 2. Tune into the problem. Determine what’s hurting or bugging you and evaluate the intensity of the bad feeling or trouble by rating it on a scale of one to 10, with 10 being most intense and one being the least. Focus on the problem, hurt or negative feeling. Yates says identifying the problem is essential to clearing it out. “It’s like cleaning up the mess in the sink. You can’t clean it up if you can’t see it.” 3. Develop a set-up statement. Once you’ve identified the pain, stress or trouble, declare it with a set-up statement that identifies the challenge and provides support. Phrase your set-up statement like one of these: “Even though I have this (state problem here), I choose to love and accept myself.” “Even though I feel this pain in my back, I deeply and completely love and accept myself.” “Even though I feel stressed about money, I choose to deeply love and accept myself.” 4. Repeat the set-up statement while using your first three fingers to lightly tap on the side of your palm or the “karate-chop point.” Tap forcefully enough to feel the pressure, but not so hard that you hurt or bruise. 5. Tap on the karate-chop point for several seconds while focusing on the problem and repeat the set-up statement three or four times. For example, to tap through a feeling of stress, begin tapping on the karate-chop point and say: “Even though I feel stressed and upset over the things going on in my life, I deeply and completely love and accept myself.” 6. Begin tapping on other meridians. After repeating the set-up statement and tapping along the side of the hand, tap on these other points while repeating the set-up statement or a related phrase. Eyebrow: At the edge of the eye where the brow begins. Side of the eye: At the end of the brow, near the temple but not on it. Below the eye: On the upper cheek Below the nose Below the lower lip: Just above the chin. Collar bone: About 1 ½ inches to the side of the notch in your sternum Under arm: Just below the arm pit. Top of the head. Some practitioners forego the top of the head point and others tap along additional meridians, but these are the basic points routinely used by most. Once you become familiar with these you can decide whether to add in others, as described in the resources included with this article or in the plethora of EFT materials now available online or in bookstores. 7. Go through the full cycle several times, tapping each point seven to 10 times while repeating the set-up statement. As you tap, and as the energy blockages began to move, you may change, shorten or adapt the phrase you’re repeating to a simple reminder statement. For example, “Even though I feel stressed about money, I choose to love and accept myself,” may transform to “This stress I’m feeling about money.” Or, “All of this stress I feel.” 8. Reevaluate. Once you’ve completed the tapping cycle a couple of times, evaluate your pain or stress or problem again on a scale of one to 10. If you feel relieved or more comfortable, you may choose to end the tapping session. If you still feel some discomfort, keep going. 9. Don’t worry about doing it right. Just get going, Yates says. The practice of EFT is forgiving and effective whether your set-up statement is phrased perfectly, or you tap exactly seven times on a pressure point. It’s a practice. As you become more familiar with the practice it gets easier to do and you will develop a comfortable rhythm that works for you.
Posted on: Sun, 02 Feb 2014 06:35:30 +0000
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