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EFT and the Body
In EFT we are accessing the energy of the body in order to bring about physical and emotional changes.
Energy medicine – of any kind – has a physical effect.
Think about it: What is the “big bang” that physicists tell us created the universe, other than an explosion of energy, resulting finally in space and matter. The connection between energy and matter is all around us. In the turning of the seasons, the natural world reacts to the change of energy by growing, maturing, bearing fruit, withdrawing and dying, only to begin again in Spring the following year; the life of a human being reflects this change in energy – the process of growing, maturing, creating relationships, working, retiring and old age follows the energy of the cycle of life reflected in the natural world; astrophysicists tell us that even such a powerful statement of energy in the universe as a star has a cycle of life in which it is formed, grows, matures and dies.
The Eastern traditions demonstrate to us that we are more than just matter – we are a bundle of energy streams, whether these be meridians, chakras, doshas or some other model of the flow of energy within the human body. These energy streams affect every aspect of our lives: the physical, mental/emotional and spiritual aspects of our own bodies and the way we experience the world. These energy streams are accessed through acupuncture, yoga, diet, meditation and spiritual practices and they have a physical effect. Even the UK National Health Service recognises that acupuncture is effective for pain relief.
In his book “Love, Medicine and Miracles” Dr Bernie Segal mentions a person with Multiple Personality Disorder. When the personalities changed, so did physical aspects of the body: one personality had blue eyes, while another had brown eyes; one personality was diabetic, while the others were not. Whichever energy was emphasised in the manifestation of the different personalities, the results were measurable physical differences in the body.
If we were to have a heart attack, the doctors in the hospital would give us an electric shock to get our heart beating again. Electricity is a form of energy. Passing electrical energy through the heart when it has stopped has a physical effect: the heart starts beating again.
The discovery statement in EFT is “the cause of all negative emotion is a disruption in the energy system”. With EFT we are accessing the cause of the problem – a disruption in the energy field – by addressing the emotional energy charge associated with specific events in our lives.
When we are afraid, our hearts pound and our hands sweat, we might shake and suddenly, because of all the adrenalin rushing around our bodies, we feel full of physical power to run or fight, or our energy might drain away in a “play dead” response. Just like a lightning strike leaves a measurable change on the landscape – a burnt and deadened tree, for example – fear leaves a measurable change on the landscape of our lives. So, for example, if your brother chased you around the garden with a plastic spider when you were 6 years old and, in trying to escape him, you ran into a real spider’s web with a big spider at the centre of it, it may be that you have a physical and emotional response –terror - every time you see or even think of a spider: a spider phobia that affects the rest of your life. Although the original trauma with the spider happened when you were 6 years old, the rest of your life is affected by the phobia with its roots in that one incident.
Equally, pain, for example, can be a response to a difficult time in our lives. Something as simple as picking up an item dropped on the floor, which most times would be nothing, may, because of tension in our body, result in a pulled muscle, a slipped disk or any one of a myriad of related back issues, which may or may not be curable by mainstream medicine.
As an EFT practitioner, my first question is always: What was happening in your life when this problem first started?
It is the tension created in the body by what is going on in the energy system that results in so many physical challenges. So, for example, someone with back pain might come to me for an EFT session for pain management – generally having tried everything else! – and be disconcerted by questions about when the pain started and what was happening in their lives at that time.
The connection between the physical, emotional and the energetic is often a total surprise to clients. They are feeling depressed now because of the pain, frustrated now because the pain prevents them doing what they want, angry now because they feel their body has betrayed them. However, in examining what was happening when the problem first started, we might find that a relationship broke down; they had to “shoulder” extra responsibilities; they were forced to retire; or the children left home and they suddenly had no focus to their life. The emotional “charge” created by those situations – or other changes in life - is the disruption in the energy field that manifests in pain.
When I support a client through the specific events leading up to the manifestation of the pain, tapping out the emotional charges as we go, there is often a profound and rapid change in the level of experienced pain – in fact, I will use the level of pain as a measure of how the session is going. If there is no change, then I will interpret that as an indication that some further digging needs to be done: “What did that situation remind you of?”, for example. Any increase in the pain level might indicate a different aspect rising to the surface: “It’s not so much the spider itself, but the way the web felt on my face”. A decrease in the level of pain is an indicator that we are on the right track and the energetic charge is being released.
As the session progresses, the client will often express amazement at how much better they feel on every level: “It’s like a weight has been lifted”
At the end of the session, I note a distinct change in the colour and tone of the client’s face, a spring in their step as freed energy moves into harmony and coherence and/or a difference in the client’s posture reflecting the release of long held tension.
To find out more or talk about how an EFT session with me can help you, you can find my phone number here, together with email contact details – or you can book a session with me here.
Energy medicine – of any kind – has a physical effect.
Think about it: What is the “big bang” that physicists tell us created the universe, other than an explosion of energy, resulting finally in space and matter. The connection between energy and matter is all around us. In the turning of the seasons, the natural world reacts to the change of energy by growing, maturing, bearing fruit, withdrawing and dying, only to begin again in Spring the following year; the life of a human being reflects this change in energy – the process of growing, maturing, creating relationships, working, retiring and old age follows the energy of the cycle of life reflected in the natural world; astrophysicists tell us that even such a powerful statement of energy in the universe as a star has a cycle of life in which it is formed, grows, matures and dies.
The Eastern traditions demonstrate to us that we are more than just matter – we are a bundle of energy streams, whether these be meridians, chakras, doshas or some other model of the flow of energy within the human body. These energy streams affect every aspect of our lives: the physical, mental/emotional and spiritual aspects of our own bodies and the way we experience the world. These energy streams are accessed through acupuncture, yoga, diet, meditation and spiritual practices and they have a physical effect. Even the UK National Health Service recognises that acupuncture is effective for pain relief.
In his book “Love, Medicine and Miracles” Dr Bernie Segal mentions a person with Multiple Personality Disorder. When the personalities changed, so did physical aspects of the body: one personality had blue eyes, while another had brown eyes; one personality was diabetic, while the others were not. Whichever energy was emphasised in the manifestation of the different personalities, the results were measurable physical differences in the body.
If we were to have a heart attack, the doctors in the hospital would give us an electric shock to get our heart beating again. Electricity is a form of energy. Passing electrical energy through the heart when it has stopped has a physical effect: the heart starts beating again.
The discovery statement in EFT is “the cause of all negative emotion is a disruption in the energy system”. With EFT we are accessing the cause of the problem – a disruption in the energy field – by addressing the emotional energy charge associated with specific events in our lives.
When we are afraid, our hearts pound and our hands sweat, we might shake and suddenly, because of all the adrenalin rushing around our bodies, we feel full of physical power to run or fight, or our energy might drain away in a “play dead” response. Just like a lightning strike leaves a measurable change on the landscape – a burnt and deadened tree, for example – fear leaves a measurable change on the landscape of our lives. So, for example, if your brother chased you around the garden with a plastic spider when you were 6 years old and, in trying to escape him, you ran into a real spider’s web with a big spider at the centre of it, it may be that you have a physical and emotional response –terror - every time you see or even think of a spider: a spider phobia that affects the rest of your life. Although the original trauma with the spider happened when you were 6 years old, the rest of your life is affected by the phobia with its roots in that one incident.
Equally, pain, for example, can be a response to a difficult time in our lives. Something as simple as picking up an item dropped on the floor, which most times would be nothing, may, because of tension in our body, result in a pulled muscle, a slipped disk or any one of a myriad of related back issues, which may or may not be curable by mainstream medicine.
As an EFT practitioner, my first question is always: What was happening in your life when this problem first started?
It is the tension created in the body by what is going on in the energy system that results in so many physical challenges. So, for example, someone with back pain might come to me for an EFT session for pain management – generally having tried everything else! – and be disconcerted by questions about when the pain started and what was happening in their lives at that time.
The connection between the physical, emotional and the energetic is often a total surprise to clients. They are feeling depressed now because of the pain, frustrated now because the pain prevents them doing what they want, angry now because they feel their body has betrayed them. However, in examining what was happening when the problem first started, we might find that a relationship broke down; they had to “shoulder” extra responsibilities; they were forced to retire; or the children left home and they suddenly had no focus to their life. The emotional “charge” created by those situations – or other changes in life - is the disruption in the energy field that manifests in pain.
When I support a client through the specific events leading up to the manifestation of the pain, tapping out the emotional charges as we go, there is often a profound and rapid change in the level of experienced pain – in fact, I will use the level of pain as a measure of how the session is going. If there is no change, then I will interpret that as an indication that some further digging needs to be done: “What did that situation remind you of?”, for example. Any increase in the pain level might indicate a different aspect rising to the surface: “It’s not so much the spider itself, but the way the web felt on my face”. A decrease in the level of pain is an indicator that we are on the right track and the energetic charge is being released.
As the session progresses, the client will often express amazement at how much better they feel on every level: “It’s like a weight has been lifted”
At the end of the session, I note a distinct change in the colour and tone of the client’s face, a spring in their step as freed energy moves into harmony and coherence and/or a difference in the client’s posture reflecting the release of long held tension.
To find out more or talk about how an EFT session with me can help you, you can find my phone number here, together with email contact details – or you can book a session with me here.
Saturday 6 March 2010
EFT for Cats
I have a confession: I am the crazy cat lady - and it’s not easy to do EFT for cats!
Direct tapping on any animal depends entirely on them and, particularly if they are sick or have an inappropriate behaviour, they can be less than happy to be tapped on. Being sick or having a behaviour you don’t like can be stressful both for people and for your pets.
The cats my family lives with are, luckily, very patient. The kitten in this video was glad to join in the tapping game, but you’ll note that the tapping was most effective when she was fully tuned into the behaviour.
Apologies in advance for the last segment of the video. I wanted to catch her at the right time, which of course was when the only equipment available was the webcam!
Enjoy!
Surrogate tapping for animals can be tricky – sometimes our own feelings about the problem get in the way. EFT for animals is a specialist area of EFT and both owner and pet can benefit greatly from the help of a qualified practitioner.
And if you feel you could benefit from some expert EFT help, you can contact me here to arrange an appointment in person, by phone or by skype internet video call.
Direct tapping on any animal depends entirely on them and, particularly if they are sick or have an inappropriate behaviour, they can be less than happy to be tapped on. Being sick or having a behaviour you don’t like can be stressful both for people and for your pets.
The cats my family lives with are, luckily, very patient. The kitten in this video was glad to join in the tapping game, but you’ll note that the tapping was most effective when she was fully tuned into the behaviour.
Apologies in advance for the last segment of the video. I wanted to catch her at the right time, which of course was when the only equipment available was the webcam!
Enjoy!
Surrogate tapping for animals can be tricky – sometimes our own feelings about the problem get in the way. EFT for animals is a specialist area of EFT and both owner and pet can benefit greatly from the help of a qualified practitioner.
And if you feel you could benefit from some expert EFT help, you can contact me here to arrange an appointment in person, by phone or by skype internet video call.
Sunday 21 February 2010
Clutter
We all have it. Whether it’s a drawer, a room, a garage or an attic, we all have varying amounts of stuff we don’t need, don’t use or don’t want stored in our homes somewhere. Every year there seems to be more of it, as if it is breeding in dark places and planning to take over the world. And of course, the more there is of it, the more daunting it is to do something about.
As a child growing up in my parents’ house, I can remember my mother demanding “take your clutter away!” on more than one occasion. I didn’t understand why she called it clutter – it was, at various times, my precious toys, magazines, makeup, school books, letters or other things that were of value to me, placed on the sideboard or in the sitting room “just for now” until I took it up to my room or dealt with it or – gasp! – threw it away (of which more later).
It was, of course, a matter of perception. From my point of view, these things were useful or transient. From my mother’s point of view, it was just stuff gathering dust and making the place look untidy.
- Even though my mother sees things differently to me, I deeply and completely love and accept myself
- Even though my mother treats my things – and by extension, me - with contempt, I deeply and completely love and accept myself
- Even though my stuff is precious to me and she doesn’t understand, I deeply and completely love and accept myself
Do you note that part of the setup statement: “my stuff is precious to me”? We tend to use the same word – “stuff” – to mean both our possessions and our history. This is no accident – as we move through life we collect stuff. Stuff that reminds us of our history. Sometimes it’s a present from someone we care about, or something fashionable in the 70s but now … not so much, or a replacement for something that still works, but is no longer really necessary – anyone who has owned a computer for more than 10 years has old monitors stored somewhere, for example, replaced by a flat screen that takes up far less room. Those old monitors may, after all, come in useful some day. Or a jumper “borrowed” from an old boyfriend and never returned, or a hideous gift from an aged relative we don’t want to offend.
Clutter is the physical manifestation of our history. Our history is precious to us and without it we wouldn’t be who we are. No wonder the number 1 obstacle to growing and getting past our issues is that we won’t know who we are if we change.
- Even though I won’t know who I am if I change, I deeply and completely love and accept myself
- Even though it’s scary to let go of [this issue], I deeply and completely love and accept myself and who I am
- Even though it’s true that I might be different if I change, it’s also true that I might be happier and I’m willing to be open to feeling happier and free
A Clutter Visualisation
Close your eyes. Imagine yourself surrounded by all your possessions, attached to each one of them by a piece of rope. Some of it is in suitcases, some of it is in huge trunks and bags and some of it is just little bits out by themselves. Really feel all that stuff tied to you. How do you feel? Now, try to move forward. Is it easy? Or is it really hard? Do you have to turn, gather the ropes in your hands and have to haul all that stuff with you?
This is where you are now, with your back to the future, your face to all that stuff, unable to move forward because of all the stuff holding you back and taking all your attention.
Now, imagine you find in your hands a large pair of sharp scissors or a sword if you like. Cut all those ties to the past, the scissors or sword easily slicing through the ropes attaching you to your past.
Now turn and move forward. Feel how much easier that is, the lightness, freedom and peace you can feel while taking your steps into your own future with nothing holding you back.
You are still you. The difference is that you are free of dragging all that stuff with you.
Take a breath, open your eyes and try to bring that feeling with you into the rest of your day.
Endnote
This is how EFT works – it facilitates the release of attachments to the past and frees you to be more yourself and less your stuff.
Today, 21st February 2010 is the first day of the World Tapping Summit – 10 days of EFT online presentations by various EFT personalities from different countries. I urge you to sign up for this free event.
And if you need some expert EFT help, you can contact me here for an appointment in person, by phone or by skype internet video call.
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