Guest guest Posted April 20, 2000 Report Share Posted April 20, 2000 Abs: You'll have to let me try some of the techniques before I can answer this intelligently, but it seems as though they would be useful in the same way as EMDR or TAT. For people who do counselling, I expect this might prove a new angle for working with " stuck " emotions. Arabella McIntyre-Brown wrote: > > Hi, Crow > > I've spent the last couple of hours looking at Gary Craig's site ... > sounds fascinating, and I'm sorely tempted to buy the course. > > What do you know of it? Is EFT as good as he reckons it is, or is it > another disappointing marketing exercise? It sounds as though it could > be a wonderful additional tool for bodyworkers. What do you reckon? > > Arabella > > -- Blessings, Crow " Look for Rainbows in the Darkness " -- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 4, 2000 Report Share Posted May 4, 2000 hello caroline can you tell me what are EMDR or TAT thank you brigitte - Caroline Abreu <crow Thursday, April 20, 2000 5:38 PM Re: EFT > Abs: > > You'll have to let me try some of the techniques before I can answer this > intelligently, but it seems as though they would be useful in the same way as > EMDR or TAT. For people who do counselling, I expect this might prove a new > angle for working with " stuck " emotions. > > Arabella McIntyre-Brown wrote: > > > > Hi, Crow > > > > I've spent the last couple of hours looking at Gary Craig's site ... > > sounds fascinating, and I'm sorely tempted to buy the course. > > > > What do you know of it? Is EFT as good as he reckons it is, or is it > > another disappointing marketing exercise? It sounds as though it could > > be a wonderful additional tool for bodyworkers. What do you reckon? > > > > Arabella > > > > -- > Blessings, > Crow > " Look for Rainbows in the Darkness " > -- > > ------ > Your high school sweetheart-where is he now? With 4.4 million alumni > already registered at Classmates.com, there's a good chance you'll > find her here. Visit your online high school class reunion at: > http://click./1/3139/3/_/148494/_/956245250/ > ------ > > **************************************** > Visit the community page at > To from , send an email to - > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 5, 2000 Report Share Posted May 5, 2000 Hi Brigitte: There is someone here who can give you more and better information about EMDR; it is a technique for releasing fixed thought patterns through eye movement desensitization. It is a little complicated. TAT (Tapas Accupressure Technique), on the other hand, is very simple; I took the class last weekend and it is very easy, although it can have profound effects. Like EFT, you do it on yourself or teach your clients to do it on themselves (although you can also work on pets and children). You can read a little about it at http://www.tat-intl.com All of these techniques seem to be good for use on self and with the facilitation of a counselor. If I did not have any counseling background I would be reluctant to use these techniques with my clients, as they do require them to focus on charged issues and situations and explore how they feel before and after. bdz wrote: > > hello caroline > can you tell me what are EMDR or TAT > thank you > brigitte > - > Caroline Abreu <crow > > Thursday, April 20, 2000 5:38 PM > Re: EFT > > > Abs: > > > > You'll have to let me try some of the techniques before I can answer this > > intelligently, but it seems as though they would be useful in the same way > as > > EMDR or TAT. For people who do counselling, I expect this might prove a > new > > angle for working with " stuck " emotions. > > > > Arabella McIntyre-Brown wrote: > > > > > > Hi, Crow > > > > > > I've spent the last couple of hours looking at Gary Craig's site ... > > > sounds fascinating, and I'm sorely tempted to buy the course. > > > > > > What do you know of it? Is EFT as good as he reckons it is, or is it > > > another disappointing marketing exercise? It sounds as though it could > > > be a wonderful additional tool for bodyworkers. What do you reckon? > > > > > > Arabella > > > > > > -- Blessings, Crow " Look for Rainbows in the Darkness " -- --- Rev. Caroline Gutierrez Abreu, BS, RN, CHTP/I, CRMT, CH AIM: CaroCrow http://www.geocities.com/nrgbalance " We see things not as they are but as we are. " The Talmud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 17, 2000 Report Share Posted July 17, 2000 Some time ago someone posted a link to Gary Craig's site on Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT). I read, read more, followed more links, talked, watched and this weekend trained in EFT. It really is a remarkable tool for both bodyworkers and mindworkers (and bodymindworkers, come to that!). The main difficulty I've had (and still have, I confess) is understanding it and accepting its unexplained power. Even those who had a hand in inventing EFT, its fore-runners and followers-on, can't fully explain why it works - but who cares? It does work, in all sorts of amazing ways, to relieve physical and emotional pain, cure phobias, change limiting beliefs, reverse damage ... It can work in under two minutes, or take longer. Sometimes it doesn't work at all - just like every other medicine/therapy. But it works well enough and often enough to be worth a look. EFT: http://www.emofree.com/ BSFF: http://members.aol.com/eliums/bsff.html Enjoy the read! Arabella Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 17, 2000 Report Share Posted July 17, 2000 Hi Arabella and Everyone, I haven't taken the training in EFT but downloaded the manual and also got Larry Nims' manual for BSFF - fascinating work. Another along these same lines is TAT - Tapas Acupressure Technique...information to be found here: http://www.tat-intl.com/ What I found to be really interesting is the similarity between TAT and the Reiki Ryoho technique called Nentatsu-ho. (Though I've posted this on some other lists, it may be of interest to someone here.) They utilize the same " pose " and use of affirmations. I've combined the two (Reiki practitioners can let the energy flow while doing the work) and notice some powerful results from the work. The results have been pain relief (though temporary, continued work using the techniques lessens it more and more as the issues that are causal are eliminated). During the treatment, other issues come up and each can easily be worked on. Here is what I have been using (or instructing clients to use) for treating ourselves or our clients for physical pain, emotional disturbances such as anger, frustration, depression, feeling a victim, fear, etc., and of course we can work on the spiritual aspects: Place one palm across the forehead and the other one on the back of the head at occiput (If one is working on oneself, I find it might be easier to lie down..I know my arms ache after a while in this position...the hand at the back of the head is pretty comfortable when lying down and I just prop my other arm with pillows so it doesn't get tired in the forehead position). Say: *Even though I have this pain, (the word pain can be replaced by whatever issue one is working on - even though I am angry at my husband, even though I am terrified of spiders, etc., etc., etc.) I deeply and completely accept myself* Repeat this statement over and over for a couple of minutes or until you feel a shift, then do another statement to clear the origin of the experience, Say: *All origins of this (pain or whatever the issue) are healed now* ...or... *Thank you God for healing all origins of this (pain)* whatever statement along these lines that resonate with you. Do this for 1-2 minutes. Now clear the body/mind storage by : Say: *Wherever this has been a problem in my body, mind and life is healed now.* Do this for 1-2 minutes. You can also do the forgiveness statements...definitely the last one... *I forgive (whoever)for any harm they have caused me.* *I forgive myself for any harm I have caused myself.* When you are doing any one of the statements, memories may come up, or other issues may surface...make note of these and do the above using statements for those issues and clear them. It is sort of like " peeling an onion " . Arabella McIntyre-Brown wrote: > > Some time ago someone posted a link to Gary Craig's site on Emotional > Freedom Techniques (EFT). -- Janie Walk softly, Live gently ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Usui Reiki and Seichem Classes In person - New Jersey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2000 Report Share Posted July 18, 2000 Wow, Jane, thanks for that! I am going to teach a Level I Usui Reiki in Connecticut at the end of the month, and I believe I am going to be adding this to the reperatoire of " things you can do with Reiki " . I have been using TAT myself, and dabbling with EFT, but have never heard of Nentatsu-ho. What tradition of Reiki does it come from? Blessings, Crow " Look for Rainbows in the Darkness " Jane Berrigan wrote: > Hi Arabella and Everyone, > > I haven't taken the training in EFT but downloaded the manual and also > got Larry Nims' manual for BSFF - fascinating work. Another along these > same lines is TAT - Tapas Acupressure Technique...information to be > found here: http://www.tat-intl.com/ > > What I found to be really interesting is the similarity between TAT and > the Reiki Ryoho technique called Nentatsu-ho. (Though I've posted this > on some other lists, it may be of interest to someone here.) They > utilize the same " pose " and use of affirmations. I've combined the two > (Reiki practitioners can let the energy flow while doing the work) and > notice some powerful results from the work. The results have been pain > relief (though temporary, continued work using the techniques lessens it > more and more as the issues that are causal are eliminated). During the > treatment, other issues come up and each can easily be worked on. > > Here is what I have been using (or instructing clients to use) for > treating ourselves or our clients for physical pain, emotional > disturbances such as anger, frustration, depression, feeling a victim, > fear, etc., and of course we can work on the spiritual aspects: > > Place one palm across the forehead and the other one on the back of the > head at occiput (If one is working on oneself, I find it might be easier > to lie down..I know my arms ache after a while in this position...the > hand at the back of the head is pretty comfortable when lying down and I > just prop my other arm with pillows so it doesn't get tired in the > forehead position). > > Say: *Even though I have this pain, (the word pain can be replaced > by whatever issue one is working on - even though I am angry at > my husband, even though I am terrified of spiders, etc., etc., > etc.) > I deeply and completely accept myself* > > Repeat this statement over and over for a couple of minutes or until > you feel a shift, then > > do another statement to clear the origin of the experience, > > Say: *All origins of this (pain or whatever the issue) are healed now* > ...or... > *Thank you God for healing all origins of this (pain)* > > whatever statement along these lines that resonate with you. > Do this for 1-2 minutes. > > Now clear the body/mind storage by : > > Say: *Wherever this has been a problem in my body, > mind and life is healed now.* > > Do this for 1-2 minutes. > > You can also do the forgiveness statements...definitely the last > one... > *I forgive (whoever)for any harm they have caused me.* > *I forgive myself for any harm I have caused myself.* > > When you are doing any one of the statements, memories may come up, or > other issues may surface...make note of these and do the above using > statements for those issues and clear them. It is sort of like " peeling > an onion " . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2000 Report Share Posted July 18, 2000 Jane Berrigan wrote: >Here is what I have been using (or instructing clients to use) for >treating ourselves or our clients for physical pain, emotional >disturbances such as anger, frustration, depression, feeling a victim, >fear, etc., and of course we can work on the spiritual aspects: > >Place one palm across the forehead and the other one on the back of the >head at occiput (If one is working on oneself, I find it might be easier >to lie down..I know my arms ache after a while in this position...the >hand at the back of the head is pretty comfortable when lying down and I >just prop my other arm with pillows so it doesn't get tired in the >forehead position). Etc... Hi there, I just wanted to add my 2 cents... In " Brain Gym " (by Dr. Paul Dennison, see www.braingym.org), there is an exercise called " positive points " , where they make use of 2 acupuncture points on the forehead, following a procedure very similar to what you indicated. There is a setup (the PACE) that consists of 4 steps to ensure that you are balanced and apt to work on something, then there is the recall or evocation of the matter to work on and then there is a contact to be done on these 2 acupunture points, holding them until you feel " something " (ie, anything you can feel as indicative that you're done). While you are holding you can just stay still or evoke a " preferred scene " in your mind, like programming a new evolvement, a diferent outcome. The contacts can be done with your fingers or hands on your forefront or, in the same way than your procedure, with one hand on the forefront, and another on the back of the head. What i understand here is that when using one hand in front and the other at the back, we're combining two things (maybe more...): the touch on the acupuncture points on the forehead, and a contact from the postive to negative on the head, helping for a good energy circulation, boosting a better flow. I have seen many good results using this procedure, on myself and on others. What i was able to do with that was for example: (on the light side) waking up in a good mood, and one minute before the clock rings, and (on a more impresive side) being able to better my comunication and relation with my daughters (without a word or move from me, say making the programation at night and seeing my daughters joyfully enter my room when waking up...) and i keep hearing remarkable feats from my the people that attended the Brain Gym seminar with me. The important things in this exercise, by what i understood are: - setup (being sure that everything is in order to allow the reorganization to take place) - evocation (switching on the energies/neural paths related to the matter to be worked on) - positive programming (setting the *intention*, an all important thing) - instructing the body for reorganization and acceptance of new directions (contact on the acupunture points on the forehead) Brain Gyms exercises mainly follow this pattern. There are many of them, with precise contacts/movements oriented to diferent results (reading, thinking, overcoming, etc...). They are very powerful, and just like mentionned before, they just don't always work straight away, but that is a matter of addressing the right things rather than a problem in the technique(s) themselves. I don't have much practical experience with BG (Brain Gym) yet, but it has been quite impressive. I have brought an instructor from the US to Bolivia to have it taught at my daughter's school, to most teachers, and they report good results with their students in behavior and skills (BG is very oriented to the " learners " , to get optimal reading, writing, reasonning, etc... but goes way beyond), as well as with themselves in the same areas plus emotions, aches, and whatever they propose themselves to solve, in fact. We are just beginning to have meetings to share our experiences and keep building on it, because the few testimonies we each received occasionally were very good. So i recomend everybody to have a look on BG. Coming back to EFT, i have downloaded the book too and practiced it for a while. I didn't find myself that succesfull with it. That is, in my personal, short, not exhaustive nor serious experience, i have had better results with BG. Now that i've read about it again here, i might give it another try... Have a nice day everybody. Alain Gougeon La Paz, Bolivia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 8, 2000 Report Share Posted September 8, 2000 Hi Laurie, Just an aside...I mentioned my fear of driving to unknown places...well, I would rather have gone to jail for not going to jury duty than drive there...but the tapping took care of it. (I still have some of the fear, but now I can just tap for the different aspects of it.) The funny thing was, that I got there and after five minutes we were told the cases were put off, and we should just go home! Now tell me, does Spirit have a way of getting us interested in studying a therapy or what! I'm really glad that you mentioned it! And yes it does! Laurie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2000 Report Share Posted September 13, 2000 Hi, all - There's another free EFT manual by Christine Sutherland at www.lifeworks-group.com.au (look under " free EFT book " ), and Silvia Hartmann-Kent has a book, Adventures in EFT, available for a low cost as an e-book (in Word) at her site http://DragonRising.com which I think is wonderful, wonderful, wonderful (get the feeling I like the book?). EFT is based upon the premise that along with all painful thoughts, feelings, memories, experiences, there is a corresponding effect in the meridian system. Using certain affirmations and tuning into the painful thing, you can then tap on your own meridians to release the blockage or other effect, thus coming (amazingly fast!) into balance with whatever the stressor is. You can tap on yourself or on others or surrogate. You can tap, or hold and breathe, or rub, or even just imagine doing any of the above once you understand how to set it up. It can also work for physical pain as well as emotional, mental, spiritual pain. Since Roger Callahan first discovered this and called it TFT (Thought Field Therapy) and Gary Craig simplified it into EFT and made it available in a HUGE way to everyone, others are discovering more and more ways to work with it - that's what some of those other acronyms are - and they are wonderful. I am a psychotherapist and Reiki Master/Teacher, with YEARS of therapy and healing of all kinds in my own background, and in the last few months I've worked through some layers of deeply-buried viciously negative feelings about myself, and the experiences that led to those feelings whether I specifically remember them or not, using these techniques (worked on myself first before bringing it to clients). I'm amazed at their power and simplicity. Anyone can use them for themselves or clients of any kind, I think, once there's trust in the relationship (I take that back - I helped the clerk in the pet food store get rid of her daylong headache in about 4 minutes just the other day and we didn't know each other from Adam). What does it have to do with Reiki? Reiki isn't necessary for EFT, isn't part of it - but I am convinced that if you're tapping with little Reiki fingers you are adding the energy of Love to the healing. In Light, Noelle PS I'm lucky enough to be taking Gary Craig's in-person 2 day training 10 days from now (in addition to the videotapes etc which are great!) and will be taking TAT with Tapas Fleming in October so can report back more if people are interested.. The Jane recomended are also wonderful places to learn and ask questions - this stuff is so new that the world pioneers are pretty available and it's fascinating! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2000 Report Share Posted September 17, 2000 Hi Barbara I have used EFT and did training with Centerfor Enlightened partnership and am on Gary Craigs list It has helped me with procrastination, fear of being successful and even trauma issues. It is amazazing how it works. at Gary Craigs sitehttp://www,emofree.com you have all the information you could possibly need to start understanding it. He has case histories, video trains for certification and aplace for a fee to take test for the certification. I recommend his list highly It is not a discussion list he sends things and a terrific way of learning and geting ideas on particular case histories. Cathy Mcv1052 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 14, 2002 Report Share Posted March 14, 2002 Check out http://www.emofree.com Kate At 01:43 AM 3/14/02 +0000, you wrote: >Hello all: > >Could someone please tell me what EFT is? Sorry if this >seems like a silly question. BTW, I love Gary Zukov's >books! I too, would recommend them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2005 Report Share Posted April 24, 2005 --- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --- > anyway... when I do EFT on X (actually on me-for > X) and I do the eye roll, my eyes lock in many > different locations..I keep tapping and some of it > goes away, but not all. I must not be zeroing in on > the exact thing that is making them lock. > any suggestions? Do they lock when you do it on yourself? When I do EFT on someone I have them follow my finger because the eyes will naturally skip around ... that's why most speed reading courses will have you use your fingers. I also suggest holding your forehead neurovasculars while you hold your eyes in the six key positions ... both for yourself and surrogate. Then do the EFT. --Vince Rev. James Vinson Wingo, DD " The Huna Rebel " ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Visit ----> The HUNA STORE Online http://store.huna-ohana.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 19, 2006 Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 For depression & other emotional ailments. http://www.irishwolfhounds.org/eft.htm Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) EFT™ was the brainchild of Gary Craig, who went on a TFT™ (created by Roger Callahan) course and decided that there must be a simpler way to get results. That simpler way was EFT™ (or Emotional Freedom Technique) and it has since been modified and changed and added to by various practitioners. It is an ever-changing, ever-growing therapy that can have miraculous results on a wide range of disorders from phobias to backache. Gary Craig suggests that it should be tried on everything, and many people are doing just that and getting real breakthroughs. Gary Craig is most unusual, to my mind, in that he is happy for changes to be made to "his" therapy. He does not feel the need to guard it and prevent anyone from altering it; quite the opposite. He is not only constantly finding new ways himself of doing EFT™, but also delights in hearing about (and putting out to the world) new ways other people have found of using it. I have made minor changes myself to the EFT™ which is shown in the training tapes, adding tapping on the Liver Meridian (just below the ribcage at the waist), and on the Thyroid (Triple Heater) Meridian (point 4 on the hand) when not doing the procedure known as the 9 gamut, so that all the meridians are touched during the tapping routine. This therapy is a very forgiving one, though, and you do not need to worry about getting it absolutely right. Just try it on anything and everything. EFT™ is being used on animals quite extensively both by tapping directly on the animal and by using surrogate tapping; that is, tapping on a person in place of the animal. Sometimes the person will be touching the animal, sometimes the animal will not be in the room or could even be on the other side of the world. The basis of EFT™ is to determine an emotional or physical problem (for example, being afraid of thunder or having a painful hip joint) and to make a statement about this problem when starting the tapping routine. The statement might be "Katie, even though you are terrified of thunder, you can fully and completely accept yourself" (when tapping on the animal or on another person as a surrogate), or "Katie, even though you are terrified of thunder, I fully and completely love and accept you" (when tapping on the animal, or another person or yourself as the animal) or "I am Katie and even though I am terrified of thunder, I fully and completely accept myself" (while tapping on yourself for the animal), and the reason for the tapping - the fear of thunder in this case - is held in mind or stated aloud as each point is tapped, so you could say "Fear of thunder" as you tap each point. The circles on the drawing above denote the points to be tapped when using EFT™ directly on an animal. Touch the top of the skull or the point of the sternum (the front of the chest) while saying the set-up phrase (in the example given above this is Katie, even though you are terrified of thunder you can fully and completely accept yourself) Then as you tap each point say aloud a short form of the problem used in the set-up phrase (in this example it would be terrified of thunder) Start the tapping with the point between eye and ear, go on to the sternum, then in the angle at the back of the shoulder joint, on the ribcage, in the loin, and then to one side of the root of the tail. All but the point on the sternum are on both sides of the body. Many dogs actually prefer TAB (Touch and Breathe©), which entails holding a point while the dog breathes in and then out, and then moving on to the next point. It will be seen that the points for tapping on the dog do not correspond to the acupuncture points or the meridian system. This is because the energy system in the dog (and other animals) is different to that in humans, although the meridian system as it is in humans can be and is used in animals. This can be done because we create our own reality; in other words, what we believe is so, is so for us. An approximation of the energy system of animals is given below: There are three energy webs (the lines coloured in green, brown, and purple) that join a number of energy centres (the circles which are the same colour as their webs). There are energy centres in each paw which are linked to the Thoracic Exit and Heart Exit. The Heart Thymus governs the energy to the whole immune system. The Heart Exit centre has a parallel to the Heart chakra in humans. The Back Spine centre has a parallel to the human Crown centre. There is no Pituitary centre in the horse, but there is in all other animals. The blue around the body denotes the etheric body, which actually permeates the physical body as well as moving outside of it. In a healthy animal it reaches about an inch beyond the skin; in a sick animal it is tight to the body. The area shown as pink is the mental/emotional body, and the others (gold and blues) are the spiritual bodies, which stretch into infinity. This information is channelled. The tapping routine on a human for surrogate tapping for animals (or for working on themselves) is shown below: There are different ways of doing surrogate tapping for an animal, baby, or another person. For one way, you can be the animal/baby/person by saying "I am [name of animal/baby/ person]" and then using the set-up phrase, which in the example above was "Even though I am terrified of thunder, I fully and completely accept myself" while rubbing with the flat of your hand the area designated in the picture as for the sore spot. The set-up phrase should be said three times. Then start tapping on the designated points: 1 on the inner end of the eyebrow at the bridge of the nose; 2 on the outer end of the eyebrow on the bone of the eye socket; 3 under the eye on the cheekbone; 4 in the centre of the face between the nose and upper lip; 5 in the centre of the face in the dip of the chin; 6 on the front of the collarbone point at the base of the throat; 7 under the arm, about four inches down from the armpit and about in line with the bra strap in women and the nipple in men; 8 under the ribcage to the front of the body at the waistline. As you tap each point say (for this example) "Terrified of thunder" and tap each point about seven times. Or you can use Touch & Breathe and simply hold each point while taking a deep breath in and releasing it. Then go on to the points of the hand (see below).Or you can use as the set-up phrase "Even though Katie is terrified of thunder, I fully and completely love and accept her" and go on to do the tapping of the points in the same way as described for when you were being Katie. The first spot for tapping on the hand is on the side of the thumb nearest to you, at the base of the nail. The second spot is the same place on the first finger; the third the same place on the middle finger; the fourth the opposite side of the ring finger (I put this in only when I am leaving out the 9 gamut procedure, as it taps on the same meridian [the Thyroid] as at the gamut point); the fifth the side of the little finger nearest to you (the same spot as on the thumb and first two fingers), and the sixth the side of the hand below the base of the little finger - where you would make a karate chop with the side of the hand.The gamut point shown in the picture is in the dip between the bones on the back of the hand that run into the ring and little fingers. This is tapped during a procedure which is called the nine gamut and which involves looking straight ahead, then close the eyes, open the eyes, look hard down right, look hard down left (while keeping the head still), roll the eyes round in a complete circle one way, then roll the eyes round in a complete circle the opposite way, then hum the first few bars of a tune such as "Happy birthday", count 1 to 5, then hum the first few bars of the tune again. That is the end of the nine gamut.So, having finished the nine gamut, you then do another round of tapping starting with the inner end of the eyebrow and ending up with the karate point. This is a complete round of tapping. When you have finished tapping, end by saying "I am no longer [name of animal, etc.]". However, you could try doing just the two sets of tapping (each from the inner end of eyebrow to karate point and putting in point 4 on the hand) and leave out the nine gamut and see how that works. If results are disappointing, then put in the nine gamut. If you feel the need to do more than one round of tapping on a particular issue, start the second and subsequent rounds with a slight change to the set-up phrase and tapping statement, so that you say "Even though I still am terrified of thunder, I fully and completely accept myself." or "Even though Katie is still terrified of thunder, I fully and completely love and accept her", and "Remaining terror" or "Remaining fear" as you tap each point. You can tap in the same way but on another person who is touching or holding the animal/baby/other person, but in this case you would say as the set-up phrase Even though Katie is terrified of thunder, she can love and accept herself, as you would do if tapping direct on the animal. It's a good idea to learn the basic tapping sequence given above, but more recently (during 2004) a short form of EFT™ has become more commonly used. This short form encompasses saying the set-up phrase three times while tapping on either the sore spot or the karate point and then tapping on the inner eyebrow, outer side of eye, under eye, under nose, chin, collarbone point, under arm, and then on the top of the head using the whole hand to cover as much of the top of the skull as possible. Sometimes this short form doesn't seem to work well enough and it is then a good idea to go back to the basic tapping sequence, including the 9 gamut. One of our rescue wolfhounds, Flynn, when he first came to us would not come into the house last thing at night but we would have to follow him round and round the garden until we could catch him and bring him in. I tapped on myself as him and that evening he just walked into the house. Another hound was terrible in the car, howling and barking non-stop during a journey and pacing around all the time. I tapped on myself as him at a distance (I'd never met the dog) and his owners took him on a six hour car journey three days later and he never made a sound but just lay quietly. EFT™ can work brilliantly on physical problems as well as on mental/emotional problems such as those mentioned above. For example, one person used it on herself for her dog that had paws swollen with arthritis, and the swelling went down. I used it on myself at a distance for an elderly dog that was crying in pain with what the vet said was a burst eye, with the eye having shrunk back in the head and pouring fluid. The dog stopped crying and went to sleep and the next morning the eye looked completely normal. More recently I used it on Sheba (our GSD) on issues to do with eating. She was very uninterested in food but it did seem to have a physical basis as she would be sick at least once a week and some days she would eat her meals (if reluctantly) and other days would refuse even to look at them. As she had no other symptoms of illness, I decided to use EFT™ first before taking her to the vet. I prefer tapping on myself as the patient, so I did several rounds of the short form tapping on various set-up phrases such as "I am Sheba and even though I have no interest in food...."/"...even though I don't want to eat....."/"....even though the sight of food makes me feel nauseous....."/"....even though I feel liverish...."/"..even though I am often sick...." It took perhaps a quarter of an hour in total and at her lunchtime about an hour later she was very keen to get to her bowl, ate every scrap, and has been eager for all her meals since. Also, she has not been sick since. Often, tapping on the problem as it appears, whether emotional or physical (fear of thunder, arthritis in paws, for example) is all that is needed to remove it but sometimes either the problem will not resolve, or it will improve but not resolve completely, and in these cases it is not that EFT™ does not work but that there is something underlying the obvious problem that needs to be dealt with. This can be other aspects of the problem (see below), although this is less likely to happen with animals than with people, who are very likely to have all sorts of issues going on which may be manifesting, at least in part, as the problem. What can underlie a non-resolving problem in an animal is that the basic problem is the owner's, to which the animal is trying to draw the owner's attention. More on this is given later. Regarding other aspects of a problem, an example might be that a fear of heights in a person may have several aspects, which could still be there when the actual fear of heights had been tapped on. These aspects could include fear of death, fear of being hurt or maimed, fear of being helpless, or even a traumatic memory from the past that had not been resolved. In the training tapes for EFT™ there is an example of a man who was afraid of water. Tapping allowed him to get into a swimming pool but he could not have the water very high. Further tapping on that allowed him to have water up to his chin but he could not bob under the water. At this point he remembered a group of boys, knowing of his fear, ducking him in a river and, once that was tapped on, he was able to splash about under water happily. Another example could be a fear of spiders, where tapping on the fear of spiders may bring the fear right down, but a spider moving along a wall or the ground might still bring up the fear and, once that is brought down by tapping, a spider letting itself down through the air might be another aspect that requires tapping on. Other reasons for EFT™ (and other therapies) not to work or to only work to some extent in humans can be what is known as psychological reversal (PR), switching, or energy toxins. These can be discovered by doing kinesiology (muscle) testing and PR will show up as getting a negative response when a positive response would be expected. For example, if a person is tested for I want to be healthy, they may test strong but when tested on I believe I can be healthy they will test weak. Or they may simply test weak on I want to be healthy, showing that subconsciously they do not. PR can be in effect on just one or two areas of the life, such as healing or abundance, or it may be in effect on just about every aspect of the life so that the person is creating struggle and difficulties all around them despite possibly working very hard to change. It seems very likely that PR (and possibly switching) is due to the energy field being out of balance, as described on the Energy Therapy page. For more detail on PR, and on switching and energy toxins, see some of the web sites given in the Links, and read some of the books on EFT and related therapies. Back to EFT not seeming to work on animals and the underlying reason for this being something to do with the animal's person rather than the animal itself. This can be the person's desperate need to hold on to the animal, or to have control over the animal's health. In these instances, tapping on your own (or the animal's person's, if that is not you) feelings about the animal such as "Even though I need Katie to be well", or "Even though I am so anxious about Katie", or "Even though I am so afraid Katie is going to die", or whatever emotion can be found may be all that is needed to initiate results. However, animals are also often pointing us towards ways in which we need to heal ourselves in other aspects and working on your own problems may well allow the animal's problems to clear as well. It can be helpful when tapping on yourself or helping another person to tap on themselves, to put a figure on the problem that is being tackled. Assign a number between 1 and 10 (with 10 being as awful as it could get and 0 being nothing) to the problem, do a full round of tapping and then have a look at the problem again to see what number you would now put on it. It is often sensible to keep tapping on one particular problem until the number is down to 0 (or as low as you are happy with; it may be something you are not wanting to rid yourself of completely) rather than going off on a tangent and starting to tap instead on something else that comes up. There are a number of web sites with more information on EFT™ and related therapies and Gary Craig's site is particularly good as it contains masses of information, details of case histories, and some excellent ways in which to further use of EFT. There is a basic training course of CDs, video tapes, audio tapes, and a book available for purchase at an amazingly low cost, and also an advanced course. You can download for free the EFT Manual. There are several books that have been written about EFT™, some of which are listed below. There are also some email lists: Gary Craig's (go to his web site to ) and the Meridian Therapies Group in the U.K., which is available from www., and the related ETcompanions list (also available from ) which is about using Energy therapies on companion animals. Books Adventures in EFT™ by Silvia Hartmann-Kent (http://theamt.com/) Emotional Freedom by Garry A. Flint, NeoSolTerric Enterprises, ISBN 0-9685195-0-4 Medical Transformational Healing Manual (and other manuals) by Marilyn Gordon, WiseWord Publishing, 1998. Available through http://www.hypnotherapycenter.com/prod_manuals.html or (800) 398-0034. New Energy Therapies: Rapid Change Techniques for Emotional Healing by David Lake and Steve Wells, 1999. Available through wells or http://www.eftdownunder.com/ Getting Through to Your Emotions with EFT by Philip Mountrose and Jane Mountrose, Holistic Communications, 2000. Breakthrough: The Emotional Freedom Techniques by Katherine Zimmerman, available through www.trancetime.com, (916) 391-1734 Links to other sites of interest The EFT process as given on Richard Ross's Emotional Freedom site The animalEFT web site for downloading the basic EFT protocol (for which Adobe Reader is required) Association for the Advancement of Meridian Energy Techniques The Animal EFT Forum (on Bravenet) Updated 1/21/2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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