The Constricted Breathing Technique

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Tutorial--The Constricted Breathing Technique

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By Gary Craig

This useful technique was first demonstrated in our DVD set _EFT-Beyond the

Basics_ (https://www.emofree.com/eftstore) (formerly Steps Toward Becoming

The Ultimate Therapist) and has the following advantages...

* It can help you find important emotional issues. This is because

emotional issues often curtail our ability to breathe deeply.

* It can demonstrate to a skeptic or a new audience the validity of

EFT. This is because most people have constricted breathing and it is eye

opening to experience it improving with EFT.

This is how you do it....

* Inhale 2 or 3 maximum deep breaths. Take your time and don't

hyperventilate. This step will stretch out your lungs so that any EFT

improvement in

your breathing cannot be attributed to a normal " stretching effect " of your

lungs.

* Once you have stretched your lungs as far as they will go then take

another deep breath. This time assess the deepness of your breath on a 0-10

scale where 10 is your estimate of your maximum capacity. Numbers typically

vary from 3 to 9 on this. The occasional person who rates their breath at a 10

(they are usually wrong) may find that, after EFT, they will go to a 12 or

15.

* Then do several rounds of EFT with Setup phrases such as " Even

though I have constricted breathing... " , " Even though I can only fill my lungs

to

an 8... " and so on. In between each round, ask the client to take another

deep breath and assess the 0-10 deepness. In the vast majority of cases it will

keep improving.

* During the process ask probing questions such as: " What does your

constricted breath remind you of? " , " When in your past did you feel constricted

or smothered? " , " If there was an emotional reason for your constricted

breath, what might it be? " Often, they will give a big clue as to an important

emotional issue.

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