This eZine (No. 131)

Wellness:	Introduction to Emotional Freedom Techniques for Natural Therapy Guide
SelfGrowth:	EFT ( Emotional Freedom Technique )Your Passport To A Better You.
WeightLoss:	End Emotional Eating with 3-Minute EFT Technique

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Introduction to Emotional Freedom Techniques for Natural Therapy Guide

By Margaret Munoz
 
 What if there was something that you could use to rapidly release negative emotions such as fear, anger, grief and guilt, help you to relax and de-stress quickly, put an end to your self-sabotage, assist you in gaining confidence, free you from specific phobias or past traumas and clear physically symptoms such as headaches, back pain and asthma? And what if it was easy to learn and you could do it yourself?

Happily there is such a thing. Emotional Freedom Techniques, commonly referred to as EFT, is a highly effective and powerful tool that you can learn for yourself as well as use with a practitioner. It’s a simple method of stimulating energy meridian points on your body by tapping them with your fingertips. You do this while focusing on a particular issue that you want to be free from. This issue can be a negative emotion, a physical symptom, a limiting belief or an unwanted behaviour. It’s rather like acupuncture but without the needles. A distinctive and very useful feature of EFT is that you can apply it to yourself and you can do it anywhere, at any time. EFT belongs to the field of energy therapies, or energy psychology, a rapidly developing field that is having wide ramifications in health and healing work by providing remarkably fast and effective treatments.

EFT was named and founded by Gary Craig, a Stanford engineering graduate, ordained minister and Certified Master Practitioner in Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP). He was born in 1940 and has had an intense interest in personal improvement through psychology since he was 13. Gary Craig studied with Dr. Roger Callahan, a clinical psychologist, who developed a system of diagnosis and a set of algorithms (specific tapping patterns) after working with a client who had an intense water phobia associated with frequent headaches and terrifying nightmares, though the feeling associated with the phobia was in her stomach. Long term treatment with traditional methods had made little difference but after Callahan learned about the Chinese energy meridian system he asked his client to tap on the stomach meridian point under her eye and much to her excitement the feeling immediately left. In fact the phobia vanished along with the symptoms and never returned.

Callahan called his approach Thought Field Therapy, which produced excellent clinical results. Craig then developed EFT through investigating the possibility that one comprehensive set of “all purpose” simple and easy to use tapping points would produce the desired result in most cases and this has proved to be correct.

EFT works by balancing the body’s energy system as you tap with your fingers on certain points along the energy meridians. Negative emotions are quickly released, physical symptoms abate and, interestingly, cognitive shifts are created that bring new insight and hope. EFT is gentle and non-invasive. It doesn’t involve taking anything that might have side effects or react with other medications or supplements.

An unusual aspect of EFT is its universality. We are used to having certain remedies for certain problems but the range of what EFT can be used for is astonishing – you can use the same basic procedure to improve your improve your relationships, eliminate your fear of public speaking and clear your chronic back pain. Use it to enhance study, before a trip to the dentist, on difficult relationships, past trauma and abuse, cancer, weight loss, addictions, fears and phobias, insomnia, grief, lack of self-esteem. It’s particularly useful for dealing with the stresses of every day living but as well as freeing you from what you don’t want you can also use it to enhance your performance and achieve your goals. It can be used not only to solve problems but also to create and manifest more happiness, joy and abundance in your life.

During a treatment you will be asked what problem or symptom you want to be free from, or what you want to achieve from the consultation. You’ll be shown how to tap - it’s very easy to learn, pain free and on the body points you tap over your clothes. You’ll then be asked to focus on a particular aspect of the problem, and you’ll do some rounds of tapping on the problem. You tap on yourself with the practitioner tapping along on themselves telling you what to say as you tap the various points. In some cases the practitioner may tap on you with your permission. You may find yourself yawning or feel slight tingling in your body and you might be surprised to find you suddenly feel more relaxed, while the upset or physical symptom has diminished or disappeared. You can continue in this way until all aspects of the problem have been resolved.

About the author:
Margaret Munoz is an experienced practitioner of EFT and the author of two books “The Power of Tapping” and “Create Prosperity”. You can find more information on her website http://www.tangibleresults.com.au

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EFT ( Emotional Freedom Technique )Your Passport To A Better You.

By Dominique Ballada
 
In today’s hectic life, there are many people who are time poor. They are rushing around so much and getting stressed, that they do not realize that they are in need of help, and even if they do, they may not know where to go to get help or even what type of help they require.

The first step to take is EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) which is the greatest place to start. With the right set of commands, you can immediately get to the heart of the problem, not only that, but as you work through it, side issues can be highlighted and solved on the way. Everything is possible to achieve from stopping smoking to fear of flying and beyond and the beauty is it can take just a few minutes a day.

After your initial session, which should be undertaken with a trained therapist, you are able to work on your own, not only that, but you can, as long as it is not a painful subject, where you may need privacy, work anywhere or any time, in the car, on the bus or train, if you don't mind the odd look or two. Further sessions with your therapist may be beneficial as they will be able to more thoroughly pinpoint a problem and assist with further ways to explore your problem.

The scope of EFT is just amazing, its use in the psychological release of problems can be truly amazing in the way it gets right to the heart of the matter and then give immediate relief, leaving the person feeling better about themselves, after which, further work will reduce the problem to a manageable level, if not remove it completely.

EFT can be effective in all sorts of ways, whether it is losing weight or dealing with addictions like smoking, it can really help a person cope with these problems because it not only deals with the specific issue but, with proper use, it can discover and correct underlying issues that are often the root of the problem, yet are not immediately apparent to the subject.

One of the strangest benefits of EFT is its ability to disperse pain, I know it sounds crazy but it can work. I have used it to get rid of headaches and tooth aches so I know it is effective in those cases.

Another area where EFT can be used, is in increasing a persons abundance. This doesn't mean that by using EFT they will win the lottery the following week, although they might, it means that it can be used to remove any negative traits and blockages that can hold a person back. Using EFT this way will give a more positive attitude, which means that one is more open and receptive and therefore attracts abundance in positive things.

One of the big growth areas in the use of EFT is improving sports performance. It is being used in nearly every sport there is. One of the big ones is in improving ones golf swing and putting, the results have been quite amazing because it removes any blocks a person has that sub-consciously affects their game and they are able to focus more on their game. It is also used to increase motivation and performance.

There is no area of life where EFT cannot be effective in some way or other; the only limiting thing is you.

About the author:
Dominique is the author of the acclaimed ebook FacialWizard which as been transforming the faces and lives of women and a few brave men around the world.
www.facialwizard.yourpower2be.com/facialwizardprogram.html

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End Emotional Eating with 3-Minute EFT Technique

By: Kathryn Martyn Smith M.NLP

What if there were a simple 3-minute technique you could do anytime you wanted to stop the cravings dead in their tracks, or end your emotional attachment to food?

No matter who you are, where you were raised or what kind of parenting you had, you likely have a few "issues" around food. We crave certain foods at certain times for many different reasons but they all are based on our emotions. You may occasionally eat even though you're not really hungry, or you may not even know what hungry feels like any more. Do certain events make you want to reach for a snack? Do TV commercials send you to the kitchen even though you just ate dinner? How about a bad day at work or an angry spouse? Does that make you want to just chew on something? You don't need to know why, but you can change your eating habits and patterns easily.

Changing the way you think about food is nothing new, but up until now you've never been given any ideas as to how to make a change in your thinking. It's easier than you may think.

How to Reduce or even Eliminate Non-stop Snacking

A simple technique taking less than 3-minutes a few times a day can make the difference between feeling in or out-of-control. You want to be driving your own bus? EFT is a derivation of a technique known as TFT (Thought Field Therapy) originally introduced by Dr. Roger Callahan. Callahan discovered while working with a long-time patient that simply tapping under the eye could affect her fear of the water, and his multiple year study of why this occurred began. Engineer Gary Craig took the training to learn TFT but he wondered if simply tapping all the points couldn't be effective, rather than having to learn elaborate sequences? Craig's tests were successful and he named his method EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques).

Craig has been instrumental in bringing this process to the world through a free ebook, and inexpensive CD sets that demonstrate the process. Practitioners are spin-off methods are springing up all over, but you can learn it yourself in only a few minutes and then get busy putting it to use.

This technique known as EFT is taking the world by storm and is used for things such as phobia, trauma, and many others. One More Bite's program, Ending Emotional Eating, uses EFT and NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) for weight loss. You can learn it at no cost by getting The Daily Bites, mini lessons in how to use EFT for losing more weight and ending the pain of regaining after the diet.

Article Source: http://www.bodyformind.com/db

About the author:
Kathryn Martyn Smith, Weight Loss Coach, Master NLP Practitioner, EFT Practitioner and author of Changing Beliefs, Your First Step to Permanent Weight Loss. Visit OneMoreBite-Weightloss.com to see how she gave up 80 pounds over 20 years ago and how you can do the same.

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Ainsley & Dave