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One of the most important innovations in psychology for the last 20 years is
about to come to the awareness of the public – Emotional Freedom Techniques or
EFT for short.
Based on the ancient Chinese system of body meridians, it doesn’t use
needles but instead, soothes and stimulates the energy flow by lightly and
gently tapping on main meridian connector points.
EFT is so simple that even a young child can learn to do it in minutes.
It is so profoundly relaxing and re-charging that even therapists of 40 years
experience or more simply have to shake their heads and declare they have never
seen anything like it.
EFT has such beneficial effects on physical systems and overall mind-body
health that thousands of healing professionals are at this moment, training in
the new meridian therapies to offer relief from insomnia, anxiety, depression,
stress related illnesses, tension induced pains and aches, migraines, headaches
and much, much more.
So Simple, So Easy ...
Like many profoundly useful things in this world, EFT is extremely simple. A
straightforward protocol designed by Stanford Engineer Gary Craig to cover all
of the most important meridian points in a single treatment lasting about five
minutes ensures that users need know nothing at all about meridians or the finer
points of Chinese medicine to experience profound relief right away.
What’s more, the basic EFT protocol is absolutely free and freely available
to try out and for you to share with friends, loved ones and anyone else you
wish to share it with.
“This is just too good to keep to ourselves,” says Gary. “Everyone
should know about it and have a chance to be able to help themselves in a moment
of crisis, or of desperation.”
How EFT Works
When someone is calm and relaxed, the flow of energy through the meridian
system likewise is calm and steady.
Emotional upset of any kind – anger, rage, fear, panic, unhappiness, stress
– affects the energy flow immediately and naturally as both are intimately
linked and part of the same system. The energy flow becomes disturbed and
distressed as our thoughts and emotions spiral off the calm centre state. In the
early 1980’s, Dr Roger Callahan found that instead of trying to control our
thoughts or emotions which is such a difficult thing, you could re-create the
calm state of Even Flow by touching the meridian system instead. Once the
meridian system has calmed, the mind and body cannot help but follow suit and
tranquillity and balance are restored as if by magic.
The Benefits Of Acupuncture, Acupressure & Massage
Everyone who has experienced the calm and restful state that follows a good
massage, or has been treated with acupuncture for example, knows that working
directly with the meridian system really produces profound changes in how we
feel inside.
The great advance of the new meridian therapies, of which EFT is the
ambassador, is to focus the mind on a particular disturbance whilst stimulating
the energy system at the same time. By thinking about your problem, you
automatically target the right parts of your meridian system and without years
of study, that’s something anyone can do.
Perfect For Emotional Crisis Management And First Aid
And what could be more appropriate than having something that can help you
right in a middle of crisis? That is the time when your mind is absolutely
focussed on the problem; in many cases such as physical pain or severe upset, it
is the only thing we can think about. Whilst we are in the crisis we are in the
perfect place to use EFT to target the root causes of the problem and help
alleviate the symptoms and disturbances swiftly.
A Miracle Technique?
It has certainly been described in those terms, and not just once but ten
thousand times, by very different people with very different problems, by
professionals and simple folk alike, all around the world.
In general, at least half of those who try it for the first time experience
immediate relief and relaxation; another quarter will experience this profound
release with a little more practise. It doesn’t work for everyone, but even if
it just manages to take the edge off an anxiety, a fear, an anger for you
personally, that could be a starting point to a whole new level of happiness and
health.
You can test an abbreviated online version called the Two Minute Stress
Release Technique at http://www.DragonRising.com/EFT.htm right now and download the full, free EFT protocol. You can share it too with your friends and family.
As the basic protocol is freely available, I encourage you to simply try it
for yourself. It has helped me immensely and I cannot rate EFT highly enough.
You have absolutely nothing to lose, but you could gain the very real
possibility of absolute “Emotional Freedom At Your Fingertips”.
Article by
Silvia Hartmann
Licensed Trainer, Association For Meridian Therapies AMT
Advanced Training In Meridian
Energy Therapies For Serious Practitioners with Silvia Hartmann
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