Quick-Start EFT

If you want to feel a little easier in yourself and more peaceful, take a couple of minutes now to have a quick go at basic EFT. The tapping points are illustrated in the diagram below.  Remember that EFT — properly applied — can be a very powerful technique, and that this is merely an introduction.

 

Getting Started

Pick something specific that is bothering you or causing you distress, perhaps using a particular event or memory. State how you feel in a sentence (this is what will become your 'set-up statement') and rate your intensity of feeling out of ten.

Set-up statement examples:

  • “Even though I feel angry about how she behaved/what happened, I totally accept myself anyway.”
  • “Even though I feel all this resentment about ......, I'd like to let go of it.”
  • “Even though I am feeling stressed and tense because ......, I allow myself to feel calm and peaceful.”
  • “Even though this makes me feel ......, I am going to treat myself with kindness and understanding.”
  • “Even though I wish that ......, I allow myself to let this feeling go.”
  • “Even though I have this feeling in my ...... (state where the feeling is, for example, throat/chest/stomach), I choose to let it go.”
  1. State this sentence as you tap on your karate chop point (point number one) on the side of either hand with the first two fingers of your other hand.
  2. Move to tapping (between five and nine times) on point number two (beginning of your eyebrow), concentrating on a shortened version of your ‘set-up statement’, for example, you might just say 'this anger' or 'I feel so angry' as you tap.  This shortened set-up statement is just what we call a reminder phrase, and is used to help keep the issue in mind.
  3. Repeat as you work your way around the remaing seven points.  Tap the points on either your right or left side — or tap on both sides at once, if you prefer.
  4. Once you have finished on point nine (top of your head), take a deep breath and re-check your issue's intensity rating.  This should have reduced.
  5. Repeat rounds of tapping until your intensity rating has dropped to zero, or until the issue no longer bothers you.

Congratulations — that’s it!  You have just completed your first step towards more physical and emotional well-being.

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