Clearing Out the Old and Creating the New
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Clearing Out the Old and Creating the New
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"No one can take away my freedom to choose how I will react." - Victor Frankl
From www.emofree.com, the home page of Gary Craig and The Emotional Freedom Technique: "Based on impressive new discoveries regarding the body's subtle energies, Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) has proven successful in thousands of clinical cases. It applies to just about every emotional, health and performance issue you can name and it often works where nothing else will." "EFT offers great healing benefits." --Deepak Chopra, MD"EFT is easy, effective, and produces amazing results. I think it should be taught in elementary school." --Donna Eden Co-Author of The Promise of Energy Psychology. © Photo by Rev. Anne Presuel - Oregon Coast
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© Photo by Rev. Anne Presuel - Sunset over the Blue Ridge Mountains
Now, about EFT ... What would your life be like: - if you awoke each day with the past laid to rest?
- if you had the awareness that you are freely creating your life - each and every moment?
- if you knew that you have a tool which would change your experience of whatever came your way that day ... so that you could handle it powerfully and effectively?
What would your life be like?
Who Would You Be?
What would you be doing? With whom? What would your emotional world be like? What would your relationships look like? What would your spiritual world be like?
There is, indeed, such a tool. A tool that can help you clear out the past, so that you are at peace with whatever has happened to you ... and even at peace with whatever you may have done.
The Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) is this tool. It is, in my opinion, one of the greatest tools you can use to assist yourself in leaving the pain of the past behind and in creating a powerful, profoundly meaningful future.
How does this work?
EFT is based on the theory that all negative emotions are based upon a disruption in the body's energy system. When one clears out the disruption in the body's energy system, the negative emotion is cleared or neutralized. For example, let's say that you don't like to talk in public. And frankly, most people don't. And let's say that when you get in front of people, you begin to feel very uncomfortable. Perhaps your breathing changes, or your hands begin to sweat, and your heart begins to beat more rapidly. These are the body's signs that there is a disruption in its energy system. Behind that disruption are negative emotions. Perhaps the emotion is fear based upon such thoughts as "I'm afraid they'll all laugh and think I'm an idiot," or "I'm afraid they will all walk out of the room, and I'll be not only rejected, but a laughingstock." EFT can eliminate those negative emotions (based upon negative beliefs) so that you can give your talk in public and have a feeling of ease while doing so.
How could this be? How does a disruption in the body's energy system have such a profound effect upon us? And how can something as simple as EFT change this effect in such an extraordinary way?
The answer lies in EFT's similarity to acupuncture. It is well-known that acupuncture relieves the body of pains, cravings and chronic issues. A person can undergo an operation with no anesthetic, using only acupuncture. Similarly, just as acupuncture clears the body's energy so that it is flowing freely again, EFT clears the body's energy to flow freely. The nice thing about EFT is that you only taps on a variety of points on the body. There are no needles, and you can do it on yourself. You do not need to go anywhere to use this wonderful tool. Thus, EFT is an accupressure tool which focuses on the emotions.
Still, even though EFT focuses on the emotions, there are many instances where numerous types of pains are also relieved. Pains such as headaches, body pains and even breathing difficulties are relieved through the tapping. Many people who have chronic pain had found that they have experienced relief by using EFT.
EFT works by neutralizing the power that belief systems have on us. These belief systems provide us with a place from which to launch our lives, or a place to hide from life. And, because we are complex human beings, we have strengths (belief systems which support us) and weaknesses (belief systems which do not support us). (To borrow a line from Dr. Phil, "How's that working for you?") Still, it is not enough to simply say "Ok, good. Now that I'm aware of the fact that this isn't working for me, I think I'll just change that thought/belief/behavior." How many of us have tried to change a behavior and been unsuccessful? What is it that motivates us to change? What is it that makes us follow through?
For me, the answer lies in the Emotional Freedom Technique. This simple tapping technique has freed me in so many, many ways that I can hardly begin to name them all. From having freedom in my own life from a life-changing trauma, to being able to choose to love and trust again, to being able to create a practice assisting others in moving through their own traumas, to being able to go public about this experience, EFT has completely given me a freedom of being I never thought possible. And I have seen it do the same for so many others that I proudly stand up and shout "WOOHOO!!! There IS life after trauma, and you can experience it, too! Easily. Gently. Joyfully!"
As I have discovered through working with numerous clients over the past several years, moving through trauma and unsupportive belief systems is a process. Let me repeat that: it is a p-r-o-c-e-s-s. Sometimes, there are immediate, dramatic changes. More often, however, there are more subtle changes. It takes time and a willingness to go to the underlying fears and beliefs you have about why you are choosing to behave a certain way. That does not negate in any way the power of EFT. Rather, it is an indication of how easily you can access those underlying beliefs.
Still, I have seen many miracles take place in people's lives who have used EFT. I encourage you to discover its power for yourself.
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