Emotional Freedom Technique (also called Tapping) is a simple technique that has profound effects on your physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health!  This technique is based on the ancient Chinese energy system of the meridians.  It was found that just by tapping on the end points of certain meridians we can unblock the energy flow, re-wire the brain, and create change in our minds, our bodies, and our lives more easily.

"It is a self-empowerment approach that draws from ancient spiritual practices and healing traditions. It provides simple methods for shifting brain patterns that lead to unwanted thoughts, actions, and emotions, such as fear, anger, anxiety, jealousy, shame, and depression. By tapping energy points on the surface of the skin while focusing the mind on specific psychological problems or goals, the brain's electrochemistry can be shifted to quickly help:
• overcome fear, guilt, shame, jealousy, anger, or anxiety.
• change unwanted habits and behaviors.
• enhance the ability to love, succeed, and enjoy life."

--David Feinstein, PhD  "The Science Behind It All"

Tapping The Meridians:

The Chinese Meridian system is equivalent to our circulatory system.  There are a series of meridians--like blood vessels-- that carry our Qi (or life force energy) throughout the body.  This energy gives life to our physical body and emotional body.  Different meridians feed different organs just like our blood vessels offer blood nutrients to different organs and parts of the body.   If there is a blockage in the meridian, then it stops or slows down the flow of Qi or energy and the part of our system that was supposed to receive that energy is deficient.  This can lead to emotional problems or physical problems.   Acupuncture uses needles to attract the energy to a particular point in order to remove the blockage and get the energy flowing again. (check out Virtual Acupuncture with TimeWaver Optimization)  Acupressure uses pressure from a thumb or finger in the same way--to remove a blockage and get energy flowing again

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Emotional Freedom Technique focuses on key meridians that affect energy flow throughout the entire body. Similar to acupressure, it uses the tapping of the fingers on those key meridian points to remove a blockage and get energy flowing again.

Tapping and the Brain

Studies at Harvard Medical School has shown that stimulating the body's meridian points (as Tapping does) you can significantly reduce the activity of  the Amygdala.  The Amygdala controls the levels of cortisol and other stress hormones in the body. 

Another study done by Dr. Dawson Church showed that Tapping significantly reduces cortisol levels in the body.  Cortisol is a stress hormone that reduces the ability to think, reduces digestion, makes our breathing more shallow, all so we can fight (or flee, or freeze) for our survival. 

Too much cortisol in our systems is leading to a lot of health problems.  We weren't designed to live in a constant state of stress.  Those that don't manage their stress will see a variety of health issues resulting from the high levels of cortisol consistently in their system.

Tapping quotes from the Medical and Research Community:

“Nothing comes closer to ‘magic’ than the positive results I have personally witnessed using EFT on thousands of my patients who suffered from physical and emotional pain and illness. EFT can lead you to incredible breakthroughs on your healing journey, and it can help you in your daily life.”

--DR. JOSEPH MERCOLA

“I believe EFT to be one of the biggest breakthroughs in psychology and medicine in a century.”

--DR. DAWSON CHURCH

“The scientific data proves that the body is equipped with natural self- repair mechanisms that can be flipped on or off by practices that turn off the body’s stress responses and turn on the body’s relaxation rsponses. EFT is just such a mind-and-body-altering practice…”

--DR. LISSA RANKIN

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