what is eft?

 

EFT or Emotional Freedom Techniques was developed by Gary Craig and acts as a form of psychological acupressure that uses a gentle tapping technique instead of needles to stimulate traditional Chinese acupuncture points. The tapping on the designated points on the face and body is combined with verbalizing the identified problem followed by a general affirmation phrase.

 

EFT uses elements of Cognitive Therapy and Exposure Therapy, and combines them with Acupressure, in the form of fingertip tapping on 12 acupuncture points. Download your FREE tutorial explaining how to achieve FREEDOM using EFT in four easy steps.

 

Over 100 papers published in peer-reviewed medical and psychology journals, including dozens of clinical trials, have demonstrated that EFT is effective for phobias, anxiety, depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, pain, and other problems.

 

EFT is safe, easy to apply, and is non-invasive.

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Check out these following links HERE and HERE to learn about the extensive research regarding this  powerful healing tool:

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Why Does EFT Tapping Work?

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When you’re experiencing a negative emotional state—angry or upset or fearful— your brain goes on alert. It prepares your body to enter a full-blown, fight-or- flight response. This response evolved to mobilize the body to face an external threat-think of a tiger coming after your ancient ancestor. All the body’s defense systems are turned on to support either fighting or fleeing from the danger. Your adrenaline pumps, your muscles tense, and your blood pressure, heart rate, and blood sugar all rise to give you extra energy to meet the challenge.

 

Stressors in ancient days were very real threats to survival. Today, however, the fight-or-flight response is rarely activated by a physical threat. Most of our fight-or-flight responses today are triggered internally. For many of us, the internally generated stress response is triggered by a negative memory or thought that has its roots in past trauma or conditioned learning from childhood. The stress response in the body takes the same form, whether the trigger is the tiger (external) or a negative memory (internal). The adrenaline flows, the heart races, and so on. What tapping does, with amazing efficiency, is halt the fight-or-flight response and reprogram the brain and body to act-and react-differently.

 

The stress response begins in your brain in the almond-shaped amygdala, one of the components of the limbic system, or midbrain. The midbrain is located between the frontal lobes (the cortex) and the hindbrain (also called the reptilian brain-the earliest, most primitive part of the brain). The limbic system is the source of emotions and long-term memory, and it’s where negative experiences are encoded. The amygdala has been called the body’s smoke detector. “Uh-oh, here comes trouble,” says the amygdala. “Something is threatening our safety.” It signals the brain to mobilize the body in the fight-or-flight response. Tapping on the meridian endpoints helps to deactivate the amygdala’s alarm and sends a calming response to the body, and the amygdala recognizes that it’s safe.

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Research in the last five to 10 years has shown that acupuncture meridians are actually a physical duct system in the body and tracer dyes injected into the primo vascular system (what meridians are now called) show coagulation at the known acupuncture points and overall system. 

Studies of brain imaging and stimulating these acupuncture points show signals go back to the amygdala and reduce stress activity (hence people feel calmer). The tapping process on these acupoints gets converted into an electrical signal that can travel along the primo vascular system too - collagen is a semi-conductor of this processing.

 

What Does EFT help resolve?

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EFT Tapping Therapy Is Helpful With the Following Emotional Challenges:
 

• Stress and Distress

• Anxiety & Panic Attacks

• Trauma, Abuse & PTSD

• Depression

• Shame, Guilt, Low Self-Esteem

• Grief & Bereavement

• Love Pain

• Fear of Rejection

• Insomnia

• Fear of Public Speaking

• Phobias: fear of flying, snakes, etc.

• Addictions: alcohol, drugs, smoking, food, gambling, etc.

• Weight Loss/Emotional Overeating

• Eating Disorders: Anorexia & Bulimia

EFT Tapping Therapy Can Help With the Following Physical Problems:
 

• Chronic Pain

• Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)

• Allergies & Sensitivities

• Headaches/Migraines

• Back & Neck Pain

• Autoimmune Disorders

• Fibromyalgia

• Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

• Cancer Support

EFT Tapping Therapy Can Be Used to Greatly Enhance:
 

• Intimacy & Relationship Issues

• Career 

• Finances

• Achieving Goals

• Public Speaking

• Sales Performance

• Sports Performance

• Artistic Performance

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