Tap Into Freedom
Hi Persuader,
I credit part of my new physique to the tapping techniques of EFT. I love to teach people how to tap their way to emotional freedom and if you’ve ever been in one of my coaching groups or at one of my seminars, you’ll already be familiar with how to perform this method.
I wouldn’t start out with something huge, like 180 pounds of weight loss or a cessation of smoking. Start with something less entrenched. Start with maybe a phobia of spiders or clowns, or a discomfort with crowds or parties (unless these are incredibly severe). Try to choose one that feels do-able just to start with.
Once you’ve identified a problem, then think of the feeling it creates and measure the strength of the emotion. Give it a rating from 0-10, 0 being no strength at all, 1 being weakest, 10 being strongest.
Once you’ve given it a rating you’re going to tap.
Find the point on the side of your hand you would hit if you were doing a karate chop; it’s the fleshy part below the pinky finger and above the wrist. Then you’re going to say the set-up statement to correct reversals and you’re going to do it three times.
That’s what you do. You’re going to tap and say a statement. This tapping along with the statement will resolve reversals.
The statement is very, very simple. And if you like, it can be radically embellished upon. But just learn it first and foremost in its simplistic form.
And it is this: “Even though I have this (name the issue, problem, phobia, negativity, deep personal flaw. . . just kidding) I deeply and completely love myself.” You’re going to fill in the blank with the problem you identified in step one.
Let’s say that you procrastinate making the phone calls you need to make. You’d say, “Even though I procrastinate making the phone calls I need to make, I deeply and completely love myself.”
So try it.
Take your left hand, extend it out in front of you, take your right hand with the three fingers–your index, your middle and your ring finger–and begin tapping on that karate chop point on your hand, tap, tap, tap, tap and say the following: “Even though I procrastinate making the calls I need to make to customers, I deeply and completely love myself.” “Even though I procrastinate making the calls I need to make to customers, I deeply and completely love myself.” “Even though I procrastinate making the calls I should be making to customers, I deeply and completely love myself.”
Now, there’s a ‘choreography’ so to speak, for the remainder of this exercise.
Above the eyebrow. To the side of the eye. Under the eye. Upper lip. Chin. Collarbone. Under the arm. This is the order we’re going to go in, and we’re going to tap each a few times while repeating the problem. ‘Procrastination in making customer calls.’ Tap above the eye. Tap, tap, tap. ‘Procrastination in making customer calls.’ Side of the eye. Tap, tap, tap. ‘Procrastination in making customer calls.’ Under the eye. Tap, tap, tap. ‘Procrastination in making customer calls.’ Upper lip. Tap, tap, tap. ‘Procrastination in making customer calls.’ Chin. Tap, tap, tap. ‘Procrastination in making customer calls.’ Collarbone. Tap, tap, tap. ‘Procrastination in making customer calls.’ Under the arm. Tap, tap, tap.
After one or two passes, see where you rate the problem. Has it moved? Improved? Disappeared completely?
Continue to tap until you’ve zeroed out the problem and guess what? You’re done. People ask, does this last forever? Well, odds are, yes. But what if it doesn’t? How about spending another three or four minutes to get rid of it again?
If you’ve been tapping a while, I would love it if you’d share your success stories. Please comment, comment, comment.
Until Next Time,
Kenrick E. Cleveland
