Emotional Healing in Minutes: Simple Acupressure Techniques For Your Emotions. Paul Lynch

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СКАЧАТЬ with the application, as well as understanding the purpose of each individual step. You will then be able to concentrate solely on the problem you are clearing, as opposed to trying to remember what step comes next! A description of the whole process now follows. It can be divided into ten easy steps and these are split into four distinct stages:

      1 The Set-up

      2 The Sequence

      3 The Gamut

      4 The Second Sequence

      A complete round of EFT looks like this:

      1 THE SET-UP

      The first stage of the EFT process is known as ‘The Set-up’. It is designed to remove any psychological or energetic obstacles or blocks to the healing process and prepares the energy system for the clearing work to begin.

      Step 1 – Identify the Problem

      Identify the physical pain, fear, memory or issue that you would like to work on. Tune in to the thoughts and feelings it provokes. This will reproduce the energetic disruption that has been causing the problem.

      Step 2 – Formulate a Statement – The Set-up

      Create a statement that encompasses these feelings. This sets the intention of what needs to be cleared. It is important that you are as specific as possible and that your statement represents the reality of your situation. Be honest with yourself about precisely how you are feeling. The more you pin down the exact emotions, the deeper the level of healing.

      Some people feel uncomfortable with a statement that they perceive as negative and instead replace it with a positive statement about what they desire to happen, but the truth resonates more profoundly than a rational or positive statement. The statement you choose needs to have impact and register a disruption within the energy system. Saying ‘I am anxious and afraid of giving this speech’ generates a stronger emotional charge than ‘I want to be calm and relaxed’.

      Naming the problem you are currently experiencing will produce better results than a statement based in the past or that does not hold true. As you think about your problem, ask yourself how it makes you feel in this present moment.

      Formulating the Perfect Statement

      

Be as specific as possible

      

Use the present tense

      

Describe how you feel right now, rather than what you are hoping to achieve

      For instance:

      ‘I feel angry.’

      This statement would be a good place to start but it can still be improved. Take a few minutes to think about why you are angry. The most beneficial outcomes are achieved by creating a precise statement that would be more like:

      ‘I feel angry that Bob wouldn’t listen to me.’

      ‘I feel angry that Bob let me down.’

      Equally, if you are feeling hurt from a past action, form a sentence that best describes how you feel now:

      ‘I feel hurt that I wasn’t included.’

      ‘I am hurt that I was left out.’

      Physical problems also need formulating into a sentence. It is very important that you describe the feeling of pain or discomfort you are experiencing, rather than the name of your disorder. Use the language that you actually use when complaining of your condition:

      ‘A stabbing pain behind the eyes’ ‘This tight band around my head’ ‘I have a sick feeling in my stomach’ ‘Stiffness in my neck’

      Now place the words ‘Even though I …’ in front of your chosen statement, followed by ‘… I deeply and completely accept myself.’ For instance:

      ‘Even though I feel angry that Bob wouldn’t listen to me I deeply and completely accept myself.’

      ‘Even though I fear failure I deeply and completely accept myself.’

      ‘Even though I have this anxious feeling I deeply and completely accept myself.’

      ‘Even though I am frightened of flying I deeply and completely accept myself.’

      ‘Even though I am afraid to speak out and say how I feel I deeply and completely accept myself.’

      ‘Even though I have this deep sadness I deeply and completely accept myself.’

      ‘Even though I am nervous about this interview I deeply and completely accept myself.’

      ‘Even though I am terrified that I will make a fool of myself I deeply and completely accept myself.’

      ‘Even though I have this hot stabbing pain in my back I deeply and completely accept myself.’

      ‘Even though I have a knot in my stomach I deeply and completely accept myself.’

      ‘Even though I feel totally confused I deeply and completely accept myself.’

      ‘Even though I feel depressed I deeply and completely accept myself.’

      ‘Even though I feel lonely I deeply and completely accept myself.’

      There are a number of reasons why this form of affirmation is used. Firstly, it promotes acceptance of the problem and of yourself. Secondly, it overrides any part of you that does not want to change or that has a hidden agenda to keep you as you are. This is known as ‘Psychological Reversal’ and we will look at this in more depth later in Chapter 7.

      At first you may find it difficult or uncomfortable to say ‘I deeply and completely accept myself’, but it is not necessary to believe the affirmation. Its function is to neutralize any reversal of energy flow throughout the meridians. All you need to do is to say it with conviction to achieve the desired result.

      The statement is best said aloud if possible, the more emphatically the better, but in social gatherings you can say it silently to yourself.

      Step 3 – Score Chart

      Now give your issue a score from one to ten relating to its intensity, ten being the highest intensity. This will enable you to check if your problem is resolving after the first round. This is a good way to record your progress and map the results you are achieving. A deeply ingrained phobia may be described as an intense ‘ten out of ten’ reaction. A mild irritation may only score a three or four. As you work with EFT, the level of emotional discomfort declines, ultimately falling to a very low number or total СКАЧАТЬ