Quick Start Guide

In this Quick Start Guide we introduce you to how Energy Tapping can bring you quick, effective RELIEF from stress, anxiety, overwhelm, pain and suffering, distressing thoughts, disturbing memories, and limiting beliefs.

What is Energy Tapping?

  We humans touch , hold, pat, and rub ourselves for comfort... and always have. We feel powerful emotions... some that feel good and some that feel bad. And we talk to ourselves... and our self-talk is often critical rather than accepting and encouraging.

Energy Tapping is a simple and easy-to-use process where you: tune into your body-mind, speak a truth about how you feel right now, and choose how you'd like to feel... all while tapping on specific natural comfort points. This unique formula helps you shift your physical and emotional energy in the direction of relief... towards feeling really good.

Tapping gives you instant access to relief at your fingertips in ways affirmations alone do not. Spending a few minutes tapping can bring intense emotions down to manageable levels and allow new insights and options to come to mind.

Not only can Energy Tapping bring relief from negative emotions, it can help you remove blocks to deep and abiding happiness. Tapping on long-standing fears, old traumas, and negative self-worth will open the door to more peace and joy in your life.

Do you want to change old habits? How many times have you known what to do and just not been able to carry through? Energy Tapping is a wonderful asset to get you unstuck . Many people find that tapping can shift their attitude. Instead of requiring effort and willpower, they find themselves moving ahead naturally and easily.

You can even use Energy Tapping to relieve physical pain . Most physical pain has an emotional component. By tapping on the pain-along with any guilt, shame, anger, resentment, worry, or frustration behind it-many people find the pain decreasing or even disappearing entirely.

Why not give it a try -

Have you ever seen someone rub their forehead when they were stressed? Or stroke their chin when they were struggling with an idea? Or clutch the base of their throat when shocked? And of course, we pat babies to soothe them when they are upset. Touch is comforting. We're wired for it. Tapping is a gentle form of soothing touch.

There are some key points where the flow of the body's energy is more ?accessible. Such points were discovered and documented a long time ago. In fact, the Chinese have been stimulating these points through touch (acupressure) and needles (acupuncture) for over 5000 years! It's also from traditional Chinese medicine that we learned about the flow of vital energy (chi or qi) along meridian pathways.

Since the tapping points are found on these meridians, Energy Tapping is also known as Meridian Tapping .

Starting in the 1960's and 70's with George Goodheart and John Diamond and further refined in the 80's and 90's by Roger Callahan, Patricia Carrington, Gary Craig, Fred Gallo, Donna Eden, Carol Look, and many others, the benefits of tapping on the meridian acupoints has been extensively documented. Experience shows that tapping can shift our beliefs and thoughts quickly and with much less pain than conventional therapies.

However it works, tapping seems to activate our body's innate self-healing intelligence. Case histories abound showing almost miraculous changes in anxieties, fears, and phobias. Some people report ?one minute miracles , where long lasting changes occur in minutes. Most people experience a more gradual shift, with profound insights and tremendous relief accumulating over time. Energy Tapping also allows us to see our emotions from a new, more empowering perspective.

Okay, How Do I Tap?

With two or three fingers of either hand, tap with your fingertips lightly on the locations shown in the Tapping Points Diagram . As you do, you will repeat a phrase to help focus on the emotional and physical feelings. Use the same pressure you would use if you were tapping on a table to make a drumming sound.

You want to make contact, but not hurt yourself or cause discomfort. Tap roughly 3-7 times in each location.

Tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap. If you have long fingernails, use the pads near the end of your fingers to tap.

We start by tapping on the Karate Chop point where we typically make 1-3 ?Even though statements (to tune into your body-mind, your emotions, and give the energy a direction towards relief)... while tapping continuously. This is the area of your hand that you would use to ?karate chop something. Tap with the other hand, using your fingertips.

Next, we move to the Top of the Head and use the fingertips on one or both hands to tap. There are a bunch of energy points here, so it doesn't matter where you tap. Some people even use the flat of their hand to pat the entire top of the head .

Now we'll work down the body. (This makes the points easier to remember. The order is not crucial; don't worry if you skip one, and you can even do the points in reverse. Tapping is very forgiving.)

The Eyebrow points are located at the beginning of the eyebrow, nearest the center of the face. You can use the index and middle fingers together, on either or both hands, to tap the eyebrow points. (Some people start at this point rather than the top of the head. It does not matter.)

The Side of the Eye points are located on the bones at the outside of the eyes. The points are not so close to the eye that you blink and not so far away that you are tapping in the softer temple area. Using the index and middle fingers together, tap on either one or both side of the eye points.

The Under the Eye points are on the bone located under the eye even with the pupils. Using the fingertips of the index and middle fingers, gently tap this spot under either or both eyes. Be gentle here, it is a sensitive area.

Now tap Under the Nose. The spot is roughly midway between the bottom of the nose and the top of the lip.

The Chin point is not really on the tip of the chin; it is midway between the bottom of the lower lip and the chin, in that indentation area.

For the Collarbone points find the start of one of your collarbones at the base of your throat and move about an inch down and an inch outward towards your shoulder. You can use two to four fingers together on either hand to tap the collarbone spots (or tap both at the same time). These are powerful points for stress and anxiety relief. Many people use the collarbone points all by themselves when they feel anxious.

The Under the Arm points are located about 4 inches below the armpits (about mid-bra line on a woman). You can reach across to tap (for example, lift your left arm and use the four fingers of your right hand to tap under your left arm) or lift your arm up and use the hand on the same side to tap, whichever feels more comfortable.

We often return to the Top of the Head and tap. This can help the round feel complete. Of course, you can end at any point. You can start at the eyebrow or top of the head. You can leave out points, too. Energy Tapping is flexible and accommodates many variations. You don't have to do it perfectly. Your energy system is connected so each point you tap resonates throughout the system. It can also be very helpful to tune into your body, see how it feels, tap where it seems to ?want to, and stop when it feels right.

Courtesy of www.ThrivingNow.com & Joy-Connection.com

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