In July 2022 major news outlets published a flurry of articles about the findings of the MY Resilience In ADolescence (MYRIAD) study programme on the effectiveness of school-based mindfulness training (SBMT). The results were surprising. The project was conducted by researchers from Oxford, Cambridge, Exeter, Kings College London, University College London and Pennsylvania State University. […]
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Clearing Claustrophobia in an fMRI Machine
A claustrophic client who had to be pulled out of an fMRI machine relives her birth on her way to finding peace in the machine
Read MoreReleasing Trauma and Discharging the Freeze Response… In My Cat!
An example of Surrogate Tapping on my cat which unexpectedly Discharged the Freeze Response from an old Trauma and changed her behaviours for the rest of her life.
Read MoreTapping During Home Flooding
As I was sat on my bed, I thought to myself, “Just let your body do what it needs to do. You’re having a meltdown and that’s okay. Allow it to happen.” I cried, and I tapped. Slowly the symptoms subsided. I lay down, but I couldn’t sleep. The rain didn’t stop, and the water level kept rising.
Read MoreEFT for Pregnancy and Birth
Resolving a memory of one’s own birth before one is due to give birth oneself is to my mind a gift to one’s children that is pretty hard to beat. This is exactly what happened in session recently. Firstly, I need to point out that this resolution happened spontaneously, as for most people ‘going there’ […]
Read MoreTapping into peace from silent stress from world events
this article describes how tapping can uncover hidden emotional impacts of seeing or hearing about disturbing world events. It explains how the author reduced her own silent stress related to 9/11, the Australian bushfires of 2019-20, and COVID, and how doing this for yourself, family and/or clients can strengthen the collective field for increased peace.
Read MoreHow to Test Your Tapping Through Your Energy Field – A ‘Convincer’ for Newbies
Lots of people store trauma images in their energy field, outside the body , although they may not realise it. Asking the right question opens such an image to spontaneously test their tapping results.
Read MoreCultivating a Healthy Relationship With Our Feelings and Emotions
Feelings and emotions I find feelings, thoughts, beliefs and emotions to be such interesting and mysterious facets of our shared human experience. Feelings and emotions are always communicating something to us. Guiding us, directing us, giving us clues, feedback and insights into our inner workings, and in relation to others and the world around us. […]
Read MoreLessons from Leading Covid-19 EFT Group Sessions
Overview What happens when an EFT trainer has the audacity to offer a daily free group EFT to help others handle the wide variety of stresses that accompany a global pandemic? I had no idea what I was getting into when I began to offer this service. Months later, after over 80 sessions, I am […]
Read MoreHow to Stop Emotional Eating for Good with EFT: Common Themes and Strategies.
Beliefs underlying emotional eating and EFT strategies to overcome it.
Read MoreWhat You Need to Know About EFT Tapping (Shape Magazine)
This article provides an overview of EFT including its effects, history and some of the theories around it’s workings, it describes some “murkiness” around the effects on the body systems and may not have been fully informed by all the latest neuroscientific research papers available. It does make for a good introduction to clients of the ideas around and behind EFT and offers reasons for self-administering and also recommending when to seek out a qualified EFT practitioner
Linked ArticleCan EFT Play an Integral Role in Helping Victims of Sexual Assault?
Like many studies, there are weaknesses. These include a small sample size, and no randomization or control group. There was no long term follow up, and there was a lack of formal psychiatric diagnosis prior to participation. The authors acknowledge these and state the need for further and more thorough examination of both interventions as singular and combined approaches.
Read MorePositive, Tolerable and Toxic Stress Responses; What are the Differences?
A definition of stress In the world of EFT/Tapping/Matrix Reimprinting (MR), we often refer to stress as something we are combating and fighting against. We are tapping on stress to release it, as it is something that is obviously not healthy for us to experience frequently. It is often a generically used term and it […]
Read MoreTrauma and PTSD
Using EFT to work on trauma & PTSD – how it made a world of difference! This is the story of a client, Maureen, who used EFT in her 40s to overcome 18 years of childhood trauma and PTSD. She grew up with a father who suffered depression. He drank to help him deal with […]
Read MoreTransforming Trauma Tears to Healing Tears
Tips for Practitioners Editorial note: Ranjana is a practitioner of great skill and many years’ experience. Whilst it is wonderful to see the far-reaching potential of EFT, we all need to be mindful of ‘not going where we don’t belong’. This article can be an encouragement for us all to continue to develop our own skills […]
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