“It is fascinating to see the brain’s plasticity and that, by practicing meditation, we can play an active role in changing the brain and can increase our well-being and quality of life,” says Britta Hölzel, PhD, first author of the paper and a research fellow at MGH and Giessen University in Germany.
Linked ArticleCategory: Integrated EFT – Articles that discuss modalities complementary to EFT
New Insights on Therapeutic Touch (TT) and Osteosarcoma
“Our purpose is to discuss the study design and innovative approaches that led to finding significant effects of one energy medicine therapy, Therapeutic Touch (TT), on cells.”
Linked ArticleBonghan Channels in Acupuncture
“[In 1991, Russian Researchers] found that the light-conducting ability of the human body exists only along the meridians, and can enter and exit only along the acupuncture points. This finding has been confirmed by a 1992 study in the Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine and a 2005 study in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine where moxibustion and infrared thermography were used to trace meridian pathways.”
Linked ArticleResolving Issues with Ex-Husband by combining Surrogate EFT and Matrix Reimprinting
“While she feels that he is a good man, he was just not the man for her and when she checked on her current feelings about him, she found she was concerned about how he was feeling, how much he was hurting…”
Read MoreAncestral Matrix Reimprinting to Help Heal Present Day Relationship Issues
“If time really is a constructed illusion, if everything really is energy and we are all actually energetically connected as the quantum physicists tell us, then the possibilities for healing the planet and everyone on it, with EFT, are even more incredible…”
Read MoreStoner Dave and Sober Dave: A Parts Work Session
“Holding space for someone to tap with a marginalized or frightened part of him or herself is always a sacred experience for me. To hear someone address a part of themselves tenderly and with intention is to witness the miracle of self-healing.”
Read MoreMaking Your Intentions Count
“I love to use this concept of ‘allowing the possibility that I can be delighted,’ or ‘pleasantly surprised’ by a certain event we’re currently dreading. It’s light-hearted enough to avoid most ‘yeah-but’ reactions, and to lift our spirits as we set our intentions.
Read MoreThe Dark Side of Willpower
“We usually think of willpower as a muscle. But the dark secret of willpower is, it’s actually like fuel in a car. As in, it runs out after a while. Why is this? And more importantly, where’s the willpower station where you can get a fill-up?”
Read MoreEmergency Tapping for a Distressed Inner Child
“When I called at the appointed time, Christine was in tears. She apologized, but I told her it was actually a good thing that she was so in touch with her painful feelings at a time when we could talk… Christine recognized that it was her own inner child that was the source of her intense feelings…”
Read MoreAre Emotions the Problem?
“The beauty of tapping is its ability to allow us to stay with our emotions, even the painful ones, until the noise subsides and the information reveals itself. When this happens, it’s a breathtaking moment for both practitioner and tapper.”
Read MoreHow Big Is Your Beach Ball?
“When we are trying to deny or repress our negative thoughts, experiences and emotions, it’s like holding a beach ball under water. It takes effort and energy. That energy can be better spent enjoying our life and work, but first we have to let that beach ball come to the surface—and let the air out.”
Read MoreWhat To Do When Affirmations Don’t Work
Affirmations are not only critical to success with goals, but I would argue are the reason we achieve anything at all. You see, everything we think or feel is affirming something. It is just that usually we are affirming something negative instead of positive on a daily basis and feeling pretty un-motivated by this.
Read MoreSymptoms: A Choice Between Suppression And A Search For Meaning?
Our self-healing capacity has been greatly underestimated by our culture and our medical system. It is the true answer to the health care crisis, and it has been available to us all along, although well-hidden and obscured by the drug companies that profit from our ignorance of our own powers.
Read MoreWorking With Difficult Feelings Using “Paradoxical Tapping”
“If the feelings you are working on are very intense, paradoxical tapping is best used after any raw intensity of emotions have been soften with standard tapping.”
Read MoreThe “Inner Committee” Meets Gestalt Therapy and EFT
“Inspired by Gestalt Therapy and an article written by Ann Ross many years ago about our Inner Committee, I began a different approach: no affirmation, just conversation, choosing one ‘voice”'(point of view), letting it express itself freely, then switching to another while continuously tapping…”
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