Discover EFT
What is EFT Tapping?
EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) is a simple self-help method that can help relieve stress, ease difficult emotions and help you feel better.
You can use it for a few minutes on your own, or in a longer session guided by a practitioner to work through more complex or ongoing issues.
How Can EFT Help Me?
EFT is a tool for calming in the moment. It can also be an effective way of helping ease and sometimes resolve emotional and physical issues that go deeper.
Are you:
Feeling overwhelmed or anxious? EFT can calm your nervous system quickly — in the moment, wherever you are.
Stuck in patterns you can’t seem to shift? Tapping helps you explore the thoughts and emotions underneath — and start to change them.
Carrying something heavier? EFT is also used therapeutically to gently work through trauma and its lasting effects.
EFT is easy to do on your own. Try a simple round of tapping:
Tap along with the video.
Or use the instructions below.
- Step one – Prepare: Start by noticing any tension in your breathing. Take a deep breath and measure the level of tension from 0 to 10.
- Step two – Start tapping: Tap at point 1 and say “Even though I have this tension in my breath, I deeply and completely accept myself.” Repeat this three times.
- Step three – Tap through the points: Beginning on point 2, say ‘tension in my breath’ aloud while tapping a few times on each point.
- Step four – Notice: Take a deep breath and measure the tension in your breath on a scale of 0 to 10. What is your number now? What has shifted? Repeat whole sequence as needed.
Try it with a specific personal issue: “Even though I have [ fill in your issue ] , I deeply and completely accept myself”…
- Side of Hand: the outer edge of the hand, between the base of the little finger and the wrist.
- Top of Head: the crown of the head, centered.
- Eyebrow: the inner end of either eyebrow, just above the bridge of the nose.
- Side of Eye: on the bone at the outer corner of either eye.
- Under Eye: on the bone directly beneath either eye, about an inch below the pupil.
- Under Nose: in the small hollow between the nose and the upper lip.
- Chin Point: in the crease between the lower lip and the chin.
- Collarbone: in the hollow just below the collarbone, about an inch out from the center on either side.
- Under Arm: on the side of the body, roughly four inches below the armpit (level with a bra strap).
Keep practicing with these free EFT resources:
Free 66-page EFT Manual
A complete manual with step-by-step guidance, FAQs, and tips. Available in 10 languages.
Is EFT Tapping Backed by Evidence?
Yes —
EFT has been the subject of more than 200 clinical trials
Research includes randomised controlled trials and meta-analyses, the most rigorous forms of research available. Studies have examined its effects on anxiety, PTSD, depression, chronic pain, stress, and more.
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