EFT stands for Emotional Freedom Technique and was originally perfected by Gary Craig, a Stanford trained engineer and personal coach. Emotional Freedom Technique is a simplified version of using Thought Field Therapy, discovered by Dr. Callahan. (1) The ultimate goal of the therapy, or EFT, is to reduce negative emotional energy in the body and release the potential an individual has to improve or succeed in their work, family or health. Researchers have discovered that many of the chronic illnesses that we suffer from each day are a secondary problem of increased stress and anxiety. EFT is one method of reducing or eliminating that stress and thereby improving your health, the ability of your body to self-heal, improving your self-esteem and your ability to achieve success.
When most people ask how EFT works it is because they are skeptical, are curious or because they have had a positive experience and want to tell others how it happened.
The areas of the body over which the EFT process works are meridian points long used by Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioners for centuries. The concept moved from acupressure to Thought Field Therapy and evolved to a more simplistic and non-invasive technique of tapping over these points. (2)
Interesting these tapping points are those which we automatically reach for when we are stressed or anxious. Do you remember the last time you were stressed and rubbed your eyes, ran your fingers through hair, ran your fingers over your neck or rubbed your temples? Each of these points is extremely close to, or directly over, one of the tapping points used in Emotional Freedom Technique.
The theory is that the tapping releases blocks of energy or interrupts negative energy pathways that were established long ago in your personal history. The issue that has kept EFT from reaching a phenomenal growth rate or acceptance into mainstream medicine is that there is no real explanation of HOW it really works – only that it does work and how it MIGHT work.
Resources:
(1) RogerCallahan.com: Thought Field Therapy
(2) University of Vermont: Relationship of Acupuncture Points and Meridians to Connective Tissue Planes
http://www.uvm.edu/annb/faculty/PDFs/257.pdf
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