Tapping makes full use of the mind-body connection, acknowledging and integrating the concepts that physical pain, disease, and mental wellbeing are intricately connected to our emotional states. 

 

The body is equipped with an energy system that travels along pathways known as meridians. Tapping on these meridian endpoints helps to stimulate this system, and when verbally or mentally addressing the root causes of distress, the areas of blocked energy are able to release and flow naturally. 

 

The basic Tapping technique requires you to focus on the negative emotion at hand - a fear, a worry, a bad memory, an unresolved problem, or anything that’s bothering you. While maintaining your mental focus on this issue and using specific language, you use your fingertips to tap on specific meridian points of the body. 

 

Tapping on these meridian points while concentrating on the negative emotions engages both the brain’s limbic system and the body’s energy system, encouraging a sense of safety and resolution. And as the scientific field of epigenetics is proving, when you change your internal environment - your emotions and beliefs - external changes in your mental and physical health will follow. 

 

The amygdala is known as the brain’s fear centre, from which the “flight or fight” response originates, alerting other parts of the brain that it senses danger. This, in turn, initiates the firing of other brain receptors and the release of specific hormones that allow the body to respond to the perceived danger. This process is highly useful when faced with a real survival situation or an actual threat but can be detrimental when developed into an “irrational fear” such as public speaking or a fear of rejection. 

Scientific Research has shown that tapping has been shown to literally “turn off” the amygdala, disrupting the stress response and allowing the brain synapses to be rewired for a more appropriate emotional response to a given situation, bad memory, etc.  It can also be shown with an EEG machine (which measures brainwaves) that brainwave patterns absolutely respond to EFT.

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PLEASE NOTE:  EFT nor any part of my Wellness Programme is a substitute for qualified medical or psychological care and treatment. As an EFT Practitioner I cannot diagnose. If you have not obtained a diagnosis from your doctor regarding a health condition, please do so.  All my treatments are complementary to conventional medical care but not a replacement for it.  I encourage you to make your own health care decisions based upon your research and in partnership with a qualified health care professional.  Any clients who fail to consult with appropriate health care professionals do so at their own risk.