The Emotional Freedom Technique: Psychological Acupressure

EFT is a breakthrough approach to healing

The Emotional Freedom Technique or EFT is a form of emotional acupressure that is easy to learn and often gets results when nothing else has worked. In this Hub, Energy Therapist Rod Sherwin explains more about EFT.

Gary Craig, the founder of EFT, actually named it the Emotional Freedom Techniques because there while there is a foundational basic recipe, there are also many approaches and supporting techniques.

Energy Therapist Rod Sherwin talks about EFT

What does EFT work for?

While we are conditioned in to expect a different treatment for every different illness or condition, EFT is a universal healing aid that can be applied to everything and often gets results when nothing else works.

It is actually statistically impossible to create a separate drug, lotion, or potion for every condition. Einstein discovered that everything was energy, including the human body. Because EFT deals with the energy system of the body it makes sense that EFT can be applied to every emotional or physical issue such as such as:

trauma and abuse
stress, panic and anxiety attacks
fears and phobias
depression
addiction and substance abuse
allergies
children's issues,
and hundreds of physical symptoms including headaches, back pain and breathing difficulties.

EFT is also highly effective when applied to all types of peak performance e.g. sports, speaking, sales, acting, etc.

How does EFT work?

EFT is based on the Discovery Statement:

"The cause of all negative emotions is a disruption in the body's energy system"

This is quite a change from the idea that our thoughts cause our emotions. Yes if you think about something upsetting you will feel upset but that is not a permanent disruption in your system.

Instead, instense emotional experiences cause a disruption in energy system that is stored there and we experience as a recurring pattern or emotional state for years on until it is cleared.

In EFT, clearing these disruptions is done by gentle tapping with the finger tips on easily accessible points on the face and upper body.

While focusing on an emotion such as stress, fear, or anxiety, you tap on the acupressure points while repeating a phrase to keep you focused on one issue.

Up until modern medicine, every other health system was based on optimising the energies of the body. Current medicine is based on Newtonian physics which was superseded by Einstein's Quantum physics that everything was energy.

More about EFT from Rod Sherwin

Learn EFT

Free EFT Getting Started Guide
Download the free EFT Getting Started which includes where and how to tap, what to say when you tap, and more information such as psychological reversal.
5-Star EFT Training DVDs
These DVDs are by EFT Founder Gary Craig and are recorded seminars. They are very reasonably priced and it's worth buying at least two sets because of the significant discount. I recommend starting with the EFT Course and From EFT to the Palace of Po
Attend an EFT Workshop
These workshops are for professionals and serious students wanting in-depth, hands on training in EFT to augment and reinforce what they are learning from the EFT videos.

More EFT Resources

The Emotional Freedom Technique: More Detailed Introduction
This site includes video and photos showing what EFT can do and where the tapping points are.
Relieve Stress and Anxiety using the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)
Simple step by step guide showing you how to apply EFT to stress.
Back Pain Relief using the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)
This page explains how back pain has an emotional component that, when treated with EFT, gives relief without drugs.
Headache & Migraine Relief using the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)
Before you reach for the pills apply EFT to your headache and migraines.
Control Addictive Cravings with EFT
While focused on controlling chocolate cravings, the approach outlined here will help for any addictive behaviours that you want to change.
Love your Body the way it is with the Emotional Freedom Technique
Mainstream media makes us feel that our body is not good enough the way it is. Use EFT to clear the programming and achieve acceptance of the way you look.

More Information about the EFT

Tap4Health EFT in Melbourne, Australia
Tap4Health EFT Practice is Melbourne's premier EFT practice with clients all over the world. Rod Sherwin is a genius EFT Practitioner with over 8 years experience transforming the quality of people's lives. Tap4Health conducts EFT sessions in person,
EFT Tapping Points Guide
Here is detailed pictures and description of the shortcut tapping points used in EFT.
EFT Tapping Tips
Learn more about the different ways of applying EFT.
Facebook EFT Page
Join the EFT community of Facebook with discussions, posts, and videos.

EFT News and Articles

This Blog has a new Home
For several years, I wrote articles on this blog but I have now integrated my own blog into my business website. Please continue to read and enjoy the articles at the Tap4Health EFT blog. Tags: - 15 months ago
New branch of science busts gene myths
A new branch of science called Epigenetics moves medicine from simple mechanics to the Quatum Science level. Epigenetics proves that our health is NOT predetermined by genes and that we have control over how our genes express themselves thus determining if we experience a disease or not. Using an experiments on mice that are identical genetically, scientist were able to completely change the health of the mice by changing diet. This is exciting stuff. The blond mouse is obese and predisposed to diabetes and cancer. The brown mouse is the healthy result of a change in the mother’s diet. And what are the tools scientist say can alter the way our genese are expressed? “New research shows that consciousness (beliefs, feelings, prayer, energy, thought) may have epigenetic effects.” Tools from the emerging field of energy psychology, such as EFT, can change what happens to our genes and whether or not we experience a particular disease. So please ignore that media next time it informs you that they have identified a gene for this or that disease. Yes the gene may lead to that diesase but YOU HAVE CONTROL over whether it happens or not. A ground breaking Epigenetic Science award was recently presented in Los Angeles. You owe it to yourself and your health to be informed about epigenetics. The most approachable book on the subject is: The Genie in Your Genes: Epigenetic Medicine and the New Biology of Intention Tags: genes, genetics, heart disease, cancer, energy psychology, eft, epigenetics - 2 years ago
Anger Disguises and Anger Management Spectrum
In a recent newsletter article, I wrote about using EFT to break the patterns of anger that can really do damage to us and those we love. I get most client inquiries from men for anger management yet one of the best reference books I have for patterns of anger is called Healing Rage:Women Making Inner Peace Possible by Ruth King. The book helps you identify your primary anger disguises and gives you a number of practices for healing this rage. EFT, when combined with these practices, can yield to fantastic results. Anger disguises include behaviours such as: DominanceDefianceDistractionDevotionDepressionDependence Ruth King's book is from many years of experience in working with women and anger. When I talked to her about how I related to many of the patterns as a man, Ruth said that she could not claim experience with men as she had not worked with them over the years; yet we are all human and feel the same emotions. Rage is a strong word for anger. It is at the most intense end of the spectrum of this emotion. There is a long path from peeved, annoyed, aggravated, ..., angry,..., enraged. Most of us don't use the words that can help us identify where we are on this spectrum. Next time you are feeling angry see if you can identify where you are on a scale from 1 - 10 where 1 is peeved or miffed, and 10 is full blown insane rage. Making this distinction helps identify what actions you can take to break the pattern of anger. Tags: anger, anger management, anger disguises, anger spectrum, eft, Healing Rage, Ruth King, tap4health - 2 years ago
EFT Products on Tap4Health
I have just completed adding some exciting EFT Products to Tap4Health which include: Attracting Abundance with EFTPain Relief with EFT: Breakthrough Audio Coaching ProgramSchool Made Much Easier, andFreedom At Your Fingertips Check them out. They're great additions to your growth and knowledge of the flexibility of EFT. Tags: abundance, law of attraction, pain relief, school, eft, tap4health - 2 years ago
Beware your shaving creme
In the last month, I've had some of the worst depression and obsessive thinking that I have ever experienced and believe it may be linked to the shaving creme I've been using. With all me healing skills, I have only been able to reduce the intensity of things a little yet felt very stuck like nothing could or would ever change. This morning, as I went to shave, I got a nudge to muscle test (kinesiology) about the shaving creme I was using. I normally only shaved with shaving oil but I bought some cheap home brand razors that just kept getting clogged so started using the shaving creme because then I could use the whole bag of razors. My shaving creme is one that comes in an aerosol and foams when squirted into the hand. So I've been using it for the better part of a month now; the month in which I have had the worst thoughts. I muscle tested this morning that shaving creme was causing my depression and obsessive thinking and it tested true! I also tested that it would take about a week for the effects of the creme to leave my system so still have to battle through another week. I used soap on top of the oil this morning instead and was still able to use the razors. So, you might want to experiment with not using the shaving creme for a couple of weeks and see what happens to you thoughts and feelings. Tags: depression, obsession, stuck, nothing ever changes - 2 years ago

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