Today's tapping meditation is designed to help reduce physical pain.
You can use tapping to reduce any type of pain,
Emotional pain.
Pain of a broken heart.
Specific meditation is designed to reduce any physical pain you might be experiencing.
If you haven't tapped before or you're not quite sure how the process works,
Please visit my Tapping 101 session.
It talks a little bit more about how and why to tap.
So let's go ahead and let's get started.
Today we're going to tap to reduce pain.
And we'll begin by tapping on that karate part of the hand.
And go ahead and repeat after me.
Either out loud or to yourself.
Even though.
I don't want or I don't like feeling this pain that I'm experiencing.
I know that this is my body's way of communicating with me.
And I can accept this.
Even though right now I'm experiencing physical pain.
I can accept my body.
And we're paying attention to the body in this moment.
We're bringing our awareness to this pain.
And go ahead and measure this pain.
If you were to place it on a scale between 0 and 10.
Where is this pain?
Is it unbearable?
Are you at a 10?
Is it just agitating?
A low-grade pain that's just always there.
And maybe you give it a five or a six.
Go ahead and measure this pain.
And we'll move to tapping on the inside of the eyebrows.
And bring to mind this pain.
Bring to mind the pain that you're currently experiencing.
And let's give your full awareness.
Your full attention.
To this pain.
And let's bring our tapping to outside the eyebrow.
And notice.
.
.
If this pain is sharp.
Or if it's dulled.
Notice if this pain is heavy or if it's intense.
And I know that this pain might be shifting.
It might be intensifying because we're bringing our awareness,
Our attention.
But this is part of the process.
We give this pain the attention that it's seeking so that it can be set free.
And so go ahead,
We won't be here for very long.
Notice.
Notice your pain.
Notice where this pain is.
Is happening in your body.
And we'll bring our tapping to under the eyes.
As we notice where this pain is.
Notice if it's in your neck.
Your lower back.
Maybe you're experiencing a migraine.
Indigestion.
Where are you feeling pain in your body?
And we'll bring our tapping to under the nose,
On top of the lips.
And I'm wondering if you have any stories around this pain.
Maybe a story about why it's here.
Something that happened,
An event.
Maybe you know what is causing it.
Maybe you think you know what is causing it.
What is the story that's attached to this pain?
Your story.
Why is this pain here?
And let's bring our tapping to our chin.
And I'm wondering if you can separate yourself from this pain.
This pain is not you.
It is something you are experiencing.
But it is not who you are.
It may feel like that if you've had chronic pain for many years.
But I'm wondering if you can give this pain.
Maybe a name,
A name that feels fitting to this pain.
So that it has a separate identity than you.
From you.
And now we have a name.
Let's tap on the collarbone.
And this.
Maybe we're calling it Harry or Henry.
Is a messenger.
It's a message from your body.
And I believe it's a message to help you.
That this is.
Apart.
Of the body.
That is calling out to you.
Trying to help.
And let's tap under the arm.
And I'm wondering when we think about this pain in this manner.
Do you think you can feel gratitude towards this pain?
Can you feel gratitude that this pain is a messenger?
Maybe not the type of message you want to receive.
It might be a little harsh.
But your body may have tried to communicate in other manners,
Different ways that we didn't notice,
We weren't paying attention.
And so now the body is shouting loudly at us.
I'm wondering if you think about pain in this way.
Can you show gratitude?
And let's tap on the top of head.
And I'm wondering if you could hold this pain like you would hold on to a hurt child.
A child experiencing pain.
You would not push them away.
You would not demean them or speak poorly about them.
You would hold them.
You will comfort them.
Can you hold your pain?
And rest your hands.
And take a moment to relax.
Taking in a deep breath.
And releasing it out.
And let's check in with our body again.
And check in on that pain.
Bring the mind.
Back to that pain that you were experiencing.
And now on that scale from 0 to 10.
Where are you?
Are you still at the same number?
For some,
This number might elevate because we put so much awareness,
So much attention.
For others,
The number might have dropped.
We'll continue to tap and let's try to soften.
To soften this pain,
To drop this number down.
And we'll begin to tap on the inside of the eyebrow.
I soften into my body.
I soften into my body.
I soften into my body.
And we'll move our tapping to the outside of the eye.
I relax my body.
I relax my muscles.
I relax my nervous system.
I can soften and relax my body.
And we'll bring our tapping to under the eye.
I am ready to see my pain differently.
I'm ready to see my pain.
With compassion.
And with gratitude.
I see my pain differently.
And we'll tap under the nose on top of the lip.
I can soften and I can relax.
And allow your body to soften in this moment.
Drop your shoulders down.
Relax the jaw.
Relax the muscles around your eyes.
Across the eyebrows and the forehead.
Soften your belly.
And we're still tapping on top of the lip.
And we're using these words,
I can soften.
I can relax.
And let's bring our tapping to our chin.
I'm ready to change my relationship.
To pain.
I'm ready to rewrite my story.
The story that I have been telling myself about this pain.
I get to author.
My story.
And I'm ready to rewrite this story.
So that it's different.
And let's tap on the collarbone.
Pain is not my only story.
There are other parts of me.
These are the parts that I want to emphasize.
The joy and the laughter that lives within me.
How creative I am.
How I love being with other people.
How people love to be with me.
How adventurous I am.
Go ahead and share what is special about you.
What are the other parts of your story?
The ones that you want to shout louder,
That you want to share.
And we'll tap under the arm.
Because I know that you have so many more stories to tell.
And we're tapping under the arm.
I have so many more stories to tell.
So much more to share about myself.
And so I put pain on the back burner.
I don't let it be on the forefront.
And bring your tapping to the top of the head.
There was so much more to me.
So much more to my story.
And allow the body to soften.
Allow yourself to relax.
And rest your hands.
And check in once again.
How are you feeling?
Check in with that pain and see.
See if it's shifted.
For some,
This might be enough.
For you,
You may need to come back a couple times tapping.
Tapping on releasing.
Tapping on shifting your relationship to pain.
All my love.
Namaste
