The emotional freedom technique,
Also referred to as EFT or tapping,
Is a really wonderful practice that can help you to feel calm and regulate your nervous system.
So what I want you to do right now is to take a nice deep breath in,
And I want you to take a moment to really check in with yourself.
Notice how you're feeling.
How are you feeling physically?
Are there aches and pains in your body?
Mentally,
Where has your mind been today?
What have you been focused on and how has that been showing up for you?
And emotionally,
What do you notice?
How intense are the feelings that you feel right now?
And what I want you to do is give yourself a score on a scale of 0 to 10.
So if we're talking about feeling really anxious or really overwhelmed,
Or maybe it's more like feeling really angry or feeling really frustrated,
Give it a score on a 0 to 10 scale.
Zero,
As in you don't feel that at all,
You're feeling great and you probably don't need to tap right now.
Or a 10,
Where you're feeling really overwhelmed and stressed out or really angry and frustrated.
And once we have that number,
Then we're going to just check in with ourselves throughout this process to see if that number comes down a little bit.
So,
What I want you to do to start is take a nice deep breath,
Let it go.
And we are going to start by tapping on the pinky side of the hand.
So if you are righty,
You might like to tap with your right hand on your pinky side of your left hand,
Or you can do it vice versa.
There's no wrong way of tapping.
If tapping on any of these points that we're about to tap on bothers you,
Please stop or skip over that point,
Always listening to your body.
So tapping on that pinky side of the hand,
Maybe rolling the shoulders a few times,
Maybe moving your ear towards your shoulder,
Stretching the neck in one direction,
And then taking a moment to move it in the opposite direction.
And we are going to start here on that pinky side of the hand with what's called the setup statement.
So I'm going to say a statement and I encourage you to repeat the statement out loud.
Even though I'm feeling really overwhelmed right now,
I love,
Honor,
And accept myself.
Even though I'm feeling really stressed right here,
Right now,
I'm acknowledging it.
Even though I'm feeling really stressed and overwhelmed,
It's okay and I'm okay.
Now we're going to move to the top of the head.
So using those fingertips to tap at the crown of the head,
All of this stress and overwhelm.
Now we're going to move to the start of the eyebrows.
I feel stressed and overwhelmed.
The next point is the sides of the eyes.
I'm carrying all of this stress and overwhelm in my body.
Under the eyes,
Continuing to tap all of this stress and overwhelm.
Under the nose,
I feel this stress and overwhelm in my body.
On to the chin crease.
I wonder what it would be like if I could let this stress and anxiety go.
Coming to the collarbone.
So we want to be tapping on the fleshy part of the body right underneath the collarbone on both sides.
I really want to let some of this stress and anxiety go.
I'm going to tap underneath the arm on the side of the body about three inches down from the armpit.
I'm open to the possibility of letting this stress and anxiety go.
And then the back of the hand between the pinky and the ring finger.
Right here,
Right now.
I'm opening up to the possibility of letting some of this stress and anxiety go.
Pause there,
Take a nice deep breath,
And let it go.
Notice how your body is feeling.
Notice if your mind started to wander.
It's totally normal if it did.
And if particular thoughts or memories came up for you during that first round of tapping,
I encourage you to just jot it down.
Because the more specific that you can get with how you are feeling and what you are thinking about,
The more of a difference you'll begin to feel when you're tapping.
The more specific you get,
The better the results.
We'll do one more round here.
So coming to that pinky side of the hand,
Maybe checking in with that number,
Seeing if it moved at all.
No judgment.
If it moved down,
Great.
If not,
It's okay.
It was only one round.
Doesn't mean that tapping doesn't work.
It just means you need to keep tapping.
Then repeating after me as we tap on that pinky side of the hand.
Even though the stress,
Anxiety,
And overwhelm is still here,
It's okay and I'm okay.
Even though I'm still feeling stressed and overwhelmed,
I'm hopeful that tapping will help.
Even though there's still stress and overwhelm,
It feels good to acknowledge it and I love,
Honor,
And accept myself.
Come into the top of the head.
I still feel this stress and anxiety.
Start of the eyebrows,
But it does feel good to acknowledge it.
Sides of the eyes.
I'm open to the possibility of letting some of this go.
Under the eyes.
If I let this go,
Then I will feel what will happen to me.
How will you feel?
Lighter,
Happier,
Calmer.
Coming under the nose.
I'm open to the possibility of letting some of this go.
Onto the chin crease.
I deserve to feel lighter and calmer.
Coming to the collarbone.
I'm worthy of feeling calmer.
Under the arm.
Right here,
Right now,
I'm open to letting some of this go.
And then the back of the hand,
Between that pinky finger and the ring finger.
Continuing to tap.
Nice,
Deep breath in and out.
It's okay and I'm okay.
Pause there.
Take a nice,
Deep breath in and out.
And once again,
Check in with yourself.
Notice if there's any new thoughts that come up during that round.
Notice if there's any different physical sensations that you've become aware of.
Maybe you want to continue to tap.
And if so,
I encourage you to do so.
Coming up with words to describe how you are feeling in this moment.
I am sending you so much love and peace and tranquility as you continue to explore this practice of tapping.
Have a wonderful rest of your day.
