Hello and welcome to this simple TFT session to relieve stress.
TFT is Thought Field Therapy and it's very similar to EFT which is Emotional Freedom Technique.
The reason it is similar is because it involves tapping points in the body.
The difference is that TFT uses tapping specific to target certain emotions and it has specific tapping points.
EFT is more of a generalized form of therapy where you tap at those specified points regardless of which emotion you are feeling.
Now we're gonna go into the activity and I'm going to use a simple affirmation for the tapping section of the TFT but typically you don't have to do an affirmation just my followers do enjoy doing the tapping with affirmation so I came up with one affirmation for this session.
Today we're going to focus on anxiety and as I mentioned with TFT depending on the symptom or emotion that you're feeling you will have certain tapping points.
So the first tapping point is under the eye for five times then it's under the arm for five times and then the collarbone for five times.
That is what typical instruction is but I like to go a little longer to really release emotions and stress.
Now first off before you start you need to recognize where you are at.
Become aware of how you're feeling in the moment so then you know if you can progress through the strategy.
So your stress level or symptom or anxiety should be less than five so it should be at a four for you to go into the TFT algorithm.
What does that mean?
If your stress level is five or above you would focus on the three tapping points under the eye under the arm and at both collarbones until you reduce your symptoms of anxiety to a four and once you are at a four you would progress to the eye movements the humming and counting sequence and we'll be doing it together.
So first off let's begin tapping under the eye but become aware of where you are first so on a scale from 0 to 10 where is your anxiety at this moment so that you can become aware if you are decreasing that level.
If you have not gotten down to a four when we get to the eye sequence I encourage you to continue to tap until you get to a four and then begin the eye sequence.
The affirmation we're going to use today is I am a master of my thoughts.
The reason I chose this affirmation is sometimes if we don't enjoy all the thoughts that pop into our minds we can get anxious and overwhelmed so let's think of that affirmation as we begin tapping again we're going to tap 15 times as I say the affirmation so as I recite the affirmation you're going to tap under your eye and I'm going to recite that affirmation three times so you should be able to tap a total of 15 times.
Tap under the eyes I am a master of my thoughts I am a master of my thoughts I am a master of my thoughts.
Next you're going to move to the collarbone.
I like following the sequence of where it is on your body we're going to tap the collarbone again I am a master of my thoughts I am a master of my thoughts I am a master of my thoughts.
Now under the arms on the sides of each ribcage and go ahead and tap or rub I am a master of my thoughts I am a master of my thoughts I am a master of my thoughts.
So let's measure again and see where you're at again if you have gone down in that sequence and you're down to a five you can move on to the next section but go ahead and follow along with us anyway because we want to get it down to a four.
If you are higher you want to pause this and do it several more times until you're down to a four completely.
Again tapping under the eyes I am a master of my thoughts I am a master of my thoughts I am a master of my thoughts.
At the collarbones I am a master of my thoughts I am a master of my thoughts I am a master of my thoughts.
Now under both arms I am a master of my thoughts I am a master of my thoughts I am a master of my thoughts.
Okay now measure your anxiety again if it is at a level four you're gonna move on to this specific tapping point.
So the first tapping point and the only place you're gonna be tapping the entire time now is called the gamut point and that point is in the backside of your palm in between your pinky finger and your ring finger.
I like to tell people to find that tender spot in between those two bones in that tissue right in the middle and that's the point you're gonna be tapping on with your opposite hand.
I like to tap with my right hand so that would mean I'm tapping at the backside of my left hand and as you're tapping on that specific point and you continue to tap on that point we're gonna follow the eye movements.
So first you're gonna close your eyes now open your eyes now you're gonna look up to the center and then down to the left up into the center and down to the right up again to the center and down to the left up and down to the right up and down to the left up and down to the right.
Now we're gonna do three circles to the left one two and three we're gonna three circles in the opposite direction to the right one two three now as you continue to tap you're gonna hum the happy birthday song for five seconds now you're gonna count out loud one two three four five count down five four three two one and keep tapping now we're gonna hum the happy birthday song for five more seconds that concludes one cycle of TFT.
Typically TFT only does one round of each eye movement I like to do three rounds of the eye movements for a deeper effect.
We'll go ahead and try that cycle one more time just to make sure we get you down to a stress level of zero or one if you continue at a level of four you want to continue doing the sequence until you get down to zero or one which is much more manageable stress level.
We're gonna go ahead and close our eyes open our eyes look up and then down to the left up and then down to the right up and then down to the left up and then down to the right up and down to the left up and down to the right now we're gonna do three circles to the left one two three three circles to the right one two three happy birthday hum and count one two three four five five four three two one and that completes the sequence again if you still feel like your stress levels is above where you want it you continue the gamut point tapping and the eye movements until you get your stress level down to close off the series you want to slowly
