EFT Tapping To Open To Joy: Release What's Holding You Back

Most of us have an unconscious deal with joy. We will allow it in when we have earned it. When the hard thing is resolved. When life looks more like we planned. This 14-minute EFT tapping session challenges those limiting beliefs. Using three rounds of tapping on acupressure points, it works directly with your nervous system to release what has been keeping joy conditional — the idea that you have to deserve it, the fear that feeling good means something will go wrong, and the habit of moving past what is good without stopping to appreciate it. Joy is not a reward. It is available right now. As you are. In this moment. If you are new to EFT tapping, a short introductory video is available on my Insight Timer profile. Background music by Music of Wisdom. This session is intended for general wellbeing only and is not a substitute for professional support. If you are experiencing significant distress please reach out to a qualified professional.

Transcript

There's something you've been waiting for. Maybe you call it happiness. Maybe you call it peace. Maybe you just call it feeling okay. Really okay. In a way that does not require anything to be different from how it is right now. You've been waiting for the circumstances to align, For the busy season to end. For the hard thing to resolve. You've been waiting for permission to be fully, Truly happy. But what if joy is not something that arrives when everything is finally in order? What if joy is not waiting for any of that? What if it's something that's available right now, In this moment, Exactly as things are? And the only thing standing between you and it is a set of beliefs that you've been carrying for so long that you almost stop noticing them. This is your EFT tapping session for opening to joy. Not for manufacturing joy, Not for performing it, Not for pretending everything is fine when it's not. But for gently releasing the beliefs, The habits, And the quiet stories that have been keeping joy just out of reach. I invite you to find a comfortable position. Sitting up with your feet on the floor. Let your body settle. Close your eyes if that feels comfortable. Take a slow breath in through your nose. And release it fully through your mouth. Another time, Longer, Breathing in. And letting it go. Just for a moment. Focus on what comes up when you hear the word joy. Does it feel close or distant? Familiar or just out of reach. Is there part of you that wonders whether you're allowed to feel it right now as things are? Without needing to change first. Just notice without judgment, Without needing to fix anything yet. On a scale of 0 to 10. Where zero is completely open and available to joy. And 10 is the feeling that joy is simply not available to you right now, That it's constantly out of reach, That you can't find it. Where are you? Note the number. We're going to move it. Bring your fingers to the karate chop point on the side of your hand and begin tapping and repeating after me. Even though I've been waiting for joy to arrive. Even though I've been waiting for joy to arrive. I deeply and completely accept myself. I deeply and completely accept myself. Even though part of me believes that joy is something I have not earned yet. Even though part of me believes that joy is something I have not earned yet. I choose to be gentle with myself today. I choose to be gentle with myself today. Even though I'm not sure that I can find joy. Even though I'm not sure that I can find joy. I'm willing to begin opening to it now. I'm willing to begin opening to it now. Stop tapping on the karate chop point. And bring your fingers to the inner edge of your eyebrows. And began tapping softly, Repeating after me. This distance from joy. This distance from joy. Tapping on the side of the eye. The feeling that joy is somewhere else. The feeling that joy is somewhere else. Tapping under the eye, The belief that I have to earn joy. The belief that I have to earn joy. Tapping under the nose, The habit of moving past good moments before they can land. The habit of moving past good moments before they can land. Tapping on the chin. The busyness that crowds out joy. The busyness that crowds out joy. Tapping on the collarbone. The quiet fear that if I allow joy, Something will go wrong. The quiet fear that if I allow joy, Something will go wrong. Tapping under the arm. The belief that other people have access to joy, But somehow I do not. The belief that other people have access to joy. But somehow I do not. And tapping on the top of the head. All this distance. All this distance. All this waiting. All this waiting. All this keeping joy just out of reach. All this keeping joy just out of reach. Stop tapping. Take a deep breath in and as you breathe out. Release it completely. Letting go of these limiting beliefs. Start tapping again on the inner eyebrow and repeating after me. I'm ready to release this distance now I am ready to release this distance now. Tapping on the side of the eye. I release the belief that joy is something I have to earn. I release the belief that joy is something I have to earn. Tapping under the eye. Joy is not a reward for getting everything right. Joy is not a reward for getting everything right. Tapping under the nose. I release the habit of moving past what is good before it has a chance to land. I release the habit of moving past what is good. Before it has a chance to land. Tapping on the chin. I release the busyness that has been crowding Joy out. I release the busyness that has been crowding Joy out. Tapping on the collarbone. I release the fear that allowing joy means something will go wrong. I release the fear that allowing joy means that something will go wrong. Joy and difficulty can coexist. Joy and difficulty can coexist. Tapping under the arm. I release the story that joy is for other people. I release the story that joy is for other people. Tapping on the top of the head. Joy is available to me right now as I am. Joy is available to me right now as I am. Continue tapping on the top of the head. I release all of this now, Gently, Completely. I release all of this now. Gently, Completely. Stop tapping. Take a deep breath in. And release slowly and completely. We'll move into our final round of tapping now. This is really around opening to joy. So start tapping on the eyebrow. I am open to joy right now in this moment. I am open to joy right now in this moment. Tapping on the side of the eye. Joy does not require perfect circumstances. Joy does not require perfect circumstances. Tapping under the eye. Joy is a quality of attention. A way of being present to what is already good. Joy is a quality of attention. A way of being present to what is already good. Tapping under the nose. I give myself permission to notice what is good right now. I give myself permission to notice what is good right now. Tapping on the chin. Joy is not something I wait for. It is something I return to again and again. Joy is not something I wait for. It is something I return to again and again. Tapping on the collarbone. I am someone who notices joy. I am someone who notices joy. I am someone who receives it. I am someone who receives it. Tapping under the arm. Joy is available to me right now. Not later when everything is sorted. Joy is available to me right now. Not later, When everything is sorted. Tapping on the top of the head. I am open to joy. I welcome it in. I am open to joy. I welcome it in. Right now. In this breath. In this moment. Right now, In this breath. In this moment. Stop tapping. Take one more slow breath in, Connecting with your joy, Connecting with your heart. And breathe out deeply. Savoring this moment. Savoring your love. Let your hands rest where they fall. Let your face soften Release any tension anywhere in your body. Let your shoulders drop, Your whole body settle. Just take a moment. To really truly savor being here in this moment now. You are here, Alive, Whole. Feel the goodness of that. Tap into that joy of being fully, Truly alive. Grateful. Aware. Embodying love, Embodying joy. I want you to check back in with that number from 0 to 10. Remember, 0 is in touch with your joy, Feeling it now. 10 is feeling like joy is completely out of reach, Inaccessible. Where are you now? Notice the difference. Has that number shifted. If that number has come down, It is your nervous system responding to a direct signal that joy is safe. The joy is available. The joy does not have to wait for anything else to be true first. You have been waiting for joy for longer than perhaps you realize. Enjoy his being here in the ordinary texture of your days. In the moments you moved past before they had a chance to reach you. In the spaces between the busy where something quiet and good has always been present. You do not have to earn it. You do not have to deserve it. You do not have to wait for circumstances to align. You simply have to be willing to notice it, To pause for it, To let it land. That willingness right here, Right now is the beginning of everything. Take one more breath. Slow. Easy. Complete. And carry that openness with you into the rest of your day. Notice one thing today that contains even a small spark of joy. A glimmer. Pause for it. Stay with it for just a moment longer than feels comfortable. Let it land. Acknowledge it. That is the practice and it begins now.