So, husband and I were making the shopping list the other day. We were assessing the household battery needs and I went to check on what type of batteries my little boombox took. But as it turns out, there were functioning batteries in there already. Because I believed there were none, I had been making choices based on that belief, like I couldn't listen to music in the garden while I worked. Honestly I've been trying all sorts of other ways to listen to the radio while I worked in the garden, and nothing else worked, so I thought "OK, I'm going to spend the money and just get the batteries." My belief had shaped and limited my actions and options. But taking the time to look changed everything!
Doing EFT is like going and looking, with a really good flashlight. I've sat with clients many times and heard them say,"oh, that's all worked out." But as we sit with the memory a bit the realization comes that its not so neutral a memory after all. Sometimes there is just a little bit of emotional intensity left, sometimes a surprisingly large amount. Sometimes it can act as a springboard to a related memory that needs to be worked out to truly clear the stuck emotional energy. ( See the last blog entry about breadcrumbs.)
What may be your subconscious beliefs? 'I'm not good enough,' 'I'm too old to do that,' 'I'm too young to do that,' 'I don't have anything important to say,' 'Nothing ever works for me,' 'Everything I do works out for the best,' 'I'm divinely guided in all my actions,' 'money and resources flow easily into my life.' Did any of those resonate for you?
So go ahead, shine a light, and maybe what you find can be easily transformed. Maybe when you look, you'll quickly realize it was just a false belief. Maybe it's not the big scary overpowering thing you feared, and if it is, you can take along a guide to help you tackle it. It's just energy after all. Then you truly will have new options available. Many of the ideas and beliefs that keep us stuck are easily transmutable, and then we can change who and how we are in the world more easily than we ever thought, and life begins to unfold more in line with our conscious desires.
next time: I know what I want, why do I keep getting this instead?
Tap On
peace,
Penny
For more information about tapping and to download the manual and learn it on your own go to:
www.EFTUniverse.com (or)
www.Emofree.com. (or)
http://www.innersource.net/innersource/
Penny Hill, LMT, Certified EFT Practitioner
Oregon Massage License #4527
www.RisingSunMassage.massagetherapy.com
https://www.facebook.com/Rising-Sun-Massage-1662628780544032/
https://RisingSunMassage.blogspot.com/
https://TapIntoYourBrilliance.blogspot.com
Monday, June 27, 2016
Monday, June 20, 2016
A Trail of Breadcrumbs in the form of Pain
Everyone has had this experience: you remember an old event, could be from yesterday, last week or twenty years ago, and you feel a physical response to that memory. It could be a constriction in your stomach, a clenching jaw, a heaviness on your heart or any number of sensations associated with it. It could be a sudden surge of joy as well, or a warm feeling of safety or inclusion.
Where are our memories stored? You might have assumed that they are in the brain somewhere. In truth, no one is really sure. But the developing theories that research is pointing to is that memory is stored in all our senses. Or more precisely, when a memory is stored it includes 'aspects' that come from all the senses. When recalling an old memory how many times have you said something like "I can still smell the roses," or "I can still hear the screeching of the brakes" ? This old event is still being held in your senses as if it's happening now. If it is a lovely memory that is fine, but if it's a traumatic one, not so much. These sensory bits of memory are dragging down our energy, but are also clues to tell us that we have unresolved bits of 'emotional baggage' weighing us down.
When we have a troubling memory and we experience physical feelings associated with it we can think of it as parts of our neurology stuck in the memory. Like having our scarf caught in the door, we're mostly out but not able to walk away. This is one of the main uses of EFT, to get our biology unstuck so we can live the biggest most successful lives we can.
Life is full of small and large traumas. The hallmarks of trauma are that:
it is unexpected and sudden (we were startled)
it threatens our lives or identity
is overwhelming ( we haven't the resources to handle it)
we feel isolated (we feel alone and helpless)
Given these parameters you can see that certainly something like a car accident or assault could fall into that category, but so too does the 2 year old experiencing an angry mom for the first time. Even an infant's nervous system can record experiences. So well before you have the ability to form memories, you're body is sorting out 'safe' and 'not safe' in an effort to maximize your survival. The tools EFT uses to get the 'stuck' places 'unstuck' is to follow the trail your body has left as clues that there is unresolved emotional energy. These can be patterns of recurring or chronic pain in the body. They can also show up as recurring themes in our lives: nothing ever works out for me, I can never get a good job, all my bosses have been incompetent but I never get a promotion. You get the picture? Do you have a pattern that could use some improving? Are you trying to achieve a goal but can't ever get going? These are symptoms of a load of unresolved emotional energy holding you back.
What EFT is so brilliant at doing is getting our scarf unstuck from the door so we can move on and be our wonderful, brilliant, loving, healthy, whole, light filled selves in the world.
Tap On
peace,
Penny
For more information about tapping and to download the manual and learn it on your own go to:
www.EFTUniverse.com (or)
www.Emofree.com. (or)
http://www.innersource.net/innersource/
Penny Hill, LMT
Oregon license #4527
www.RisingSunMassage.massagetherapy.com
https://www.facebook.com/Rising-Sun-Massage-1662628780544032/
https://RisingSunMassage.blogspot.com/
https://TapIntoYourBrilliance.blogspot.com
Where are our memories stored? You might have assumed that they are in the brain somewhere. In truth, no one is really sure. But the developing theories that research is pointing to is that memory is stored in all our senses. Or more precisely, when a memory is stored it includes 'aspects' that come from all the senses. When recalling an old memory how many times have you said something like "I can still smell the roses," or "I can still hear the screeching of the brakes" ? This old event is still being held in your senses as if it's happening now. If it is a lovely memory that is fine, but if it's a traumatic one, not so much. These sensory bits of memory are dragging down our energy, but are also clues to tell us that we have unresolved bits of 'emotional baggage' weighing us down.
When we have a troubling memory and we experience physical feelings associated with it we can think of it as parts of our neurology stuck in the memory. Like having our scarf caught in the door, we're mostly out but not able to walk away. This is one of the main uses of EFT, to get our biology unstuck so we can live the biggest most successful lives we can.
Life is full of small and large traumas. The hallmarks of trauma are that:
it is unexpected and sudden (we were startled)
it threatens our lives or identity
is overwhelming ( we haven't the resources to handle it)
we feel isolated (we feel alone and helpless)
Given these parameters you can see that certainly something like a car accident or assault could fall into that category, but so too does the 2 year old experiencing an angry mom for the first time. Even an infant's nervous system can record experiences. So well before you have the ability to form memories, you're body is sorting out 'safe' and 'not safe' in an effort to maximize your survival. The tools EFT uses to get the 'stuck' places 'unstuck' is to follow the trail your body has left as clues that there is unresolved emotional energy. These can be patterns of recurring or chronic pain in the body. They can also show up as recurring themes in our lives: nothing ever works out for me, I can never get a good job, all my bosses have been incompetent but I never get a promotion. You get the picture? Do you have a pattern that could use some improving? Are you trying to achieve a goal but can't ever get going? These are symptoms of a load of unresolved emotional energy holding you back.
What EFT is so brilliant at doing is getting our scarf unstuck from the door so we can move on and be our wonderful, brilliant, loving, healthy, whole, light filled selves in the world.
Tap On
peace,
Penny
For more information about tapping and to download the manual and learn it on your own go to:
www.EFTUniverse.com (or)
www.Emofree.com. (or)
http://www.innersource.net/innersource/
Penny Hill, LMT
Oregon license #4527
www.RisingSunMassage.massagetherapy.com
https://www.facebook.com/Rising-Sun-Massage-1662628780544032/
https://RisingSunMassage.blogspot.com/
https://TapIntoYourBrilliance.blogspot.com
Saturday, June 4, 2016
In the Beginning
I haven't defined EFT yet have I? Most simply put it is a stress relief tool, effective and easily learned. It combines a technique from psychology, exposure therapy, and tapping on acupuncture meridians. By combining these two actions, troubling emotions and memories (which may be being stored in the body as pain) can be reprocessed and dispersed. This has many benefits and is usually permanent. The applications are almost endless. As this blog goes on this is what I will be writing about but I think it's important to lay the foundation of where this work comes from. It's pedigree if you will
Last time I outlined some of the major developments in the psychological field that were foundational in the development of EFT. Building on that work the next wave of development of what would become EFT combined manual muscle testing with tapping on acupuncture points,and exposure therapy. Additionally included is a recognition of and a way to treat what is called psychological reversal (in EFT parlance we call it the 'upside of the downside'.) The last in the list of developers is psychologist Roger Callahan who developed his system which he called Thought Field Therapy. While effective it was complex and hard to implement.
This brings us back around to Gary Craig who was a student of Callahan's. Gary refined and simplified the process, making it easy for anyone to learn and do the process. Gary was a master NLP practitioner, and included some very effective bits from there. There are some inclusions from EMDR as well.
It is very safe to use on your own, and indeed while working with a practitioner is very useful, you can use the protocol to very great effect on yourself by yourself. It can be delivered successfully on the phone or by Skype for people who can't travel or would like to work with someone who is not close to them geographically.
It is being used to treat PTSD very successfully. Indeed at least two of my mentors work with veterans, happily transforming their lives into a mostly post PTSD experience, while the mainstream medical community is telling them, as has been believed for always, that there is no hope for remission from PTSD. This was true, but now with EFT that is changing.
You can download the manual and learn EFT for yourself at www.EFTUniverse.com or if you know a warrior who could use some help there is a tapping project geared just for them at: http://battletap.org/home.aspx
tapping is brilliant
healthcare!
Last time I outlined some of the major developments in the psychological field that were foundational in the development of EFT. Building on that work the next wave of development of what would become EFT combined manual muscle testing with tapping on acupuncture points,and exposure therapy. Additionally included is a recognition of and a way to treat what is called psychological reversal (in EFT parlance we call it the 'upside of the downside'.) The last in the list of developers is psychologist Roger Callahan who developed his system which he called Thought Field Therapy. While effective it was complex and hard to implement.
This brings us back around to Gary Craig who was a student of Callahan's. Gary refined and simplified the process, making it easy for anyone to learn and do the process. Gary was a master NLP practitioner, and included some very effective bits from there. There are some inclusions from EMDR as well.
It is very safe to use on your own, and indeed while working with a practitioner is very useful, you can use the protocol to very great effect on yourself by yourself. It can be delivered successfully on the phone or by Skype for people who can't travel or would like to work with someone who is not close to them geographically.
It is being used to treat PTSD very successfully. Indeed at least two of my mentors work with veterans, happily transforming their lives into a mostly post PTSD experience, while the mainstream medical community is telling them, as has been believed for always, that there is no hope for remission from PTSD. This was true, but now with EFT that is changing.
You can download the manual and learn EFT for yourself at www.EFTUniverse.com or if you know a warrior who could use some help there is a tapping project geared just for them at: http://battletap.org/home.aspx
tapping is brilliant
healthcare!
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