Today I went with a friend to an EFT class….
EFT stands for Emotional Freedom Technique – if you want to know more about it and receive the Free EFT manual you can click this link to learn more –> What is EFT? (link will open in a new window)
I’ve known of EFT for years now – I have used it and I have had varied results with it. I have my own opinion about it and why it works — and Yes I do recommend it to people….(I’ll get back to this)
Here is how this all transpired — Yesterday I get a message from my friend Marria – telling me she went for an EFT session and how absolutely fantastic she felt – she wanted to share this with me….
When I heard her message and most importantly this tremendous joy in her voice – I thought – I’m not going to call instead I’ll go visit to share in her excitement. She lives right below me on the hill….
So…. down the hill I went – - –
Marria was in a car accident several months ago — and has had back challenges ever since. She is also a follower of Abraham – so there was a point in her challenges (I call them opportunities) – that she expressed how she was aware the accident and the back issue were her own creation….
But — she was still experiencing pain in her back. Pain can be such a tough situation – because the physicality of it makes it difficult to feel good! When Abraham speaks about pain – they always talk about having the pain and feeling powerless or having the pain and being hopeful. If you can do the latter – you are on your way to recovery — but again with this pain throbbing all over you — It can be difficult!
During the last several months – I would think to myself – I should show Marria how to do EFT. I know many people have great results with this tapping procedure especially with physical pain! But – for some reason when I would see her – I never mentioned it!
A week or so ago a mutual friend of ours told Marria there was an EFT practitioner in our area. We live in the boonies, so this was pretty cool! So Marria made an appointment – went – and had a 2 hour session that had her in the clouds…..
She was telling me all about her experience and how her pain dissipated – she was so excited. She then told me that today, Saturday, this EFT practitioner was holding a 4 hour beginner’s class – to explain the tapping procedure and teach how to do it for yourself.
Marria said she was going to the class and did I want to go with her. My first response was “No”…. Why? Well – I know the tapping sequence – I have all the DVDs from the EFT website – and several years ago I did attend a class that was given by a hypnotist.
I have my own belief of why EFT works – and I would say it is not inline with the beliefs of the founder — which really doesn’t matter. Right?
What is my belief — Well I do think EFT is a wonderful tool to use – When you tap you have a statement to say — usually they teach the statement “Even though I have this ______ (whatever your issue is – ie pain, worried feeling, headache, etc) I completely accept myself.
That statement in itself is HUGE — it will put you on the path to feeling better! You are stating that you accept where you are — and you accept yourself! Most of us do not do that! We have a tendency to internally fight where we are. We have a tendency to blame ourselves or others for where we are. And on a whole many of us do not always feel OK about who we are.
When I do EFT I have my own statement – it is: “Even though I feel this discord (resistance) ___ (in my foot – or if it is a feeling that is bothering me — about name the situation) I completely and deeply Love and Honor myself.” That statement is self-accepting and self-loving.
So… even though my first response was “No” about going to this Saturday class – Marria’s vibration was so High it was contagious. So I thought – maybe I’ll go and check this out.
The class was from 1-5pm – I picked up Marria at 12:30 and off we went. We arrived a few minutes early and then the other 3 participants came. 3 of us had used EFT before and the other 2 were brand new to this. The practitioner started her explanation of EFT — and it didn’t take me long to realize – I really didn’t belong here!
There was lots of talk about disease, diagnosis, toxins and basically stuff that I don’t resonate with nor do I want to. Now look – I am well aware that there are things that have those labels – but I don’t give my attention to those things – and so I don’t have any experiences with them. I like it like that and I choose to keep it like that!
I was so aware I didn’t belong here – I didn’t want to hear someone else’s beliefs about these things – especially when they talked as this is how it is! Hmmmm might be how it is for you — but not me!
What was being taught was that — toxins, disease, trauma, old memories can cause a blockage in your energy. And by tapping on the meridian points you can unblock the energy.
I don’t totally disagree — I believe limiting beliefs will eventually show up in a physical form — and to say the energy is being blocked is a good way to describe it. I don’t think the tapping on these points are what moves the energy – I believe the accepting of yourself and where you are — remember the statement “I completely accept myself” – will start to shift the energy.
By tapping and saying these things – we are shifting our thoughts. In AA they have a saying – “move a muscle – change a thought”. As we shift our thoughts to better feelings thoughts – LOA will bring us more better feeling thoughts. So we start a process of feeling good — which clears the energy.
That’s my belief – that is what works for me and I feel that is what is inline with the Law of Attraction.
I don’t belong at this group – but I don’t want to get up and upset the other people who were participating. So I waited for the break — I told Marria I was going to leave and I would be back to get her. Then I went to the practitioner and told her. I didn’t want to make anyone right or wrong here… I’m really not into right or wrong. What I do know is what is appropriate and what is inappropriate for me! She tried a little to get me to stay – but I told her I needed to honor myself.
So off I went…. As I was driving down the hill I realized this was a Great Experience for me! I’m pretty good at honoring myself most of the time. But in this situation there was a point I was going to start to feel responsible for the other people. I didn’t want to screw this up for the brand new people – they really looked like they were into this class. Remember I do believe EFT is a great tool and I do recommend it to others. I didn’t want to upset my friend Marria – especially since she had such a great experience the day before….
When I got these initial thoughts – I then quickly remembered this was not about them – this was about me. I was not responsible for these people – I am responsible to take care of me. I was able to not judge the situation – not make anyone wrong – and leave there with my head held high.
I felt Great! I came home and got a few things done and went back at 5pm to get Marria. When she came out – she was glad she attended the class as she had gotten the information she wanted. She now knew how to apply this technique for herself. She was totally understanding about how I felt — and it all worked out good for everyone!
I do believe I went to another level of honoring myself today! And I am also so aware that my first thought about this class was “no” — I know that was my intuition, my inner voice talking to me. I get these messages all the time — sometimes I listen – other times my head is going so fast – I am not even aware of the self communication.
So – I truly knew on Friday that I didn’t belong at that group — but I choose to go anyway – I choose to justify it in my head and I followed my head – not my inner voice. I promise you this is not the first time I have done that! 
I am much better at following that voice today and I continue to fine tune my awareness of it. Today even though I didn’t follow that voice — everything worked out great because I was able to turn my thoughts around and make the appropriate decision for me!
So my bottom line here —
- I still believe EFT is a great tool in helping to change your thoughts – if you want more info visit their website –> What is EFT? (link will open in a new window)
- I have raised my awareness level a bit more on listening to my inner voice
- I was able to turn this all around – honor myself and have a Fantastic Day!
Tell me what you think…………..
