Try these tapping techniques to ease anxiety
by Admin
Posted on 16-12-2022 10:12 AM
It's no surprise that many of us are traumatized by the covid-19 pandemic and continue to feel anxious as the world navigates next steps. "everyone experiences trauma, no matter what," bestselling author and motivational speaker gabrielle bernstein says, "whether they think it or believe it or not. "and the pandemic is no exception. "we've experienced it collectively as a global trauma," she adds. Gabrielle, who oprah calls our "next-generation thought leader," is always aiming to help us calm our minds , destress and ease anxiety with meditation. Now, she's bringing us an anxiety relief tool that she references in her latest (and 9th) book, happy days , called eft (or tapping).
Does tapping work for anxiety? yes, eft tapping work can help ease anxiety. According to this systematic review and meta-analysis , there can be a significant decrease in anxiety scores and symptoms with repeated eft tapping sessions conducted over the span of at least a few weeks. Throughout the tapping process, you tap out anxious energy in your body’s energy system and relieve stress until you feel calm and relaxed. The process also helps incorporate more positive thoughts so that you develop a more positive mindset to combat anxious and negative emotions. Eft treatment has also been known to help with other psychological disorders and even physical pain.
Emotional freedom technique is a healing modality that can quiet the nervous system in people and pets. Created by gary craig in the 1990s, it involves tapping on a sequence of certain acupressure points, mostly around the head and face, with the intention of releasing trapped emotions. Eft, also known as tapping, releases old thought patterns that create fears, phobias and anxiety in people, dogs and cats. It heals emotional wounds, can alleviate physical pain, and helps animals in training and/or working environments to slow down and focus. Thousands of years ago, chinese medicine discovered the meridian system that runs through the human and animal body.
Can EFT Tapping Relax Your Stress Away?
Eft therapy removes your negative thoughts and the linked emotional response. It provides relief from physical and physiological discomfort and restores your body’s physical and emotional harmony. You carry out the eft procedure by focusing your mind on the specific problem causing you discomfort, whilst tapping with your fingers on your acupressure points. For example, if you were feeling stressed and anxious which had given you a tension headache, you would gently tap each of your acupressure points, whilst repeating:
even though i have a pain in my head…… i completely accept myself for who i am.
When you tap your acupressure points you stimulate both your sensory and psychological systems.
Eft is a form of energy medicine based on the ancient chinese meridians. It has been described as “emotional acupressure. ”by tapping on meridian points on our face and upper body while voicing our emotional issues, it is believed that our energy is re-balanced and we gain relief from emotional distress and anxiety. By releasing the emotional blocks the child faces, they free their mind and body to work in the most optimal way.
if your child is struggling with anxiety due to covid perhaps or other health anxiety issue, they are not on their own. Anxiety issues in children as young as 5years of age are on the increase but there is much we can do to help children. One of them is emotional freedom technique which is gaining popularity due to it’s rapid results with emotional issues, including anxiety. When should i use it on my child? the best time to use eft on children is when they complain of a problem or bad feeling. We get them to focus on the sensation in their body as they think about it and get them to tap on the points in the diagram whilst repeating the problem.
Patients with depression or psychosis are benefiting from a therapy called emotional freedom technique. It involves tapping with fingers on acupuncture pressure points whilst giving a positive message. Tony stewart, a specialist in public health, became interested in tapping and persuaded doctors in sandwell in the west midlands to pilot the technique. Bbc midlands today health correspondent michele paduano reports.