Based on the premise that unresolved emotions can compromise our potential for happiness, EFT began as an effective remedy for phobias, addictions and war trauma. Vietnam Vets were finally able to sleep at night, smokers could choose fresh air, and paralyzing phobias lost their grip…all without medication!
Before long, EFT was providing relief for migraine headaches, sexual abuse trauma, and a wide assortment of everyday ailments. Fascinated by the results, founder Gary Craig taught the technique to therapists, clients and people on the street. He said “Try it on everything!” so they did. Since then, EFT has grown into a revolutionary healing aid, used by traditional therapists, medical professionals and alternative healers on everything from weight loss to cancer. The discovery behind this relief is that unresolved emotional issues are caused by disruptions in the body’s “subtle energies”. These disruptions inhibit our natural ability to heal, leaving us open to nagging fears, chronic pain and terminal illness.
Combining this emotional element with the ancient principles of acupuncture, EFT has been able to address the causes of these energy disruptions with a gentle tapping procedure (using the fingertips). Impressive results ensue because the process addresses causes instead of symptoms.
Most recently, advanced EFT applications have been demonstrated on clients with serious diseases at a series of workshops in the US and England. These workshops have drawn between 250—400 participants each, and clients have walked away with measurable relief from Parkinson’s Disease, Cystic Fibrosis, Diabetes, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Multiple Chemical Sensitivities, to name a few. Committed to the integration of traditional medicine with energy healing, Gary offers a free 79 page manual that includes the EFT Basics, a free e-newsletter, and very affordable training DVDs on the EFT website.
Practitioners around the world are trained to teach and apply EFT, and over 100,000 people receive the
EFT newsletter. It is also spreading internationally, and the EFT Manual has been voluntarily translated
into French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Persian and other languages. EFT is destined to become a
household word.
How Does EFT Work?
Energy meridians that run through our body can be blocked or disrupted by unresolved emotional issues,
thereby compromising our natural healing potential.
Quite often, people are aware of the events or memories that trigger emotional discomfort in their lives, but they
have not yet connected those memories to the symptoms of disease in their bodies. Using EFT, it is possible to
revisit the event(s) in question, and balance the disturbed meridians. Properly done, both emotional anguish and
the physical symptoms often subside.
Although based on acupuncture, EFT has simplified the realignment process by gently tapping on key meridian
points on the head, torso and hands. Traditional acupuncture needles are not necessary in this process.
Rouleaux, or blood cell clumping, corrected by using EFT…with before and after pictures.
This remarkable finding is offered as yet another fascinating EFT anecdotal report …this time with before and after photos.
Rouleaux is a medical term for a condition wherein the blood cells clump together forming what looks like stacks of coins. This is an unhealthy state because the cells are not free to absorb and carry oxygen. It is a pre-cursor to many serious diseases.
EFT practitioner Rebecca Marina went to her physician, Patricia Felici, ND for a checkup and, when Rebecca’s blood was examined under a microscope (Dark Field Microscopy), it contained substantial blood clumping. Rebecca then corrected this problem with a brief, self-administered EFT session and, when the blood sample was taken again (minutes later), the blood clumping disappeared.
This was astonishing to Dr. Felici because, normally, it takes many weeks of nutritional supplements to correct this condition.
The camera captured the before and after result and those photos are shown below. For Rebecca’s account of what happened, please go to this page.
Picture #1: Rebecca’s blood in the badly clumped state.
Picture #2: After a few minutes with EFT. Clumping improved.
Picture #3: After a few more minutes with EFT. Clumping completely gone.
A simple way to explain how the EFT strategies work is to use the analogy of a circuit breaker in your kitchen. Once the circuit is over-powered you cannot turn the lights on or get the refrigerator to cool until the circuit breaker has been reset. EFT resets the circuits in a person’s body and mind.
This acupressure-based healing modality was pioneered by renowned chiropractor, George Goodheart, furthered by medical doctor John Diamond and psychologist Roger Callahan and dramatically simplified and improved by Stanford engineer Gary Craig. With the initial aid of Adrienne Fowlie, Craig developed EFT and made the work elegant, efficient and affordable for almost anyone.
Many people have achieved success using only the 79 page EFT Manual (which is free and can be downloaded from www.emofree.com). More in depth training is available at modest cost through live seminars and EFT’s 57 professional videos. The favorite video of most practitioners is “6 Days at the VA”. It displays full EFT sessions with Vietnam veterans and clearly shows how these hospitalized soldiers (with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) are freed from the horrors of war often in a matter of one or 2 sessions.
I have been using EFT in many different ways on myself and on my children and am impressed by it. This is a wonderful tool for empowering yourself in all areas of your life. For more information about the Emotional Freedom Technique, visit the EFT website.