| EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) was developed | | | | the body's stress mechanisms, we achieve freedom |
| in the 1990s by Gary Craig. Since its development, | | | | from the emotions which always accompany stress - |
| EFT has become widely used throughout the world. | | | | even if you have been suppressing them with |
| Physicians, Psychiatrists, Personal Coaches, | | | | activity, or consumer goods, there are always |
| Professional Athletes, and lay-people alike, have | | | | emotions associated with stress. EFT accomplishes |
| found practical applications for EFT, and have | | | | this interruption of the stress response by simply |
| achieved remarkable results - ranging from health | | | | stimulating specific points on the surface of the skin - |
| benefits to financial gains. EFT is a safe and simple | | | | these points directly affect the underlying systems |
| technique with many uses and applications; and, best | | | | of the body. By stimulating these points, the flow of |
| of all, anyone can learn EFT and take steps toward | | | | energy, such as the electricity within your nervous |
| reclaiming their own health and life - and it doesn't | | | | system, can be altered and the subsequent |
| have to cost anything at all. | | | | physiological changes and experiences will be altered |
| EFT is based on the premise that the cause of all | | | | as well. |
| negative emotions is a disruption of the body's | | | | A physical example of this can be witnessed anytime |
| energy systems (usually detectable in the muscles, | | | | you see someone who is about to sneeze, but |
| nervous system, meridian system, or with the use of | | | | attempts to stop the sneeze by placing their finger |
| electrical monitoring equipment or bio-feedback | | | | under their nose like a "fake mustache." What should |
| instrumentation). When an event, or some | | | | actually be happening there is that they are pressing |
| environmental stimulus, is experienced normally, there | | | | on an acupoint called GV-26 - an EFT point we will |
| is no disruption of electrical functioning within the | | | | discuss later - which has been known for thousands |
| body. If, however, the experience somehow triggers | | | | of years to suppress sneezing, and even fainting, in |
| an altered response from your body, perhaps due to | | | | many cases. For that technique to be effective, you |
| an unconscious fear within you, the information about | | | | should be pressing inward just below the nose, and |
| the experience is disrupted as it moves through you, | | | | not up against the nose. Covering the nostrils is about |
| causing you to experience the uncomfortable effects | | | | as effective for stopping a sneeze as putting your |
| of the stress response. | | | | hand over your mouth is for stopping vomiting - not |
| Why Would I Want to Know About EFT? | | | | very effective, but kind of messy. Using GV-26 to |
| The stress response is basically the starting point of | | | | interrupt a sneeze is just one example of applying |
| most medical problems; but can it can be quickly | | | | pressure to an acupoint in order to cause a change in |
| interrupted by the use of EFT, or other similar | | | | a physical response to stress - an example everyone |
| techniques - of which there are many. By interrupting | | | | should be familiar with. |