EFT is an emotional, needle free form of acupuncture. It is easy to learn and has helped hundreds of thousands of people. Anyone can learn EFT – it doesn’t require special training. The basic belief in EFT is that physical symptoms and negative emotions are caused by a disruption in the body’s energy system. EFT uses gentle tapping on key meridan points combined with carefully chosen language to get blocked energy moving.
The reason I like EFT so much is that it works better than anything I learned in counseling school or have come across in the coaching world. It is effective for a wide range of issues.
You will be using two or three fingers to tap on key points. While tapping on these, you will say out loud a statement about the issue you want to work on. To get started, look at the chart below and find each point on your body.
EFT Tapping Points
Karate Chop Point (Small Intestine #3). This point is on the fleshy part of your hand, right where your hand would make contact with a board if you were going to break it like a Karate expert would. Emotionally, this point is associated with psychological reversal, sadness and joy.
Eyebrow (Bladder #2). This point is on the eyebrow line where it’s closest to the bridge of the nose. Tap on the bone, not the soft area. Emotionally, this point is connected to impatience, restlessness, frustration, peace and serenity.
Side of the Eye (Gall Blader #1). This point is about 1″ outside of the eyeball, again on the bone. It is emotionally connected to rage, fury, adoration and forgiveness.
Under the Eye (Stomach #1). This point is about 1″ under the eyeball, on the bone. It is emotionally connected to disappointment, disgust, emptiness, bitterness, hunger, and contentment.
Under the Nose (Governing Vessel #26). Halfway between the bottom of the nose and the top of the upper lip. Emotional connections are psychological reversal, pride and embarrassment.
Chin (Conceptual Vessel #24). Not really on the chin. Halfway between the bottom of the bottom lip and the bottom of the chin. Emotionally, it’s connected to psychological reversal, shame and worthiness.
Collarbone (Kidney #27). Where the collarbone comes into the sternum, there are two bumps about where the knot of a man’s tie would be. Go 1″ down and 1″ out towards the shoulder on either side. The emotions connected with this point are fear of intimacy, sexual assuredness and security.
Under the Arm (Spleen #21). About 4″ down from the armpit on the line where the seam of a sweater would be. This point is emotionally correlated with anxiety, faith and confidence.
The information about the emotional correlation with each point comes from Dr. John Diamond’s book, Life Energy.
These are the eight basic EFT tapping points that most practitioners use. There are many other points that can lead to good results. For example, many people add in the Top of the Head point. To keep things as simple as possible, I like to start with the eight above points and add in others as needed.