Posts Tagged ‘Dreams’
The Key to Unlocking My Inner Peace, by Kylie
Author: patsy anthony
Kylie learned to tap at school over two years ago and has been tapping her worries away ever since, so I invited her to write about how EFT has helped her in her life.
The Key to Unlocking My Inner Peace
by Kylie, age 11
Grade Three was the most marvelous year that I’ve had in elementary school. My teacher taught our class with enthusiasm and fun. Out of the many things she shared with us, tapping had to be the one that worked the most magic.
I remember the very first time that I tried tapping outside my classroom. It was during a violin concert. I was feeling anxious and worried because the judges at the festival were harshly critiquing every child’s performance. My hands were clammy and beginning to freeze up, so I began to tap. While I tapped I reminded myself that whatever the judges thought, all I could do was to play to the best of my ability…and whatever happened during my performance, I was still an awesome kid! After tapping, I walked up to the stage and with total calmness I let my music take me away. The judges must have been impressed because later that night I received a call informing me that I had made it into the Highlights Concert. Without tapping, I don’t believe that I ever would have made it.
I continue to use tapping to help me in many stressful situations. Music to me is like the icing to chocolate cake. Even though I love to perform I get nervous at times. My hands freeze up and I’m not able to play the melody that comes from my heart. Though I sometimes feel frozen with worry, this sensation soon washes away whenever I tap. By tapping on pressure points all my worry, envy and sorrow is washed away and my heart is filled to the brim with confidence and joy. Tapping gives me the strength to follow my dreams and become a better person. Tapping is the way I get through the bumps and snares life brings. No one is perfect, and no one will ever not have a time when they come upon sorrow or fear in life, but I know that with tapping there is always a solution to help me move on and lift me through the rough patches.
School Counselor on anger and tension
Author: admin
School Counselor on anger and tension
Two weeks ago, I attended my first ever conference on energy therapies. It included EFT and seemed to me to be the easiest one to use for anyone, including children.
I work in a school setting and have had the opportunity to use EFT with four students.
Student #1 was a second grader who was experiencing nightmares and intrusive images about an incident involving a knife. He ranked his anger as a 10 on the SUDS scale and it remained unchanged after the first round of tapping.
After the second round, it decreased to a five. It was down to a one after the third round and to a zero after the fourth. I followed up with him yesterday and his anger continues to remain at a zero. He did mention that he has had a couple of dreams where he is being chased (the earlier difficulties involved his brother). I asked if he would like to work on those, but he declined.
Student #2 is an eighth grader who has been dealing with a variety of grief issues and is acting out in class, along with having academic problems. He identified tension as his main difficulty and we were able to reduce it from an 8 to a zero after three rounds of tapping. I spoke with him yesterday and he reported that his tension remains at a zero. He reports feeling better, doing better with his behavior and having his grades improve. He shared with me that during one class, he was feeling especially frustrated and decided to tap. He tapped on his chest and his hands; he noticed a decrease in his frustration and an increase in his energy level.
Student #3, a third grader, has been struggling with his parents’ divorce. As a result of his anger, he had been taking out his aggression on his younger brother. When I met with him, his anger level was at a five. We reduced it to a zero with one round of tapping. I called his mom to explain what I had done and she asked if I could put this tapping sequence on paper, so she could help him with it at home. I met with him yesterday and the anger remains at a zero.
Student #4, an eighth grader, has dealt with a myriad of issues at home and has the propensity to rage when he gets in touch with his anger. He rated his anger yesterday at an 8. After the first round of tapping, it was decreased to a 4. After the second round, when asked to rank his anger, his only response was “I don’t know.” My sense and the sense of the other teacher in the room was that it had most likely decreased to a one or a zero and the student was unable to get in touch with that feeling. During the second round of tapping, his voice volume decreased and his whole body appeared more relaxed.
In the interest of confidentiality, I would ask that you only refer to me as a school counselor, not using my name or initials.
School Counselor
taken from www.emofree.com
