You heard that thoughts become things. That what goes around comes around. What you focus on grows. Feel good, think good thoughts, and you attract good things.
It would be great if we could program ourselves that way. The thing is, we are humans, and even the most positive of us have the odd off day. So what do you do if you find yourself feeling negative emotions, having negative thoughts? Suppress and erase the, pretend they are not real? That would not help! What you resist, persists. You have to deal with issues, acknowledge your thoughts and emotions.
One really great tool I have come across is Tapping, also called EFT (emotional freedom technique). Tapping helps you acknowledge and release your emotions, and it can be used on anything, not only when you feel bad, but also if you want to set the intention for something positive.
So how does it work? In a nutshell: if you are slightly familiar with acupuncture or shiatsu, you have hear that there are energy lines, so-called meridians, running across our body. Sometimes the energy is blocked, or for some other reason does not flow the way it is supposed to and symptoms of dis-ease appear. An acupuncturist would stick needles into certain points to correct that.
EFT also recognizes that there are blockages of those energy lines, and that they are being caused by your emotions. But instead of using needles, you just gently tap with your fingertips on the energy points saying affirmations.
You start off by tapping several rounds of stating what might be bothering you, until you feel a relief. Then you start reaching for the next better feeling, going from neutral to positive, and in the last round you state the most positive intention. The points to tap are the side of your hand called 'karate chop', between your eyes where your third eye would be, side of your eyes, under your eyes, under the nose, under the lip, collar bone and depending on the practitioner under the arm, where us ladies would find the bra strap.
The advantages of tapping are many. It is quick, you only need to do about five, ten minutes a day, it's discrete and you can do it anywhere and in any situation you might feel stressed, it's free - there are many videos on youtube, you just have to imitate and repeat what is being said, which makes it easy to do, and it is a very forgiving technique, you don't have to worry about hitting the exactly right spot, and it doesn't matter which hand and what side of your face you tap on.
I heard of people who tap while listening to the news or in upsetting situations as to not absorb the negativity, and you don't have to go through all the points in those cases, just tapping the point at the side of your hand or the collarbone is as discrete as it is effective.
By first starting with the negative, you release it, so it won't clog up your system, so to speak, anymore and come up somewhere else.The neutral to positive statement helps you raise your vibrations and by tapping while affirming the positive statements you are programming your unconscious and can attract positive things, people and events into your life.
Go have a look on youtube, it's a great way to start. I can highly recommend Brad Yates, his presentations are very warm-hearted and humorous, or Margret M. Lynch. There are many, many more brilliant practitioners with great videos, too many for me to list all of them here, just see who you resonate most with. All you have to do is watch, imitate what the practitioner is doing and repeat the statements.
Feel your energy shift! For some people quite a lot might be shifting and they could get tearful, that's why you are being asked at the beginnings of the videos to be responsible for your own well-being, but I have never heard about anyone having negative side effects from EFT.
There are EFT videos about virtually anything from worrying too much, breakups, having an amazing day, a good night, being a money magnet, being a love magnet, and much more. Try not only to tap when you are feeling bad, but as regularly as possible. As Brad Yates says: you don't brush your teeth only once and expect it to last, either!
Here are some videos to get you started, have fun!
Love, Light and Joy,
Anya
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