San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) -- There may be no cure for the common cold but a new discovery promises drug-free relief from nasal congestion, scratchy, sore throat, runny nose and sneezing. Americans suffer an estimated one billion colds each year and miss 150 million work days annually. Most people rely on over-the-counter medication to relieve symptoms temporarily. But a technique that balances the body’s acupuncture meridian system provides relief from cold and flu symptoms by diminishing the effects of stress on the immune system.
Stanford trained engineer, Gary Craig originally developed Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) to improve and shorten the psychotherapy process. EFT users soon reported a decrease in stress levels and an increase in overall well-being. They reported having fewer colds and allergies after treating stress conditions with EFT.
Craig explains, “as we received these kind of reports, we began targeting physical symptoms with EFT and the results were astounding. People quickly relieved symptoms like sore throats, coughs, nasal congestion. EFT even worked on chronic pain associated with migraines, arthritis and fibromyalgia.”
A study published in Psychosomatic Medicine reports that people experiencing negative emotions are more likely to become ill when exposed to a cold virus than people who generally experience positive emotions. Other studies link psychological stress to a compromised immune system, increasing susceptibility to cold viruses. Says Craig, “EFT effectively neutralizes the stress and unresolved emotional issues that are compromising the immune systems of Americans.”
Dr. Joseph Mercola, best-selling author and owner of the number one natural health website advocates, “if you are stressed please consider EFT, which is an amazingly effective tool to address the foundational and core reasons as to how the stress is impairing your immune system. I have been particularly impressed with its ability to improve the body's immune response to infection immediately.”
Dr. Mercola taught EFT to a 9 year old patient who had been on antibiotics for a week for a raging sinus infection that wasn’t improving. Mercola says, “I taught her EFT and treated her in less than five minutes and 100% of her symptoms were gone. This work is absolutely amazing. I have also used EFT on colds and coughs in about six other people, including staff members with equally rapid and instant relief.”
EFT balances the acupuncture meridian system by combining gentle fingertip tapping on key points while focusing on physical or emotional issues. According to Craig, “it is used by people all over the world as an effective stress management tool. Now science is showing real evidence that negative emotions and stress compromise health. EFT is providing Americans with a means to become happier and healthier and to this end I have chosen to provide the EFT Manual free from the EFT website.”
Over 300,000 have downloaded Craig’s free training manual and another 10,000 download it each month. The official EFT Manual has been translated by volunteer practitioners into nine languages.
The EFT Manual explains the basics so that anyone can begin applying EFT right away. It can be freely downloaded at emofree.com.
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Using EFT for Money, Abundance & Success
Dr. Carol Look provides us with a remarkable foundational article on using EFT to help create financial abundance in our lives. It is rich in concepts and specific language to use.
I have read more than 20 books on the subject of attracting
abundance, trying to figure out the trick to having (“manifesting”)
more of what I want in my life. What I learned was that money is just
another form of energy, and that there is a particular VIBRATION
associated with abundance. While I understood the concepts, nothing
ever changed when I “applied” what I had learned. It was not until I
combined the book knowledge with EFT and the energy of love and gratitude that I was able to change my limiting beliefs, expand my comfort zones, neutralize my deserving issues , direct my feelings and expand my prosperity consciousness---all of which had been driving the results in my life. Using EFT, I was able to change my VIBRATION in my daily life around money, worry, and the future, which in turn opened the door for success and abundance.
Over the past few years, I have conducted seminars and some
teleclass series covering the topic “EFT for Success and Abundance.”
The blocks and themes keep recurring, as do the progress reports of
people that persistently use tapping for abundance in their lives.
Below are some of the themes that need to be addressed.
COMFORT ZONES: When I first started using EFT for
success in my own life, I didn’t “believe” in comfort zones---what Gary
refers to as ceilings on your progress based on the “writing on your
walls.” When I noticed my income for two years running was exactly the same, I realized this was evidence of a comfort zone operating in my financial life.
This may not seem strange unless you are a private practitioner in
the mental health field. There are so many variables---holidays that
fall on different days of the week, my own vacation time, clients’
vacation time, illness, referrals, the economic situation etc--- that
it is virtually impossible to predict your annual income. Two years in
a row, despite all these variables, I made the exact (within $1000)
same income working as a full time private practitioner. Once I used
EFT to break through these comfort zones (after some resistance of
course) my income shot up over 20% the next year. I had not raised my
fee, had not done any advertising, and the country’s economic situation
had in fact worsened. I used phrases such as:
“Even though I don’t dare raise my income, I deeply and completely accept myself…
“Even though I obviously have a block to earning more than $ XXX, I deeply and completely love and accept this conflict.”
“Even though I have trouble seeing myself earning more than $ XXX, I deeply and completely accept myself.”
“Even though I don’t feel safe making more than $ XXX because
they’ll be jealous, I deeply and completely accept and love who I am.”
LIMITING BELIEFS: Dozens of clients in my abundance
classes have told me that they had siblings who were seen as either
“slow learners” or having some form of “difficulty” in school. Some of
these siblings turned out to be brilliant while some are still
struggling to this day. The point is that my clients learned from their
families “I’m not supposed to shine” and that if they did shine,
they were taking attention away from their struggling sibling. It
didn’t seem to matter if the sibling was older, younger, the same sex
or not. What mattered was that the parents compared the two, and
scolded the “fast learner” for looking good, or “showing off.” The
message was “don’t succeed or you’ll hurt someone else.”
“Even though I’m not supposed to shine because it will hurt my sister, I deeply and completely accept my brilliance.”
“Even though I will lose their approval if I do well, I deeply and completely accept my talents.”
“Even though it’s not safe to succeed, I choose to feel safe when I am doing what I love.”
“Even though they don’t feel comfortable when I succeed, I deeply and completely accept myself anyway.”
“Even though I’ll never forget his scolding me when I succeeded, I deeply and completely forgive myself be being so fast.”
“Even though I’m afraid I’ll be rejected if I succeed…”
Other common limiting beliefs that block financial wealth are
prejudices against wealthy people. “Fran” told me she thought rich
people were “shallow and mean.” Apparently her mother had taught her
this concept, based on feelings of jealousy and a scarring incident
with a neighbor when growing up. Fran adopted this belief, but was
unaware that she could therefore never BE rich, (one of THOSE PEOPLE)
for if she became one, she would not only be seen as shallow and mean
(her assumption), more importantly, she would risk the deep disapproval
of her mother (her deepest fear). These prejudices about wealthy people
come in all shapes and sizes. They must be uncovered and treated with
EFT if you want to improve your financial situation.
“Even though I’m convinced ALL rich people are mean and shallow…”
“Even though she’ll judge me if I make more money…”
“Even though I’m afraid to be successful because my mother will reject me…”
“Even though I’ll be envied too much if I’m rich…”
DESERVING ISSUES: I have many individual clients
who feel guilty when they have desires to do well financially. When I
asked “Jeff” why, he said that he already “had it good” because his
father worked hard to educate him and he was a superb athlete… “why should I take more away from other people?” (1) The belief that his success would hurt someone else is a mistake. (2) The belief that there is a limited supply
of abundance is also, in my opinion, off base. (3) As long as he thinks
he has had “his share” he will sabotage progress or inadvertently
reject opportunities. Jeff didn’t feel deserving of financial success,
and was finally able to see a pattern of rejecting terrific
opportunities for advancement in his job. He realized he was working
hard to tread water, just making ends meet, much like friends of his
who struggled with comfort zone issues in sports.
“Even though I don’t deserve any more, I’ve had enough, I deeply and completely accept myself anyway.”
“Even though my mother said we were lucky to have what we had, I deeply…
“Even though I don’t want to be selfish and take more than my share, I accept and love myself for having desires.”
“Even though my father scolded me for wanting more, I deeply and completely…”
PROSPERITY CONSCIOUSNESS: Whether you believe you
don’t have enough time, money, love or success, the consciousness
behind your belief will block you from receiving financial abundance.
Your level of belief exudes a particular vibration. In
energetic terms, the theory states that your consciousness about
abundance has a certain capacity; you will receive exactly what your
consciousness is capable of handling. The good news is that your
consciousness can be expanded to believe there is enough to go around.
“Even though there was never enough money when I was a kid, I deeply and completely accept my fears.”
“Even though I remember the fight my parents had about money, and I think money is bad, I deeply…”
“Even though I’m afraid there won’t be enough, so I need to hold on tight, I deeply and completely accept who I am.
“Even though she told me there wasn’t enough, I choose to believe there is enough now.”
FEELINGS: Do you feel rich? If not in your bank account, do you at least feel rich in love or compassion or some other way? My point is you can’t get rich if you feel poor. So you will need to find some way of FEELING rich in your life. Notice the abundance in nature, or notice how many clients you do have, or how many good friends are in your life. However you do it, you must change the vibration you have and feel wealthy on an emotional level.
“Even though my father said we would always be poor, I choose to remember how much love I feel.”
“Even though I feel poor and anxious about money, I deeply and completely accept these fears.
“Even though my mother taught me it was better to be poor, I love and accept her anyway.”
Combining EFT with the energy of love and gratitude has contributed
to huge payoffs in my life and the lives of my clients. EFT was the
missing piece all along. Believe in PLENTY… THERE IS ENOUGH!
Carol Look
Monday, November 27, 2006
EFT for Job Loss Fears
by Milton Drepaul
According to an article in The Washington Post (April 4, 2006) though getting fired ranks as one of the events in life which causes greatest stress it seems that the constant fear of losing your job can actually damage your mental and physical health even more.
It appears that the unrelenting nature of the stress is linked more strongly to depression and health problems than actual job loss.
The constant stress causes a variety of problems generally starting with sleeplessness, which is itself connected to more health problems. Since the nineties there has been a growing trend of companies downsizing and merging.This could have major troubling health implications for North American workers.
While life events can trigger negative emotions there are things we can do to reduce the impact of these negative responses. We concede that our feelings are very complicated and fragile.It takes some effort to manage them.If we empower ourselves with positive emotions then we send positive energy to boost our immune system. This generally results in vibrant health.
The danger for most of us is that we live in societies which encourage dwelling on negative feelings. It's fine to accept and acknowledge that we will face challenges in life. How we respond to them determine not only our physical health but our emotional and spiritual well being. Wallowing in self pity and other negative responses can encode harmful emotions deep into our cell memories.
Our jobs are the major focus of most of the lives. There is tremendous potential for both risk and success. So although many studies show that periods of employment are detrimental to our health it is not a surprise that the worry of losing your job can be even more harmful to our health. In my counseling I urge my clients to watch what they say about their life.(Often I recommend the books The Game of Life by Florence Shovel Shin written in early 20th century and Happiness Is a Choice by Barry Neil Kaufmann).
It's quite astonishing how often we unconsciously manifest bad things in our lives. Many spiritual teachers have taught that we create self fulfilling prophecies by focusing on fears of what might happen. Therefore if you are constantly putting your intention on the fear of losing your job you increase not decrease the chance of it happening. In a perverse way you add your own energy to propel that event into being.
If on the other hand you take Stuart Wilde's advice in The Little Money Bible and choose to love your job and send love and light to your superiors,your company and your fellow workers you have a much greater chance that you will be happier and healthier.
Learning to deal with stress can be quite simple. Don't get me wrong I'm not advocating some chemical anti-depressant or long periods of costly therapy. I heartily recommend a simple to learn technique which I have been using on myself and my clients for the last two years. It's called EFT or the Emotional Freedom Technique (Created by Gary Craig). You can learn it in a few minutes.You may need the help of someone who has used it often to deal with hidden fears.
Milton Drepaul is co-author of CXC English and CXC English B . He is an Educator,Writer,Business Consultant and Resume Expert. Clients can view his website at http://www.theresumexpert.com/.
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Raise Your Libido Without Endless Drugs or Theraphy
By Christine Wheeler, MA
Are you concerned that you may be experiencing some kind of sexual difficulty? Are you tired of feeling that you're not normal just because you don't have a strong sex drive?
Fortunately, your libido doesn't have to lag behind because a new procedure (EFT) can help you lift the lid regarding your intimacy issues.
According to an article in the online Journal of the American Psychological Association (APA), conventional sex experts are labeling some women with Female Sexual Dysfunction (FSD), a medical condition that they attempt to control with drugs. Other experts view women's sexual interest levels as being influenced by relationship issues, or psychological issues relating to past abuse, trauma or depression.
Before applying a testosterone patch or taking antidepressants to alter your passionate desires chemically ... consider EFT.
EFT is a uniquely gentle approach to alleviating the pain, distress, anger, shame, fear, guilt and embarrassment often associated with "sexual dysfunction." You can also relieve your unresolved negative emotions, beliefs or unproductive feelings about sexual intimacy.
EFT is a form of acupuncture without needles and you can easily learn to do it yourself. While considering the intimacy issues that are troubling you, you simply tap on a series of acupuncture points using your own fingertips. This stimulates your body's energy meridians and restores the free flow of your "subtle energies." The result is often a return to normal libido.
Here's a story of a woman who treated her own sexual difficulties while sitting in an audience of 300 at Gary Craig's EFT Seminar.
Marilyn (whose name has been changed to protect privacy) was a participant in one of Gary Craig's EFT seminars and chose to tap for her own intimacy issues while watching Gary (the EFT founder) work with someone on stage. Her results were remarkable.
During a break, Gary met Marilyn who was crying "tears of joy." Marilyn shared with Gary that she had spent years in conventional therapy to address her issues with men regarding abuse, abandonment and incest.
She found the conventional therapy to be helpful in that she had many "cognitive insights" and "understandings" about these issues. But the problems remained unresolved; she still distanced herself emotionally and romantically from men.
According to EFT theory, Marilyn's issues remained unresolved because she was still storing the issues in her energy meridian system.
Marilyn's tears of joy were because she had been tapping in the audience to clear these issues and she reported that she had genuinely resolved them. She finally had freedom from several longstanding issues. And this relief finally cleared the way for a truly meaningful romantic relationship with her boyfriend, Donald.
Gary reports, "It was easy to see the twinkle in her eye and I remember saying, with humor, "I think Donald owes me a Ferrari!" She smiled and said, "I think you're right!"
After the seminar, Marilyn wrote to Gary to give details on the work she had done during the seminar. She reported that she completely cleared three separate and intense traumas that where inhibiting her ability to feel safe with men.
First issue: Marilyn had been severely beaten by her husband 22 years previously. During the beating she felt that her death was imminent. While doing EFT she realized that she spent the last 22 years protecting herself from men and not being open to them, sexually or otherwise. Before doing EFT in the audience, Marilyn identified her distress as an 8 out of 10. EFT cleared this trauma to a zero.
Second issue: During the seminar, Marilyn realized that she had abandonment issues that stemmed from the sudden death of her boyfriend whom she loved deeply. This was 32 years ago. While Borrowing Benefits, Marilyn identified her distress as a 7 out of 10 and she cleared this trauma to zero.
She realized that she no longer needed to feel any sense of abandonment. She recognized that this would have a strong positive effect on her current relationship with her boyfriend.
Third issue: When Marilyn was 13, she was a victim of incest at the hands of her 14-year-old brother. She said that at the time, she had been completely passive. As she was tapping during the seminar, she knew that she would never be passive again and leave her body during intimate times with her partner.
Marilyn returned home to her boyfriend Donald and reported being "fully present in love making for the first time in my life!!! What a reward!!!! Yes, Gary, you are right ... Donald does owe you a Ferrari!!!
I FEEL LIKE A NEW PERSON!!!!!!!! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!"
Gary followed up with Marilyn some time later and she reported that she was no longer in a relationship with Donald, but had gone on to date other men and her romantic freedom was generating ecstatic benefits.
While a complete description of EFT is beyond the scope of this article, you can learn all the basics from the free EFT Get Started Package on the EFT Web site. This includes a free download of the 79-page EFT Manual. Those wishing to save time and dive right in can get the affordable five-star training DVDs.
More on EFT
Please note that in addition to relieving women's sexual difficulties, EFT has been a consistently effective healing tool for hundreds of other physical, mental and emotional ailments. For more information, you can explore the EFT Web site and its numerous success stories regarding fears, phobias, emotional traumas and physical ailments.
Please consult qualified health professionals before putting EFT into practice for yourself or others.
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