Emotional Freedom Technique is a combination of eastern meridian "energy therapy" and western "psychology." Eastern "meridian" therapy is best known for acupuncture or acupressure and utilizes specific access points along what are known as meridians that have been mapped out on the body for five thousand years by the Tibetans. These meridians carry "chi" or "life-force energy." When that "energy" is blocked due to trauma (physical, emotional, chemical) the body or emotions may react in a negative fashion. A person may feel pain or negative emotions due to the disruption. When it is removed, the negativity is also resolved.

We simply "tap" on certain "access points" along the meridians and in so doing, "balance" the energy in that meridian. This is done by gently tapping at those access points that are closest to the surface of the skin, allowing the blockage to dissipate and the energy to flow again. Once the life force energy begins to flow again, the issue at hand usually is reduced or resolved quite quickly.

The process is a progressive series of reductions of pain or discomfort until the issue or pain is resolved down to a zero level. Once that happens, the next issue will usually automatically rise up and make itself known and the next round starts anew. This is an ongoing procedure until the person has taken care of all aspects of what has been troubling them.

We have produced "EFT On A Page" for you to download after you have read "How to Do EFT." Please note that these pages will open in a new window and is from our sister site, www.centerforinnerhealing.com. We believe that the more this process is shared and distributed, the better our entire world will be for all of us. While this is certainly not an exhaustive discourse on EFT, it is enough to get you started. Once you succeed at eliminating a pain (even a throbbing thumb you've just hit with a hammer or closed in a door), you too will be convinced that this technique is on the cutting edge of healing.