EFT stands for Emotional Freedom Techniques. It is an emotional and needle-free version of acupuncture that works by tapping on your meridian points whilst simultaneously tuning into an emotional issue that we wish to release. It is quick, painless and with a very high success rate. If done right, EFT can reduce the therapeutic process from months or years down to hours or minutes.

To understand how EFT works, take a look at the discovery statement:

“The cause of all negative emotions is a disruption in the body’s energy system."

Traditionally, the belief has been that negative thoughts and experiences are the direct link to negative emotions. This skips an absolutely crucial step in between. While a negative emotion may initially stem from a negative thought or memory, what we physically feel as the emotion has been caused by a disruption in the energy body that came about when the trauma or negative thought initially occurred.

These disruptions in our energy system are similar to an electrical reaction, and we experience them like a buzz - a small electric shock. This is what we correlate with an emotion. When we get sad, angry, embarrassed, frustrated etc., what we are feeling is the energetic disruption.

By tapping on meridian points whilst mentally tuning into this negative emotion, it is possible to correct this energetic disruption and therefore eliminate the connection between that negative thought or memory and it’s resulting emotion. Once the disruption has gone and the energy is balanced, the emotion ceases to be. This can often be done in a matter of minutes.