Top Five EFT Tapping Tips | sandykumskov.com

One of the questions I’m most often asked about EFT tapping is how to do it ” right”. I’m not sure where the concern about getting it exactly right comes from – probably our cultural focus on perfection as being the only way forward! (We could tap for that )

These five tips might give you some reassurance that you can use this fantastic self-help tool and get great results!

1. You can’t do it wrong

Be reassured, tapping cannot hurt you because you are working in a gentle, profound way that honours your body’s wisdom. Your tapping cannot override your body’s innate ability to know where the energy you’re adding into your system, needs to work. The only way tapping won’t work for you, is if you don’t do it. If you’re tapping for a physical pain, just focus your attention on the site of the pain, and tap all the point in the usual way. If you have a “mechanical” problem that really needs professional attention, you may be able to reduce the pain. Rest assured that you will not do yourself any damage, you are simply supporting your body in healing itself.

So to tap “right”, all you need to do is tap.

2. It doesn’t matter what order you tap in

Therapists who use the EFT tapping order developed by Gary Craig use the order in this photo, because it’s easy to remember and ensures you get all the meridians. Thought Field Therapists use a different specific order depending which emotion you’re working on (powerful, but much more complex than EFT tapping; unnecessarily so says Gary Craig); and as more and more tapping therapies emerge, there are more and more ways of tapping. Some claim to be more effective and what I’ve learned from my acupuncturist is she treats whatever points need treating; she works all over in no particular order, she just gets all the points.

So, get tapping and don’t worry about the order. As I said, this EFT Tapping sequence is easy to remember because it moves down the body, but if you miss a point, relax, it’s okay – get it next time.

3. Any tapping is better than no tapping

Tapping adds kinetic (movement) energy into the body, and when you’re tapping while thinking about something specific or nothing in particular, your body ‘knows’ what to do with that energy! The human body has several energy-transporting systems, one of which is the meridian system, which is what tapping works on. Now, unlike acupuncturists who train for years to learn the hundreds of specific points on each meridian, most tapping therapies focus on the beginning or end points of the fourteen main meridians. For most purposes, that’s enough. Acupuncturists are highly trained to find exact points with their very fine needles; as a tapper you don’t need that precision. In this case, near enough is good enough. Your tapping adds energy to your meridian system; your body knows what to do with it.

4. All tapping is useful

Some energy-building disciplines like Qi Gong including an all-over slapping routine, to wake up all the meridians. Some teachers add in extra tapping points like the top of the head, the inside of the wrists or the inside of the ankle. If your intent is to clear an emotional disruption of some sort, or simply wake up your energy system (“tonify” in acu-speak), get tapping!