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It’s that time of year again – the weather is getting colder, the nights are getting darker earlier and the cold bugs are coming! If you usually get a cold around this time of year then this one is definitely for you. If you seem to be surrounded by other people who are sniffling and coughing and you want to ensure you don’t end up like them – then this is for you too!
Cold bug
Last year I did some amazing classes with Jan Luther, EFT Master. I felt like I was coming down with a cold and she used this line with me – I’m an excellent bug repellant! I loved it! It really “landed” with me. I immediately pictured my immune system fighting off those bugs – they just bounced right off me. I have since used that line several times when I felt like I was getting a cold and the cold has gone away! Brilliant!
So here’s a tapping script you might want to try yourself.
- Even though I feel like I’m getting a cold, I’m an excellent bug repellant
- Even though I really don’t want a cold and I feel like one is coming, I’m open to it disappearing
- Even though my throat is getting sore and I’m sure I’m going to have a cold, my immune system is strong and can easily fight these bugs
Eyebrow: I’m sure I’m coming down with a cold
Side of eye: I really feel like I’m getting a cold
Under eye: My throat is getting sore
Under nose: I can feel this cold is coming
Chin: I wish I wouldn’t get sick
Collarbone: I hate having a cold
Under arm: I really can’t afford time off work
Top of head: I hate being surrounded by all these people with these cold bugs!
Eyebrow: I can feel this cold coming
Side of eye: It’s that buggy time of year
Under eye: I can feel a bit of a sniffle
Under nose: I’m surrounded by all these cold bugs
Chin: I really don’t want to have a cold again
Collarbone: I can’t stand having a cold and feeling so yucky
Under arm: I don’t want a cold
Top of head: I always get a cold this time of year
Eyebrow: I’m an excellent bug repellant
Side of eye: I can fight off these cold bugs easily
Under eye: My immune system is strong
Under nose: I can kill these bugs easily
Chin: I’m healthy and vibrant
Collarbone: My immune system is strong and healthy
Under arm: I’m going to stay healthy
Top of head: I’m such a good bug repellant
Now focus on any symptoms you already have and tap on those, being as specific as possible. E.g. Even though it feels like there is sandpaper in my throat and it’s all scratchy, I love and accept myself anyway. Keep repeating “I’m an excellent bug repellant”, “my immune system is strong and healthy” etc.
Enjoy fighting off those cold bugs!
Louise
07866 013 637
louise@freeflowingenergy.co.uk
One of the first things that happens when we are stressed is that we start breathing very shallowly, only using the top of our lungs. We often don’t breathe deep enough in general and when we get stressed this becomes even worse. You can check how you are breathing by simply placing one hand on your chest and the other on your stomach. Either lay down, sit or stand comfortably as you do this. Notice whether your chest hand or your stomach hand is rising as you breathe normally. To breathe effectively your stomach area should rise more than your chest as your diaphragm expands.
To counter stress one of the simplest things you can do is to breathe! There are several different breathing exercises you can do and here is one of the simplest and most effective.
Firstly sit in a comfortable position and place your hands in your lap. You will be breathing in through your nose and out through your mouth in this exercise. Place the tip of your tongue on the soft tissue just behind your upper front teeth and keep it there during this exercise.
- Breathe in slowly through your nose to the count of 4
- Hold your breath for a count of 7
- Slowly exhale through your mouth for a count of 8. When you exhale, make a soft “whoosh” sound
- This is 1 round. Repeat again 3 times, making a total of 4 rounds
The important thing is the ratio of 4:7:8. The out breath is twice as long as the in breath. You can make the breaths shorter, ensuring you stick to the ratio. Ensure you only do 4 breaths each time you practice this exercise initially. With time you can increase it to 8 breaths.
4-7-8 Breathing Exercise
This exercise has a natural calming and tranquilizing effect on the body. Use it whenever you feel stressed, feel tension in your body, before you react to a situation and in bed to help you go to sleep. It is a quick and effective exercise to do and can be done anywhere.
“Practicing regular, mindful breathing can be calming and energizing and can even help with stress-related health problems ranging from panic attacks to digestive disorders.”
Andrew Weil, M.D
Repeat this exercise at least twice a day and whenever you feel you need it.
Let me know how this exercise helps you.
Louise
07866 013 637
louise@freeflowingenergy.co.uk
There are many advocates of EFT or tapping out there, yours truly being one of them! What there isn’t that much of is scientific evidence! Now of course this is not necessary for EFT to work and many people don’t give two hoots about it. Then there are the others who are sceptical and need scientific evidence before they will even consider this strange tapping thing!
A recent scientific study has been undertaken on food cravings. The study was undertaken by Stapleton, Sheldon, Porter & Whitty, 2009-2010. The research was funded by a grant from the Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology (ACEP). It is hoped that the article reporting this study will now be published in a professional journal.
Food cravings - chocolate cake
You can read the full article about the research on Dr. Patricia Carrington’s Zap Cravings website.
These research projects are vital in promoting the effectiveness of EFT in the medical and scientific community. We are then able to talk about EFT with some scientific backing which in turn encourages even more people to try the technique on their issues.
The research helps highlight what we already know – EFT works!
Keep tapping!
Louise
07866 013 637
louise@freeflowingenergy.co.uk
Are you going through some moving stress? Have you found the house you want to buy? Maybe you’ve really fallen in love with it and set your heart on it. Or maybe you’re holding yourself back just in case it doesn’t go through. It isn’t easy either way. With the current recession, lack of available mortgages, wondering whether the house prices are going to fall even further. It all causes us stress. Then you have the whole hassle of the move itself. All that packing, organising, change of address and on the list goes.
I want this house
This tapping script is targeted at that stressful time when you’re trying to buy your house and you have that uncertainty, fear and trepidation about whether it will or won’t happen. Before you start, rate your score on a scale of 0 – 10 where 10 is maximum intensity.
- Even though I really want that house, it’s so perfect for me/us, I accept my feelings about this
- Even though I’m scared this house purchase will fall through, I’m open to remaining calm
- Even though it is so stressful not knowing if we will get this house and I’ll be really disappointed if we don’t, I accept all my feelings anyway
Eyebrow: I’m so stressed about this house
Side of eye: I really hope we get it – it’s my perfect house
Under eye: I’m so scared it will all fall through
Under nose: I hate feeling all this stress
Chin: I wish I knew if we were going to get this house
Collarbone: I really love this house and will be devastated if we don’t get it!
Under arm: I can’t stand this waiting game
Top of head: It’s so stressful not knowing if we’ll get this house or not
Eyebrow: I just can’t cope with the thought that we’ll lose this house
Side of eye: We’ve looked at so many houses and this is the only one I want
Under eye: I just won’t cope if it all falls through
Under nose: I have this big knot in my stomach
Chin: I wish it would all hurry up and go through
Collarbone: Why is it taking so long?
Under arm: I wake up at night in a cold sweat about this house
Top of head: I can’t stand this stress, it’s making me feel ill
Eyebrow: I’m open to staying calm
Side of eye: I guess worrying about it doesn’t really help
Under eye: Maybe I can feel a bit calmer
Under nose: What if I could let this stress go
Chin: I really want this house
Collarbone: Maybe I can remain positive
Under arm: What if it all goes smoothly
Top of head: Maybe it will all work out ok
Now take a deep breath and check your score again. Repeat the tapping until your score comes down to zero. Remember to use your words if they are more appropriate to you.
There are many different aspects about moving that cause us stress and anxiety. In future blogs I will address these aspects.
Until then, keep tapping!
Louise
07866 013 637
louise@freeflowingenergy.co.uk
Pick up your copy of the amazing film – “The Tapping Solution” now for 50% off! Yes, that’s right – you did read it correctly!
A whopping 50% off this incredible film!!!
Nick Ortner (producer of the film) is offering 100% of GROSS sales of “The Tapping Solution” to Dawson Church’s New Study, from now until September 17th! This is an amazing offer and such a valuable research study.
Dawson Church, author of “The Genie in Your Genes” is heading up a research study with 10 war veterans with PTSD, to prove how EFT affects stress genes, the genes that contain the code for stress hormones like cortisol and adrenaline.
What’s more you will be able to listen to a Dawson Church interview for free! Dawson talks about:
- how stress affects our genes and how EFT can help
- changes that are likely to come to our health service
- the story of an Iraqi veteran and how EFT helped
Please help support this very important new research. It can help EFT gain credibility in the mainstream health care system.
Pick up your copy of “The Tapping Solution” right now. It is an incredible film about the amazing benefits of tapping or EFT. I have watched the film many times and have used it to introduce people to EFT if they have not heard of it before.
Click here to order your copy right now.
Keep tapping.
Louise
07866 013 637
louise@freeflowingenergy.co.uk
Affirmations are powerful positive auto suggestions that we repeat on a regular basis. We can use EFT or tapping to make them even more powerful. There is no need for the setup statement, so we can just repeat our affirmation starting at the eyebrow point and keep going until we finish at the crown of the head. Repeat your affirmation with feeling and do several rounds of tapping.
Always ensure your affirmations are for your best outcome, simple to repeat, not too long and worded positively.
Here are some positive affirmations you may wish to try. Some of these have been influenced by Louise L.Hay who has been a great inspiration to me.
- I am healthy
- I can do it
- I am filled with peace and joy
- I am a success
- Success comes easy to me
- Money flows to me easily
- I learn new things easily
- My health is improving
- I am fit and healthy
- All my cells are working for my highest good
- My immune system is strong
- My energy is flowing smoothly
- Inspiration flows easily to me
- I love and accept myself
- I feel calm and confident
- Yes! Yes! Yes!
- I weigh xx (insert ideal weight)
- I am grateful to be alive
- I sleep well every night
- All is well in my world
I hope you have fun with these affirmations! Repeat several rounds of your affirmations a couple of times a day.
Do let me know some of your favourite affirmations! It’s fun to share.
Keep tapping.
Louise
07866 013 637
louise@freeflowingenergy.co.uk
Have you ever found yourself feeling stuck and desperately wanting to be understood by your partner? Do you put off having “that talk” about your relationship, because you anticipate it will be difficult, uncomfortable or agonising! Many of us don’t approach our partner because we think they will respond in a certain way. We anticipate their reaction, how they will feel and we think it’s just too difficult to deal with. So we don’t have that talk and bury our heads in the sand! Instead we go around seething, resenting, judging, getting angry, frustrated, sad and upset! Does that sound familiar?
EFT can’t change our partner but what it can help us with is our own judgements, thoughts, feelings and blockages that prevent us from approaching our partners and communicating with them in a calm way. It can also help us deal with the reaction we get if it’s not we want, expect or need.
Firstly try writing down exactly what it is you are feeling. Then use what you have written down to come up with your tapping statements. Below are some examples to help you get started:
- Even though I keep putting off talking to my partner, I accept my feelings about this
- Even though I can’t find the time to talk to my partner properly, I’m open to making the time
- Even though talking about how I feel with {name} is so difficult, they just don’t understand me, I accept myself completely anyway
- Even though {name} won’t understand what I’m trying to say, it’s just so difficult to talk with them, I deeply and completely love and accept myself anyway
- Even though {name} will get upset when we have this talk, what if they surprised me and really listened to what I have to say
- Even though I’m scared of hurting {name} with what I have to say, I’m open to remaining calm and getting my points across anyway
- Even though {name} can’t handle it when I get upset, I really need to talk about this
- Even though I don’t know how to explain how I feel and what I need from {name}, I’m open to letting it be easier than I think it will be
Next, tap your way through your list until you feel a shift (check your scores are all down to zero before you stop). Then try practicing “your talk” with your partner in your mind. Visualise how you both react. If there is anything that doesn’t go as you planned it, then keep tapping on the different aspects until you feel comfortable.
Whilst we cannot control how our partners will actually react, we will succeed in communicating a whole lot better if we are calm and in control of our emotions. If the talk doesn’t go as planned, then do some more tapping to help you deal with the situation.
Good luck with “that talk”.
Keep tapping!
Louise
07866 013 637
louise@freeflowingenergy.co.uk
