Emotional Freedom Technique Provides Side Benefits in Groups
Recently I have worked with two separate groups in multiple-week tele-class series. In both classes we utilized Emotional Freedom Technique. EFT is a wonderful tapping technique that accesses the body’s electro-magnetic field by tapping points on the body that correspond with the acupressure/acupuncture meridian system. It is used world-wide now by practitioners, and taught to their clients, in order to release physical, emotional, psychological pain caused by emotional trauma.
In the recent series of classes I first taught the process to participants, then we identified a topic to focus on. We identified the following issues and worked on them together:
- Resistance to participating in regular physical exercise
- Constricted breathing / breathing problems
- Reluctance to letting go of/purging accumulated items, stuff, clutter
- Blockages to losing weight / eating a healthy diet only when hungry
- Procrastination or confused thinking
- Others
There was great success in releasing people’s charge on these issues. And, what was also exciting was the fact that additional issues got resolved. This always happens, although often it isn’t realized when underlying related issues or even unknown issues resolve as people work in unison on a focused topic.
In energy work such as EFT one need not know the initial cause of an issue. Also, an exact title for the emotion being felt is not needed as long as an emotional charge is felt. It is the feeling and charge that causes physical pain, psychological blockage, emotional unrest, and that is what is released.
In a group setting, when a single topic is identified for focus, some people either don’t have real charge around this topic to begin with, or they release their charge before others. In participating without any more of their own charge on the topic of focus the technique automatically goes to that person’s next priority energetic block or a related issue to that of the group focus. Either way, all who participate end up being freed of energetic blockages and they benefit. When somebody does extensive Emotional Freedom Technique work with others they may notice that their food allergies have disappeared or that other blockages in their lives have disappeared. They may be surprised at first, but then it makes sense to them that in a process they thought they were performing for the good of someone else’s issue, they, too benefited in ways very pertinent to their own needs.
What a wonderful gift we have in these easy-to-learn, life-changing energetic techniques!!
Expanding our Breathing/Living Capacity with Emotional Freedom Technique
This afternoon I facilitated an international tele-class where we utilized Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) for expanding breathing capacity. One participant requested that issue because she was having problems taking in a full breath of air. Another person mentioned that she had problems with asthma and that blocked her exhilation of air.
This is a good issue to work with in a group because even if people don’t feel problems with their breathing, this serves as a doorway to other emotional issues. When one can fully breath in, expand one’s lungs to full capacity, and then freely breath out all of the air, there is a general feeling of well-being and expansion. This is in contrast with the way one feels when dealing with any emotional issue that seems less than pleasant. At this time of emotional contrast the breathing and general body structure seems to contract rather than expand. So, one may say that when there is any kind of negative emotional impact upon a person that person’s breathing is affected, even if he/she is not aware of it.
We used the EFT affirmation: “Even though I have trouble breathing fully and freely, I deeply and completely accept myself.” We adjusted this statement to be more specific for a few people, and as we used it many people commented on changes they were feeling. One person remarked that she went from not being able to breath at all to feeling that she could breath openly again. She was very relieved. Another stated that she would continue with the technique to work on her asthma. Another woman remarked that she felt very tired and found herself yawning repeatedly. She stated that she only kept tapping with the others because of the group energy – not because she had any problems breathing. I responded that yawning and feeling sleepy or spacy are symptoms of energy shifts and releases. Without even knowing what emotional energy was being released this person experienced an energy shift that would benefit her.
Emotional Freedom Technique is quite a nice alchemical tool for a practicing Coach Alchemist like me. It easily and quickly and painlessly supports transformation or transmutation, and that seems to be what many people are looking for these days. I enjoy being here to help!!
Emotional Freedom to Write MY Way??
I’ve been plagued with writer’s block, or at least writer’s confusion for several days. There is a struggle going on inside of me, and I am watching to see which side wins.
Recently we have all seen many promotion letters in our e-mail boxes. There are new programs, products, services being launched for the new year. EVERYBODY is sending out multiple e-mails to sell their programs, build their lists, gain attention, hook a few more enrollees. I am launching three new programs – and I HATE typical sales letters!!
I have been working with a group of coaches to update my marketing strategies. I am learning all about various techniques. Some of them are fantastic and make SO MUCH SENSE. I tend to really like the more natural approaches that seem organic rather than forced or manipulative. I want to be congruent with who I am and still provide all of the information about my programs to my potential applicants. I’ve written and re-written several letters already. None of them seem like the right approach – probably because they are following somebody else’s template. Aarggghhhh!! I’ve got to be FREE… and still, I REALLY want people to notice my two new tele-programs for conscious personal transformation and return from the dark night of the soul, and sign up for the wonderful benefits they will get if they participate.
Part of me really wants to try the new template style. Another part says that since 1985, when I started my own business, I have always attracted the best clients to myself – using MY style. Hmmm. Well, I COULD use BOTH styles, and that might attract ALL kinds of wonderful people. And, I WILL apply one round of Emotional Freedom Technique to take away the emotional charge so that whatever I do is EASY for me!! ;-))
Our Potential is Unlimited!!
We each live within a palace of possibilities. Each of us has our own room – some of us are able to travel outside of our rooms to visit other rooms and areas in this great palace of possibilities. On the walls inside of our rooms are written all of the inner talk, recordings, beliefs that we hold as important to follow in our lives. Each time we are faced with a decision about an outer stimulus or an inner thought, we access the writing on our walls to help us to make a decision or take the most appropriate action for our own being and belief system.
Often around an issue there are sets of conflicting beliefs. Making lots of money probably has an entire chorus of characters telling us how people with lots of money are evil, arrogant, stingy, bad influences on the world, etc. etc. We may have an equally strong chorus of other voices saying that people with lots of money are generous, philanthropic, catalysts for change, successful, etc. etc. Every issue we face has dualing choruses such as these.
When we want to form our own new beliefs around an issue – such as making lots of money, we need to take the following steps:
1. Identify our negative beliefs that hold us back and need to be released
2. Identify our positive thoughts and beliefs that need to be amped up
3. Use EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) or another energy release technique to quickly and easily release the charge and power of the negative beliefs
4. Use EFT or another energy technique to quickly strengthen the impact of the positive thoughts and beliefs
5. Identify what we really want around the issue
6. Create an affirmation
7. Fit this into a round of EFT to ground the intention.
8. Release any and all remaining issues around our affirmation
9. Utilize this affirmation daily and whenever charge comes up around it use EFT or another tool to quickly release the charge.
10. Go along with the regular details of our life and watch what happens
These simple steps will help you to start consciously transforming any and all aspects of your life that you feel could be improved upon.
We are only living a small potential of what is available to us. Let’s open up more in order to receive the abundance!! NOW!!
Recognizing Paradise versus Dark Night
Good morning!! It’s another wonderful day in Paradise!! 
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Wow! – I remember the first times I said that. It was mid-80′s and I lived in Silicon Valley, Northern California. I had moved there with trepidation. San Francisco and the entire area immediately stole my heart. Even though times were tough and our best grad student Holiday included gifts from a local dumpster, the natural beauty, stimulation from the many business opportunities, and the open-mindedness of the people made it a wonderful place for me to live. I was sad to leave after only three years.
I can remember other times in my life when waking up in the morning meant an endurance contest until I could go back to bed in the evening. And, in my darkest years, when I encountered my journey into the Dark Night of the Soul, I hated waking up at all. Being awake was a scary place to be. I was haunted by memories, longings, pain, sadness, fear of the deep depression in which I found myself. At least when I was asleep I could dream that my life was moving forward and I was happy. I was always grateful then that I COULD sleep. Insomnia might have killed me.
So, it took lots of introspection, inner work resulting in growth, much letting go of old stories, habits, beliefs to get me where I am today. I set the intention and then the tools and helpers came to me. My journey lasted for several years. My journey was easier than it might have been because I could take a sabbatical from my life and focus full-time on ME and on clearing out the blockages and baggage inside so that I could bring in the magnificence and joy of my present life. The journey would have taken less time and I would have suffered less if I had known then what I know now about conscious living.
I am so grateful that I can again recognize the Paradise in each day of my life!!
A New Age of ONENESS and CHANGE
What a fun day for those of us lucky enough to participate in the Inauguration festivities!! For me it was such a unifying experience!! Since I don’t use television anymore in my home, the FaceBook http://www.facebook.com /CNN http://www.ccn.com/live partnership offered me the opportunity to participate with over a million others on-line as we all watched the oath of office, presidential speech, trip down Pennsylvania Avenue, Celebration Parade, and soon, coverage of some of the parties. As we watched we were able to make comments through-out for everybody else to see. It has been fun, and I DID get some work done including a tele-class, a coaching session, some writing, e-mails, updates, etc.
Oneness is one of my favorite topics. Both my MS and Ph.D. are in Cross-Cultural Communication, and I have been a specialist in diversity and multi-culturism for my entire adult life. To see the outflow of international connection and cameraderie today sharing in the celebration of Obama’s inauguration was a true joy to me. The world is getting much smaller in the areas of communication, trade, sharing in the technology as well as the environmental and social issues and problems. It is so important today that we band together in shared purpose to make positive changes come true!! I think this new leader, President Barack Obama, has the background and motivation to support this!!
In looking at the profiles of Obama and Biden we have some richness that is much deeper than their education and professional experience. President Obama grew up in a multi-cultural family, and lived abroad and in various sections of this country. His life experience brings an understanding of humans and human nature that few people experience first-hand. VP Joe Biden has years of experience working with leaders from different nations. He also brings the strength of one who has lived through and grown from experiencing the Dark Night of the Soul – first when his wife and daughter were killed, and later when he almost died. Together these men are well armed with deep inner convictions founded on profound life experience. As a team they present a balance that has the potential for grounding the positive change that our nation and the world need right now.
Today there has been an outflow of support, excitement, connection, communication, celebration, hope, faith in the process, oneness!! For many it has been a LONG time since they felt this – especially on such a large scale!! This presidency – on its very first day – has pulled the world together in hope and expectation. The key message I take from Obama’s Presidential speech is that it is time to wake up, be CONSCIOUS, and take responsibility!! http://www.ConsciousLivingEzine.com The days of victimhood are over. There are proactive, positive roles for everyone to play. Now is the time of opportunity!!
So, let us join in and look for the positive!! Here is to our New Age of Oneness and Change!!
A Pause for a New Beginning from the Dark Night of the Soul
Regularly I work with clients who are re-creating their lives after major trauma. To many of them a New Beginning means the difference between choosing life – or death. I understand this state of the “dark night of the soul”, because I have been there. I returned and created my New Life, although it took years to do this. Tomorrow our nation will begin a return from its own ”dark night of the soul”.
Conscious people in my region appreciated what today represented and honored Martin Luther King and his legacy here in the USA. During his life he spoke of a RETURN from the dark night of slavery and torment that his race had endured in this country for many years. This three-day weekend provided a nice opportunity to pause and reflect – and to be grateful that a man had a dream of a new, different life and a new beginning for people of color in this country. Tomorrow Martin Luther King’s dream will be partially fulfilled. A new beginning of ONE-NESS will be solidified tomorrow with the swearing in of our 44th President of the United States of America.
Tonight it has snowed. The county schools have just been closed for tomorrow. These same conscious people and their children now have an opportunity to pause for another day and witness via media coverage the New Beginning represented by this Presidential Inauguration. The pomp and circumstance will occur tomorrow. The parties and processions will mark the celebration of this New Beginning and return from the dark night of the soul that our history reflects. In our region all can pause to share this occasion. And, since the children will be home from school and some businesses may also be closed, families who choose to may share this moment in history together.
What a blessing that Nature has offered this opportunity to my neighbors and me to pause for this New Beginning!!
I LOVE to Write!!
Yes, it is true. I DO love to write… when I’m in the mood!! )
This blog is a joy to me. It is like a professional journal where I get to share the ideas that stimulate me, that I’d like others to know about, that just cross my mind long enough to be captured and mentioned.
I plan to start another blog soon. I’ll not share here what that will be about, but it will be different. It will include a BEFORE and AFTER. It will share real journal entries of a temporarily lost soul searching for light in the dark abyss. It will be very different from this blog. It will share and hopefully attract like-minded people who NEED to read what I plan to write. It will be a soul activity on my part. It will be a cleansing, purging, and sharing that will truly make a difference. It will be fun for me because I feel some passion for doing it!! )
In the meantime, I am in fast-moving mode today. I don’t have time to sit and think out an article. I don’t want to pause long enough to write in my blog today. There are many things in my office that must be dealt with – that I don’t allow myself the leisure to touch during the work week. I really need to go… and, LOOK! I’ve written my blog after all!! It didn’t take long. It didn’t slow me down. It was fun. It reflects where I am and where I am going. Hmmm. I guess that is what it is all about anyway!! Until next time!!
The Business of ART
Years ago when I was just beginning to re-create my life I learned to paint mandalas. These are intuitive creations that come from the soul and often tend to evolve of themselves over time. I never know what I’m going to paint when I begin, and sometimes I don’t even understand the symbology that I use in my paintings until later. Mandalas hold the frequency of the painter and the inspiration that comes through the painter. I love the process and have guided others create beautiful mandalas – even those who have never held a paintbrush in their hands. [The mandala shown is entitled Mardi Gras Celebration!! and I painted it as I was first connecting with my life partner. It radiates my excitement, joy, and the authentic and loving ME that was and continues to evolve in our relationship. Each circle is outlined in beads gathered from the real New Orleans celebration, and the overlapping hearts in the center were originally a decorative pin made from Mardi Gras costumes. You can see more at: http://www.arielagroup.com/pages/resources/gallery.html]
As I was zooming through e-mails yesterday I noticed one of interest about an upcoming smARTist Tele-Summit. It begins tomorrow and offers panels of experts discussing how to best run an ART business and market one’s works. I know some of the panelists from social networking and other venues. Each afternoon for seven days there will be calls with presentations by people discussing all of the aspects around the Art of Business of ART. )
I signed up and expect I will listen to some of the calls LIVE and listen to recordings of the others. If you think this may be of interest to you or someone you know, go to: http://is.gd/fW0z for more information and to register. The fee is less than the panelists usually charge for one hour of coaching, so it is well worth the cost. I’m sure every participant will benefit from attending the calls, and I’m really looking forward to it!! [Even though it begins tomorrow and the sign-up page says that it may be too late to register, it really is NOT too late because you can listen to the recordings of anything you miss, and the calls go on until late next week.]
Starting an Energetic Week of Serving!!
Monday in Paradise!! ) The weekend was charged!! Friday saw me performing with 50 others in front of TV lights and camera for a special NC state cultural program. The John C. Campbell Folk School Morris teams presented an hour of fun dancing with great music provided by our eleven-piece band. (For info about the Folk School go to: http://www.folkschool.org .) On Saturday I sat for a promo photo shoot with a new friend, Max Poppers. The session was fantastic, and someday you all may see the results on my new website!! (For info on Max go to: http://www.silverspiritsphotography.com .) Yesterday Martin and I spent the day at his peaceful off-the-grid cabin in the woods. (For more about solar-powered cabins go to: http://www.backwoodssolar.com .) Because the weather was cold and rainy and we had expended so much energy traveling and participating in the other weekend events, we ended up reading, napping, surfing internet, eating yummy food, and just hanging out. It was PERFECT – and just what we needed!! )
This cold sunny Monday in the north Georgia mountains provided lots of opportunities to share the good energy from the weekend. I started out offering coaching sessions for two friends.
The first person focused on career challenges following a job lay-off. She is depressed and is running out of money. Although she has a good potential job lined up, she is frustrated because 1-she has not yet received a job offer, and 2-she needs to pay bills and this job doesn’t start until April. I started our session by reassuring her that this time of frustration will pass. I reminded her that the negative emotions she is feeling right now are apt to attract more of the same unless she makes some changes. I shared that she can shift her energy to a higher frequency by daily focusing on all of the things in her life about which she is grateful. Just by focusing on abundance one’s mood can shift. I also invited her to think back to when she was enjoying employment, banking lots of $$$, helping people, loving her life, enjoying her personal relationships, having FUN!! I urged her to daily focus on FEELING what each of those memories or times of her life felt like – the GOOD aspects. As she learns to do this daily she will be able to then look ahead to the intended results of her job campaign and project the positive emotions she will feel when all of her desires are met. When she can start to FEEL what having that new job, with job security, lots of income, all bills paid in full on time, fun new projects, an over-all life of her making, then she will attract that to herself. At the end of the call her energy was at a much higher vibration and she was ready to start her week on a more positive note.
The second person is facing issues within a personal relationship with someone who has major tendencies to become co-dependent in relationships. She had just come back from a workshop focusing on better understanding the male gender and was frustrated because her partner did not fit into the typical characteristics presented. Since I know her partner very well I was able to direct her to look at the learning opportunities she has within this relationship and how she can make the most of this dance of partnership for as long as it lasts without getting sucked into co-dependence. She had much more to think about after our conversation and felt stronger in her own resolve to love herself first as she continues to love her dear partner.
I totally enjoy my passion for supporting conscious change and helping people to have more FUN. I learned to do this myself – the hard way. Now I can help others to much more easily find the safer and less painful path to follow. I will be privileged to serve a group of people in my 30 Days to Emotional Freedom call on Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. EST / 1:30 p.m. PST. (You can find out more by going to: http://is.gd/cgO4 .) Last week we discussed many ways to CLARIFY goals or intentions for the New Year. This week we will focus on identifying blockages to our success and how to release them.
I’m excited, and having FUN!! It is already a GREAT week!! )