Using EFT is Easier for Changing Beliefs Than Force of Will
In my experience with clients one can only go so far using force of will to shift a belief system. Most beliefs are deeply rooted in the subconscious and based on past emotional reactions that are stored in the body’s electro-magnetic field. The best way to clear the resistance to change and the subconscious blockage holding the old belief in place is to access the electro-magnetic field via the meridian system.
This has been done for thousands of years via acupuncture and now more and more individuals, coaches, therapists, etc. are learning to do this and we teach our clients how to access their own systems to completely and permanently clear out the old resistance and emotional blockages that form the beliefs.
When I find a client who self-sabotages or holds onto limiting beliefs I automatically know that he/she is fighting inner resistance. I introduce Emotional Freedom Technique which is an easy-to-learn meridian-tapping technique that supports the permanent clearing of the emotional resistance so that then the person is free to change his/her beliefs. It works quickly, painlessly, and doesn’t require force of will.
For more information on this technique you may visit my website to listen to a free Intro to EFT or an Intro to EFT for Coaches series. Go to: http://www.arielagroup.com/products/free_products.html or feel free to contact me at: info@arielagroup.com!
I’ve seen physical, mental, emotional miracles happen in one or two sessions using EFT. It is wonderful and I support the clients of other coaches who reach a barrier and need a session or two to clear their blocks… then return to their normal coaching series.
Eating Disorders and Coaching?
So often coaches take on issues that may well be outside of the coaching area unless the coach has specialized tools. Anorexia, Bulimia, Binge Eating are serious life-threatening conditions that are usually beyond the scope of regular coaching.
It has been my experience as an energy psychologist and coach that eating disorders stem from deep subconscious issues that may be based on DNA patterning, in-womb energetics picked up through the mother, pre-verbal infant perception-based inner beliefs, as well as conscious life experiences. Often the person finds that their eating habits are the only thing that they can control in life, so they manipulate that arena. This is more than basic coaching can usually handle.
In the cases where an eating disorder comes from boredom, confusion, scope-creep, shifting priorities, lack of focus, then a coach can be very beneficial and usually the eating order can be cleared up as the client begins to reclaim focus and direction with the coach’s help.
When a person presents to a coach or therapist with an intention to let go of an eating disorder this may or may not be something that is actually possible without first clearing out some of the subconscious energetics. In some cases the person sets an intention and then with help from the right practitioner/support person, it is achieved.
In many other cases the person’s subconscious has set up a threshold of success that their will alone will never be able to penetrate. Even though this person may REALLY wish to change the behavior, there is deep inner belief that it is unsafe to be healthy, that they do not deserve to be healthy, that something bad will happen if they get healthy, that they will lose control if they get healthy, that God doesn’t want them to be healthy, etc. I’ve encountered all of these, and none were consciously realized by the person with the eating disorder.
As an energy psychologist I support people to clear the underlying emotional issues that are carried in their electro-magnetic fields and that create their underlying values, beliefs, and habits throughout life. Until these emotionally-based charges are cleared from the electro-magnetic physiology, the habit or issue cannot be totally cleared. Once the energetic charge is cleared – then it is gone and the person is then free to change his or her life.
So, if you are a coach and would like to know more, I would enjoy talking with you about this. Also, on my website are some recordings (FREE) that share some of the energy-clearing techniques that I use, and there is a special coach-training section too.
I often partner with coaches to support their clients – helping to clear the underlying issues and then returning the client to their coach to continue with regular coaching maintenance. Also, some of you may have used one of the coach training manuals that I co-wrote with several big-named master coaches for their coach training institutes.
I love to support coaching so that everybody wins!!
Why Are You Reluctant to Use Energy Therapy?
Why are some people reluctant to utilize energy therapy and its wonderful transformational tools? Do you fall into this category?
There is often internal subconscious resistance in a person which places self growth, healing, happiness, abundance as a last priority because the subconscious mind may have been trained, conditioned, or abused into feeling that it is:
- Unworthy of improving in health, well-being, finances, etc.,
- Bad or nasty, and so is undeserving of positive life options,
- Deeply afraid of change – even for the better,
- Fearful of the unknown of what it will be like if and when a situation shifts,
- Reluctant to be the person that has different dynamics in his or her life.
This is so subtle, and is usually hidden below many layers of more surface issues and symptoms that must be cleared first. The beauty of energy therapy is that it is relatively painless and very quick in how it clears energy. It is unlike some traditional therapy processes that require a person to revisit the trauma of a past memory.
Often clients just don’t understand this. When the subconscious is ready to let go of a particular issue it can be cleared in a matter of minutes. And, if there are deeper issues to clear, then the facilitator can go deeper in order to support a clearing of resistance to occur and the subsequent reaching of the goal to happen.
So, if you haven’t yet tried any of the wonderful energy therapy tools, including some of my favorites: NET, AK, EFT, TAT, and other meridian tapping techniques, then find a practitioner at http://www.MTTProNetwork.com and get started toward feeling better in all aspects of your life!
Mandala Painting is Transformational!
This week I am in Laguna Beach, California, painting mandalas with my dear friend and teacher, Paul Heussenstamm. I’ve been painting mandalas with him for over twelve years, and each time the process takes me deeper!
I’m so excited and filled with energy that aleady this morning I’ve designed a new mandala, written three blog posts, and sent an ezine to my subscribers. And it is only 7:45 a.m.! We get back into the studio work at 10:00, where I am starting a series of mandala paintings depicting
- The Conscious Self
- Conscious Life Transformation
- Dark Night of the Soul
- Spirit in Business
During this week-long workshop I am also being trained to be a better facilitator in the transformational process of mandala creation. So, I’ll be able to focus more energy on offering transformation through art workshops with my wonderful clients, and you can come to my Mt. View Retreat in north Georgia to enjoy the mandala process and the wonderful energy and mountain views!
Paul’s paintings have been purchased by people worldwide and you might have seen one of them featured in a movie, hanging at one of the Chopra Centers, or at Michael Beckwith’s Agape chapel. For more information on mandalas, their creation, or a master of the trade, go to: http://www.mandalas.com .
How I Cured Chronic Fatigue & Fibromyalgia
My previous blog article claims “Chronic Fatigue is Curable!”, and I received several comments asking how I did this in my own case and what I do when I work with others. So, firstly, I’d like to share how I cured my own condition.
There were several factors that led to the symptoms of chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia in my body. I avoid claiming them as “mine”, because they showed up, stayed for a year, bothered me 24/7, and then I cleared them out! These were symptoms, diagnosed – yes, however, just symptoms that led to a condition that others had entitled as chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia.
I tend to approach life in a wholistic and energetic way, and when I suffered from those terrible symptoms I had not yet learned of NET/ Neuro Emotional Technique or EFT/ Emotional Freedom Technique. I might have cleared out the symptoms much sooner had I been able to apply NET and EFT at the time.
I first identified that I was acting and feeling very much like a victim, and that, in itself was very disempowering. Louise Hay says in her writings that often the basis for chronic fatigue and other auto-immune disorders is an inner conflict between dependence and independence. I looked at my own life and found that struggle as a very strong issue that I had internalized. This inner struggle made me sick – literally, and had wasted a year of my life. I wanted my personal power back! And, it was time, once and for all, to totally let go of victimhood. I let that go from my being… for good!
Next I took that re-claimed personal power and had a strong chat with my Maker. I basically explained that I had wasted a year, learned some very strong lessons, and it was time for me to learn how to cure myself – fast, or I was leaving! This was easy to say since I felt like I was dying every day… either of the fatigue or the constant pain. This time I really meant it, and claimed my conviction. I set an intention to learn the steps I needed to take to make myself well again.
Within two days I was synchronistically led to some documents that told me everything I needed to know. I realized that I had several things going on physically, and this was all tested and proven to be true when I went to my physician of choice. I sought out a special practitioner of applied kinesiology who also worked with homeopathics. He tested my body and identified the best protocol to use, the dosages of homeopathics, and since he was also a chiropractor, he could align my body as it began to be cleared of the toxins.
I started on a dietary regimen of my own choice that would support the work being done by my physician. I took a supplement, a homeopathic remedy, and an herb to help eliminate the condition based on our findings. With the support of gentle acupressure treatments from my AK chiropractor I started eliminating the pain.
Little-by-little my energy started to return, and almost immediately the pain subsided. I noticed that a side benefit of the treatment was that I was losing weight. In two months I was a new person, and twenty pounds lighter! My body was re-balanced and felt better than it had felt in several years.
In my own research I found many possible causes to the symptoms that I suffered. I narrowed down the search and then turned to a holistic healing expert who used tested approaches as well as some energy modalities to support my healing process. I supported his work with my own regimen. The results were that I got my life back.
Soon after my own metamorphosis I met a nurse who had quit her job and was suffering from chronic fatigue and painful fibromyalgia. I started coaching her to look at aspects of her life. We walked through a number of possible causes until we found the root cause of her suffering. I guided her to the appropriate physician who could support her healing. Within a month she was feeling much better and a little later she was back at work and living a normal life again as well.
I’ve talked with many sufferers of the same symptoms that I had. Often people resist letting go of their conditions, and some hold on to victimhood in their lives just because of fear of the unknown. I enjoy coaching and supporting people who are ready and willing to look inside and start the process of healing- whatever it takes! I use energy clearing modalities with my clients including NET, EFT, AK, Reiki, so that they can let go of the inner resistance that often stands in the way of moving forward with the healing process. I work closely with and refer to other holistic practitioners for the parts they can play in the process. When the patient is ready, healing can and will occur!
For more information feel free to contact me at: info@arielagroup.com or via my website at: http://arielagroup.com .
Neuro Emotional Technique is a Potent Healing Modality
My ex-husband introduced me to Neuro Emotional Technique (NET). As a chiropractor he utilized applied kinesiology and felt that NET would support his practice. We studied together for seven years and it ended it up that I practice it more than he does. It makes so much sense to me, and it led me to find and better understand EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique).
Dr. Scott Walker, DC, developed NET during the same year that Gary Craig developed EFT. Both had studied other modalities and went on to create techniques that would benefit the masses.
NET at first was just offered to doctors: MD’s, DC’s, DO’s, DDS’s, PhD’s, and now that has been extended to licensed health and wellness practitioners. The technique is based on the philosophy that anyone presenting to a health or wellness practitioner with physical pain or dis-ease is being affected by one of three things:
- a structural imbalance or intrusion into the system (often resulting from an accident causing a break, sprain, strain, cut, abrasion)
- a chemical imbalance (hormones, enzymes, blood chemistry, toxins, allergens, bad food combining, pesticides, etc.)
- an emotional component (stored emotional charge or chemistry found somewhere within the electromagnetics, organs, viscera, brain).
Based on that philosophy an NET practitioner asks the patient’s body specific questions, and using kinesiological muscle testing, the body answers. This is much like inputting data and getting data in return via a computer. The body and its electro-magnetic field do not lie. It is amazing what one can find out about another person by just asking the right questions and then letting the body answer. The patients are often reminded of people and experiences from their early lives that they have not thought of in many years, and it is their body who comes up with the data to help them focus on where the old emotion first showed up. Then, a specific protocol is handled for each occasion based on what the emotion is and where it is being stored.
I enjoy facilitating NET with my clients when I work on them in person. I’ve seen some amazing results with this very potent modality. Even though I am not a physician I have been able to successfully treat a variety of physical, emotional, and psychological issues that had not been improved using more traditional approaches. And, when I use EFT I blend a little of my NET background into my understanding of why EFT works and how to support its effectiveness.
So, if you are interested in knowing more about Neuro Emotional Technique you may visit: http://netmindbody.com or http://www.onefoundation.org/NET.html for all kinds of details related to this globally popular and powerful modality.
Using EFT & Energy Therapy Tools to De-brief My Mate After Accident Trauma
All of you who know me well realize my passion for the Energy Psychology work that I am doing with clients now. I utilized it last night with my sweetie, Martin.
He regularly attends a local car auction – it’s his hobby. Last night a tragedy happened where a car went out of control and mowed down 20-30 people as it crashed through a building where they were standing. Luckily Martin was out of harm’s way – just 15-20 feet away, watching the whole thing happen.
As a retired EMT he realized that the extent of injuries & numbers of injured were way beyond his ability to support these people, and he had no emergency kit with him, so he used his skills to direct traffic and to show emergency vehicles where to park. The first responders needed to keep their vehicles out of the way of the many ambulances who followed, so he managed to direct the flow of everyone coming and going for almost two hours, including helping the ambulances come and go between the helicopter runs taking wounded to the hospital. He was still high on adrenaline when he returned home late last night.
As I helped him to de-brief I simply let him tell me about it. He doesn’t usually get too involved in the energy therapy work that I do – he’s a strong he-man. We sat at the dining room table and as he talked I touched his foot or leg with my foot or leg under the table. He couldn’t see that I was tapping my karate chop point (side of my hand) as he spoke. I was acting as a surrogate to support his energy clearing as well as keeping my own sensitivities from picking up the trauma in my own electro-magnetic field.
He shared with me that after seventeen years working fire and mountain rescue as an EMT, this was the worst trauma he had personally experienced. He had a number of different emotions ignited when he got home, and needed to talk it out before eating dinner or relaxing in any way. He had felt helpless, guilty for not doing more, agitated at a few self-important emergency responders who wanted to park right in the middle of the entrance way where ambulances needed to pass, traumatized by seeing so many people mowed down by the run-away car, among other feelings. By talking them out he felt better. My tapping helped the process, and his dream state also supported his subconscious to let go of some of the inner emotional stress, as during the night Martin woke up several times with his heart racing as his subconscious was working out the trauma that he had witnessed.
This morning I reminded him of the 3rd eye point that he can tap if the pictures of the trauma become too bothersome, and also told him to use the karate chop point if he found his heart racing and felt stressed. (The 3rd eye point is not included in EFT, and the karate chop is an important point used to set-up most EFT protocol sequences.)
Now Martin has the tools to help his system to let go of what he witnessed, and since it is not beneficial for him to carry any of that emotion around with him, I expect that he will use them!
Winter Solstice Thoughts…
Today is the Winter Solstice – the shortest daylight of the year here in the northern hemisphere, and tonight will be the longest night of the year on our half of the planet. This is a wonderful time of year to go within – into the darkness – and determine what the next year will bring with its light.
Quiet time to go within...
Years ago I contacted a friend on Winter Solstice just to say Hi. He and I ended up starting a romantic relationship that was a wonderful learning opportunity for me during that next year. I often host or attend parties on Winter Solstice where we write down the things we would like to clear from the old year, and the desires and intentions we are setting for the new year. A burning ceremony sometimes sends these written thoughts into the ethers as ash and fire.
This year, after much concentration, I have just completed a new website, the creation of several new training programs for 2010, as well as a new affiliate program. These took much introspection, time, teamwork, and patience. I think that today is the perfect day to send out this new energy into the cycles and networks where the right people will receive the information. I didn’t really plan it to be this way, but it really seems perfect now that the busy-work is finally finished! (If you are interested in information about this, you can look for it in tomorrow’s blog… today is about the wonderful opportunity of the Solstice!)
Tonight I think I will share a quiet dinner with Martin and talk about this last year, what we have accomplished, what we have learned, what we have had to postpone, what we want to clear to make room for new intentions. We will also talk about our dreams for the next year and will set some desires into the energy of life. The details will come later, but this will be a good time to share our individual and combined dreams as the light begins to come back to our half of the planet starting tomorrow.
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Have a Happy and Conscious Solstice – wherever you are!
Touch for Health
Surprise! Yes, I changed my blog format a bit so that you can see the beautiful view from my cabin/office that is so inspiring to me as I write. The sunset in the banner photo was taken at the summer solstice – at the height of light in the northern hemisphere! I hope you enjoy it!
Touch for Health is a wonderful approach to healing that is taught to lay people / non-physicians, so that they will be able to take more responsibility in their own health. If you have ever been to a chiropractor or kinesthesiologist you might have had the same muscle groups and meridians tested for strength or weakness as you can learn through studying Touch for Health.
I was first introduced to TFH in 1985 or 1986 when my ex-husband and I took a course from one of the earlier TFH “gurus” Dr. Sheldon Deal. Sheldon has become a friend through the years and, besides being an award-winning body builder in his youth, is a world-known doctor of chiropractic and a naturopathic doctor. He is still active in the international TFH organization and the International College of Applied Kinesiology.
As soon as I was introduced to the teachings of TFH I was hooked, and I’ve been studying energy healing and therapy techniques ever since. But, I went about my studies in other ways. I learned about applied kinesiology through my ex-husband, a chiropractor. I learned about meridians and specific emotional clearing techniques by studying Neuro Emotional Technique, NET, for seven years with Drs. Scott and Deb Walker, and by becoming a practitioner. Then I learned more by studying EFT through Gary Craig. Now I have come full circle and am taking the Touch for Health four-part certification training with Earl Cook, creator of e-touch for Health, and practitioner since 1976 (http://www.etouchforhealth.com/ .) I will complete the certification in March, 2010.
As though I didn’t have enough to do these days, I have dedicated entire weekends in November, December, February, and March to learn more about how to use the muscles in the body to test for strengths or weaknesses that can cause pain and eventually disease. I’m learning more about the meridians and the muscles and organs with which they correspond, in addition to learning more about the basics of the five-element acupuncture model and meridian cycles so that I can better incorporate this information as background into my NET and EFT practices with clients. I am excited about TFH’s ability to clear physical pain and energetically support goal-setting, and I plan to apply it with clients as soon as I finish the full certification training program in March, 2010.
So, stay tuned. I will share more as I learn it! 
And, if you would like to know more about Touch for Health, please go to: http://www.touch4health.com .
Reiki for Emotional Healing During the Holidays
You usually see me talking about using EFT or other Meridian Tapping Techniques for emotional healing. Since I am a Reiki Master in addition to the other things that I do, I want to include a few excerpts here from a good article by Laurelle Shanti Gaia (see her Reiki newsletter and the entire article at: http://www.reikinewsletter.com/.)
“It doesn’t matter which holidays you observe, or even if you don’t observe the holidays at all. This season can stir your deepest emotions. Thoughts, feelings and beliefs that you have long since buried often rise to the surface of your consciousness during holiday times. The good news is opportunities for profound and meaningful healing arise as well.
Do you find this time to be jolly, OR is it a time that you feel fear, loneliness, sadness, anger, abandonment, or whatever emotion is most important for you to become aware of at this time of year? Be true to your feelings, as this is a time that brings forth great potential for transformation and rebirth.
There is an ancient Shinto saying about the winter time ‘Both Heaven and Earth come from one’s own heart’. It is a time for darkness to open to the light, a time to really FEEL that which you have held in the shadows, tried to avoid, or been afraid to confront. It is a time to bring these feelings forth, acknowledge them, accept them, honor them, learn from them and move forward into the light of your true self. It is only possible to BE one’s true self by BEing true to yourself. Once you have done this, you can fully experience the joy, peace, love, compassion, good will and comfort that the holiday season is meant to bring you.
If your holidays include gathering with friends and family you may find yourself more sensitive than normal as cellular emotional memories begin to stir. I believe that the holiday time arouses whatever you most need to heal within the deepest level of your being. This is a perfect time to work with Reiki to awaken repressed emotions, honor them and transform them into positive energy.
Many of us were trained to hold our feelings in. ‘Nice girls don’t get angry,’… ‘big boys don’t cry,’… there were so many ways we learned to block our emotions. If you weren’t taught by your parents to do this, perhaps a teacher, or a friend influenced your tendency to repress your feelings.
Over the years of being disloyal to emotions, we each develop congestion in our emotional body that limits the flow of life force into our physical body. Consequently we can develop physical, mental or emotional illness.”
So, if you use Reiki on yourself, or if you regularly visit a practitioner, use the thoughts here as a good focus point as you approach a Reiki energy session, and set the intention to neutralize the negative charge around old holiday emotions and memories, and to allow peace to enter and fill up your energy field.
If you have specific questions about how to best do this, please feel free to ask me or leave a comment here. Also, of course, the thoughts expressed here so well by Laurelle can bring up specifics that you may clear using other energy tools such as EFT and NET, among other MTT tools.
I hope your Thanksgiving was wonderful! Mine was so fantastic that we had three different Thanksgiving dinners during the long weekend… with different family members each time as we traveled! And, our visits were fun and travel was safe! Wow – I am grateful that my energy work has sure paid off well!!