Growing up I suffered all of the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis, plus I had very bad acne during high school that definitely damaged my self esteem. I just thought this was normal until I started getting arthritis in my thumbs when I turned twenty. As a professional flautist, this was very serious. And I had developed severe back problems by then, which I based on a horse-back riding fall when in high school.

In my thirties I was checked out for food allergies by a chiropractor/ clinical kinesiologist. He immediately identified a corn allergy. A few years later I also developed a wheat & gluten intolerance.

Whenever I eat anything with corn oil my face immediately breaks out in pimples. Corn starch causes my neck to go out and I get an immediate headache. Corn syrup gives me whole-body aches & pains so severe that sometimes I can hardly walk.

Wheat and gluten products leave me with aches & pains and often a sense of mind fuzziness like a drinking hang-over.

I choose to steer clear of all of these so that I can live a pain-free active life… which is what I experience when I stay away from all corn and wheat and other gluten products.  And, I also notice that the more meridian tapping and N- EFT that I do, the more often I can cheat on my non-corn/non-gluten diet without suffering.

So, whenever I work with somebody who has chronic joint or bone pain, fuzziness, plus other symptoms, I first ask if they have been tested for grain allergies. If you feel tired after a meal, then I invite you to investigate what you have eaten that causes your body to try to shut down. You should be energized after eating!

I hope my own experiences are helpful. I’ve always been an active and athletic person… and I plan to stay that way for the rest of my life!

This may work successfully for many, but for others it is not enough to consciously put effort into intentions when their own subconscious mind is shut down to allowing such new actions. Since Law of Attraction magnetizes and attracts more of the vibration put out via the body and mind, if that is coming from the subconscious mind and electro-magnetic field, then no positive intentions from the conscious mind will be able to over-ride the heavier energetics underlying the behavior.

In many cases where self-sabotage continues to contain and hold people back in addictions, health conditions, states of mind, one might wonder why the Law of Attraction “is not working”. Well, we know that, like gravity, LOA always works, so this is a clue to look deeper at what LOA is magnetizing.  I have encountered many clients who hold inner subconscious beliefs that it is dangerous to make any changes, they will die if they revisit the pain they are covering up with their addictive behavior, they don’t deserve to have a good life without the addiction or condition, they don’t deserve to have health or wealth or love, and even many who have a subconscious belief that God doesn’t want them to change or live a good life.

Willpower alone cannot dislodge the negative emotional energy stuck in a person’s electro-magnetic field which may be holding limiting beliefs and causing addictive behavior. And, as long as heavy or negative emotional vibrations are held in the subconscious with limiting beliefs, Law of Attraction will automatically keep attracting more of the negativity and limitation rather than what the conscious mind intends and clearly asks for.

During the last twenty-five years I have utilized many energy therapy modalities, and the meridian-based modalities are the ones that seem to make the most dramatic changes to easily and painlessly clear away underlying negative attractors so that then Law of Attraction can attract what the people consciously most desire… rather than what is running in the background of their subconscious. Classical acupuncture, acupressure, and the newer meridian tapping techniques all work to clear out the hidden saboteurs from the subconscious… without any negative side effects!

I personally benefitted through using acupuncture in the 1980’s, and saw great changes in my own personality and self-esteem after just a couple of months of weekly visits to a practitioner. I have practiced Neuro Emotional Technique/ NET as a trained facilitator since 1995 with great success, and when I desired a tool I could use on myself I discovered Emotional Freedom Technique/ EFT which is becoming more accepted and popularly used by many coaches, physicians, therapists. My own practice now incorporates a blend of these latter two potent modalities which I label Neuro- Emotional Freedom Technique/ N- EFT. I currently work with clients who present with cancer, auto-immune disorders, post traumatic stress, chronic fatigue & fibromyalgia, depression, addictions, trauma, loss, dark night of the soul, financial anxiety, re-occurring negative cycles, among other things.

Although many people have wonderful success giving up an addictive habit such as smoking, drinking, drugs, other, often these addictions transfer to some other kind of addictive behavior in the life of the addict. When one “cover-up” addiction is terminated, then often there is a transfer to another addiction. This is because addicts are driven from the inside – out. Addictions cover up a sense of inner angst, anxiety, fear, clawing in the pit of the stomach. This inner agitation is what activates LOA to attract more addiction and contain a person in the same vicious life cycle without hope of escape. There is no such thing as an “addictive personality” – there is always an underlying cause, and the emotional energetic must be cleared from the energetic field around the body in order to allow an addict to be free to drop the addictive behavior and create the life he or she most desires.

I hope this information is helpful for better understanding of how the Law of Attraction does always work, and how it often might attract what is running in the background subconscious rather than what is intentionally being asked for in the conscious. Before bad habits can be changed there is often the need for clearing out the underlying causes of these patterns.

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Guest writer: Joseph Ngonidzashe Zvoushoma (Zimbabwe)
Article taken from: September 2010 Global Leadership News – see below for more information.

Many of us live and hibernate in an unknown realm of doubt, a disposition that is full of uncertainty and fear, a realm that has conquered the lives of many and shattered their dreams. Doubt is a state of mind like many other invisible forces of life, it is however a “double standard mindset”, where an individual believes it is possible today but due to changing circumstances the individual firmly believes it impossible the next day. Doubt has become the devil of our age, aborting dreams and visions that can make this world a better place. On the subject of doubt Saint James had this to say, “For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.” Doubt is simply a gate way to scarcity, poverty, lack and greed. It is synonymous with fear, they are a dangerous pair, where there is a doubt fear manifest and fear itself is an expression of doubt!

I want to introduce the reader to a higher life, a better realm to live in; it is a life of faith. Many individuals have defined faith differently and in this article I will define it my way, Faith is: Fear Ain’t In The Head. Faith is the only cure for doubt, it casts out fear and it believes everything is possible. Faith sees visions and dreams coming to pass, it accepts the presence of adverse circumstances but refuses to be intimated and subdued, faith is a conqueror better than nuclear forces, yet so many individuals live in mediocrity simply because they have refused and failed to embrace this powerful force as a companion and an inspirer. According to James Allen, in the nineteenth century, he wrote the following words in As a Man Thinketh, “Circumstances do not make a man, they reveal him”, what are you revealing to the world, a being of faith or fear, do not let circumstances define who you are.

Those who live in doubt never seem to make progress in all the vital aspects of life, they are ever sinking, people of faith have a flow in life, things seem to work for them in perfect order simply because they know who they are, they are more than conquerors, they are victors and not victims in this world, they see themselves as legacy makers with a desire to make this world a better place, they are no cowards when it comes to life.

It is high time we cast off the burden of doubt away from our beautiful lives; let’s tap into the realm of faith, a realm of success, abundance, progress and prosperity, it is a higher life, one which lies beyond doubt. Relocate to a better world, no financial obligations needed just your will, persistence and determination. You deserve better because you are a success, so act in faith everyday. (You may contact Joseph at zvoushomajn@gmail.com)

Joseph’s article appears as the editorial in the September 2010 Global Leadership News, sponsored by The International Institute For Global Leadership, a tuition-free, internet based education program which provides a curriculum in consciousness designed to prepare students to become personally empowered, consciously aware, high-integrity and heart-centered leaders in their communities and the world. The study program is open to participants of any age and from anywhere in the world. For more information go to: http://www.global-leadership.com/

Similarly, each of us has a mental map of our complete perception of our universe – complete with dragons. Where does fear hold you back? What dragons can you slay?

Identify one fear in each area below:

• Relationships:
• Health:
• Wealth:
• Other:

Choose one of the above fears you have identified. Hold that fear in your mind.

Start to tap the side of your hand – opposite your thumb, starting at your wrist and going to the base of your little finger. (We call this the “karate chop” point in tapping or Neuro- Emotional Freedom Technique/ N- EFT.) Continue to focus on the feeling of fear in this one area of your life.

State aloud the following statement three times: “Even though I feel this fear about ___________________, I deeply and completely accept myself.”

As you continue to tap on the karate chop point, feel the fear and follow it into memories about the situation of your life around that fear… continue tapping.

Next, go to your upper chest/ rib cage at the base of your neck. Form a loose fist and touch lightly at a point approximately one inch below the base of the throat. From the center, move your fist to one side or the other about two inches. Gently “knock” on this area of your upper ribcage just below your collarbone. (You may knock on both sides or choose one or the other. We call this the “collarbone” point.)

Tap on this collarbone point with your fingertips or this loose fist and focus on the fear and its “story”. You may state one of the following statements aloud, moving from one to another as they feel appropriate:

1. “I am feeling this fear about ________________.”
2. “I am still feeling some fear about _______________.”
3. “I am feeling this other feeling related to fear about_____________.”
4. “I choose to clear away this fear about_______________ now!”
5. “I choose to let go of all of the old fear around _____________ that has held me back.”

Tap until you feel less fearful about the issue in your mind. You might feel a bit light-headed. This is not a problem. Breathe in deeply. Take a drink of water.

This is a tiny introduction to a very potent meridian tapping modality that I use with personal success coaching clients as well as business executive clients to help them to clear blockages so that they can reach their full potential in life. You will feel the ease of the process and hopefully a shift in your level of fear about the issue you have chosen.

You may learn more about my services here, and I’d love for you to join our blogging community to read more!

With the new breakthroughs in neurology, psychology has even been introduced into economics, and a number of studies have been done to prove that the mind and its focus on value can influence economics. Attached is a lecture by Drazen Prelec at MIT where he cites three studies that show how our perceptions shape our economies. Having also taught MBA Marketing classes myself, I would add that the marketing surrounding our every waking moment helps to create and mold our perceptions of value.

You may listen to the lecture and read its synopsis by going here. This reminds me that whenever I feel swayed by a strong “belief”, that my belief is only based on my perceptions, and I can change these if I so desire!

My experience and training point out that Limiting Beliefs are created on a deep subconscious basis by emotional reactions or emotion-based electro-magnetic charge.

The basis to forming Beliefs can be inherited in one’s DNA, created based on pre-verbal infant perceptions of the surrounding energetics, created as a reaction to trauma or feeling an emotional reaction to an occurrence, story, reaction of another, etc.

I’ve often worked with clients with debilitating physical conditions, who were unable to set “getting healthy” as a top priority goal. In going deeper into the cause of this feeling of “unworthiness to be healthy”, I discovered abuse, trauma, deep cutting inner criticism, among other causes that formed Limiting Beliefs.

Coaching alone cannot go this deep, however I use N- EFT (Neuro- Emotional Freedom Technique) to support my clients and to help them to permanently clear out the blockages that cause their conscious mind to create Limiting Beliefs.

I have several introductory recordings that provide more information about how these energy therapy/ energy psychology tools can benefit you and others. You may access these free recordings at: http://www.arielagroup.com/products/free_products.html.

I’ve seen so many miracles happen in so little time! Feel free to e-mail me with questions at: info@arielagroup.com .

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.

A year after the last official conference another group held a meeting where the topics of Spirit via “Religion in Business” versus “Spirituality in Business” came up and there was quite a discussion of the difference. Of course, nothing was really resolved, as each individual feels spirituality in his/her own way and some see it through the filter of a religion while others see it as a direct connection with the Universe/ Higher Self/ One-ness/ Source, etc.

I feel that as coaches we need to be open to speak the language of our clients as well as respect their filters. Not everyone is open to see Spirituality beyond a religion framework.

The Law of Attraction works for everyone, and I believe we are free to practice our own form of spirituality in our personal and professional lives as long as we allow this freedom to others too.

My vehicles have always outwardly shown emotional or psychological issues going on inside of me – don’t laugh – this has been very apparent in my life for many years, and I do pay attention. So, considering this stuck left front brake I asked myself about what in me was resisting being open to receive. The left, YIN, side of the body is the receiving side, and it seems that in the case of my truck… the brake was definitely stuck in the ON position.

I started tapping using N- EFT (Neuro- Emotional Freedom Technique), saying “Even though my truck’s left front brake is stuck on and I may be blocking myself to receive something coming into my life, I deeply & completely love & accept myself.” I didn’t get fancy – just basics to clear some residual fear I have about a transaction I am getting ready to go through that is full of rewards for me if I take a risk.

I had tapped about half of the normal short N- EFT sequence when I slowly drove past an intersection of where two country roads come together. I noticed a truck sitting in an odd place, and since I was driving slowly, I also noticed several small kittens all around the truck.

Something told me to double back – I’ve been open to find a cute kitten for awhile, and I wondered if that truck was dumping a litter on the side of the road. The man in the truck told me that he had stopped to make a cellphone call while he still had reception and found himself surrounded by kittens. They were crawling all over his truck tires trying to get into the vehicle with him.

I picked them up – all three of them – and headed up the hill to a country church on the corner. Nobody was there but somebody had left food and water out for the kittens. I placed them by their food and went back to my truck, however I was not alone. These three were starved for human attention. I wonder if they had been dumped or if they were kittens of a feral female who had been tamed by church members. I’ll never know, however I did realize that there was no escaping these little cuties. Every time I went back to my truck they were close behind, and I was afraid they would get hit in the road, so I realized I was open to receive… and I brought them home with me.

I haven’t yet introduced them to Martin, and I’ve got a busy weekend of playing performances of a musical, so I’m not sure what I will do with the kittens while I am gone every evening, however, for now they are keeping me company and I am thoroughly enjoying the joy they are exhibiting in their playfulness. It has been awhile since I’ve had a kitten, and never three at the same time. Am I ready to receive this level of confusion as well as love and fun in my life? We shall see!

Oh, and did I mention that I had put it out to the Universe awhile ago that it might be fun to adopt more than one kitten at a time – since in the past I always had several? So, now there are three, and two are currently asleep on my lap! And, after that short tapping session I also feel clearer about the original issue around which I was tapping!

For years before knowing about EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) I practiced NET (Neuro Emotional Technique). In NET the patient holds a feeling, which could be physical or emotional/ mental/ psychological. Because the patient presented to a practitioner with some kind of discomfort, it is just that – the discomfort – that is focused upon. There is no need for an affirmation, set-up statement, or learning any kind of protocol for the process to work. The patient holds a “snapshot” of the issue and focuses on the feeling of that.

In EFT the basic concept is the same. Although Gary Craig has presented us with a wonderfully balanced set-up statement that can support balanced polarity and usually clear psychological reversal, it is the FEELING rather than the words that is important while you tap on the meridian points. (I advise all EFT users to start with the karate chop point and the Gary Craig set-up statement x 3, then go right into holding the feeling.) The EFT sequence can be very short and easy, even for a person new to the concept.

So, if you are interested in starting to use EFT in your life, here are some tips to help you keep it easy:

1. Learn the meridian tapping points first
2. Learn the basic set-up statement and use it in its easiest format: “Even though I f eel __________ (about ________), I deeply and completely accept myself.” = (I know that I’m doing the best that I can do and I love myself for that!)
3. If the set-up statement is uncomfortable for you to say, then tap on that first until you feel comfortable using it.
4. State the set-up statement while tapping the karate chop point x 3 in order to get your subconscious involved and unblocked.
5. Then just talk to yourself – just as though you are talking to your best friend. (Your subconscious, right mind/limbic brain is listening.) Talk about your feelings as you tap from one point to the next.
6. Do your tapping deliberately and don’t feel bad about lingering on a point for several phrases or sentences. Move to the next point when you feel some relief on the previous point.
7. Create your own style of talking “your talk” while you tap. Just remember that the only reason that you are “talking” is to remind you of what you are feeling.
8. Love yourself enough to tap whenever you feel less than optimal in ANY area of your life.
9. Tap on yourself only – until you feel totally confident and you have experienced many successes in clearing uncomfortable feelings.
10. Share with others after you truly believe that this works for you and have some wonderful personal experience in using the process!

You have everything you need right now to be successful in meridian tapping, so jump right in there and start utilizing EFT. You will be glad that you did!