EFT Emotional Freedom Technique

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) Thirty-two million Americans suffer from chronic insomnia and sleep deprivation. Their search for sleep has made prescription drugs, special mattresses, aromatherapy products, herbs, nutritional supplements, and other strategies popular — but for most, a good night’s sleep followed by an alert, productive day remains elusive.

Now a simple acupressure technique called EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) is relieving insomnia without drugs or special equipment by addressing its underlying cause. The process can be learned free by downloading the EFT Manual at http://eft.gocmw.com/eft-manual.html

“All of the discoveries of modern physics, from Einstein on, support the ancient theory that a universal energy flows through everything in nature,” says Gary Craig, the Stanford-trained engineer who developed EFT. “This energy, called Qi or Chi, flows through the body along paths called meridians. Anything that stimulates points along these meridians helps the energy flow freely. Acupuncture uses needles, acupressure uses massage, and EFT uses fingertip tapping. By combining the tapping with focused thought, you can release energy blocks that interfere with a good night’s sleep. In countless clinical cases, EFT has helped people fall asleep and stay asleep, even in times of stress and adversity.”

A growing number of health care practitioners agree. “Most doctors treat insomnia with drugs,” says Los Angeles physician Eric Robins, MD. “I’m convinced that more than 80 or 85 percent of our illnesses, including insomnia and other sleep problems, result from how we store and process stress. Stress contributes not only to insomnia but to back pain, arthritis, bladder infections, and susceptibility to colds and flu.”

Dr. Robins encourages insomnia patients to tap on their meridians while thinking about their sleepless nights. “The best advice I can give,” he says, “is to go beyond the medical diagnosis and ask what stresses, traumas, and issues might be interfering with their ability to fall asleep and stay asleep. By combining these insights with tapping, they can neutralize emotional issues, release stress, relieve physical symptoms, and get a good night’s sleep.”

Nearly 60 percent of America’s adults report trouble sleeping at some time in their lives. Chronic sleep disruption can affect learning skills, memory, stamina, health, and safety – and it’s the single most important trigger for depression. Insomnia goes hand in hand with irritability, headaches, and muscle pain. Job injury rates increase 400 percent in sleep-deprived workers, and 16 percent of absenteeism at work can be linked to insomnia. Sleep deprivation contributes to automobile accidents, household accidents, and a compromised immune system.

Thanks to EFT tapping, people of all ages, including children and the elderly, can fall asleep more easily, sleep more soundly, and stay asleep longer. In some cases relief is instantaneous, while in others it comes after repeated treatments. Craig, who has collected reports from EFT practitioners for over a decade, estimates that between 70 and 80 percent of those who try EFT for insomnia experience significant improvement.

EFT has become known as a Universal Healing Aid because it provides relief not only for insomnia but also for trauma, phobias, grief, anger, depression and pain management.

Because it’s new, EFT is not yet familiar to most doctors and patients, but word is spreading. Over 300,000 have downloaded Craig’s free training manual, which provides all the information needed to try this do-it-yourself technique, from
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San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) — According to University of Michigan researchers, do-it-yourself acupressure can keep students awake in class without caffeine or high-sugar snacks. Their results, reported in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, agree with what acupuncturists have been saying for millennia – that stimulating key acupuncture points improves the body’s flow of energy for optimum health.

But the student alertness study used only physical stimulation. Students tapped on the tops of their heads and on their legs, feet, and hands for several minutes at a time. Practitioners of EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques), which combines acupressure tapping with focused thought, report significant results for not only mental alertness but relief from pain, stress, anxiety, phobias, and other problems. Anyone can learn EFT by downloading the free EFT Manual at http://eft.gocmw.com/eft-manual.html.

“It’s always good to see modern science examine ancient healing techniques like acupuncture or acupressure,” says Los Angeles physician Eric Robins, MD, “because these techniques do work. But when you add intention or focused thought, they work even better.”

Dr. Robins, a urologist, teaches EFT to patients who suffer from chronic infections and other problems that don’t respond to conventional treatment. “Western medicine ignores the mind-body connection,” he explains, “but our emotions are at the root of almost every illness. Past traumas can be stored in the body, and if you don’t have a way to release them, they can cause all kinds of symptoms.”

Dr. Robins’ patients respond so well to EFT, which he teaches them in five to ten minutes, that in some cases their scheduled surgery gets cancelled or they no longer need medication.

EFT’s basic premise is that the underlying cause of every negative emotion and almost every physical symptom is a disruption of the body’s energy flow along the same meridians that were mapped over 4,000 years ago by Chinese physicians.

“Acupuncturists use needles to stimulate key points along the meridians,” says EFT’s founder, Gary Craig, “but in EFT, we tap on these points. Tapping requires less precision, so it’s easy for almost anyone, including children, to get good results.”

Craig, a Stanford-trained engineer, has collected thousands of reports from EFT practitioners around the world. In most cases, he says, people using it for the first time for pain, impaired range of motion, stress, phobias, physical symptoms, test anxiety, sports performance problems, or other conditions report significant improvement.

“EFT is one of my favorite healing tools,” says Dr. Robins. “It’s the perfect complement to conventional medicine, and I strongly recommend it for everyone.”

Complete instructions are provided in the free EFT Manual, which over 300,000 have downloaded from the EFT website. Another 10,000 download it each month. The manual, which has been translated by volunteer practitioners into nine languages, explains everything one needs to know in order to try EFT. It can be freely downloaded at http://eft.gocmw.com/eft-manual.html

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San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) — Golf pros agree that golf is a mental game and thus distracting, negative thoughts can quickly undermine a perfect swing. Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) is an emerging do-it-yourself acupressure technique that quickly resolves negative thinking and relaxes the body’s subtle energy system. This results in a more natural approach to the game and often brings dramatically lowered scores. The basics can be learned via the free download of the EFT Manual. http://eft.gocmw.com/eft-manual.html

Sport Psychologist, Dr. Nick Holt, studied elite golfers’ performance stress and coping strategies. “Common stressors for players included worries about scores, missing putts, making mistakes, using the wrong club, being watched and opponent performance.” According to Holt, players like Tiger Woods are able to cope with stress very well but many players don’t even try to cope, or know how to cope.

Gary Craig, the Stanford-trained engineer who developed EFT explains, “EFT is a coping strategy that is invaluable to golfers. Anyone can use it to eliminate performance related worries; even the most persistent ones. It is also useful for golfers whose confidence is undermined when competing against “better” players.”

Craig goes on to say, “Most experienced golfers know how to technically make perfect shots but few golfers can execute those kinds of shots with consistency. When consistency enters the picture, major improvements are possible. Many golfers have used EFT to drop their scores from the mid-80’s to the mid-70’s. Pros are also using it to shave that all important 1 or 2 strokes off of important rounds.”

Dr. Holt observed that the elite golfers in his study were not aware of the importance of effectively coping with stress. They focused on developing their technical skills, but didn’t have effective coping strategies. “Golfers at every level need to be proactive about forming and then practicing strategies for effectively coping with stress,” Holt says.

Sports performance specialists like Steve Wells in Australia use EFT to help athletes diminish intrusive thoughts, build motivation and confidence, and ultimately improve their scores. Wells worked with an amateur golfer who wanted to become a pro. They did EFT for some of the typical golf worries mentioned earlier, but his golf performance changed only slightly.

It was only when they began working on fears that his golf game shifted remarkably. Wells’ client was harboring many fears about taking the risk of turning pro. Every time he played golf, his fear of success and his fear of failure inhibited his game. When these issues were addressed with EFT, he was posting incredible scores and beating players that outranked him. He was no longer bringing his fears with him into his game.

Several EFT practitioners have reported working with golfers on the driving range. They hit several balls with different clubs and rated each shot. Then they spent a few minutes doing a very basic application of EFT. They took another series of shots and in about 80% of the cases, there was significant improvement in distance and accuracy of their drives.

Craig explains, “In my experience working with golfers and other athletes, most people play within a “comfort zone”. That is, at a subtle level, they feel they “belong” in the mid-80’s or low 90’s … they say they can’t “break into” the 70’s. But, after just one EFT session, 80% of them hit a new level in their game. I don’t know of any other technique that targets this tendency and has this level of success.”

EFT is a do-it-yourself acupressure technique that golfers can do during a game, just before a particularly difficult hole. By simply tapping on a few acupuncture points on the face and torso, they can correct their anxiety about their next shot. It only takes a couple of minutes and won’t hold up the game.

There are EFT practitioners in most countries, especially the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and South America. Many are licensed health care practitioners. The EFT website is now the sixth most actively visited natural health site in the world.

Over 300,000 have downloaded Craig’s free training manual and another 10,000 download it each month. The official EFT Manual has been translated by volunteer practitioners into nine languages.

The EFT Manual explains the basics so that anyone can begin applying EFT right away. It can be freely downloaded at

http://eft.gocmw.com/eft-manual.html

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San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) — New discoveries in acupressure now allow anyone to substantially relieve 6 important factors that are known to cause heart disease. No drugs are involved and the process often works where nothing else will.

Currently, 71.3 million Americans have a diagnosis of some form of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) and 38 percent of Americans have two or more CVD risk factors. Eliminating risk factors is necessary in disease prevention but many people face significant barriers to adhering to their prescribed lifestyle changes. In fact, an article in the American Family Physician journal indicates that many patients are “noncompliant” with their doctors’ recommendations and their failure to manage their health can result in avoiding doctor contact and treatment.

According to Gary Craig, the Stanford trained engineer who developed Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), “Behavior and lifestyle changes are difficult for many people because they are using food to tranquilize unresolved emotional issues.” EFT, a do-it-yourself acupressure technique, works by balancing the body’s energy meridian system, or chi, and neutralizing unresolved emotional issues and traumas. “When a patient resolves emotional issues, the need for eating unhealthy, fatty comfort food subsides. Furthermore, as the body’s energy meridians balance, symptoms like high blood pressure, high cholesterol and stress dissipate, reducing the risk of Heart Disease.

Patients and healing professional all over the world are using EFT to address risk factors associated with many diseases, including Heart Disease. One example is Dr. Joseph Mercola, sponsor of the world’s most visited natural health website (www.mercola.com). He has been using EFT successfully since 2001 to support his patients in achieving optimal health.

EFT has been shown to combat six major risk factors of Heart Disease.

1. Smoking: Smokers are 2 to 4 times more likely to develop heart disease than non-smokers. EFT consistently provides relief to people with addictive cravings including cigarettes. When EFT is used to address the emotional reasons for smoking, many people are able to quit permanently.

2. High Cholesterol. Elevated cholesterol levels are associated with an increased risk for heart disease. EFT users have lowered LDL cholesterol and triglyceride levels and increased HDL cholesterol levels without drugs.

3. High Blood Pressure. Elevated blood pressure places extra strain on the heart and EFT’s results for blood pressure problems are often astonishing. In most cases, blood pressure improves within a few minutes of applying EFT and repeated applications of EFT often eliminate the problem for the long term.

4. Physical Inactivity. Physically inactive adults are at higher risk for developing heart diseases. EFT is an effective personal performance tool. Apply EFT to increase personal motivation to exercise and eliminate negative beliefs about abilities and skills.

5. Overweight/obesity. People with excess body fat are at higher risk for developing Heart Disease even if no other risk factors are present. One of EFT’s most common applications is in targeting the issues associated with emotional overeating. Using EFT enables patients to eat for nutrition, rather than to tranquilize emotions.

6. Stress. Elevated stress levels are consistently linked to a growing number of serious health issues, including Heart Disease. While meditation, relaxation exercises, deep breathing or anti-anxiety medication may help people cope with stress, these techniques do not address the cause of stress. EFT, however, is one of the only techniques available that addresses this true cause. This simple technique balances the energy and eliminates the body and mind’s stress response.

“We are not advocating the use of EFT instead of following a healthy diet and lifestyle,” says Gary Craig, founder of EFT. “EFT cannot be expected to continually neutralize the effects of high stress situations or a poor diet but it is a complement to any positive health regime. When people are faced with the challenge of making significant lifestyle changes, EFT is a versatile support tool that anybody can use.”

Over 300,000 have downloaded Craig’s free training manual and another 10,000 download it each month. The official EFT Manual has been translated by volunteer practitioners into nine languages.

The EFT Manual explains the basics so that anyone can begin applying EFT right away. It can be freely downloaded at http://eft.gocmw.com/eft-manual.html

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