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The emotional freedom technique (eft) is one of the power therapies now being used frequently to assist with anxiety, depression and other comorbidities which accompany adhd and learning difficulties. It is a method of emotional and neurological control based on acupressure and involves tapping on acupressure/acupuncture points. Since acupuncture meridians extend to the brain, tapping on these points allows brain function to be modified by releasing negative emotions and even ameliorating some neurological conditions. It is also thought that eft alters the energy field of the body so that perturbations in the energy field causing negative emotions are restored to balance.
 Increased stress and traumatic events are a part and parcel of our life. Due to this people suffer from insomnia, nightmares, anxiety attacks, depression, and tension headaches. Acupressure for emotional healing offers relief at your fingertips, quickly and safely, for a wide range of emotional problems. It explains how emotional distress becomes lodged in the body as muscular tension and blocked energy, and shows how acupressure can relieve not just the resulting physical symptoms, but also their emotional source-often without the need for extensive talk therapy or medication.
Acupressure stimulates the same points used in acupuncture, but instead of needles, firm finger pressure is used on the surface of the skin. The pressure releases neurochemicals called endorphins that relieve pain. As in acupuncture, specific pressure points are connected with internal organs and energy pathways in the body (called meridians) that regulate the flow of electrical energy to all systems. Unlike acupuncture, acupressure can be used safely by anyone, with only the hands as equipment.
 Emotional imbalances and the physical symptoms that accompany them are often the body`s response to unresolved issues and events. A tension headache, for instance, may be caused by a conflict at work or an argument over homework with one`s teenager. Someone who witnessed a fatal automobile accident may live with the memory of burning bodies and twisted metal in the form of recurring nightmares and insomnia; if left untreated they can continue for years. Divorce, even when it seems amicable, is a life-changing transition that can cause both emotional problems (like anxiety, worry, and moderate depression) and physical symptoms (such as stomachaches, ulcers, irritable bowel problems, and more).
Index to the acupressure points for emotional well-being.
Anger
Gb-44
Name: yin portals of the foot (gall bladder 44)
Location: on the fourth toe, in the outer corner of the nail (so near the smallest toe).
Use:press.
Effects: enhances decisiveness and focus, while resolving anger. For timidity.
Li-11
Name: crooked pond (large intestine 11).
Location: on the side of the elbow, on the outer side of the arm. Bend your forearm with your hand towards your neck, the point is located at the end of the crease at the elbow. This is halfway up the side of the arm.
Use: reduce, so move your finger in counterclockwise direction over this point.
Warning: use this point only when there is heat, as when you`re red in the face or your skin feels hot to the touch and you`re feeling warm from prolonged anger (not from exertion). Don`t use when weak or low on energy.
Effects: heals effects on the body of too much anger.
Liv-2
Name: moving between (liver 2)
Location:on the foot, between the big toe and the second toe, a half thumb width from the margin of the web.
Use: reduce, so move your finger in counterclockwise direction over this point.
Warning: use this point only when there is heat, as when you`re red in the face or your skin feels hot to the touch and you`re feeling warm from prolonged anger (not from exertion). Don`t use when weak or low on energy.
Effects: heals effects on the body of too much anger.
Assertiveness
Liv-1
Name: great esteem (liver 1)
Location: on the big toe, at the bottom corner of the nail at the side of the other toes.
Use: press.
Effects: assertiveness, discerning when to go along with others and when to assert oneself`s self-esteem.
Calmness
Li-4
Name: joining of the valleys (large intestine 4)
Location: on the top side of the hand, on the web between thumb and index finger. To locate, squeeze the thumb against the base of the index finger. The point is located on the highest point of the bulge of the muscle, level with the end of the crease.
Use: press.
Warning: don`t use this point during pregnancy.
Effects: letting go of grief. Calms.
Sp-6
Name: three yin intersection (spleen 6)
Location: on the inside of the lower leg, one hand width (four fingers) above the tip of the ankle bone, on the back of the shin bone.
Use: press.
Warning: don`t use this point during pregnancy.
Effects: calms, relaxes and reduces irritability. Heals effects on the body of too much fear, worrying and thinking. (also used for gynaecological conditions.)
St-36
Name: leg three miles (stomach 36)
Location: on the front of the leg, one hand width (four fingers) below the kneecap, on the outside, in the depression between the shinbone and the leg muscle. What can go wrong is that you may be locating it somewhat too low on the leg. The point is immediately one hand breadth below the kneecap, so if you`d use something thick, like a finger, you might get half a finger breadth to low. It`s at the outside of the bone that`s on the front of the lower leg, one finger breadth from the crest of that bone.
Use: press. A fingernail or thumbnail is particularly suited for this point, as you will be able to press more closely to the bone and on a broad range.
Warning: using this point to go beyond your limits (e.g. Overwork) will damage your health even further.
Effects: increases stamina and energy. Provides stability and grounding. Heals effects on the body of too much worrying and thinking.
Clarity of mind
Si-5
Name: yang valley (small intestine 5)
Location: near the wrist, on the pinky-side of the hand. It is a finger`s width under the crease of the wrist, in the depression just above the bone that is sticking out. It`s not straight above the bone, but straight under the pinky finger.
Use: press.
Effects: improves concentration, reduces distractability. Clarity of mind to distinguish the right path to take among several.
Concentration
Si-5
Name: yang valley (small intestine 5).
Location: near the wrist, on the pinky-side of the hand. It is a finger`s width under the crease of the wrist, in the depression just above the bone that is sticking out. It`s not straight above the bone, but straight under the pinky finger.
Use: press.
Effects: improves concentration, reduces distractability. Clarity of mind to distinguish the right path to take among several.
Decisiveness
Gb-44
Name: yang valley (small intestine 5).
Location: near the wrist, on the pinky-side of the hand. It is a finger`s width under the crease of the wrist, in the depression just above the bone that is sticking out. It`s not straight above the bone, but straight under the pinky finger.
Use: press.
Effects: improves concentration, reduces distractability. Clarity of mind to distinguish the right path to take among several.
Depression
Liv-3
Name: great surge (liver 3).
Location: on the foot, on the line between the big toe and the second toe. The point is located about 3 finger widths from the edge, in the depression the size of a finger tip you can feel there.
Use: reduce, so move your finger in counterclockwise direction over this point.
Warning: don`t use when weak or low on energy (in that case use sp-6 instead).
Effects: relaxes and unblocks emotions (especially repressed anger).
Emotion
P-7
Name: great mount (pericardium 7)
Location: on the middle of the palm-side of the wrist, in the depression between the two tendons, on or just below the crease of the wrist.
Use: reduce, so move your finger in counterclockwise direction over this point.
Warning: don`t use when weak or low on energy.
Effects: heals effects on the body of too much joy or emotion. It also diminishes nervousness.
Emptiness
Lu-1
Name: middle palace (lung 1).
Location: on the top of the chest, under the shoulder. First locate the depression under the end of the clavicle, next to the muscle. Lu-1 is one thumbwidth under this point, slightly to the side.
Use: press.
Effects: for internal emptiness and making contact to one`s inner worth. (also for cough and asthma.)
Lu-3
Name: heavenly palace (lung 3).
Location: on the upper arm, one handwidth under the armpit (axillary fold). The point is located in the depression between the muscles from the shoulder and the biceps (under the shoulder muscle).
Use: press.
Effects: for grief, feelings of loss and longing, internal emptiness and making contact to one`s inner worth. (also for cough and asthma.)
Expressiveness
Tb-5
Name: heavenly palace (lung 3).
Location: on the upper arm, one handwidth under the armpit (axillary fold). The point is located in the depression between the muscles from the shoulder and the biceps (under the shoulder muscle).
Use: press.
Effects: for grief, feelings of loss and longing, internal emptiness and making contact to one`s inner worth. (also for cough and asthma.)
Fear
Ki-3
Name: heavenly palace (lung 3).
Location: on the upper arm, one handwidth under the armpit (axillary fold). The point is located in the depression between the muscles from the shoulder and the biceps (under the shoulder muscle).
Use: press.
Effects: for grief, feelings of loss and longing, internal emptiness and making contact to one`s inner worth. (also for cough and asthma.)
Ki-4
Name: heavenly palace (lung 3).
Location: on the upper arm, one handwidth under the armpit (axillary fold). The point is located in the depression between the muscles from the shoulder and the biceps (under the shoulder muscle).
Use: press.
Effects: for grief, feelings of loss and longing, internal emptiness and making contact to one`s inner worth. (also for cough and asthma.)
Ki-6
Name: shining sea (kidney 6).
Location: on the inside of the foot, directly below the middle of the ankle bone.
Use: press.
Effects: heals effects on the body of too much fear. Enhances vision.
Focus
Si-19
Name: palace of hearing (small intestine 19).
Location: near the ear, just before the small projection in front of the ear canal. The point is located in the depression that forms when the mouth is opened.
Use: press.
Warning: don`t use on a regular basis; this point is meant for gaining insight only.
Effects: to focus and listen to one`s heart and the hearts of others.
Grief
Lu-7
Name: palace of hearing (small intestine 19).
Location: near the ear, just before the small projection in front of the ear canal. The point is located in the depression that forms when the mouth is opened.
Use: press.
Warning: don`t use on a regular basis; this point is meant for gaining insight only.
Effects: to focus and listen to one`s heart and the hearts of others.
Lu-9
Name: very great abyss (lung 9).
Location: on the palm-side of the wrist, in the depression beneath the thumb, between the point where you can feel your pulse and the tendon that goes to your thumb.
Use: press. To increase the effectiveness of this point, combine it with sp-6 or st-36.
Effects: for grief, feelings of loss and longing, spiritual emptiness, many regrets. (also moistens skin, and for cough and asthma.)
Sensitivity
Tb-17
Name: very great abyss (lung 9).
Location: on the palm-side of the wrist, in the depression beneath the thumb, between the point where you can feel your pulse and the tendon that goes to your thumb.
Use: press. To increase the effectiveness of this point, combine it with sp-6 or st-36.
Effects: for grief, feelings of loss and longing, spiritual emptiness, many regrets. (also moistens skin, and for cough and asthma.)
Emotional freedom technique is a modern meridian-based energy therapy which utilises acupressure points to free negative emotional energy. All energy therapies can trace their earliest origins to acupressure and shiatsu techniques developed in china and Japan thousands of years ago. Acupuncture in its purest form using needles is still used today.
It is based on the principle that `the cause of all negative emotions is a disruption in the body`s energy system`. In other words it is a powerful form of psychological acupressure.
Having identified specific negative emotional states such as anger, anxiety, fear, sadness, hurt, or guilt, a `neutralising affirmation` is established. This affirmation is then repeated whilst tapping various acupressure points on the body (tapping the areas with fingers - there are no needles involved) as well as the movement of thoughts and feelings from one side of the brain to the other. Clients are taught how they can use this technique for themselves at home. Eft is simple, fun, and easy to learn.
Emotional freedom technique can be used to treat physical and emotional symptoms. Principally it is used to release negative emotions and eliminate cravings. It can literally `melt away` emotions in a matter of minutes. As well as being an effective method of setting free negative emotions, Eft can also help with pain relief and as a relaxation tool. It is much easier to demonstrate this technique than it is to explain it.
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