EFT Definition
A Brief History of Emotional Freedom Technique
By Marguerita Vorobioff

It’s not clear when the development and use of energy work began, but it is believed to have been discovered approximately 5,000 years ago in China when wars were still being fought with bows and arrows.  Strangely, soldiers who received relatively minor wounds in particular spots on the body gained total relief from pain that had been suffered sometimes for many years.  The Chinese were intrigued by this and with further research they discovered an energy system that communicated information throughout the body.  This energy system is referred to as many things including chi, prana, ki, life force and life energy.

The discovery of this energy system was the basis for the development of the widely recognised acupuncture therapy which uses needles to stimulate the meridian points which lie on specific points along the twelve major energetic pathways.  Acupuncture has been used for thousands of years to relieve pain and treat a wide variety of illnesses.  The WHO (World Health Organisation) has cited 104 conditions that can be effectively treated with acupuncture.

More recently, therapists began experimenting with acupressure.  This is based on the same principles as acupuncture, but applying pressure to the meridian points rather than using needles.  In the 1980’s two psychiatrists, John Diamond and Roger Callahan, experimented with the meridian points for relieving negative emotions such as anxiety, phobias and emotional pain and trauma.  Roger Callahan’s work led to the development of Thought Field Therapy (TFT).

TFT was a major breakthrough in therapy and is one form of what is now termed energy psychology. The theory behind this relatively new form of therapy is based on the concept that negative emotional and psychological imbalances cause blockages in our energy field.  Stimulating the main meridian points by tapping on them with your fingertips whilst thinking about the issue in question clears the blockage and the emotion is released, permanently. 

As we begin to understand the direct relationship between emotional imbalances and physical discomfort, it is becoming more and more apparent that by treating a particular emotional issue, so the physical representation of that issue is also healed. 

Although it is hard to believe that by simply tapping on various meridian points on the face and hands can dramatically and permanently change deeply established emotions within a matter of minutes, as well as help to heal long term chronic illness and pain, as yet another treatment has not been found that is as fast or effective as energy psychology.

TFT was quite involved and complex and Gary Craig sought to simplify the process and developed Emotional Freedom Technique, commonly referred to as EFT.   This simple form of energy psychology is extraordinary in that it can be learned within 5 to 10 minutes, produces magical results and can be used virtually anytime, anywhere and literally for everything.

There are not guarantees that using EFT will relieve a particular condition instantly or permanently at first.  Sometimes it may take a number of tapping sessions to find the underlying cause of a certain complaint. And a negative emotion may have many layers that present over a period of time to be resolved.  But still, EFT has a tendency to succeed at times when all other therapies have failed because it leads the sufferer to the main cause for the discomfort, sometimes quickly, sometimes more slowly, so it can be resolved for ever.

Thousands of sceptics the world over have been converted to avid believers within minutes by a simple demonstration of it’s effectiveness on issues affecting the disbeliever.  If you have not yet explored the magic of EFT, you have no time to waste. 

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