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Tapping for the Troops
Using EFT in a group or family setting to do something tangible for loved ones in harms way
Recently, I was speaking with a grandmother of a soldier in Iraq, asking how the family was doing. For every soldier over there, there is a family that has to endure every day not knowing what their child/ spouse/parent/sibling/grandchild/ niece-nephew/friend is doing, what danger they are in, and whether they'll ever come home. each day. It would be a way to do something tangible for their loved one and themselves. EFT provides visible results and would help the families to unite behind a common goal regardless of politics.
EFTs Borrowing Benets
Early on, therapists found when they tapped along with their clients, issues in their own lives changed for the better as well. They didnt have to be tapping for the same thing; tapping along seemed to propel them onto the jet stream of consciousness and their aches and pains started to dissolve, as well as interpersonal issues in their lives. Hence, Borrowing Benets was born. It occurred to me that this would work well with a family, to tap for their loved one in harms way, as well as for themselves ..... for those who stand and wait also go thru stress and strain. Tapping for the Troops came from that insight.
Because of this, I am creating this manual for families to mastermind and get together for their military person, as well as a group in PleasThe 1990 gulf war started the day ant Hill, California, whereby indiafter my son turned 18, and even viduals can come and we'll tap for tho no branch of the service even our troops no politics, no right or called him, I was a zombie for the wrong, just tapping for our troops whole year....I can't fathom what it and their families. Contact me must be like knowing your loved one (plp@AcumindEFT.com) if you'd like is in danger and feeling hopeless to create a family group for your and helpless to do anything....living soldier fee will be a sliding scale. for each letter and email, praying for For people outside the San Franhis/her safe return. Later, I lost my cisco Bay Area, I'm suggesting famison to melanoma, so I know the lies everywhere can gather together heartbreak of losing a child, albeit - or if they live many miles apart not in war. have copies of this manual, and get As I was listening to this grandall to agree that at a certain time on mother, it occurred to me, much as a certain day, at certain intervals, we do Borrowing Benets in EFT, everyone will tap individually at the that families could gather together same time and yet, collectively and tap for their loved one at war, as for their loved one and themselves. well as for themselves to get thru
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Pamela Leigh Powers is a certied clinical hypnotherapist and EFT-adv practitioner. She is the author of Chinese Power Animals , (Weiser Publishers) , whereby the animals of the year (Year of the Dog, Year of the Tiger, etc.) are correlated to the 12 meridians of the body, which acupuncturists use to release blockages. They are archetypal icons to use in creative visualization to aect change. She is an EFT-adv practitioner, incorporating all the dvds available thru EFT, from the beginning thru the Masters series. She is a writer and teacher of holistic principles, a web designer, and amateur photographer, and a mother of 3. She is located in Benicia, California, and teaches at The Place for Holistic & Spiritual Development in Pleasant Hill, Ca.
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Then, let that dissolve and open up to a spotlight with a chair at A family group script its focus and someone sitting there. If you need to, move This is a pdf manual which can "This experience we are inbe read by almost every comvolved in is merely a physical around to be in front of this person. It may be your loved one in puter which has Acrobat Reader. manifestation of a blocked war, it may be an ancestor, it If you are a concerned family emotional issue, and we love may be a wise person; whommember or a therapist, you are you and ourselves too much ever is there is important to this hereby granted permission to to let it continue one second process. You may want to dialog use this, copy and distribute to longer." with this person for awhile, family members, or have them contact me individually for a (We say 'merely' simply to let our searching for answers. You may get a reply right away in your copy to be sent via email. The subconscious know what's invisualization, or in the days and only proviso is that my copyright volved here) weeks ahead, all of a sudden and authorship are not removed. something will pop into your Then, everyone closes their A typical session could go some- eyes, and visualizes a dam - like head or someone will say something, or in some way you'll know thing like this: Hoover Dam - an emotional dam that this was your wise person that's holding back hundreds of giving you the perspective you Take some deep breaths and get gallons of emotional waters, need. into a relaxed state. You might potentially. want to hold hands, or not. You Then, start tapping: might want to sit on the floor, or not; whatever is appropriate for you is right. Soft Spot top of head: ------Name----- You can start by tapping the kaBE: rate chop point between the little In Iraq ( or other military finger and wrist, and saying: We action) are tapping for "----Name---" OE: and we are doing it in light and In Harms Way love for your safety and to come home unimpaired. We UE: do it with the knowing that it is We tap for you 100% up to you whether you Above and below the lips: want to accept it. holding you in light and love Because it is your visualization, Then everyone continues tapBelow ears at jawline**: you can do anything you want, ping, saying: Knowing EFT will open "Even tho "-----Name-----" is far so reach in their in your mind's new paths of answers eye and pull up the dam in some away in "-----place-----" and way and allow the waters to flow. Thump on chest: even tho we are apprehensive and fearful for your welfare, ---------Name--------- we deeply and completely love Most times it will be water, some- Under Arms: and accept you and ourselves. times it will be something else; In Iraq everyone is different, and everyDo this 3 times. 5 fingers together:* one's subconscious will show In Harms Way different elements. Sometimes it Then, continuing tapping, saydoesn't flow right away; so take Clasp inner wrists together: ing: some time and do what's necesWe tap for you "We forgive ourselves for our sary in your mind's eye to reSoft Spot top of head: fear and doubt. We hold lease it. Whatever happens is "-----Name-----" with love in our Sending Light and Love hearts and know that this col- perfect.*
Tapping for the Troops:
lective tapping will open positive energy for your benefit.
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Clasp inner wrists together: BE: We tap for you and Holding you in our ourselves thoughts Soft Spot top of head: OE: Sending Light and Love Holding on to the vision BE: of your safe return Holding you in our UE: thoughts ------------Name--------- OE: Above and below the lips: Holding on to the vision In Iraq of your safe return Below ears at jawline**: UE: Allaying our fears ------------Name--------- Thump on chest: Above and below the lips: --------Name--------- In Iraq Under Arms: Below ears at jawline**: In Iraq Allaying our fears 5 fingers together:** Thump on chest: In Harms Way --------Name--------- Clasp inner wrists together: Under Arms: We send our love for your In Iraq safe return 5 fingers together:** In Harms Way (repeat as many times as you Clasp inner wrists together: want)...then: We send our love for your safe return Soft Spot top of head: ------Name----- BE: In Iraq ( or other military action) OE: In Harms Way UE: We tap for ourselves Above and below the lips: acknowledging our fear & apprehension Below ears at jawline**: Honoring our feelings As you tap, your own words can, Thump on chest: and often do, come up which you joining together for can incorporate into this script. strength Under Arms: This tapping can often bring peace of mind to you and yours United for your safe and as you tap, new perspecreturn tives will emerge. 5 fingers together:** ------Name-----
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Then, open your eyes, and if you're in a group, you might want to talk about your visualization and check back with your vision of the dam and share what you saw first and see if anything has changed now by checking back in. Visualize your wise one again and see any changes in the vision. If the family is spread about, you could email each other with your observations. You might want to repeat this a few times and complete with: "'---Name---' we do this tapping today and send it to you with all our love, gathered together for your benefit, and we hold it in our hearts that it will open up new doors and vistas for your safe return." This can be modified for military members who have returned in military hospitals, healing (see below). It can be modified for those who have returned and are dealing with emotional memories of their experience. Gary Craig did a great dvd on his work at the VA hospital in Los Angeles in the middle 90's, working with veterans from Vietnam, helping to release traumas from 20 years before. It could also be modified for families who have lost a soldier, coming together to support each other in their grief. (Gary Craig's EFT DVDs - working with Vietnam veterans is featured in the first set of dvds).
* on rare occasions the emotions are so stuck that the waters won't flow right away. That's ok. Work with it as long as you want, and then move on to the spotlight visual, knowing that in the days and weeks ahead as you do this repeatedly, the energy will shift and the waters will release, safely, gently and easily.
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Tapping for the Wounded
Many families have loved ones who have come back from the war. maimed physically, mentally, or emotionally. We can adjust this script to tap together for their healing.
Then, continuing tapping on the karate chop point, saying: "We forgive ourselves for our fear and doubt. We hold "-----Name-----" with love in our hearts and know that this collective tapping will open positive energy for your benefit.
"This experience we are inTake some deep breaths and get volved in is merely a physical manifestation of a blocked into a relaxed state. You might emotional issue, and we love want to hold hands, or not. You you and ourselves too much might want to sit on the floor, or to let it continue one second not; whatever is appropriate for longer." you is right.
process. You may want to dialog with this person for awhile, searching for answers. You may get a reply right away in your visualization, or in the days and weeks ahead, all of a sudden something will pop into your head or someone will say something, or in some way you'll know that this was your wise person giving you the perspective you need.
At this point, you might want to collectively visualize your loved one and see his healing progress....sometimes you might be led to the point in the body You can start by saying that: we (We say 'merely' simply to let our that could be helped by tapping. subconscious know what's inare tapping for "----Name---" You might want to tap one seand we are doing it in light and volved here) quence as you visualize this. love for you to heal on all levels - spiritually, mentally, emo- Then, everyone closes their Then, start tapping: tionally and physically and to eyes, and visualizes a dam - like come home knowing you are- Hoover Dam - an emotional dam Soft Spot top of head: healing. We tap knowing that that's holding back hundreds of it is 100% up to you whether to gallons of emotional waters po------Name----- accept it or not. tentially. Because it is your visu- BE: alization, you can do anything In the hospital you want, so reach in their in (or specific place) your mind's eye and pull up the OE: dam and allow the waters to with injuries to your flow. _______________ Most times it will be water, some- UE: We tap for you times it will be something else; everyone is different, and every- Above and below the lips: one's subconscious will show holding you in light different elements. Sometimes it and love doesn't flow right away; so take Below ears at jawline**: some time and do what's necesKnowing EFT will open sary in your mind's eye to renew paths of answers lease it. Whatever happens is Then everyone taps the karate Thump on chest: perfect.* chop point between the little fin---------Name--------- ger and wrist, and says: Then, let that dissolve and open Under Arms: "Even tho "-----Name-----" is in up to a spotlight with a chair at In the hospital the hospital or "-----place----- its focus and someone sitting (or specific place) "(specific place) and even tho there. If you need to, move 5 fingers together:* we are worried and apprehen- around to be in front of this perwith injuries to your sive and fearful over your wel- son. It may be your loved one in _______________ fare, we deeply and comwar, it may be an ancestor, it pletely love and accept you Clasp inner wrists together: may be a wise person; whomand ourselves. Do this 3 times. ever is there is important to this
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OE: Holding on to the vision of your complete healing. UE: ------------Name--------- Above and below the lips: In the hospital (or specific place) Below ears at jawline**: Allaying our fears Thump on chest: --------Name--------- Under Arms: In the hospital (or specific place) 5 fingers together:** with injuries to your _______________ Clasp inner wrists together: We send our love for your complete healing
We tap for you Thump on chest: visualizing you healing day by day Under Arms: In the hospital (or specific place) 5 fingers together:* with injuries to your _______________ Clasp inner wrists together: We tap for you to come back to us in perfect health
saw first and see if anything has changed now by checking back in. Visualize your wise one again and see any changes in the vision. If the family is spread about, you could email each other with your observations. You might want to complete this with, while tapping: "'---Name---' we do this tapping today and send it to you with all our love, gathered together for your benefit, and we hold it in our hearts that it will open up new doors and vistas for your safe return to our arms, healed."
Soft Spot top of head: ------Name----- BE: In the hospital (or specific place) OE: with injuries to your As you tap, your own words can, _______________ and often do, come up which you can incorporate into this script. UE: We tap for ourselves Above and below the lips: acknowledging our fear & apprehension Below ears at jawline**: Honoring our feelings Thump on chest: joining together for strength Under Arms: United for your complete healing 5 fingers together:** ------Name----- Clasp inner wrists together: We tap for you Soft Spot top of head: Sending Light and Love BE: Holding you in our thoughts This tapping can often bring peace of mind to you and yours and as you tap, new perspectives will emerge.
Tapping for Those Youve Los!
For others, youve lost your loved one to war. At this point in your life, you can gather together for your own healing. We can adjust this script for you to accept this and heal, to move forward in your life for you and yours who still need each other. (adjustments underlined) Take some deep breaths and get into a relaxed state. You might want to hold hands, or not. You might want to sit on the floor, or not; whatever is appropriate for you is right.
You can start by saying that: We are gathered together in "----Name---"s memory and we are doing it in light and love remembering the joy you brought to our lives, spirituThen, open your eyes, and if you're in a group, you might want ally, mentally, emotionally and physically to talk about your visualization and check back with your vision of the dam and share what you
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Most times it will be water, some- Above and below the lips: times it will be something else; Remembering --Name-everyone is different, and everyThen everyone taps the karate in light and love chop point between the little fin- one's subconscious will show Below ears at jawline**: different elements. Sometimes it ger and wrist, and says: Knowing our tapping will doesn't flow right away; so take release our sorrow and "Even tho "-----Name-----" is no some time and do what's necesbring us peace longer with us, we deeply and sary in your mind's eye to reThump on chest: lease it. Whatever happens is completely love and accept We gather today perfect.* you and ourselves. Do this 3 Under Arms: times. Then, let that dissolve and open In ---Names--- Memory up to a spotlight with a chair at Then, continuing tapping on the 5 fingers together:* its focus and someone sitting karate chop point, saying: we tap for those who are there. If you need to, move "We forgive ourselves for our here around to be in front of this perfear and doubt. We hold Clasp inner wrists together: "-----Name-----" with love in our son. It may be your loved one, it visualizing our healing hearts and know that this col- may be an ancestor, it may be a Thump on chest: wise person; whomever is there lective tapping will open posiis important to this process. You day by day tive energy for our own healmay want to dialog with this per- Under Arms: ing. son for awhile, searching for anas the pain releases swers. You may get a reply right "We may have blocked emo5 fingers together:* away in your visualization, or in tional issues over this, and we hold ---Name-- in our the days and weeks ahead, all of they may come out as a hearts a sudden something will pop into physical reaction, so we tap Clasp inner wrists together: your head or someone will say today to release these emowho will be remembered tional blocks before they affect something, or in some way you'll know that this was your wise with light and love forus." person giving you the perspecever. tive you need. You might want to repeat the Then, everyone closes their tapping series a number of eyes, and visualizes a dam - like At this point, you might want to times, and add your own Hoover Dam - an emotional dam collectively visualize your loved thoughts and feelings as they that's holding back hundreds of one and remember the good come up to personalize it for you gallons of emotional waters poand your family. times, the fun times the times tentially. Because it is your visuthat make you smile and bring alization, you can do anything you want, so reach in their in you peace. 2007, Pamela Leigh Powers, your mind's eye and pull up the CCHT, EFT-adv, all rights redam and allow the waters to served. Permission granted to Then, start tapping: flow.....allow the feelings of sadfamilies and therapists wishing to ness and grief to gently and use this material, provided the Soft Spot top of head: safely release in this way. copyright and credit are not reWe gather today moved. BE: In ---Names--- Memory OE: we tap for those who are here UE: For those who are left behind. We tap for us
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How to Tap
It's easy to learn how to tap. At first, there may seem like a lot of points, but you'll find in short order that there's a natural order to it; the points moving down the face to the body to the hands. After a few trips around you'll have it down pat! The first point is that "Karate Chop" point between the little finger and wrist on the side. We tap on that as we make our statement. "Even tho 'this is going on' I deeply and completely love and accept myself." and we continue thru our forgiveness statements. and then "this is merely a physical manifestation of a blocked emotional issue and I love myself faaaaaaaaaar too much to let it continue one second longer". (It's interesting to note that we're tapping near the heart and small intestine meridians; while we're stating our forgiveness intent we're tapping near the heart meridian, and also releasing victim energy.
Bladder meridian. The emotions about the Bladder are all about control. When we tap this point, it sort of shakes up the Bladder meridian for awhile, allowing us a better opportunity to let go of the control around this issue. The Bladder loves to override an issue so this gives us a nice place to start, with the Bladder meridian being more receptive. #3 - SE (Sides of the Eyes) This point gets two meridians the gall bladder (where rage and betrayal reside) and the Triple Warmer which is a process not an organ, obviously, and it regulates heat in the body, and the emotions surround hope vs. hopelessness.
Central is about stepping into the future. #6 - Ch (Chin) - under the lips between them and the chin in the indentation. See above for description. Usually it's just as easy to tap the UN and Ch, above and below the lips at the same time. #7 - By the ears - This point isn't in the standard list from EFT. This is the ending of the Small Intestine meridian, and while we catch it on the little finger on the other end, the Sm Intestine has to do with victim vs. victor, so I thought it was important to include; at least I do it in my tappings - of course it's optional if you want to stay with the true EFT points....but Gary seems quite open to incorporating new ideas.
#8 - CB (Collar Bone) - This point is in the middle of the chest, just down from the neck, where a man's tie is knotted. Technically, it's bilateral with the Kidney points on either side, for fear, seeking peace. Now, the new way we do it is to make a Then when we go into our Tapfist with one hand and thump in ping we start at the top of the #4 - UE (Under Eyes) - Under the middle between the two head: the eyes catches the stomach points and the vibration will get meridian where we have a lot of both. This is a great point if #1 - Top of the Head: This point issues with not having enough, you're in public and fearful; just was added later on as Gary obsessive/compulsive, greed, vs. tap it. started working with acupuncturcontent and fulfilled. ists. I've heard two versions for #9 - BN (Below Nipple) - This this point. One is the 6 meridians #5 UN (Under Nose) there are point is below the nipple, on the in the fingers are tapping the 12 two general meridians. This one "bra" line, and it was not used meridians which meet at the top is called Governing, and starts much, because it's rather inconof the head...the other is that the here and goes unilaterally over venient for women in a public yang meridians come together at the head and goes down the setting when Gary was doing the the top of the head....either way back; while the next one, Ch , initial seminars/workshops. It's it's getting to the source! below the lip or near the chin, is the Liver point for frustration, ancalled Central, and goes unilatger, and feeling oppressed. If it #2 - EB (Eye Brow) - Tapping erally down the front. Essentially, isn't convenient to tap, it is between the eyes is interesting governing is about the Past and picked up by other meridians in place to start the individual its pattern (explanation at a later points, because it's tapping the
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date). Certainly, not all the meridians have to be tapped for the process to be effective. #10 - UA (Under Arm) - This point is 4" down from the arm pit and is the Spleen point, for worry, rejection, seeking approval; judgement, perfection. Sometimes it's hard for full breasted women to reach across and tap, or hard to tap on the point with the same side fingers. An alternate point that I use, is there is a Spleen point in Touch for Health, which is on the ribcage, on the left side - as you start at the breastbone between the breasts on the ribcage, and move to the left, the point is on the curve 2-3" in; you'll find it, it'll probably be sore or tender. It's an alternate place to tap. #11 - 5 fingers together Initially, the protocol was to tap 4 of the 5 fingers at their ends, with 12 fingers of the other hand, but that kind of went by the wayside over the years. So, I thought, why not just tap the fingers together, thereby creating a loop in the circuit? What I propose is that you have your wrists about 3-4" apart, and then tap each finger with the corresponding finger on the other side, all together - thumb to thumb, index to index, middle to middle, ring to ring, baby to baby fingers. .....sort of like your cogitating, or trying to think something thru....or waiting impatiently for someone. Tap 8-10 times or as much as you want. This is tapping 6 of the meridians to each other.
#12 - Clap wrist together - Towards the end of the dvd series, they added tapping the soft spot on the head (see #1) and tapping the wrists together, as if you were 'clapping' with them instead of your hands. This picks up the 6 meridians leaving the hands and going up/down the arms, depending on the meridian. We've seen on subsequent dvds in the series, that Gary will sometimes just use key sequences and not use all the points, as he's found methods that are just as accurate and save time. As you proceed in your education of EFT, you may choose to follow Gary's short cuts, and find they are just as accurate, as if you've done the whole series. One can see we can leave out the liver point under the breast and it doesn't hurt anything at all. 2007, Pamela Leigh Powers, CCHT, EFT-adv, all rights reserved. Permission granted to families and therapists wishing to use this material, provided the copyright and credit are not removed.
Chinese Power Animals Archetypes of Transformation Chinese Power Animals correlates the 12 animals of the Chinese wheel (Year of the Monkey, etc.) to the 5 element system and the 12 meridians/ organs/emotions of the body. They are archetypes of the energy and can be used in visualization to affect transfomation. There is a Time of Day wheel in the Chinese 5 element system, whereby each meridian/ organ of the body is strongest for a 2 hour period during the day, and conversely, weakest 12 hours later, beginning in odd numbered hours, 1- 3a.m., 3-5a.m., etc. There is also a wheel for the animals, whereby they rule a 2 hour period during the day, starting in odd numbered hours. Putting those two concepts together, we get an archetypal animal for each meridian. The animals can speak to us in visualization and reveal elements of our issues of which we arent aware. We have a 4 animal totem that shows us where our strengths and weaknesses lie. Available thru Amazon.com and other online and brick and mortar book stores.
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