EFT Tapping Therapy: How It Works & Getting Treatment

Traditional Chinese Medicine recognises 361 acupoints and 12 major meridians in the human body. Indian Ayurveda recognises 72,000 nadis, and 114 minor and major chakras. These are meridians connected to our body’s energy pathways through which our life force, prana or qi flows through.

The Emotional Freedom Technique uses acupoints similar to acupuncture and acupressure. The EFT Tapping therapy used by most is based on 9 acupoints on the upper body although there are more.

One distinguishing factor that sets the EFT Tapping technique apart from other energy healing methods is that it deals with emotions more than physical pains. Hence, the Emotional Freedom Technique. By physically stimulating the points with gentle tapping, while thinking of or visualising the adverse event, you release the energy supporting the negative emotion.

If you have visited the acupuncturist, you might have observed that he needled an acupoint far from the source of discomfort. This is because it’s associated with the acupoint via an electrical or energy pathway. This is similar to massaging a tendon near the elbow to relieve pain in the biceps.

EFT Tapping therapy follows the same concept. Under the hood, electrical signals are sent from the tapped acupoint to the part of the body that holds the trapped emotion. Emotions that you bottle up can manifest physically, which we term as feelings. Physical feelings can be sadness as a heavy chest or fear as knots in the stomach. The tapping signals the brain and the body part that it’s alright to let go of the offending emotion.