What is the "Emotional Freedom Technique" or "EFT"?

What is the "Emotional Freedom Technique" or "EFT"?

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Emotional Freedom Technique, EFT, is actually a cognitive modality. It's a very interesting tool and it can be extremely powerful in helping people with either a physical or emotional issue. EFT borrows from two ancient techniques: acupuncture and kinesiology, and basically the theory behind EFT is that we are energy machines and that's not very much of a stretch. We are energy machines and I could give you the McGrail theory of energy but maybe another time. But EFT says we have this energy flowing through us and if there's an emotional or physical disease, then there's a natural block in the flow of energy. Of course they've proven that we have seven charkas and the energy centers are no longer in the world or milieu of the new agers, it's proven that we have this. What EFT does through a series of tapping procedures in various parts of the body, is unblock the flow of energy. Now, it's done in a cognitive way, in other words, the person isn't in any sort of hypnotic trance. The person is normally awake and aware and it's my opinion that one of the reasons EFT is so powerful is that through the tapping the person is actually affirming that they have an issue and accepting themselves even though they have the issue. To see it in action is amazing because issues very often disappear in minutes. We don't know exactly how Emotional Freedom Technique works but again, we don't know how exactly aspirin works, but it's a very powerful tool for some people.