EFT has its origins in the ancient Chinese Shaolin and Taoist monasteries, where the subtle energies and meridians that
travel throughout the body were first mapped. All energy therapies can trace their earliest origins to acupressure and
shiatsu.
EFT is a form of psychological acupressure, based on the same energy meridians used in traditional acupuncture to treat
physical and emotional ailments for over five thousand years, but without the invasiveness of needles. Instead, simple
tapping with the fingertips is used to input kinetic energy onto specific meridians on the head and chest while you think
about your specific problem - whether it is a traumatic event, an addiction, pain, etc. and voice positive affirmations.
This combination of tapping the energy meridians and voicing positive affirmation works to clear the "short-circuit" -
the emotional block -- from your body's bio energy system, thus restoring your mind and body's balance, which is
essential for optimal health and the healing of physical disease.
Some people are initially wary of these principles that EFT is based on - the electromagnetic energy that flows through
the body and regulates our health as it is only recently becoming recognized in the West.
It is based on a revolutionary new discovery that challenges most of the beliefs within conventional psychology.
It contends that:
"The cause of all negative emotions is a disruption in the body’s energy system".
