What are Meridain Therapies?

Meridian therapies work on the principle that our bodies contain an energy matrix which can be manipulated and adjusted to allow a greater and more healthy ‘flow’ of energy.

Historically speaking, the Chinese have long known about the effectiveness of such therapies and have made use of ‘energy release’ in such therapies as Acupuncture and Acupressure. While these two methods have been popular for years other forms of energy release therapies have been developed.

One of the most popular of which is

Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)

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Emotional Freedom Technique, or EFT for short, is a new and unusual form of therapy that is rapidly growing in popularity. The technique involves you tapping on various parts of your face, hands and chest while repeating an especially tailored phrase.

How does it work?

This may all sound a little strange, yet it seems to work. The technique itself was stumbled upon almost by accident when a psychologist in America who, having tried everything else, was looking for a new way to help a long suffering patient with a particular problem. Dr Roger Callahan, who was knowledgeable in the Chinese art of acupuncture, asked his patient to simply tap on one or two of the points normally used in acupuncture, while thinking about the problem, to the surprise of both client and therapist the tapping seemed to make a difference. While Dr. Callahan continued to develop his own techniques, Gary Craig developed Emotional Freedom Technique based in part on Dr. Callahan’s ideas and further developments of Craig’s own.

How can EFT help?

The ‘effects’ of EFT are similar to suggestion based hypnosis, in that it does provide solutions to fairly straight forward problems. It is also effective as an adjunct to hypnotherapy, polishing off the hypnosis work, particularly with Quit Smoking and Stress Management. But really anything that would benefit from daily or weekly reinforcement can be aided by EFT. Especially as, once your own strategy has been set up, it can be used by you at home, or indeed anywhere, whenever you feel the need for a ‘top-up’.

Does it really work?