Body and mind

I thought I would tell you about one of my recent successes. It happened on a Monday... My Mondays are very hectic because as soon as the lads are back from school, we have to rush to the swimming pool in the next town. After the swimming session, we have to rush back home for a quick bite and then it is off back to the school again for the drafts club... One Monday morning, I burnt the tip of my finger while cleaning the stove. I took the ash tray out of the stove, and hadn’t realized it was still burning hot. Although painful, I carried on as usual as I find that the pain usually recedes when you don’t dwell on it but think about something else - which it did. 2 minutes later I had completely forgotten about the whole incident.

However, in the afternoon, as I was driving to the swimming pool, I found myself very stressed up because we were running late. I became suddenly conscious of the pain at the tip of my finger. The pain had come back and was now like a pulsating pain. It was very sore and I realized the stress had awaken the pain again. So I tapped on the pain using the following affirmation:

Even though the tip of my finger is very sore, I choose to remain calm and confident no matter what.

As I was driving, I did not actually tap but I imagined I was tapping (which works just as well with a bit of practice). I only did one round of EFT before reaching the swimming pool. I was not even finished with the round that my pain had disappeared from the tip of my finger. I also found that I was more relaxed and the stress had somehow vanished. My sons and I went on with having a great time at the swimming pool, in real contrast with the feeling of having to constantly rush that we all usually get. I thought this was yet another amazing example of how the emotional and the physical are so intrinsically linked.

I hope this little story of mine will have inspired you about this amazing self-healing tool which is Emotional Freedom Techniques. It is so simple, even children learn it very quickly and are able to use it very effectively on their own. And... it often works when nothing else has.

Happy tapping!!!

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