Psychologists and other experts offer a variety of solutions to break undesirable habits, but one particular technique is rapidly gaining attention these days. Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) using tapping has been shown to be an easy yet effective way to get past bad habits.
Some habits are simply annoying, such as nail biting, chronic coughing or clearing the throat, fidgeting, or procrastinating. Others, however, can pose a serious threat to your health or safety, such as smoking or excessive drinking. Practitioners of EFT recommend tapping to free you from the most stubborn of bad habits.
What is EFT?
Emotional Freedom Technique, or EFT, is based on the principle that illnesses and psychological disorders are caused by a disturbance in the body's life energy. Tapping on the acupuncture points restores balance and allows the body to heal itself. Tapping on specific points can also relieve stress and the emotional ties binding you to the undesirable habit.
Tapping to Get Rid Of Bad Habits
People often develop bad habits because they are stressed, bored, or want instant gratification. For instance, you may avoid vacuuming or doing the dishes (boring) because you'd rather watch TV (more gratifying). Nail biting and cracking the knuckles can be signs of stress or nervousness.
Many of these poor habits can be eliminated by tapping. Tapping on specific meridian points removes stress and releases negative emotions. Although it will not happen overnight, you'll start to feel better and eventually free yourself from bad habits.
If you have a number of bad habits, you can start working on one of them first. Perhaps you want to break your habit of biting your nails, smoking, slouching, or running late. Choose just one to begin with, such as nail biting, and start tapping to get rid of it.
The great thing about tapping is that there's nothing complicated about it and you can do it on your own. Simply focus your thoughts on the habits you want to change and start tapping. You can easily learn about what points to tap and where to start and end. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain with Emotional Freedom Technique tapping.
How to Tackle Bad Habits with Tapping
You want to start your session off by tapping while acknowledging your bad habit. Next, tap to get rid of the habit itself. Be patient and honest with yourself, and don't expect to get overnight results.
Many people say you don't have to follow a specific sequence of tapping points. I find that it works better, however, if you follow a particular routine.
Tapping always starts with the EFT 'Setup', wherein you acknowledge your issue, then tap on the Karate Chop Point 5-10 times while saying, “Even though I [state your bad habit], I intensely and wholly accept myself.”
Next, start a round of tapping through the following meridian points – the eyebrow, under eye, side of the eye, under the chin, under the nose, under arm, collarbone, and top of the head. Use two fingers to tap 5 to 10 times. While tapping, it helps to make statements to acknowledge your bad habits such as:
* I often bite my nails when I'm nervous
* Sometimes I bite my nails
* I seldom bite my nails now
* I choose not to bite my nails
* Even though I bite my nails, I completely love and accept myself anyway
* I don't bite my nails now
You can make up the phrases you want to say as you go through the tapping session. The important thing is to stay focused on the issue rather than on the words. If you stick with it, you'll begin to see improvements in your behavior and your bad habit will become a thing of the past.
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