4 Key Aspects to Tap on During Age Regression

Combining Meridian Tapping Techniques (MTT) with Age Regression is like chocolate and peanut butter!

MTT is the umbrella-term for all energy-psychology modalities but the method most commonly employed is Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT). This is an evolving healing modality so there are many variations on it. And they all work.

EFT got its start when Dr. George Goodheart, a chiropractor, discovered that tapping on acupuncture points brought marked improvement with his patients.

John Diamond, MD took this discovery and added affirmations, making it a true mind-body healing approach.

Psychologist, Roger Callahan, a specialist in anxiety disorders, discovered that focusing on a specific fear while tapping could release it completely. He developed a complex system of algorythms and incorporated muscle response testing.

Dr. Pat Carrington studied with Callahan and devised a simpler system with single algorithm techniques that did not require a diagnosis or muscle testing.

Gary Craig, also a student of Callahan, created an approach that anyone can use on virtually any problem called Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT).

The purpose of any Meridian Tapping Technique (MTT) is to clear disruptions in the energy system of the body. These disruptions result in negative emotions and drain the body of vital energy, leading to exhaustion. Over time, the immune system starts to break down and physical health problems start to emerge.

“The minute we don’t have energy in our body – we’re dead.”  - Gary Craig

MTT has its roots in ancient energy-based systems. Over 5,000 years ago, Chinese Medical practitioners were mapping the flow of vital energy along meridians in the body. They identified the over 400 points which make up the acupuncture system.

10,000 years ago the Indian Ayurvedics were studying energy centers which coincide with nerve plexi along the spinal column in the body.

There are lots of theories about what MTT is and how it works, but frankly, who cares? It works!

What we know is that tapping induces hypnosis. First, it’s a ritual that utilizes things like repetition, auto-suggestion, and focused concentration – all components of hypnosis. And brain wave studies show that tapping not only affects the deep unconscious, it activates the body’s innate self-healing intelligence.

Dr. Robert Scaer, an expert in the field of trauma and addictions, and author of ‘The Body Bears the Burden, sees great promise in tapping as a therapeutic modality in the field of somatic psychology.

The amygdala is the part of the brain responsible for fear conditioning. It’s the early-warning system in the emotional brain that processes perceptions of threat. When the amygdala gets stimulated repeatedly, it gets sensitized to the trigger.

With hypnotherapy, we search for the Initial Sensitizing Event (ISE) and then clear the Subsequent Sensitizing Events (SSE) which served to reinforce the perceptions established in the seed-planting event. In brain theory, that’s the event that caused the amygdala to become hyper-sensitive to a specific stimulus.

Scaer cites the case of a woman whose amygdala was calcified. As a result, she was completely placid; unable to feel either fear or rage. The conclusion is this: if we are incapable of feeling fear or anger without amygdala arousal, then the key to resolving these feelings is to turn down the amygdala!

But how?

One possibility is social bonding. Indigenous societies heal through ritual. And social bonding inhibits the amygdala. This underlies the importance of rapport in the therapeutic relationship. It turns down the amygdala!

“Because EFT is associated with a lot of ritual, whether or not the tapping on the meridian planes and point is homeostatic, regulating the autonomic nervous system, or whether its ritual, probably isn’t important. It is probably both.” – Dr. Robert Scaer

Another way to turn down the amygdala is through empowerment. The repetition of statements while tapping may seem mechanistic but they are statements of empowerment. So tapping while facing a trigger in regression will calm the amygdala. And that will release the trauma of the past event.

Dr. Callahan sought to establish that tapping, alone, was enough to effect a cure. There certainly is evidence to support this. Steve Wells and Dr. David Lake of EFT Downunder suggest that tapping alone will ‘tone’ the energy system. The addition of suggestion, however, does significantly improve the results.

The algorithms, it seems, are not that important, after all. A person can tap anywhere, in any sequence and receive benefit.

In fact, you can rub on a point, or touch it, or even just think about tapping on the points. And so long as you are focusing attention on the issue at the same time, you will get noticeable results.

Apparently the success of tapping alone lies in repetition. This is because it can take a while to resolve the many aspects that are contributing to the problem.

The good news is that regression allows us to address the various aspects at their root. And this dramatically reduces the amount of time needed to clear an issue.

The four key aspects to tap on in an event during regression:

1.      1. What’s happening (thought) and how that makes you feel (emotion).

2.      2. Whoever is present during the event, what they are saying or doing, and how that makes you feel.

3.        3. How you feel about yourself while all this is happening.

4.      4. What you want more than anything. What need is not being met?

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How dream working and Benjamin Franklin can make you a better hypnotherapist

If you think about it, the subconscious mind uses the same language as dreams – images and feelings. And any problem that we might deal with in the hypnosis office has its origins in the same place as the client’s night dreams. 

The MIND.

Our thoughts and beliefs come out of our feelings and perceptions. So our job, as hypnosis professionals, is to help our clients change the underlying perceptions. So they can feel better. And make better choices that support health, wealth, and happiness.

In other words, so they can heal.

A Course in Miracles (ACIM) is a self-study program in psycho-spiritual healing.  At the core of ACIM is the role of forgiveness in healing. And the Course states, “To heal is to make happy.” 

Isn’t that all anyone really wants? 

Anything we might want to change is so we can be happy. And what needs to change is the perception that’s keeping us stuck and unhappy. And that’s what hypnotherapy facilitates.

Healing hypnosis is a process. It’s a process of restoring the client to a state of happiness. 

Health is a state of physical happiness. 

Peace is a state of mental happiness. 

Confidence and contentment is a state of emotional happiness.

In The Devil’s Therapy: from Hypnosis to Healing, I used a Grimm’s fairy tale to illustrate this process. In the opening scene, the first thing asked of the hero is, “What’s wrong? You look so unhappy.” This is not merely an observation, “Gosh, you look pretty miserable …”  It’s both a question AND the answer.

What’s wrong … is how you are LOOKING. How you see. It’s a problem of perception.

And dream working, specifically projective dream working, which is what I practice and teach, is a process of transforming perceptions.

Now, dreams are not just those interesting dramas we find ourselves involved in each night when we go to sleep. They’re also our daytime imaginings, mental rehearsals, and worries about the future. 

Whatever is going on in your life, right now … is your dream.

And that’s why hypnotherapy is dream work.  All that you see is just your take on reality. Your perception. And it’s all based on your history. 

Your past experienced formed a lens through which you now view everything. It decides what’s possible. What you deserve. How life works. And what you should expect – from yourself, others, and life.

In the Frank Baum’s book, The Wizard of Oz, when Dorothy Gale arrives at the Gates of Oz she is required to put on emerald colored glasses. The Emerald City isn’t really emerald – it just looks that way. That’s what the socializing process does to us. It puts a filter on HOW we will see the world and the things in it. 

We call it programming. It tells us how to see by defining what’s acceptable. And what’s not. 

And this is the fundamental problem. 

What’s not acceptable gets rejected, denied, suppressed, and disowned. It’s still there, mind you. You can’t just throw away Parts of yourself. They just get relegated it to the Unconscious where they can wreak havoc.

We call this repression. 

All pain is a symptom of this perceived separation from Self. We can’t actually actually separate, but we can disconnect from our awareness of self. And this sets up an internal yearning within us.

Sometimes we try to fill it with substances – food, drugs, alcohol, people, work, stuff – but that never works. Not really.

The reason we feel so lost and empty is because those Parts of us that have been denied strive for life. But so long as they are denied full expression, their energy is capped off. They’re trapped. And so are we. 

That energy is our life force. So the more Parts of us we have a lid on, the less energy we have to live. Can you see how physical conditions might get started much earlier in life than we think?

If convention has conditioned us for lack and limitation, then it seems reasonable that the way to freedom and fulfillment must lie with the un-conventional. But there’s the problem. 

Historically, anything that runs contrary to conventional thinking has been deemed ‘the work of the devil.’ Hypnosis has shared this esteemed position. And in some parts of the world, still does. 

Of course, belief has never made a thing real or true. At one time we all believed in Santa Claus and the Easter bunny. So I figured, why fight it! 

“The Devil’s Therapy” is at least honest.

Now, I know some in our profession will take offense. That’s okay. I understand what it’s like to fear being ostracized. Criticized. And put down for entertaining thoughts that don’t endorse those of the flock. People have been burned at the stake for far less! 

But I make no apologies. I simply choose to take my counsel from more well-informed sources. 

Take Benjamin Franklin, for example.  He wrote a paper entitled, “Fart Proudly.” (I kid you not.)

Maybe we should take his advice and proudly admit what we do! We’re hypnotists. And we ought to be proud of it!

I’m a hypnotherapist and a dream worker. Dream working has given me a unique perspective on how therapeutic hypnosis works to take a nightmare – whether it’s a night dreams, day dream, or this dream – and transform it into a better dream, a happier dream.

It can do the same for you.

So Benjamin Franklin and Dream Working really can make you a better hypnotherapist.

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6 Things You Can Do to Remember Your Dreams

Every night we go to sleep. And when we sleep we dream. Most of us have 4 to 5 dreams every night. But how many of us remember them? 

If you want to begin working with your dreams, the first step is to remember them!  Here’s a list of six things you can do to encourage dream recall.

1.      1. Make sure you’re getting enough sleep. You won’t remember your dreams if you’re over-tired. Albert Einstein was a prolific dream who slept ten hours a night!

2.      2. Avoid using sleeping pills and alcohol. Recent research shows that prescription sleeping medications don’t work nearly as well as people believe. Not only do they come with serious side effects like heart problems and weight gain, chemical sleeping aids tend to result in amnesia for nighttime awakening. So if you're taking sleeping pills you’re probably not getting the quality sleep you need and your ability to recall your dreams will be inhibited.

Explore natural alternatives with good track records such as melatonin and Valerian root. Valerian increases both deep sleep and REM sleep.

Melatonin is produced by the pineal gland in the brain. Over time, it becomes less and less efficient so melatonin supplementation can not only improve the quality of your sleep, but many other body functions. It has been shown to lower blood pressure in men and used to treat macular degeneration, migraines, and depression.

And high levels of melatonin are associated with dreaming.

3.      3. Keep your sleeping room dark.  When the lights go out the body starts producing melatonin. Unfortunately, we city-dwellers are over-exposed to light at night and light shuts down melatonin production in the brain. Even a bedroom night light can halt melatonin production and disrupt both sleep onset and the duration of sleep.

4.      4. Find a way to relax before bed. Throughout the day we build up a lot of excess energies and stress. So before bed, do some light physical exercise like yoga, practice mindfulness meditation, or take a nice relaxing warm bath with mineral salts in it.

5.    5. Avoid the evening news! Whatever you focus on before bed is what your mind is going to be going over and over and over again – right when you want to sleep. Read something inspiring before sleep instead and look forward to pleasant dreams.

6.     6.  Record your dreams immediately upon waking. Don’t make the mistake of assuming you’ll remember and write them down later. Dream material fades very quickly. Meanwhile the thinking mind has a tendency to edit content in order to make sense of it.  Dreams are cryptic for a reason! They’re what your subconscious mind is working on while your conscious mind is out of the way.

So if you think you know what a dream is telling you – you’re very likely mistaken!

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