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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