“At my dad’s birthday party I had two successful tapping moments – one with a swallowing problem and one for a sore throat.
Swallowing Problem
My dad mentioned to me that he had a swallowing problem. For the last three or so years, every time he ate, some of his food seemed to enter his airways causing coughing after every meal, despite eating slowly. He asked me if I could do some EFT tapping with him.
I started off by asking how this swallowing problem made him feel and what the sensation was. Using his responses I created a tapping setup statement:
“Even though I feel frustrated when food gets stuck in my airway causing me to cough after meals, I’m OK”
We did some tapping on that but then he mentioned that he wanted to tap on the fact that he had the swallowing problem in the first place. I asked him to imagine he could see inside his throat. He said he felt that there must be a valve there that is supposed to stop food going down the airway that was not working well. So we tapped on that and here is the setup statement:
“Even though my valve is not working properly, causing food to go down the wrong pipe, I accept myself anyway”
We continued to tap on that theme, evolving it for a few rounds. By the end he said he felt more peaceful but we would have to wait until he ate again to find out if it had worked.
At the end of the party he told me that he was able to enjoy his chocolate birthday cake and other birthday treats with no coughing! 🙂
This does not mean the the problem has gone forever. We have not addressed the underlying causes so maybe it will return.. Sometimes tapping on the symptoms is enough to make a symptom go and other times, its important to address the emotional aspects of the underlying cause.
sore throat
Another relative mentioned that she had a sore throat, being a working mum of a young child, I felt quite sorry for her so asked if she wanted to try some tapping. We tapped on the symptoms of the sore throat using statements such as:
“Even though my throat feels sore, itchy and scratchy, I accept myself and my throat”Â
After a couple of rounds she said she felt calmer although her throat felt the same. We tapped some more and after a couple more rounds I introduced some positive imagery on how her immune system was strong and doing its job so well with fighting the infection. We statements like this:
“Even though I have a sore throat, I am open to the possibility of knowing and trusting that my immune system is doing an amazing job at fighting this infection.”
“Even though its not better yet, I am open to the possibility of being unexpectedly surprised at how quickly my body is healing”
When we completed those rounds, she noticed that the soreness in her throat felt less intense.
ALWAYS CONSULT A DOCTOR BEFORE USING EFT TAPPING ON A PHYSICAL ISSUE
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