Meditation and EFT

Years ago, Ondrea Levine suggested I do Loving Kindness meditation for myself for 30 days. It was a great idea and I finally embraced it and actually did it several years later!

Every morning and every evening I said each of the following four times. Sometimes it was out loud and sometimes it was in my mind.

• May I be free of suffering.
• May I know the joy of my own true nature.
• May I be happy.
• May I be at peace.

It was a very powerful and life changing experience. Enter EFT, stage left……………..

Recently, my mother and a friend both died within a week of each other. I could not bounce back like I wanted to. I had no energy. I cancelled a few appointments with clients because I felt I was not available on a deep level.

As a friend said, “You are out of it” – whatever “it” is.

After several weeks of trying to cope, I went into retreat for a week. I stayed home but I didn’t answer the phone or see anyone, and I didn’t allow myself to work.

I found myself drawn, once again, to Loving Kindness. This time I did EFT and the Loving Kindness Meditation at the same time.

I said all four of the affirmations at each tapping point and I did it anywhere from five to fifteen times a day. After my week’s retreat – just seven days – I did not recognize myself.

I had more energy. I was more creative. I walked around singing. I was doing things that I had put off for months and I was happy to be doing them. I was so very happy to see my clients and the Universe must have known because more and more people came to me in the following weeks.

I did a gratefulness ritual for the abundance in my life.

While I did this exercise in an extreme situation, you can simply do 3 rounds in the morning (and evening if possible), which takes about 3 minutes, and possibly change your life.  It is a very powerful exercise to remember who we are.  May I know the joy of my own true nature – wow!

Needless to say, I highly recommend combining EFT and Loving Kindness Meditation to anyone, anytime, anywhere.

Please note I recommend EFT with guided meditations, however when doing mindfulness, vipassana, or other Buddhist meditations to watch the mind, I do not do EFT.