4. Put It Together
You are ready to so meridian tapping yourself! It’s really simple, and with a few practice rounds you’ll get the hang of it. Here’s how it goes:
Pick your problem, and keep it specific to be effective with your tapping. Let’s take worry about an upcoming meeting as our example.
- WHAT’S YOUR NUMBER? RATE YOUR EMOTIONAL INTENSITY LEVEL
If 10 is feeling completely overwhelmed, and 0 is no emotional charge whatsoever, what number would you give this issue? Don’t think about it too much. Go with the first number that comes up. That’s an accurate read on your whole body-mind system (including your subconscious). If you can’t come up with a number, just do this: Quickly say, “I don’t have a clue what the number is, but if I had to guess, I’d say it was a _____.” That number is usually very accurate. Write that number down. We’ll use it again, and if you don’t write it down, it’s very easy to forget what it was.
- TAPPING SET-UP
We’ll repeat this step three times. Rubbing your “sore spot” on your chest or tapping the karate chop point on the outside of the hands, say “Even though I have this worry about the meeting, I love and accept myself anyway.”
- TAPPING
Saying a short reminder phrase as you tap each point 5- 7 times, you’ll tap and say “meeting worries,” tapping like this:
both hands - eyebrow points
both hands - outside eyes
both hands - under eyes
one hand - under nose
one hand - chin
both hands - collarbones
both hands - under arms
both hands - liver (liver meridians are on both sides, even though the liver itself is only on the right)
crossing wrists - wrists
both hands - top of head
Great! You’ve completed one “round” of tapping. You’re doing meridian tapping!
Now tap another round, doing exactly the same thing.
- RE-ASSESS YOUR NUMBER
Check back inside yourself for your emotional intensity now. Do your best to measure exactly the same thing you were measuring the first time. On a scale of 0 to 10, what’s your number now? Chances are very good that it’s lower than the number you started with. Good for you! Write that new number down.
- REVISED SET-UP
We want to acknowledge to your body-mind that things are shifting. This helps the release happen more easily. Again, we’ll do the set-up three times. So our revised set-up would be:
“Even though I STILL have SOME of this worry about the meeting, I love and accept myself anyway.”
- MORE TAPPING
Saying a revised reminder phrase, tap all the way around the same points, saying:
“This REMAINING meeting worry, this REMAINING meeting worry,” … etc. Tap two or three rounds.
- FINISH IT OFF
Re-assess your emotional intensity number. This will show you that you’re making progress, and let you know when the issue is completely gone.
Continue tapping with your revised reminder phrase, tapping two to three rounds, then re-assessing. Keep it up until you’re at a ZERO.
Why settle for feeling better when you can feel great? Persistence down to zero will really pay off, and it only takes a short time. So go for it!