Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) and BodyTalk, a specialist therapeutic service for improved health and emotional intelligence, practiced in Nottingham by Marsha Smith.

Many of us give a lot of our energy and focus to a resistance of what is. Giving up resistance and allowing really amount to the same attitude. We look at the world and the people we interact with and, for the most part, we want the world and others to change. However, no matter how much we want the world and others to change, it simply remains unchanged.

Our energies are focused externally rather than internally. When we are externally focused we want our sister to get out of that abusive relationship, we want our colleagues to be more polite, or we want our friend’s ill health to dissipate. Much of the root of our unhappiness is simply a resistance to what is. If we were to place as much energy and focus in to creating what we want and into feeling good about what is, out  would be much easier. We are often stuck in the belief that in order to change the world we need to resist what is. If we look at what we are contributing to the world, is it more resistance to what is or is it acceptance of what is? If our contribution is a resistance then nothing changes; for we place our energy and focus on what we don’t want.

When we contemplate this we might ask ‘are we advocating apathy’? It then becomes important to ask ‘has my resistance to what is actually changed anything at all?’ or do you simply feel angry, frustrated, not listened to or valued? There is a principle that we see often- most unhappiness stems from being involved in business that is not our own and in drama’s that are fed by overreactions to what simply is- despite out attempts at making things otherwise.

When we allow others to be what they are; even if those behaviours might be criminal, sexual, behavioural or simply values that do not conform to our own then we can relax as we are taken out of this loop of trying to control by resisting what is. By allowing what is we disentangle ourselves from the drama of life that prevents us from enjoying what we have and who we are.

When we resist what is we forget to live our own life. We are each responsible for our own experience of the life we are given. We can make efforts to choose what reactions we make to our own lives. Psychological studies have revealed that one of our most common misperceptions is that tomorrow is somehow going to be better than today. By allowing what is, we have an opportunity to change the here and now rather than living a life where happiness and acceptance recede like the horizon as fast as we effort to run towards it. Regular tapping on our ’should’s’ and ‘if only’s’ is a practical way of peeling away the perceptual filters that keep us resisting instead of allowing that which actually is- the here and now and our place within it.

‘The goal of therapy is to help the patient go beyond intellectualisation and rationalisation and other restrictive maneuvers to the point where she can move into unchartered territories to seek and find the anguish and terror of total realisation and discover that she can survive.

To know that life can be truly absurd and capricious; that one is not omnipotent; that without magic as the ultimate defense, there is pain at times which hurts more than words can describe.

And after the grief and the mourning, not only for the lost objects of one’s fantasies, but for the fantasies and illusions themselves, to be able to live relatively without illusion.

To know Time as a friend as well as an enemy. To recognise that happiness is not a condition, but an ephemeral and precious experience, that if one lives without illusion one must impart meaning to one’s life; that hope must replace expectations and demands; that activity must replace passivity; that realistic hope must be directed towards the expansion and growth of one’s potentialities, which implies experiencing more richly both sorrow and joy’  Fred Hahn in ‘On Magic and Change’, in Voices, October 1975.

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After a recent house move I have been without a space to work. But ‘ask and it is given’ rang true when I passed my favourite alternative health shop;  The Little London Herbal Store in Nottingham and saw that they have rooms to rent. It is situated on The King’s Walk, just off Upper Parliament Street in Nottingham.

If you want an appointment just email me and I can arrange one.  I am really excited about this new venue in the centre of the City. I can do lunch-time sessions! Brilliant way to fit in the things that are so important, but that client’s sometimes find hard to schedule.

Australian Chiropractor and Acupuncturist, Dr. John Veltheim, developed the BodyTalk System in 1995. Since then it has been taught to over a thousand practitioners worldwide. Graduates include medical doctors and specialists, psychologists, psychotherapists, chiropractors, acupuncturists, naturopaths, physical therapists, osteopaths, nurses, licensed massage therapists, and laypeople.

The outstanding growth and success of the BodyTalk system is essentially fuelled by the following factors:

1. Outstanding results occur in almost every sphere of heath care.

2. It can be used as a stand-alone health care system and can be learned in a relatively short time.

3. It can be seamlessly integrated into any other health care modality and is complementary to each modality.

4. It is totally non-invasive and absolutely safe. There are no contraindications to its use.

5. No diagnosis is given, no medications prescribed, and no invasive techniques imposed upon the patient. The BodyTalk System does not conflict with, or

legally contravene, any existing health care system or law.

6. Patients thoroughly enjoy the sessions and the results are evident within all aspects of health - mind, body, and spirit. Continue reading →

Do you know anyone who may benefit from a FREE clinic treating PTSD with EFT?

• I am running a free service  for people with PTSD in the Nottinghamshire area who come from the armed forces
• I use cutting-edge therapies which are safe and effective
• You don’t have to revisit or talk specifically about your experiences and there is no hypnosis or medication
• I use a specialist intake form to show your progress and I give ongoing support
• I teach YOU how to treat yourself should you need to
• You learn a portable self-help technique that is a life-long tool

If you know of anyone, particularly those who are or have been in the armed forces that might benefit from this FREE clinic then please contact EFT Nottingham to make an expression of interest.

It’s been a while since I’ve had any health issues worth reporting but I thought I’d update you on what my body has been telling me. My main problem was my left knee and the damage I did when I slipped on some petrol on a carpark floor recently. I was wondering what this ‘accident’ was really about and when I developed a condition called ‘erythema nodosum’ it became very obvious that my wounded pride was really the cause of my fall. Continue reading →

Here’s a informative clip from the ‘try it on everything’ site- EFT video clip- try it on everything and here is the clip of the follow-up 6 months later- EFT follow-up clip

Want to know what happened in the middle? Then call EFT Nottingham for a free chat about how EFT can help you with emotional and physical challenges. This simple, do-it-yourself tapping technique is part of a revolutionary shift in the way we approach health and well-being. What have you got to lose?

Did you read the last post on ‘love’ and recognise some imbalances in the way you express yourself within relationships? Are you in a relationship that is bringing up all of your insecurities? Are you trying to work out what is going wrong? Do you want to work towards a healthier relationship with yourself using EFT and BodyTalk? Firstly, read through the following statements and answer ‘yes’ or ‘no’. The key to identifying what issues you can tap on is to step back from your relationship and look for the times that your insecurities either sabotage relationship success, or keep you in an unhappy situation because of negative and limiting self-beliefs. Continue reading →

Many clients experience relationship issues that cause them emotional pain. My last relationship breakdown caused me to ask myself about what I mean by ‘love’? And what it means to be ‘in love’? And of course, what can often go wrong and what we can learn from a relationship breakdown. Relationships are how we learn about ourselves and romantic relationships bring up our insecurities, patterns and negative belief systems because they are so intimate. If you are attracting a certain type of relationship, or are wanting to give yourself the best chance of relationship-survival then read on! Continue reading →

All too often we dismiss the emotional factors in accidents and illnesses, or we don’t even realise there are emotional factors to our health challenges. We tend to think that we injure ourselves by accident or that an illness within a body part of bodily system is just coincidental. But have you ever considered that the illness or complaint you suffer from might actually be a message from your body that is trying to emerge?

If you have repeatedly injured a body part then this can denote anger at what that body part represents, or for the more flexible thinkers out there, it can be ‘past life’ or 8th chakra issues that are still resonating within your bodymind now. Injuring a specific body part can also mean you are sabotaging yourself in an attempt to move beyond a personal issue. Emotional factors also play a fundamental part in the activity of viruses, parasites and bacteria in the bodymind. Bacteria thrive in an emotional environment of fear, viruses are fed by anger and fungi represent hanging on to old stuff. Here are some of the health issues I have experienced and the emotional factors involved. Maybe you can comment on what you suffer with and I can make some suggestions as to what might be going on emotionally?
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