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AAMETAUTUMN 2012

LIFEHE MAGAZINE OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MERIDIAN ENERGY TECHNIQ

EFT AROUND THE WOR

A Retreat i

RESEARCH

A Review of the Effectiveness

of EFT

DOSSIER 10-PAGE SPECIAL

CONFERENCE 2012

AAMET INTERNATIONALTHE VENUE:

Portuga

PLUS:SPECIAL EVENTS TO MAKE YOUR TIME EVEN MORE MEMORABLEThe Fabulous 4* Hotel Delta in Florence

EFTAT THE LONDON

2012 OLYMPICS


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Welcome!

Hi everyone

Im happy to welcome back our Life Magazine, packed with a

variety of empowering and inspirational articles and as an online

magazine, you can access it wherever you are in the world.

In this issue the spotlight is on our International Conference in

Florence, Italy and the hard work and preparations are paying

off as were now becoming very excited about the event. You can

connect with people from New Zealand, South Africa, USA, Turkey,

Norway, Australia, Mexico, Ireland, UK, Italy to name but a few

with more signing up every day.

You can sign up for a workshop on Matrix Re-imprinting, EFT Levels 1 & 2, Creat-

ing Wealth from the inside out, Tapping & Time Travel and The Healing Codes.

There will also be products on sale and the chance to win some fantastic prizes

including a Kindle. Sami Thorpe is offering free Qigong lessons and on the Saturday evening is our Gala Dinner

with entertainment. You can also take part in a wine tour of Tuscany. So dont leave it too late support your As-

sociation and meet with friends old and new.

Our new International status has helped us expand globally. We are recognised as the largest EFT Association

worldwide, providing access to a vast array of knowledge and expertise, not only in relation to EFT but help and

advice is available from our health care professionals and clinicians. Our new website will be launched end Octo-ber/early November and we will have a range of products, downloads etc on offer as well as a section dedicated

to EFT Research and healthcare professionals. We will also be reaching out to support groups and connecting

with innovators in the field of energy psychology with a view to forming a working partnership.

Were aware of members using EFT on celebrities, working as EFT volunteers in the community, appearing on

TV and radio talking on EFT. We have a member who has been given a grant to use EFT in the community and

another who is using it in the drugs community with great success. We want to convey this good news with other

members and the public. This is your magazine and we want to provide fresh and innovative ideas so why not

write for us? If you would like to write your story or if you would like to join as one of our regular contributors,

please contact [email protected] for more details.

Well, Ive done enough talking so I will let you read in peace and enjoy!Love and energy

Helena FoneAAMET International Chair

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LIFE

Autumn 2012Contents

AAMET


AAMET INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

Features

EFT AT LONDON 2012 OLYMPICS:

OLYMPIC ATHLETE BENEFITS

FROM EFT

INTERVIEW WITH A CELEBRITY:SOPRANO RACHEL COBB TELLS US

HOW SHE USES EFT

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34

ResearchEFT RESEARCH: A REVIEW OF THE

EFFECTIVENESS OF EFT

26

ArticlesSELF SABOTAGE: HOW TO BEFRIEND

YOUR INNER SABOTEUR

THE MEETING OF PARTS: HEALING

THE INTERNAL CONFLICT

30

40

Dossier

THE TICKETS:ALL THE DETAILS

TO BOOK YOUR SEAT!

THE VENUE THE 4 STAR HOTEL

DELTA IN FLORENCE, ITALY

18

24 THE PRESENTERS:INTRODUCING OUR

EXCITING LINE UP OF PRESENTERS

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34

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8 EFT AROUND THE WORLD SERIE

A RETREAT IN PORTUGAL

Regulars

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Shannon was in an impossible situation. She had adream; she wanted to run her own therapy business. She

was passionate about this idea. She knew it was the direc-tion she wanted to go in her life.

Unfortunately, like many others she was caught in the

trap of needing to bring money in to live. She was in the

endless spiral of working with little to no time for herself

and her dream. She supported herself and did not have

the luxury of having the financial backing of a partner.

Her job involved working long hours, this left her very little

time and energy to forge forward. She just felt stuck as

firmly as if she was trapped in a cage!

During a filming session in Wales, Shannon volun-

teered for me to work on her using EFT. The energetic

shift occurred quickly. She felt the energy around her

change. By the end of the session Shannon saw her-self walking out of the company smiling. She finished

the session with an intense sense of knowing that she

was going to achieve her goal, she had no doubt at

all. She was ecstatic! She knew things had changed!

Things had changed alright, within about six weeks,

Shannon lost her job! But, she was not baulked by

that. She walked out of the company exactly as she

had imaged on the day we did the filming session,

smiling! Even as it happened she felt great.

Creating

Abundanceby making the

impossible...

Possible

by Tania A Prince EFT Master, NLP Trainer A complex situation,

Do you solve it using logic

or by modifying the Energy?



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The next day, she was offered a new

job, better hours and better pay.

The new job freed up some time

allowing her the space to develop

her business. An inevitable set of

circumstances had come into play

and Shannon was following with it.

It wasnt long before Shannon was

running her own successful therapy

business.

At the time of writing this article, I

gave Shannon a call to check where

she is now as this is several years

after that session. The last time we

spoke she told me she, couldnt be

happier, but that was a while ago. I

wanted to check her progress now.

Amazingly she said the same thing I

couldnt be happier. Her business is

going well.

The point I want to make is that if

you look at Shannons issue from

a logical point of view, it was near

impossible to solve. An amazing set

of circumstances needed to fall into

place. She literally needed to walk

into another job straight out of her

old one.

The new job had to have certain

criteria in it regarding the hours she

would be working, wages etc. Then

of course there is the set of things

that needed to happen for her to

end up with the therapy practice!

To try and plan that out would have

been difficult to achieve as there are

so many variables.

However from an energetic point of

view we only have to do one thing,

change the energy, the attraction

point.

Step back and tackle itenergetically

When we have do this the Law of

Attraction does the rest. The Law

of Attraction will draw to us those

things that resonate with us and the

opportunities etc.

Knowing this, it makes sense that

when you find yourself in a situation

such as Shannons (complex and dif-

ficult to resolve) rather than expend

tremendous energy trying to solve it

with logic, you step back and tackle

it energetically as your first choice

approach.

I would also add that when you think

about what you want, (with Shan-

non, she wanted to run her own

successful therapy practice), askyourself, what will having that do for

me? and if I had that right now, how

would that feel? Now all you have to

do is to get yourself out of the way

as Gary Craig so aptly put it, so that

you can have this feeling. Basically

you are putting yourself into a place

of allowing.

Get yourself out of the way

and just allow

There are various methods that you

can use to get yourself out of the

way, EFT being one of them. Inner

RePatterning is another.

Using Shannons case to highlight

what she needed to clear to get

herself out of the way, she had an

intense feeling of being trapped in

a cage. During the filmed session we

tapped this out until there was no

doubt within her that she would be

running her own successful therapy

business. She could feel herself hav-

ing it. (In my experience, even having

this one bright moment of being

in resonance with it, is enough to

create it I have had this experience

several times in my life!). Obviously

Shannon needed to take action

when the opportunities presented

themselves, but because she had got

herself out of the way, she could be

guided by her intuition and spot theopportunities as they arose and run

with them in a joyous way.

Inner RePatterning is another

energetic approach for creating

abundance. Inner RePatterning was

developed from EFT and inspired by

the work of Eckhart Tolle.

It is a mindful, heart centred, en-

ergetic approach that is solution

focused. It does not require analysis

or understanding the blocks that get

in our way.

Inner RePatterning comes

at this from a very different

angle.

We start the process by quietening

the conscious logical mind, creat-

ing a conduit to the state of pureawareness. Then we set an intention,

a goal for what we want to achieve.

The goal we want to achieve is in

energetic terms, one of the best

possible outcomes. Then we put our

awareness on what blocks us from

achieving this, such as the memo-

ries we hold, thoughts, programmes

that we run etc. We dont have to do

anything other than flow with the

process and accept whatever pops

up. We just get ourselves out of the

way and flow with the process hav-

ing set our intention (goal).

In Summary

If we want to create abundance in

our lives we should deal with it from

a purely energetic point of view.

Avoid trying to logic our problems

out by analysing and understanding

them. Many people understand and

have analyzed their issues and yet

still have them.

-Identify what you truly want by ask-ing yourself,

What will having that, do for me?

If I had that right now, how would

that feel?

-Then tap using either EFT or anapproach such as Inner RePatterning

to get yourself out of the way, into aplace of allowing.

-Take action when it intuitively feelsright

To find out more about training

courses on EFT and Inner RePat-

terning run by Tania go to

www.eft-courses.co.uk



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featuring

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my Mum was my only close relative,

so I chose to stay in the UK. My cat

was of a nervous nature and I could

not envisage how I would get him

safely abroad.

In 2009 my Mother was diagnosed

and died of cancer in the space

of 6 weeks, as I watched her fade

away I knew what I had to do, live

the dreams she had never had the

courage to and decided I would find

a way to transport my cat, all was

underway when again very unex-

pectedly he too died, they had left

me free emotionally, physically andfinancially.

The idea of Portugal had been sewn

a few years earlier by a friend who

was thinking of moving there and

then I saw a TV programme which

featured Portugal and then every

time Id meet someone who had

been, they would say Youll like

Portugal.

AAMET InternationalRepresentative for

Portugal, Janet Broughton

gives us an insight into her

EFT journey, and living and

working in Portugal...


Iwas first introduced to EFTin 2004 a year after I had bro-

ken my back in a horse ridingaccident. I had begun practis-

ing yoga in 1998, and as my

yoga journey progressed it

opened up many new pos-

sibilities in the field of Energy

healing.

At the end of 2004, 14 months after

my accident, I walked with a stoop

and took pain killers like sweets,having been referred to the hospital

specialist I was told that this was the

best I could achieve.

However I dont take no for an

answer so I was keen to explore al-

ternatives to the recognised medical

profession.

With a mind open to the possibili-

ties I met an EFT Practitioner and in

4hrs I was walking straight and pain

free this was something I had to

explore and as a teacher it is always

my desire to share my knowledge.

Therefore over the next 4 yrs I be-

came an EFT Advance Practitioner

and Trainer, an NLP Practitioner, a

Life Coach, a Reiki Master Teacher,

Colour Psychologist and came full

circle and began to train as a DRU

Yoga Teacher, giving up my full time

job to practise full-time.

Since beginning yoga I had at-

tended a number of yoga retreats

in a number of warmer European

countries, and whilst I enjoyed them

I knew I could enhance the offers, as

my original training and career was

in Hotel Management, so I was often

heard to say One day Ill have my

own yoga retreat but not whilst

Ive got my Mum and my cat Im an

only child, single and childless, my

father having died 20 yrs previous


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Portuga

It has to be green or Im not going!

I therefore came and explored and chose central Portugal

as this is where the properties that met my criteria and

my price range, were situated. I was a little sceptical as

people often describe hot countries as beautiful whereas

I often find them barren, so as I journied with a friend Isaid It has to be green or Im not going - When I tell peo-

ple in Portugal they laugh as this is one of the greenest

places on earth complimented by the reddest earth and

the bluest sky a true paradise.

I arrived at the end of May 2011 having sold up in the UK,

my houses, car, and business and have become a Portu-

guese resident. I have established a business called Yoga

Retreats in Portugal and I provide EFT as a therapy and

training courses to local residents (expats and Portu-

guese) and to clients who come to stay at my retreat.

As an energy practitioner I combine my skills to achieve

the best outcome for my clients, so although the follow-

ing case study was a client who came for Life Coaching;

EFT, NLP, Colour Psychology, Reiki and Meditation all

featured. EFT being the dominant therapy, as I find it so

effective in removing the barriers to clients achieving

their goals.

In writing this article the question came up as to how cli-

ents in Portugal differed from those in the UK and I would

say that they fall into two catagories; one being expatsand the other being Portuguese nationals.

For Portuguese nationals all this work is new and innova-

tive, this is a country who experienced a revolution less

than 40 yrs ago and half of the people still live life as it

was before the revolution, working and living off the

land, some unable to read or write and without running

water.

Yet for those born after the revolution and especially

those living in Lisbon and its surroundings then they are

highly educated living in very modern housing with all

modern amenities and it is these young professionalswho I have found to be my market.


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They are excited by all these new ideas and are eager to

learn, and of course speak fluent English so I am able to

practise in my native tongue. It also means I can spread

the practise of EFT by training Practitioners so that a

country and a people I have grown to love can benefit

hence my role as AAMET Representative for Portugal.

These young professionals have all the same issues as

anywhere else in Europe, a more localised one being the

bringing together of their world and that of previous

generations, not unusual in the UK either but for all of

them there is a definite start date.

Amongst the expat community UK and Ireland, Dutch,

American and South African to name a few, I find that my

work is in layers.

On the surface to make such a life changing decision

- uprooting to live in another country, it would appear

that these people are proactive and positive, confident

and sorted! However scratch the surface and this is not

always the case.

When I made my decision, as an NLP Practitioner, I

recognised that one of the decision making internal

programmes I used many times was Towards/Away

and it was always Away, so that whilst looking over my

shoulder at what I wanted to get away from, I didnt look

where I was going and many a time went from frying pan

to fire.

This time however I was very much going towards. I was

leaving a beautiful home in a wonderful location, fan-

tastic friends, and family and an established business.

However I was motivated to follow my dream.

Once I began to get to know people here I found thatthe reasons people came to live here were mostly to get

away from a situation they could no longer tolerate but

forgetting they were bringing themselves with them, the

issue does not change because of location.

Many were onto 2nd or 3rd marriages, seeking a fresh

start and for others, one partner wants to make the move

and the other doesnt but in order as one person told me

to stay married they made a move not of their choos-

ing. As well as bringing your problems with you create a

few more!




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PortugaThe desire to return to central Portugal is understandable

it is a place of peace and tranquility, life moves at a slower

pace - the heat makes sure of that. Months of glorious

sunshine, you automatically have a smile on your face. The

Portuguese people are warm and friendly, everyone is your

neighbour, they share what little they have, this is a coun-

try in dire economic need, yet I am inundated with fruit,

vegetables and eggs.

Portugal is simply heaven!There is space to breathe, Portugal is the same size as the

UK with only a 1/6th of the people and if I hear anyone

say Im so busy its an expat, a Portuguese person would

barely know what you mean, lunch is 2 hrs, to both eat and

then rest. I have found that my Portuguese friends and I

learn from each other about our different cultures, we are

fascinated by each other and gain so much from our friend-

ship.

To bring DRU Yoga here is also new, as I am the only DRU

Yoga teacher in Portugal. DRU is soft and flowing perfectly

suited to the warmth of the Portuguese sun as the muscles

are warm and relaxed and move easily. I introduce EFT to

my DRU Yoga students both at my weekly classes and my

retreats guests. I raise awareness of the mind body con-

nection; that even a tight

muscle is due to an emotiona

imbalance. Yoga is all about

creating balance physically,

emotionally and mentally. I

have 2 areas of specialism

Pre-natal Yoga and Back Care.

With my pregnant ladies weuse EFT to deal with any fears

around giving birth and the

huge life change of becoming

a parent as well as any physi-

cal issues for example aching

legs or poor sleep patterns. When I work with individuals

for improving the health of their back I use EFT to deal with

the emotional aspects including both cause and effect.

My clients benefit from the range of techniques that I

practice so I can individually tailor a programme for them.

As a qualified teacher of many years I bring to my training

courses both expertise and passion for my subject. Provid-

ing courses as residentials in the beauty of central Portugal

allows me to pamper my students whilst they learn, veg-

etarian food straight from the land and a pool for a dip to

refresh yourself, or visit our nearby river beach of crystal

clear water known for its healing qualities.

Dates for Janets next EFT level 1& 2 Residential Courses

5th - 7th October 2012

www.yogaretreatsinportugal.com

Case StudyI was approached by this client after they attended an

EFT workshop I ran and the decsion was to have Life

Coaching. The client is early 40s, came with a partner

from the UK 2 yrs previously as a compromise as my

client wanted to live in France, the partner continued

working in UK coming to Portugal monthly, whilst my

client had a vague idea of working in a bar and livingin the sun, as many people find the reality is that this

soon becomes boring and for people like my client life

lacked any focus.

It became clear that my client knew it was time to not

only change the lifestyle and find a focus but to end

the relationship and this felt sad that the dream had

not succeeded.

The feeling of sadness was at a 7, so we started with

Even though I feel sad over the way things have

worked out I totally and completely love and ap-

preciate myself I tap along with the client and startto introduce positives Glad I gave it a go, I am brave

to face up to the reality, and after one round it came

down to a 4 and the word was no longer sad but nerv-

ous as now my client was going to be alone again and

it wont be easy.

We discussed the implications of making the changes

the nervousness rose to a 5/6 so we stated Even

though I accept that it is time to move on I am nerv-

ous and thats understandable and I totally and

completely love and appreciate myself. We completed

a round of tapping and my client said How can I sayits not easy when I havent done it yet and it was a 1

/ 2. I asked my client what was left and the reply was

still just a little nervous, so that is what we tapped on

and it came down to a 1. Now my client felt postitive

and was looking forward to the future there was just

a niggling doubt about whether these feelings would

be sustained after the session. So we tapped on Even

though Im not sure EFT will continue to work once

Ive left the session I love and appreciate myself. As

we worked round I introduced positives such as, EFT

has already worked for me and will continue to do so.

My client then said Its OK now.

This had been part of my clients 5th session of Life

Coaching and we had one more following it. My client

ended the relationship, orgainsed for the partner to

buy my client out of the house and set about applying

for jobs back in the Uk and was offered 3 in one week.

Where previously a job with long term prosepects had

been important my client took a fixed term contract,

rented a house to build up the cash to return to cen-

tral Portugal on my clients own terms.




Hailed as ercely dra-matic (The London Times)

having presented one of the

best impersonations I have

seen (Opera Magazine)

and possessing a pure so-

prano [with] charm and fra-

gility (Classical Voice) and

real vocal thrust (Opera

News), American soprano

Rachel Cobb has earned

critical acclaim in the Unit-

ed States and Europe as a

total performer with incred-

ible dramatic intensity.

Past engagements for Ms.Cobb include Miss Jessel in Glyndebournes pro-

duction of The Turn of the Screw, as Mim for the Duluth Festival Opera, Op-

era on the James and in Opera Pacifics production of La Boheme, The Merry

Widow with Opera on the James, Cio-Cio San in Panama, Donna Anna in Don

Giovanni with Madison Opera and the Westfield Symphony, as Pallade Ath-

ena in Glucks Paride ed Elena with The Caramoor Festival, Fiordiligi in Cosi

fan tutte, Beauty in Gianninis Beauty and the Beast with Baltimore Opera and

Kitty Hart in the Opera Pacific production of Dead Man Walking.

Other notable roles in her repertoire include Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus,

Tatiana in Eugene Onegin, Nedda in Pagliacci, Marguerite in Faust, Micala inCarmen, and Countess in Le nozze di Figaro.

Ms. Cobb has also achieved success on the concert stage in appearances

with the Fairbanks Symphony in performances of the Verdi Requiem and in

Washington D.C. with Strauss Four Last Songs.

Ms. Cobb was a first prize winner of the Farwell Award in Chicago, a Licia

Albanese-Puccini Foundation International Vocal Competition Grant Winner,

and a two-time finalist in the highly esteemed Loren L. Zachary Competition.

image courtesy of www.rachelcobbsoprano.com

An interview

with critically

acclaimedsoprano

Rachel Cobb

about how sheuses EFT

by Marie Hollidaywww.eftspain.com



THE INTERVIEW

MH Rachel, as a critically acclaimed soprano of USA and

Europe famed worldwide, when did you start singing ?

RC I started taking lessons when I was 14. I always knew

I wanted to sing, but I didnt know I wanted to be anopera singer until I started learning about classical and

opera music through voice lessons. I always wanted to be

an actor and singer and opera fit in perfectly with what I

enjoyed doing.

MH What are the highlights of your career ?

RC Singing at Glyndebourne Opera in a super cool new

production of Turn of the Screw in 2006 was amazing as

Glyndebourne in Surrey, UK is recognised globally as one

of the great opera houses in the world.

MHAs lead soprano in many famous operas do you have a

favourite and why ?

RC I have so many favourites but singing Donna Anna in

Don Giovanni is really the most fun for me because it fits

so well into my voice.

MH With a new baby and a busy mum, do you have to train

vocally each day ?

RC I do try, and I dont always succeed but I definitelykeep my voice in shape. In fact, I feel like I am singing

better than ever now.

MH You have used Emotional Freedom Techniques in the

past tell us how you discovered EFT ?

RC It was so long ago, I cant remember who turned me

onto it but I started probably back in 2002 or so.

MH What do you use EFT for personally ?RC I have used it for soooo many things... for help with

visualization, for recurring bad thoughts and thought

patterns, for accepting myself for who I am (instead of

what dress size I wear), for helping me learn new vocal

techniques faster... Ive probably used it for 100 different

things. I have also helped a LOT of students and friends

with stage fright using EFT, and for various other things -

even broken hearts, and fear of flying!

MH Do you find EFT works for you ?

RC It works!

MH You have used EFT with some young vocals would you

tell us a little about this ?

RC I use it most often to help people get over stage

fright with auditions. It works really really well for this.

First I talk to them about what is going through their

head during the audition that leads to the fright... often

it is some variation of not being good enough, or as good

as the other people... and we first talk it through - I always

tell them it doesnt matter how good you are! You just

have to be the best you can be. The best singer doesnt

always get the part, in fact, rarely! You have absolutely

no idea what they are looking for- could be a look, could

be a height or matching look they are looking for, if theopposite leading part is already cast. It could be some-

one who has just the one rare quality that you have- so

being the best doesnt even help you. Being you will

either get you the job or it wont because they are look-

ing for someone else, so no use sweating it! Then we talk

through some other aspects and then do EFT until the

10 becomes a 1 (you know what I am talking about!).

Usually happens pretty fast.

MH Will you be using EFT with your baby ?

RC I have used it for him for all kinds of problems and I

findit works, though not as fast as I would like. I did see

something today about how you need to do EFT on your-

self first if you are going to do it for someone very close

to you, so I will try that next time.

MH Have you any opera events planned for the future ?

RC Im just getting back into the opera world after stay-

ing home with my baby for a year. I have some concerts

planned and some contracts that arent signed so I cant

say yet! But, I am excited for the future of my singing!

Stay tuned!

Rachel, thank you so much for your time in what we know is

a busy schedule for sharing with us how you use EFT in your

everyday life and if anyone would like to look in on Rachels

website for future dates and venues her details can be found

here.

www.rachelcobbsoprano.com

Marie Holliday an AAMET Trainer of Trainers from Spain interviewed the world famous soprano

Rachel Cobb and how she has used EFT for many years


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DOSSIER

you areThAAMET

InternationalConference

27th -28th October 2012

Florence, Italy

Contents

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The Workshops

The Tickets

The Venue

There are many of us

now doing fascinating

and important work

with EFT and op-

portunities like this tomeet and share, learn

and laugh together are

vital. I am so looking

forward to meeting

old and new friends in

Florence!Sue Beer EFT Master


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DOSSIER AAMET International Conference

8 AAMETLIFE AUTUMN 2012 www.aamet.org

The Venue

Fine furnishings and renaissance art combine the style and

modernity of the 4 star Hotel Delta Florence with the magical

and historical city itself just a short distance away

The perfect venue for AAMET Internationals first

International Conference

Please visit www.aametconferences.comfor more information on the special discounted rate that AAMET has

negotiated for conference delegates.



otel Delta, Florence

a Vittorio Emanuele, 3-50041

alenzano (Florence), Italy

el. +39 055 8876302

ax +39 055 8874606

mail: [email protected]

ww.deltaorence.com

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AAMET Conference rate

when booking.




The PresentersHelena Fone Sophia Cayer Jaqui Crooks Russell

Cunningham

Dr Liz Boath

AAMET Interna-tional ConferenceIntroductionfollowed by Q&A

Helena is Chair and

founder of AAMET In-

ternational. In addition

she is also a qualified

Psychotherapist, Hypno-

therapist and an AAMET

Trainer of the Trainers.

Helena will be opening

the event and will give

a short talk on how the

Association has grown

since it was reformed as

a voluntary organisation

and her visions for the

future. A 15mins Ques-

tion and Answer sessionwill follow.

TransformationalTrauma Tech-niques

An EFT Founding Master,

AAMET Trainer of Train-

ers and author, who has

dedicated more than 12

years to full time private

practice and teaching.

She specializes in the

area of relief of complex

traumas.

Sophia will share

Transformational Trauma

Techniques that address

the essential elements

of trauma required to

assure success. She will

provide information that

goes far beyond clearingevents, helping you

understand how trauma

memories are held in

the body and releas-

ing them, recognizing

and eliminating trauma

loops and more. Learn to

create the pathways to

freedom and establish-

ing positive life patterns

as traumas are cleared.

Surviving yourFamily

An EFT Founding Master,

whos used EFT for 13

years, Jaqui is passionate

about sharing her

groundbreaking EFTtechniques. Clearing

stuck family and ances-

tral patterns, people

become their powerful

selves.

The way we live today

is the result of 1000s of

years of coping strate-

gies, which have little

relevance for us, today.

The view we have of

ourselves and our worldis influenced by our

ancestors, where they

lived, what happened

to them. We can accept

that, thank them for

their part in our lives,

let go of recreating their

limiting beliefs and allow

ourselves to become

who we are, without the

strait jacket of the past.

Alpha Repattern-ing

Creator of Alpha Repat-

terning Russell is a

qualified NLP Master

and Trainer, TimeLine

Therapist, and Work-

place Assessor & Trainer.

He is Director of NLP for

Life and the Australian

Institute of Self Develop-

ment. EFT and Alpha

Repatterning - Release

your past, Enjoy your

Present and Attract the

future of your dreams.

EFTers know that EFT is

most effective when it is

specifically focused. The

challenge is that most

of our initial core issues

occurred before the age

of 7 and most of us have

little or no conscious

memory or these events.

Alpha Repatterning

enables us to not only

resolve these issues but

to align our unconscious

mind with our dreams

and goals.

EFT researchand evaluation:Tapping into theevidence base

Dr Liz Boath is a Reader

in Health, with consid-

erable health research

experience. Liz is an

advanced EFT and

Matrix Reimprinting

practitioner and has EFT

publications, including a

systematic review.

The need for quality

research and evaluation

is essential if EFT is to be

accepted as an evidence

based intervention for

psychological disorders.

This presentation will:provide an overview of

the existing evidence

base for EFT; highlight

the pros and cons of

current research; and

identify gaps in the

literature. Recom-

mendations for future

research and evaluation

will be highlighted and

discussed.

AAMET International embraces EFT and all aspects of Energy Psychology and we are excited to introduce ouexciting line up of conference speakers and workshop presenters including 6 EFT Masters and 4 Doctors thawill interest anyone in this eld of work. AAMET International is the largest EFT Association worldwide whos

aims and objectives is to promote the work of EFT and to fund EFT research, part of the proceeds from this conference will be going to the AAMET Research Team. Please visit www.aametconferences.com for more informa

tion on the venue, our speakers and workshop presenters or more importantly, to book your seat!



Dr AnthonyStarkey

Sue Stone Sue Beer Dr Phil Mollon Sam Thorpe

Healing Codes

Dr.Anthony Sharkey is

a medical doctor of 30

years. He is an ordained

Buddhist, and has per-

sonally taught 2 - 3000

people how to meditate.

He helps his patients

utilize spiritual practice

for self healing.

What if EFT or other

Energy psychology

techniques arent work-

ing despite your best ef-

forts? The Healing Codes

are a new (2001) Energy

Medicine modality well

worth adding to your

toolbox. Like EFT it is

easy to learn. It uses 4 (2

of which were previouslyundiscovered) healing

centres on the body

which are activated

using your fingertips. It

does not work directly

on the meridian system

or the chakras. At the

end of the talk you will

be well oriented to do

the Healing Codes your-

self and for your clients.

Uncovering theRoots of Addic-tion

Sue is an EFT Founding

Master, international

trainer, presenter and

writer, with a busy pri-

vate practice in London.

She is the author of the

widely acclaimed book

Healing the Addicted

Heart: 5 Stages of Trans-

formation.

Everyone wants to feel

better, to find comfort

or fill the hole inside - I

am not ok as I am. Our

addictions can tempo-

rarily make us feel better,

and when we have lost

the way, may be our bestoption.

Sue will present and

demonstrate the power

of heart-based EFT, with

5 keys to transform

the wounded self and

release us from our need

to self medicate with

anything from repeated

thoughts and emotional

patterns to food, sex and

drugs.

Understandingthe CAUSE of ill-ness with META-Medicine

Using simple examples,

Sam will demonstrate

the specific cause of

common illnesses

such as back, neck and

shoulder pain, eczema

and the common cold.

The presentation will

walk people through the

basic principles of

METAMedicine diagno-

sis and empower them

with the knowledge and

understanding that ill-

ness is part of a process

and something CAN be

done to bring the bodyback to health.The body

is one big metaphor

communicating to us

what our beliefs and

perceptions mean in

terms of our health and

wellbeing. When you

know what the mes-

sage is, you can work

with the perception and

the belief to transform

illness and restore health

and wellbeing.Whetherfor your own health or

for greater impact with

clients, understanding

the cause of dis-ease will

transform your life.

Lung MeridianBreathing & Spin-ning the EnergyFields

Combining his back-

ground as a psycho-

analyst with his passion

for energy psychology,

Phil Mollon developed

the approach called

Psychoanalytic Energy

Psychotherapy. With

a core profession of

clinical psychology, Dr

Mollon has worked in

the British NHS for 35

years. He is the author of

ten professional books

on psychotherapy.

As energy psychology

has developed, from itsorigins in Applied Kinesi-

ology, practitioners have

continued to find ever

simpler and deeper ways

of working to assist cli-

ents in releasing trauma,

anxiety, and other forms

of distress and dysfunc-

tional patterns. Since

stress is always pat-

terned in the breathing,

Lung Meridian Breathing

[LMB]involves a position-ing of the fingers in the

relevant alarm points,

stimulating the release

of stress through allow-

ing the breathing to

do whatever it wants.

The result is a rapid and

extremely deep release

of distress. There are

many applications of this

procedure.

our Special Celeb-rity Speaker andstar of hit UK TVshow The SecretMillionaire

Sue was in a place of

desperation, fear and

facing many of the

problems life can throw

at you, but she made it

her mission to work on

herself and transform

her life.with amazing

results. Sue uses EFT and

the Law of Attraction

and will share her secrets

with you.

From just ten pounds

left in her purse to be-

coming a star in Channel

4s The Secret Millionaire,Sue Stone has created a

wonderfully happy life as

a highly successful busi-

ness lady and mother

of 3. A life Sue never

thought possible.

ndrea Fredi Logosynthesis: the magic of words

The power of words can transform thought-forms and re-

integrate the fragments of knowledge scattered in space-

time. Logosynthesis is an evolving, elegant and effective

method developed by Dr Willem Lammers which extends

the frontiers of energy techniques and amazes all who take

the time to learn it and experience it.

Andrea will present Logosynthesis in theory and practise

with demonstrations and exercises.




Armando Pintus Monica Broad-foot Johnson

Dr Maria Paola

Sepiacci

Amanda Castello Judith RiveraRosso

Healing Codes

At the conference,

Armando Pintus will de-

scribe how his approach

to his work as a psy-

chologist has changed

enormously since he

began applying energy

psychology methodolo-

gies; how the time and

duration of treatments

have changed, as have

the treatment environ-

ments (from Business

Coach to the improve-

ment of sports perform-

ance to the treatment

of psychological and

psychosomatic prob-

lems with patients.) He

will provide specific

examples of applications

and their results and

will also discuss how

he addresses situations

where traditional EFT

is unsuccessful (using

a technique he calls

EFT del profondo and

EFT for evolution and

personal development,

which combines EFT,

NLP, Logosynthesis and

other energy psychologymethods).

EFT in schools &for test anxiety

Monica has a M.Ed in

Counseling and Guid-

ance, EFT Level 3 Practi-

tioner, NLP Level 1 Used

EFT in school for 6 years

for test anxiety, sports,

grief, trauma, learning

disabilities. Worked with

students, teachers and

parents. Monica is also a

National presenter.

This session will be two-

fold; 1. Many students

come to school with

extreme stress related

to their lives outside of

school. I will teach you

a protocol that will calm

your class in order to getmore learning accom-

plished. This protocol

respects the privacy of

the students and can

be taught to the whole

class at once. It will save

you much time at the

behavioral level. 2. You

will learn how to reduce

test anxiety, yours and

your students, by prac-

ticing this protocol in

our group session.

Emotions, illnessand healing

Surgeon, specialist in

strategic integrated

psychotherapy, derma-

tologist, homeopath,

acupuncturist, Advanced

NLP practitioner, Omega

NEI Health Coach and

Trainer, EFT Coach and

Trainer.

Emotions, Illness and

Healing. When an abnor-

mal or inapproapriate

reaction to a certain situ-

ation becomes chronic,

our normal physiological

responses transform,

creating an organic

pathology. By working

with the emotions, youcan activate the healing

process. The restructur-

ing methods of both

cognitive psychotherapy

and integrated strate-

gic therapy allow us to

interpret these situations

more functionally and

consequently, with less

emotional impact

EFT for palliativecare

Law graduate, Simonton

Foundation counsel-

lor trained by Carl

Simonton, EFT expert

in France, trained by

Genevive Gagos.

Specialised in pal-liative care training and

bereavement support.

In addition to individual

counselling, she lectures

and runs groups and

courses throughout Italy.

EFT is becoming an

ever more important

complementary tool for

healthcare professionals.

Amanda will illustrate

the value of EFT as atherapeutic support in

complex and sensitive

environments such as in

palliative care, accompa-

niment to the end of life

and in the bereavement

process. She will high-

light specific areas where

EFT can successfully

support the terminally

ill, the bereaved, and the

family over and above

the support provided byhealth professionals.

EFT for OtherLives: Past,Present & Future

Whether the concept

of past and future lives

is accepted as real or

imagined as fantasy, the

facts remain that it is

sometimes the energy

work done in connection

with real or symbolic

past life trauma that

brings resolution to

problems in this lifetime.

As Gary Craig wrote in an

early article concerning

his work with the past

life trauma of his client,

Sometimes we need

to go waaaaaay back to

resolve a problem.With

our EFT tapping tech-

niques, combined with

muscle testing and/or

dowsing, we are able to

fairly easily and often

quickly reach into the

distant past to help our

clients resolve persistent

present day problems

in much the same way

as we would help them

clear a recent trauma

they experienced lastweek.

Andrew Lewis - Tapping into the best medicine, Laughter

Andrew has been a practitioner of EFT since early 2004, having trained in person with Gary Craig, and is now

an international trainer of EFT. He also teaches yoga and has more recently become a teacher of Laughter Yoga

which he has creatively combined with tapping. When you can laugh about your own problems, or your client

is able to laugh during an EFT session, you know you are making good progress. Besides the fact that laughter

is the best medicine, as the research proves, and thus being therapeutic in its own right, laughing can be an

excellent pattern interrupt and can stop a cycle of negative thoughts/feelings in its tracks. Combining laughter

therapy with EFT can considerably speed the healing process and its fun great fun too.


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Karl Dawson EFT Master, Creator of Matrix Reimprinting and Hay House Author

Matrix Reimprinting is a collection of new cutting-edge techniques created by EFT Master

Karl Dawson. They combine EFT with understandings from the new biology, epigenetic and

quantum science, to create RAPID personal change. Workshop dates: October 29/30/31&1st

Nov- 4 day training costs full price 470.00 GBP /early bird 390.00 & 2 day training costs full

price 310.00/early bird 270.00. Please visit www.aametconferences.com to register.

The Workshops

Who would you be without fear of the future or regret for the past? Would you like to find

out? Heal emotional patterns, end self-judgement, limiting beliefs, and addictive behaviours.Begin loving yourself, others and the world.Lighten Up! Friday 26th October One Day work-

shop 10 till 5 pm costs 95 GBP Please visit www.aametconferences.com to register.

The workshop offers you the opportunity to get hands-on, practical experience of a range

of practical tapping and other techniques to start moving you, your mind, your energy and

your clients in the direction of success.You will leave having practiced a range of new andunique techniques to propel you forward. Workshop dates: 25th - 26th October costs full

price 310.00 GBP...early bird 270.00 Please visit www.aametconferences.com to register.

The workshop will consist of some theoretical introduction of the healing codes, some im-

portant differences between it and EFT and then lots of practice in the group so that by the

end of it you will be well orientated to share the Healing Codes with your clients. Monday

29th 2pm - 4pm (2 hr Workshop) Cost 40 Euros Please visit www.aametconferences.com to

register.

An Energy Psychotherapist and AAMET Trainer, Nancy has taught EFT since 1996. She is pas-

sionate about providing a solid foundation in the beginning skills needed to become an EFT

Practitioner.This AAMET approved 3 day course is designed to give participants basic skills

and practical experience in foundational techniques as well as advanced skills in the meridi-

an-based healing modality, Emotional Freedom Techniques. Dates: 24th, 25th, 26th October

- 10 am - 5 pm - Cost 290 euros Please visit www.aametconferences.com to book.

Nancy Gnecco, AAMET PRACTITIONER TRAINING IN EFT LEVELS 1 & 2

Dr. Anthony Sharkey, An Intoduction to the Healing Code

Bennie Naude, Creating Wealth from the Inside out

Emma Roberts, Tapping and Time Travel



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et ready for The Greatest Show on Earth

The question oneveryones lips is, Have

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side seats yet? Not had

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dont want to miss the

iconic, World renowned

peakers that AAMET International has lined up for you.

eldom have you had so many talented and skilled ener-sts presenting at the same conference. Whats more,

here will be opportunity for you to register for several

re and post- conference workshops where you can meet,

hare ideas and network with fellow EFT practitioners,

orldwide. All- in- all, it promises to be an unforgettable

vent. Miss it and you will regret it!

You have 2 choices for winetasting tours!Join us for an extremely interestingTuscan wine tasting tour - you havea choice of 2, and taste all the typicalwines from the most famous regionsaround Tuscany.

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These prices includes full buffet lunch both Saturday a

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pre & post conference workshops, registration fees.

Registration deadline: 15th October 2012

To book your tickets for this event and any workshops

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Morning Health Qigong Practice 7.00- 7.30am

Free to all, no experience required. Begin your daywith 2,500 year old practice of Ba Duan Jin (8 Excel-lent Exercises) Qigong.

These gentle and beautiful stretching exercises bal-ance body mind and spirit, opening up the merid-ian system to universal energy. Release blockagesand tension and supercharge your system for theday with this relaxing and exhilarating movingmeditation. To see Sami doing Ba Duan Jin on theGreat Wall of China, visit

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Lets take acloser look

at EFT



EFT research

Dr Liz Boath, Prof Tony Stewart and Angela Carryer have pub-

lished a narrative systematic review of EFT.This narrative systematic review identified and assessed the

quality of all published randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of

EFT in order to:

evaluate the effectiveness of EFT in treating a range of psy-

chological disorders

to compare the effectiveness of EFT with other interven-

tions used for treating those disorders.

EFT was shown to be effective in treating Post Traumatic Stress

Disorder ( PTSD), fibromyalgia, phobias, test anxiety and athleticperformance.

EFT was shown to be superior to diaphragmatic breathing (DB),

Progressive Muscular Relaxation (PMR), an inspirational lecture

and a Support Group. Only Eye Movement, Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) was superior

to EFT.

Given the methodological limitation of these RCTs, further good quality research on EFT is warrant-

ed. For a full copy of this review please go to:

http://www.staffs.ac.uk/faculties/health/research/cpsi/areas_of_focus.jsp

Dr Liz Boath, Prof Tony Stewart and Angela Carryer from Staffordshire university have published

a qualitative and quantitative article on EFT for presentation anxiety in Innovative Practice in

Higher Education. The research shows that 15 minutes of EFT led to a significant reduction in SUDS

(p=0.002) and on the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HAD; p = 0.048) and the HAD AnxietySubscale (p=0.037). There was no significant difference in the HAD depression Subscale (p=0.719).

Immediately following their presentation, the students were invited to take part in a brief face to

face interview to explore their use of and feelings about EFT.

The qualitative data revealed three themes: nerves, novelty and the practical application of EFT.

The results suggest that EFT may be a useful addition to curricula for courses that include oral pres-

entations. For a full copy of the article go to:

A narrative systematic review of the effectiveness of

Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)

Dr Liz Boath

EFT in reducing Presentation Expression Anxiety

Syndrome (PEAS) in University students

http://journals.staffs.ac.uk/index.php/ipihe

Dr Liz Boath will be presenting at AAMET Internationals 2012 conference in Florence, visit www.aametconferences.com for more details.


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EFT research



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1. All problems were once solutions. The problem wasdeveloped in response to some event. So, in EFT, we look

for what caused the problem. If I dont make enough

money is the problem, and that is really a solution, thenwhat is the REAL problem? Maybe its I have to work too

hard to make money so youd find where you learned that

and tap with that. If you are overweight, what could being

overweight be protecting you from? If you arent getting

enough clients, what negative thing would happen if you

did get more clients?

2. Working with the disruption of the energy that causesnegative emotion is sometimes not enough. Many times,

we need new resources. If procrastination is the problem

and its solved, what do I do when Im overwhelmed or I

dont like what Im supposed to do? If my back problemgoes away, then my disability supplement goes away.

3. The subconscious mind reacts according to specificrules it has learned, even if those rules are out of date. Even

today, we are reacting to what we learned long ago. Work-

ing with where we learned those rules, those specific core

events, works wonderfully and the Generalization Effect, or

Gary Craigs forest, comes tumbling down.

4. Watching live demos and being able to ask questions isextremely helpful. One attendee gave the example of see-

ing/witnessing your work with the demo and the simplebut profound (when it comes to trauma) technique of go-

ing to the end of the story and doing tapping work on that

first...then going back to the event from the beginning and

doing whatever EFT work after some healing took place to

prepare and resource them was invaluable.

5. Many events are related-like a beavers log dam. Youcan work on the recent ones which are like the top of the

dam. But getting to the logs at the bottom of the dam the

earlier or even childhood events where the original learn-

ing occurred brings the issue dam down sooner, just like

EFT Demonstration in Florida

Top Ten EFT

Learnings in

a WorkshopAAMET Certified EFT Trainer, Karin

Davidson asked her AAMET Level 3

attendees what were the most useful

things they learned...

pulling the bottom logs out first. And sometimes they can

be more stubborn because of all the similar and reinforcing

events on top of them.

6. Its all just feedback. Dont take it personally. If you aretruly centered on the client, you can ask the client clarifying

questions without leading them. There is no wrong, just

feedback.

7. Confidence comes from trusting EFT and knowing yourlimits. If EFT is not working, then we havent gotten to the

bottom of it yet. Theres something else there. Keep at it.

Dont think you are doing something wrong. Theres noth-

ing wrong with NOT being an expert on everything. Keep

learning. Just dont go where you dont belong.

8. Trust what you do know, find out more when you dont.You wouldnt be tapping with someone if you didnt believe

it could help them. Keep studying so you can learn more.

Rely on the basics, they always work. Its OK to tap with

people while youre learning as long as you are honest with

them. No one will ever be perfect. See number 7.

9. Continuous tapping during the entire session can be ex-tremely helpful. Making the OK sign with you finger and

thumb like an O, and then moving your thumb on top of

your index finger so its pressing on the index finger point is

non-invasive. Tapping, pressing or rubbing that point while

the client is talking - in between the actual EFT tapping

rounds - is simple, easy and useful.

10. Community. Sometimes EFT is just too weird forfriends and family. Spending time with other EFT enthu-

siasts is great. From an attendee: It was wonderful to

participate in a workshop with others interested in and

working in the energy field, learning with and from them.

Karin Davidson can be reached at:

[email protected] www.howtotap.com

Insights




Self Sabotage:How to Befr

your Inner Saboteur

Article

by Mayan Schraders

Mayan Schraders passion has always been to help peopleexpress the essence of who they really are. Originally from The

Netherlands, where she trained as a creative therapist, she emi-

grated to New Zealand in her early twenties. She has been working as a psychotherapist, men-

tor, clinical supervisor, spiritual director, trainer and coach for the past 20 years. She is also an

artist and brings a depth of both personal and professional experience to her work.

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It is my belief that we are much morecapable, creative and expressive than we

allow ourselves to be. Helping people

embrace their more expressed self is my

passion. And it is always a journey. When-

ever we step outside our comfort zone, our

inner saboteur is ready for action. This is not

because we want to trip ourselves up; ratherit has to do with our hardwiring for safety

and survival of the species. Anything that

feels new or strange will subconsciously be

experienced as a threat.

If we can understand how our inner sabo-

teur works we can learn to work with it.

Here are some things I have learned about

self-sabotage: Our subconscious mind proc-

esses 20 million environmental stimuli per

second. Our conscious mind just 40. (Relax

and grow Rich, by Michael Hutcheson andClaire Wadey .)

We respond to stimuli, whether they are

conscious or subconscious. This means that

we often respond without either knowing

it or without knowing why we respond in a

certain way. Another way of putting it is: 5%

of us is conscious and 95% of us is subcon-

scious.

Our inner saboteur springs from our sub-

conscious. It is the job of the subconscious

to protect us from harm. Our subconsciousdoes not differentiate between a physical,

emotional, mental or spiritual threat. The

response will be the same: protect!

Also the subconscious doesnt differentiate

between the past and the present or future. The physi-

ological responses are the same.

An example: Your conscious (5%) choice is to writean article about your work. Logically, this seems to

be a good idea because it will get you more visible

in the professional arena, which may lead to morework. It will also sharpen your own thinking on this

topic in the process.

Three months later you havent done anything. Why?

Your subconscious (95%) says: What!? Are you

crazy?! People might not agree with what you say,

they might think you dont know what youre talking

about, or they might laugh at you. No way are you

going to do that!

Our subconscious is wired to protect us

All of us have a collection of experiences in which we

have felt humiliated or not good enough, starting from

our early childhood. Our subconscious is wired to protect

us from further hurt, in this case by undermining our con-

scious goal of writing this article. We might be shamed

again and the subconscious is doing everything it can to

prevent that from happening.

If you look at our evolution, we started with a reptilian

or primitive brain which has all the hardware for oursurvival. It is hardwired for the survival of the species. Its

from our primitive brain that our fight, flight or freeze

response is triggered. Its from here that we know when

were hungry or cold. As we evolved, so have different

parts of our brain, creating different layers on top of the

primitive brain.

Even though we have come a very long way in learning

how the brain functions, we still dont know which areas

actually contain the conscious mind, other than the neo-

cortex; the thin layer of brain tissue behind the forehead.

You could picture a stimulus reaching the brain from thebottom up, first the primitive brain, then the other parts

of the brain and finally the neo-cortex. Experiments have

shown that the neo-cortex can be the last neural area to

know when a decision is made: the other, more primitive

areas of the brain, may have already dealt with the issue.

Here is an example of how your subconscious can affect

you, without any conscious awareness.

Imagine youre walking along on a nice sunny day, feel-

ing great and all of a sudden you dont feel so good, but

you dont know why. Youve responded emotionally to

a stimulus which was noticed by your subconscious butnot your conscious awareness. Someone has just walked

by wearing exactly the same t-shirt as your friend. As it

happens you are having some conflict with your friend at

the moment. This instantly triggered feelings of conflict

and sadness, without conscious awareness.

The language of the subconscious includes images,

smells, sounds, associations and body sensations. For us

to communicate with

our subconscious

more effectively we

need to use the rightlanguage.

Dr Bruce Lipton , a cel

biologist, has written

about his research

and how it has com-

pletely changed his

view of life. His book,

The Biology of Belief

is well worth a read.


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Article: Self Sabotage

Bruce was interviewed for the EFT Tapping World

Summit 2011. He says that during the second half

of the pregnancy and the first six years of life our

brains are functioning at theta level, which means

we are basically in a hypnotic trance. This means

that everything that we experience during that time

just goes into our brain, without any discernment. A

lot of these experiences will sit in our subconscious,

because our contextual memory doesnt startfunctioning until we are about three years old. It is

during these early years of life that we also develop

our core beliefs.

Our core beliefs are beliefs about ourselves and how

we fit in the world. By the time we are three we usu-

ally already have these beliefs in place, despite the

fact that we are unable to have abstract thought at

that age. Our beliefs form through repetitive expe-

riences and our need to take meaning from those

experiences. Core beliefs, together with other early

life experiences, form the foundation of who we aretoday.

There are a small number of core beliefs which

come in a million flavours. They are varieties of: Im

not good enough (and no matter what I do I will

never be), Im not deserving, Im not lovable, the

world is not safe, and I dont belong.

Later in life we continue to make decisions and

choices based on this early input, which is primarily

stored in our subconscious. The result is that, sub-

consciously, our six year old self can end up making

crucial life decisions.

It is essential - in my mind - to uncover the core

beliefs and work with them. We cant work with that

which is out of consciousness so we need to find

ways to make the subconscious conscious.

And EFT is the perfect tool for this, and is also one of

the few techniques that have an impact on our hard

wiring.

It is also important to know a bit more about our

emotions. Our emotional response is many times

faster than our thinking response. That makes sensewhen you remember about the stimuli processed

by our subconscious. We have on average of 40- 50

emotions per hour.

The physiology of emotions is well explained by Dr

Candace Pert in her book Molecules of Emotion .

We can use our emotions as our individualised and

sensitive guidance system, as they provide us with

acute internal and external feedback. If the emotion

is intense say over an 8 on the SUDS it will be

very difficult to even engage our logical thinking.

How can we befriend our inner saboteur?Our inner saboteur is by nature outside our awareness.

Therefore we need to gather more information by doing

some detective work. We can increase our awareness and

catch our inner dialogue. What are we telling ourselves? Do

we repeatedly say the same (negative) thing to ourselves,

without previously noticing?

I remember a time when life was challenging, and at one

point I realised that I was repeatedly saying to myself: Lifeis like pushing an elephant

uphill. Say that often

enough and it becomes

a belief, which I will then

continue to find evidence

for. If I have another saying

such as: Easy is good, Im

much more likely to attract

ease into my life, as Ill be

finding evidence for that

belief. Remember a belief

is just a thought that has

been repeated often.

We all have limiting beliefs.

They too can be out of our awareness. Notice your judge-

ments of others, as they often are expressions of a limiting

belief we hold.

See if you can spot incongruences between what you ver-

balise and what you feel.

Ask yourself probing questions or complete these state-

ments to get more insight into your subconscious process:

I will be successful when..

I will be happy when.

The only way for me to achieve what I want is..

The reason why Im not there yet is.

The downside of being successful/healthy/happy is.

Instead of getting frustrated with ourselves when we self-

sabotage, we can view it as a cue indicating that we are

stepping outside our comfort zone, trying something new.

For instance, in weight loss it is very common for people

to have a certain weight that they just cant get below. As

soon as they get to this weight they put more weight back

on. Realising that this is a challenge because youre step-

ping outside your comfort zone is the first positive step to

overcoming this problem. If you tap for this comfort zone

problem, youll make it possible to create a new comfort

zone, and you might uncover some subconscious experi-

ence related to this weight, which you can then clear as

well.

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EFT at the

London 2012Olympics


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AAMET Trainer,

Carey Mannuses EFT on

London 2012Olympic Athlete,

Abi Oyepitan



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I had an Achilles injury and was finding it difficult to m

forward I literally couldnt even run at all after the oper

My coach told me about Carey and I thought that I wou

it a try, as I had nothing to lose. During the first session

pain in my Achilles seemed to just release and Carey has

shown me how to use tapping technique for pain relief. I

seen a real benefit with the level of pain Ive felt in my Ac

during training. I think the negative feeling that I was ass

ing with my Achilles definitely made the pain worse. I re

that the injury was definitely linked to emotional issues.

have dealt with the issues, I am pain-free Abi Oyep

Having mastered her own pain, Carey believes that everyone deserves to be pain-free, and is therefore devoting her life to helping

ers in the areas of chronic pain and injury. She runs a busy clinic at Londons Harley Street and Liverpool Street and has been featur

many media outlets such as The Sun, Daily Express, Sweet Magazine, Health & Fitness Magazine, a TV pilot called The Food Magic

and a Channel 4 show entitled The Wager. Carey is the go-see person for many celebrities, sports professionals and world-class ath

She is looking forward to the future and helping people to transform chronic pain and injury into physical freedom. For more deta

Careys work or to contact her, please visit her blog, http://careymann.wordpress.com/ or her new website www.careymann.co

Further News:AAMET Trainers at the Olympics

AAMET EFT Trainer & Advanced Practitioner, Carey Mann

Abi Oyepitan came to see me in 2010 after suffering an injury in 2004 which halted

her career. Abi and I started using EFT and within 15 minutes the condition of her

injury had changed. She had no pain when rotating her ankle, and no stiffness.

We then tested the work on a running track as Abi needed to be able to run so that

she could start training again (something that she hadnt been able to do since her

operation), where she eventually ran free from any pain, tightness or stiffness. Abi

continued to use the tapping along with her usual rehabilitation programme and

later in 2010 she made a winning comeback securing gold and silver medals.

As she has done amazingly well in the London 2012 Olympic trials, I wanted to takethe opportunity to find out more about her experience of EFT, and how it helped

her rehabilitation from chronic injury to Olympic status.

After the interview she mentioned that she had been to the hospital to get a scan

as she was experiencing pain in her shoulder. We did a few minutes of tapping.

Click the link below to see what happened...

http://youtu.be/gOIdDqkdbTE

AAMET Trainer, Peter Donn and his wife Tamara took part in

the amazing Olympic Opening Ceremony. Read all about it:

http://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/9808608.Kings_Langley_couple_to_take_

part_in_Olympic_opening_ceremony/

AAMET Life Magazine editor, Kay Gires London 2012

Olympic experience included meeting her Olympic hero,

Mark Foster and the opportunity to hold an Olympic torch!


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EFT in Sport: competitive horse riding

EFTis so powerful for dissolvingemotional blocks and letting us do our

deep work that we may overlook its suit-

ability as a simple relaxation technique to

help us achieve Peak Performance.

Id like to share a recent example, using EFT with a

group of horseback riders who were preparing for a

Hunter-Jumper show.

I met with these riders in a group while they were

doing a week-long riding clinic, and gave them a

15-minute introduction to EFT and how to use it.

The group was all-female and included youth and

adult riders of varying experience and skill levels.

Some had received EFT instruction from me before,

and others were new to it. A few of them were prac-ticing to ride in a show four days later.

I asked the group for one example of a problem a

rider was having in the clinic. One young rider, rid-

ing a lesson horse that can be notoriously stubborn,

volunteered, I cant keep Blue from diving in off the

rail (meaning, trying to trot in to the center of the

arena instead of following the fence around.) I asked

her how she felt when that happened, and she said

Frustrated. Excellent example, which I used to teach

the group how to tap.

We tapped on Even though I cant keep Blue fromdiving in and it makes me frustrated, Im a great

rider. Given that there were several youngsters, I

chose this closing phrase rather than I deeply and

completely accept myself. We did not use a SUDS

level to check this statement; I was going for a more

generalized, group experience with these riders.

I had everyone check their body sensations after the

round, and they each noticed some degree of relaxa-

tion.

As the class resumed, I also took a couple of the

riders aside to show them how to tap while in the

saddle. For horseback riders, EFT is a great modality

because they can use it while mounted. (The riders

safety comes first; the horse needs to be calm and

still, the rider needs to have a hand on the reins, and

there should also be a person on the ground to give

a hand if the horse does become restless.)

While working, I periodically looked for Blue, the

problem lesson horse, and noticed that things

seemed to be going well.

After about half an hour, I checked in with Blues young rider

for her perspective, and she reported that she was having no

trouble keeping him on the rail. She also jumped him suc-

cessfully as the class proceeded to practice their jumps.

I then showed the riders two tapping points for the horsesthat often produce calm; different horses prefer different

points. One point is on the horses forehead, roughly where

the sworl of hair is, or what we think of the third eye spot;

the second is on the horses upper lip, between the nostrils

or about an inch lower (the exact spot depends on the horse,

some horses will lip your fingers if youre too close to the

mouth, but will respond well to tapping higher on the nostrils

This was all the work I did with these riders in their clinic.

Four days later, I attended the show to give a hand with the

tapping for those who needed it. Two youth riders and two

adult riders used EFT in real-time between rounds, to improvetheir performance. Each used it while mounted, either with

me or with their trainer/instructor. The trainer and I watched

the rounds, and worked with the riders on specific elements

and the results from the show were as follows:

Sarah, a youth rider, was nervous in her first class, and it affected

her performance and her placing. She had been tapping on

generally doing well, but after placing last in the first class, she

and her trainer then focused the EFT technique. They narrowed

it from working on generally doing well in the show to the ele-

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There are several significant takeaways for amateur com-

petition from this example:

EFT was taught mechanically, and applied only to execut-

ing specific skills

We did not work on any emotional issues, and we narrowly

defined our desired outcomes: Keeping Blue on the rail, or

Improving my two-point

At the show, we kept the rounds short and we kept them funTheir trainer/instructor reinforced this tool, tapping with

them or asking me to do so, and encouraging them to tap

with each other. This helps give it credibility to the rider,

who can then use it openly and with the assistance of team-

mates as part of her tool-kit

Although the riders themselves knew they improved, the

results and judges comments also provided an objective

measure of how the EFT had helped

An added bonus for riders is that horses look for coher-

ence in humans; that is, when biological systems such

as brainwaves and heart rhythms become regular andsynchronized. This gives a focused and relaxed energy

that the horse, a prey animal expert at picking up on

energy states, responds to. The horse can then also relax

and access its own skills, and the team of horse and rider

reinforces one another positively.

Thus, the use of EFT with easily-quantifiable goals and a

focus on relaxation and skill-execution helps both horse

and rider.

These results can be generalized to any sport or hobby.

For amateur competitors, the relaxing and focusing

aspects of EFT may be all they need to allow them to

access the skills they have practiced at home and accom-

plish their goals.

Article by Ange Dickson

Finn, an AAMET-certi-

fied Level 2 EFT Prac-

titioner. She is based

in the Houston, Texas,

USA, and works withclients over the phone

and via Skype. Ange

has helped clients with

issues including physical pain, health and well-being,

work-related stress, equestrian sports and relationships.

Visit her on the web at www.TapIntoYourself.com or

www.RideWithoutFear.com. Contact her via email at

[email protected].

in her more-difficult canter

flat class, executing her

skills solidly.

Emma, a youth rider mov-

ing up to Maiden Riders

Division, wasnt as relaxed

and solid as she needed to

be in her first rounds. Her

horse refused a fence, and

rushed a few others, due to

Emmas nervousness on the

more challenging course.

Her trainer zeroed in on her

two-point position, (the

position a rider takes when

going over a fence) and

told Emma that she was

not getting into two-point

which was affecting herjumping. Before her last

class, Emma and I tapped

two rounds specifically on

her two-point position; in

her last class, her two-point

position was solid and

her jumps were clean. She won Reserve Champion for the

division, and the judge specifically complimented her two-

point position in the last round.

Helen, an adult beginning rider riding in her first show,

placed last in her first class, struggling with an understand-able case of nerves. To add to Helens challenges at her first

show, she is from Russia and has only been in the US a short

time. Her inexperience on horseback, language barriers,

and show nerves gave her a lot to overcome. Between her

first and second round she used her EFT skills, conquered

her nerves, and finished 3d in the most challenging class of

her division, the ridden pattern equitation class.

The judges comment to the trainer/instructor on these

riders: All of your students rides got better as they went

along. This is significant because riders and/or horses

often become tired as the show goes on. Either the rider or

the horse, or both, are likely to become less organized and

less focused toward the end of the day than they were at

the beginning. To see a consistent pattern of improvement

among a group of riders of different ages is rare, and a

significant outcome.

The trainer commented that EFT kept all her riders focused.

Each of the EFT rounds used during the show was done in

less than five minutes, while the riders were mounted. The

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The

Meetingof Parts

Healing theInternal

Conflict

By Masha Bennett



In my practice as a psychotherapist andEFT practitioner, I make extensive use of the

Parts process, based on the NLP model of

Six Step Reframe and significantly expanded

and developed by Fran Burgess www.nlpand.

co.uk in the approach she named Personality

Alignment.

Whilst helping a client to meet and communi-cate with their own Personality, Parts can be

successfully done through talk therapy alone.

I find that adding EFT to this approach signifi-

cantly enhances and speeds up the process of

alignment and internal peace-making.

When trying to make changes in your life, you

may have heard yourself say something like,

One part of me really wants to be healthier

and go to the gym, but another part just

wants to sit in front of the TV eating crisps, or

Its like I have an angel on one shoulder and adevil on another, or Ive been really good all

week, but today Ive been really naughty, or

simply I feel torn between...

Metaphorically, you can think of your overall

personality as a team of workers, all striving

towards better health, wellbeing and success

of the whole system, the organisation you!

The problem arises when some

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