EFT TapFest2024-03-28T21:12:02ZSylvia Tavareshttp://efttapfest2009.ning.com/profile/SylviaTavareshttp://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1960788957?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1http://efttapfest2009.ning.com/forum/topic/listForContributor?user=1dfghwv6ayli6&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThe Four Features of Trauma, Revisitedtag:efttapfest2009.ning.com,2016-09-08:2605498:Topic:533802016-09-08T14:47:41.141ZSylvia Tavareshttp://efttapfest2009.ning.com/profile/SylviaTavares
<p><span class="font-size-3"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1800284121?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-left" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1800284121?profile=RESIZE_180x180" width="100"></img></a> Trauma, whether a 'big trauma' or a 'little trauma' has four main features. While you don't have to have all four to 'constitute' something as traumatic for you - after all, it's highly individualized, isn't it? - most find most of these features in each event that 'still bothers them.' I am suggesting that this statement alone might be a clue to…</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1800284121?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="100" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1800284121?profile=RESIZE_180x180" width="100" class="align-left"/></a>Trauma, whether a 'big trauma' or a 'little trauma' has four main features. While you don't have to have all four to 'constitute' something as traumatic for you - after all, it's highly individualized, isn't it? - most find most of these features in each event that 'still bothers them.' I am suggesting that this statement alone might be a clue to how deeply the person feels 'stuck' in what the brilliant Dr. Robert Scaer calls, 'the trauma capsule.'</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">Take a look at the following and see if you don't have some 'ah-ha's' about either something in your own life, or in your client's. And of course, cleaning up our own stuff is key to being fully present to help someone else clean up theirs!</span></p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="font-size-4"><font size="3"><strong>Four Features of Encoding a Memory or Event as 'Traumatic'</strong></font></span></span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>1. It’s Unexpected. (Usually combined with ‘sudden’)</strong></span><br/><em>Examples:</em> <br/>All of the sudden, there he was the guy who did that to me; I never expected to see him again!<br/>We were just sitting there, when all of the sudden, this tree crashed through our roof.<br/>Nothing was wrong, it was an ordinary day, then all of the sudden he attacked me.<br/>I had always made good grades easily, but that day, out of the blue, I just couldn’t remember a thing for the test.<br/>I’ve always known she was flirty, she was born that way!, but it never occurred to me I should worry about leaving her alone with my boyfriend.</p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>2. It’s Isolating. (Could be physical or metaphorical)</strong></span><br/><em>Examples:</em> <br/>I realized I was out in the middle of nowhere, and had no idea how to find help.<br/>I was alone in the car in the dark and there was no one to help me.<br/>There I was, in the middle of the biggest party, yet I’d never felt so small or alone or worthless….<br/>I never told anyone this; I had no one to tell that I could trust.<br/>It didn’t occur to me anyone else had had this kind of situation; I just thought it was happening to me.<br/>He told me this had to be our secret, that no one else would understand, so I kept it all to myself.</p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>3. It’s about Survival. It could be physical, or even a threat to our Identity.</strong></span></p>
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<p>I thought I was going to die.<br/>I couldn’t let anyone know what had happened, or they’d fire me.<br/>I couldn’t breathe, I was choking, I thought this was it.<br/>He said he’d kill me and my family, too, if I ever breathed a word of this.<br/>I’d begun to lose hope that anyone would find me in time.</p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>4. And Powerlessness. (No idea of what to do, And/Or ability to do it.)</strong></span><br/><em>Examples:</em></p>
<p>I was trapped! I couldn’t see in the dark, didn’t know what to do. I was too scared to even scream.<br/>I couldn’t figure it out; there was no way out. I was gonna lose it all.<br/>I realized he was the boss and the jury; it was accept it or leave.<br/>Here I am again, relegated to the bottom of the barrel. I guess this is how it is. No way out.<br/>The court said she got to take it all. There was nothing I could do about it.<br/>I had no money to fight it. This was a money game, and that’s that. Deal with it.<br/>I had nothing left. It was over, and there was nothing I could do about it.</p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3">It’s a great idea to know these 4 features very well, so you can be listening (Active Listening) for them in your own self-talk, as well as your client sessions. Listening for these features can help you quickly see that the event has been encoded as a trauma, and you can pay special attention to the release that needs to happen to ‘complete’ the threat cycle. Dr. Scaer's (and others, like Peter Levine) talk about the body's physical threat cycle - this means it's NOT all in the head, in fact <em>perhaps very little</em> is in the head! </span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">Go to the body and put your attention on the <em>whole</em> body, not just its obvious physicality but also its mid-brain, limbic system. This is where the beauty of Tapping comes into play, releasing one activated Aspect at a time, methodically, safely, comfortably.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">If you'd like to learn more about this, attend one of my trainings (EFT Training for Mastery), or read more of the work by Dr. Robert Scare, Peter A. Levine,PhD, or Dr. Bessell Van der Kolk.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">To the powerful work you do in the world, and more powerfully everyday!</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">- Jondi Whitis, TapFest coFounder</span></p>
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<p><em><span class="font-size-2">You can find more about Jondi and her work here: EFT4Results.com</span></em></p> What Does Receiving Have to Do With Powerful Giving?tag:efttapfest2009.ning.com,2014-03-18:2605498:Topic:519402014-03-18T13:58:59.030ZSylvia Tavareshttp://efttapfest2009.ning.com/profile/SylviaTavares
<p>This theme keeps coming up again and again. And I've seen its powerful results in the intentional community we've built in Newtown/SandyHook, CT. Convincing 'Givers' to receive has been surprisingly hard! But little by little, opening up to the idea that Givers also need to receive in order to be truly powerful Givers...is being heard. Being allowed. Being experienced, some of them for the first time in their lives. It's powerful mojo, this RECEIVING. And when we heal our wounds by…</p>
<p>This theme keeps coming up again and again. And I've seen its powerful results in the intentional community we've built in Newtown/SandyHook, CT. Convincing 'Givers' to receive has been surprisingly hard! But little by little, opening up to the idea that Givers also need to receive in order to be truly powerful Givers...is being heard. Being allowed. Being experienced, some of them for the first time in their lives. It's powerful mojo, this RECEIVING. And when we heal our wounds by allowing ourselves to receive healing in our deepest, darkest places...we are reborn and remade in our capacity - to Give - to Heal - to Serve, more powerfully. </p>
<p>Join us this year for our famous Gathering, in the lovely mountainsides of NY, April 4-6, and experience what I'm talking about. All the info you need is <a href="http://SpringEnergyEvent.com" target="_blank">here.</a> </p>
<p>Share your story here, too?</p>
<p>Kindly,</p>
<p>Jondi, TapFest CoFounder, Trainer & Radio Host</p> Boston & Beyond: Sending Others Peace and Healing, by Sandi Randomskitag:efttapfest2009.ning.com,2013-04-16:2605498:Topic:493382013-04-16T17:26:05.194ZSylvia Tavareshttp://efttapfest2009.ning.com/profile/SylviaTavares
<div><span class="font-size-4"><strong>BOSTON NEEDS YOUR ENERGY</strong></span></div>
<div><span class="font-size-4">This is from practitioner Sandi Randmoski, and reposted here with her kind permission:</span></div>
<div><br></br><span class="font-size-4">Dear Friends, Our hearts go out to those injured or killed in the Boston Marathon bombing and their family and friends. Even those that just watched on the TV may be feeling traumatized, helpless and vulnerable. Let us use our collective…</span></div>
<div><span class="font-size-4"><strong>BOSTON NEEDS YOUR ENERGY</strong></span></div>
<div><span class="font-size-4">This is from practitioner Sandi Randmoski, and reposted here with her kind permission:</span></div>
<div><br/><span class="font-size-4">Dear Friends, Our hearts go out to those injured or killed in the Boston Marathon bombing and their family and friends. Even those that just watched on the TV may be feeling traumatized, helpless and vulnerable. Let us use our collective intention to send healing light to all involved. The more we open our own hearts to love and send love to others, the more peace and calm can reach all corners of the world. Click on the blue link below to hear the recording and join in the Ask & Receive process with others from around the world.</span><br/><span class="font-size-4"> </span><br/><span class="font-size-4">(please note there are a few minutes of music before the TeleClearing begins....please take deep calming breaths during this time.) Transcript follows for tapping:</span></div>
<div><span style="color: #0000ff;" class="font-size-4"><strong><a href="http://instantteleseminar.com/?eventid=40451826" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Sandi's Boston Teleclearing</span></a> </strong></span><br/>"There is a part of our larger being,that encompasses all of us, that knows how to send love and light to all those injured or killed in the Boston bombing and their family and friends. May they have peace. That part of our larger being is willing to inform the rest of us now. It is doing so now with grace and ease. Our minds, bodies, and spirits are receiving this information. Information transfer is now complete. There is a part of our larger being that already knows how to heal and release the emotional trauma felt by the people of the city, state and country that has been assaulted. That part of our larger being is willing to inform the rest of us now. It is doing so now with grace and ease. Our minds, bodies, and spirits are receiving this information. Information transfer is now complete. There is a part of our larger being that already knows how to send healing to those whose heart's hate. May they know love. That part of our larger being is willing to inform the rest of us now. It is doing so now with grace and ease. Our minds, bodies, and spirits are receiving this information. Information transfer is now complete. There is a part of our larger being that already knows that we do have the power to send light and love into the world and that CAN change everything. That part of our larger being is willing to inform the rest of us now. It is doing so now with grace and ease. Our minds, bodies, and spirits are receiving this information. Information transfer is now complete. Thank you for adding your light to the world. Peace. <br/>With Love and Gratitude, <br/>Sandi, Tom and Pam"</div> Updates on Veterans and PTSD, by Eric Huurre, Director, Operation: Emotional Freedomtag:efttapfest2009.ning.com,2013-04-13:2605498:Topic:490262013-04-13T14:02:22.749ZSylvia Tavareshttp://efttapfest2009.ning.com/profile/SylviaTavares
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<div>If there is a benefit from the attention that veterans with PTSD receive its that more attention is being directed to the condition itself. </div>
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<div>Physicians, psychologists, counsellors and therapists of every stripe are increasingly in agreement that trauma and unresolved stress are greater health threats and more costly health issues than was ever acknowledged. In addition, studies and the search for more effective solutions continue to point out the dismal record that drugs and tradition therapy have in dealing with PTSD.</div>
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<div>We may still be some way off from seeing energy psychology used as the treatment of choice for combat veterans diagnosed with PTSD, but the issue of PTSD in the general population is benefiting in the greater attention being paid to post trauma in communities including abused women and children. </div>
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<div><font face="Verdana">In this post in </font><a title="" href="http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=BXzHN&m=3XEE3y9hEpxBY_7&b=m41LsqXGDUPQqVXDbWnsHw"><font face="Verdana">Scientific American - </font><em><font face="Verdana">PTSD: The Futile Search for the "Quick Fix"</font></em></a><font face="Verdana"> </font><font face="Verdana">many perspectives on the causes for, as well as a limited and traditionally biased view of treatment options, is important more for the facts it raises about PTSD in our society.</font></div>
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<div>Its another sign of the greater recognition and concerns that researchers, administrators and interest groups are bringing to post traumatic stress in every aspect of public, as well as military life.</div>
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<div>Emotions over the treatment of service men and women capture headlines (and yes, documentary filmmakers) where similar attention and emotion are not top of mind for victimized women or others in our communities. The fact remains that until we recognize the prevalence of this condition and the absence of anything like success in treating it using "approved" methods whether for everyday people, or the alarming number of combat veterans and military families, we will all continue to suffer and pay. </div>
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<div>I encourage you to read this article and the responses it garnered if PTSD is a topic you are working with or interested in in any capacity. It brings focus on where the debate rests today and insights into how future debates might better be framed. </div>
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<div><font face="Verdana">"</font>Though the military tried to deny the ubiquity of PTSD for many years, prevalence studies made it impossible. Mental illness is the<font face="Times New Roman"> <a href="http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=BXzHN&m=3XEE3y9hEpxBY_7&b=bAerWfQVt_zx6MHG9vLCxQ">leading cause of hospitalization</a></font> for active duty troops....The majority of mental health cases in the military have a PTSD component. Prevalence of the disorder is affirmed in the public sphere, where an endless stream of sympathetic portrayals of veterans with "invisible wounds" can be found in literature, on film and television. </div>
<div>The U.S. military spends more money on PTSD research and treatment than any other funder, and with good reason: 8%-20% of veterans suffer from PTSD. Estimates vary widely, as in most claims surrounding PTSD, but that's a range of between 1.75-4.5 million vets with the disorder, and our continual wars ensure a steady stream of new cases.</div>
<div>The lure of a quick and enduring fix for PTSD is hard for the military to resist since they stand to benefit greatly from a cure. They would surely like to save the <a href="http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=BXzHN&m=3XEE3y9hEpxBY_7&b=r7coxdm599EUmyQCL_ZdOA">$1.5 million per soldier</a> they believe PTSD will ultimately cost them."</div>
<div>Without directly intending to do so, this article is a great primer for anyone building a case against pharmaceuticals, or standard methods of care. Energy psychology has repeatedly proven successful in tests measuring for changes in PTSD stress levels in combat veterans, even if the writer conveniently did not include those facts and the studies to support them. </div>
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<div>Perhaps the greatest good that media attention to PTSD in the military does is to make us aware of the money and power that comes from treating something we all can face at any time and how little is being done to effectively offer us lower cost, more successful treatment options. </div>
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<div>If we need more reason to honor and thank veterans for their service it may reside in this piece from the same article - </div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman">"The convergence of pharmaceutical and military interests, and the funding nexus they create, has ensured that the focus of PTSD research and treatment continues to be military veterans, despite the fact that military veterans comprise only 15% (at minimum) or 40% (at maximum) of the approximately 11 million <a href="http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=BXzHN&m=3XEE3y9hEpxBY_7&b=adrHb2sApQ5u3Y8byKVnFA">adults </a>and<a href="http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=BXzHN&m=3XEE3y9hEpxBY_7&b=6qhayw4AitE5gcXetvKt3Q">adolescents </a>who suffer from PTSD in the U.S."</font><span> <br/></span></div>
<div><font face="Verdana">Regardless of how we eventually come to our senses, more and more returning combat veterans are demonstrating that unless we address it, PTSD manifests and remains a significant health challenge wherever trauma is found. </font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana">A reminder that the <em>OPERATION: Emotional Freedom</em> documentary continues reaching out to audiences new to energy psychology as - the answer. The DVD or online version are available, as are links to help and more information through</font> <font face="Verdana"><a title="" href="http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=BXzHN&m=3XEE3y9hEpxBY_7&b=WvfIR7JDoJjE.LnOKcplEQ">the film's web site</a>.</font></div>
<div><font size="4" face="Verdana">As this ve</font><font size="4" face="Verdana"><img alt="" title="" src="http://i738.photobucket.com/albums/xx26/ehuurre/Vetsarrivinghomeweb.jpg" align="left" width="133" height="100"/></font><font size="4" face="Verdana">teran writes...</font></div>
<div><font size="4"><font face="Verdana">"I first watched Operation Freedom; that was<br/>the most emotionally powerful thing I have ever witnessed in my life. I wept. That video gave back to me what the many armed commands I've faced took away: my life. Through EFT, I no longer need booze, no more nightmares (day or night); I still have the memories of the 4 of us, but they no longer have ME.</font><font face="Verdana">"</font><em> Ken, Veterans' PTSD Project</em></font></div>
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<p>Today is Republic day celebration in india, i had been to the mall, there are sells that give you over 50% discount in some stuff, I grabbed some.</p>
<p>Today is Republic day celebration in india, i had been to the mall, there are sells that give you over 50% discount in some stuff, I grabbed some.</p> More On That Trauma Discussiontag:efttapfest2009.ning.com,2013-01-21:2605498:Topic:478162013-01-21T19:17:28.213ZSylvia Tavareshttp://efttapfest2009.ning.com/profile/SylviaTavares
<p>I was glad to see Rue Hass' commentary on the traumas the US suffered in December; these kinds of things always rock me to my core. I know I'm not alone in that, and that this marvelous set of energy techniques we all practice has HUGE benefits -- for the local people directly involved, as well as the locals who serve them. But not only them! Just as important are those of us who suffer along with them empathetically as we hear the relentless details of the news cycle. (It's hard to…</p>
<p>I was glad to see Rue Hass' commentary on the traumas the US suffered in December; these kinds of things always rock me to my core. I know I'm not alone in that, and that this marvelous set of energy techniques we all practice has HUGE benefits -- for the local people directly involved, as well as the locals who serve them. But not only them! Just as important are those of us who suffer along with them empathetically as we hear the relentless details of the news cycle. (It's hard to convince the media that this re-traumatizes those watching.)</p>
<p>No doubt one of the hardest things is to feel we can only sit on our hands and watch it all, helplessly. So, with that in mind, I wanted to tell you that there <em>is</em> some hope brewing along those lines, and in our own country! There is a response model in progress, and you can find out more from me, Jondi@TapFest.com, or from the nascent site: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/TappingSolutionForNewtown" target="_blank">Newtown Project</a> We are proceeding slowly, carefully, safely and conscientiously. Because...these folks need help. Because... unfortunately this will happen again, somewhere. And because... we CAN bring healing to the world.</p>
<p>We go with other heart-centered models in our sights, a beacon of light and good in the world - Margot Diskin in Tanzania and Kenya, Deepak Mostert in Indonesia, Lori Leyden in Rwanda, Deborah Miller in Mexico, Till Shilling in Ecuador. Suzanne Zacharia in South Africa, Rod Sherwin in Australia....and so many more that have joined relief efforts in Haiti, Japan, New Zealand.... (many of these amazing tapping experts are on our radio show archives, under TapFest, at BlogTalkRadio and EFTradioOnline.com, for free.)</p>
<p>More on this project as we go; in the meantime, I invite you to support us with your thoughts, prayers, energy, and even a buck or two to speed the way for the volunteers who are giving themselves so whole-heartedly to this endeavor.</p>
<p>Until I see you here again, I choose peace - Jondi, coFounder, TapFest</p> What We Can Offer to The Connecticut School Shootings, by Rue Hasstag:efttapfest2009.ning.com,2012-12-16:2605498:Topic:452412012-12-16T22:50:48.304ZSylvia Tavareshttp://efttapfest2009.ning.com/profile/SylviaTavares
<p><span>Thankfully, you all probably know how to tap—I hope<br></br></span> you are taking care of yourself in these challenging times.</p>
<p><br></br> <span>Beyond tapping, I want to share my </span><span>experience with you. <br></br> Maybe in reading it, you can </span><span>find your own way to hold <br></br> a steady space in your </span><span>heart that lets these violent winds <br></br> blow without </span><span>knocking you over. </span><br></br> <br></br> <span>The whole world needs for us to stand in…</span></p>
<p><span>Thankfully, you all probably know how to tap—I hope<br/></span> you are taking care of yourself in these challenging times.</p>
<p><br/> <span>Beyond tapping, I want to share my </span><span>experience with you. <br/> Maybe in reading it, you can </span><span>find your own way to hold <br/> a steady space in your </span><span>heart that lets these violent winds <br/> blow without </span><span>knocking you over. </span><br/> <br/> <span>The whole world needs for us to stand in our </span><br/> <span>strength and capacity to be a source of blessing </span><br/> <span>right now. You can help.</span><br/> <br/> <span>Last night I went to a joyous holiday program</span><br/> <span>presented by Ars Nova, an a cappella choir</span><br/> <span>singing spiritual celebrations, hymns and carols</span><br/> <span>from across the ages composed by Hildegarde de</span><br/> <span>Bingen up to modern composers. It was wonderful</span><br/> <span>and powerful, and for me it turned into an</span><br/> <span>opportunity to practice a deep subtle activism in</span><br/> <span>an unusual way.</span><br/> <br/> <span>The director took a silent moment at the beginning</span><br/> <span>of the program to honor the events and victims of</span><br/> <span>the Newtown, Connecticut shooting. </span><br/> <br/> <span>In about the third piece, I found myself closing</span><br/> <span>my eyes, and filling with the beautiful music</span><br/> <span>beyond the words. And then I found myself at the</span><br/> <span>scene of the shooting, and the music was creating</span><br/> <span>a holding space of coherency for the shattered</span><br/> <span>souls of the children. This experience lasted for</span><br/> <span>several songs. </span><br/> <br/> <span>I wasn’t doing anything specific, just somehow </span><br/> <span>helping to provide a container for</span><br/> <span>all the allies and angels of those killed to do</span><br/> <span>their infinite, personal, generative work, along</span><br/> <span>with all the beings drawn to help with this</span><br/> <span>tragedy in other ways. This offering of help and</span><br/> <span>healing happened during several pieces, with</span><br/> <span>different energetic vibrations provided by the</span><br/> <span>different pieces. </span><br/> <br/> <span>Then I seemed to fall into a pattern of just being</span><br/> <span>open to each song or hymn or carol, and holding</span><br/> <span>its presence in me. And then I would be directed</span><br/> <span>or guided to the next context that needed this</span><br/> <span>particular holding space. I wasn’t trying to make</span><br/> <span>anything happen, just offering the space to allow</span><br/> <span>an opening, beautiful, healing, reconnecting</span><br/> <span>presence to be available for the particular</span><br/> <span>entity, space or being to draw upon in whatever</span><br/> <span>way it needed to. In each case, in its own way,</span><br/> <span>there was help for the recipient to reconnect with</span><br/> <span>life, land, and soul.</span><br/> <br/> <span>I don’t remember all the recipients of this gift</span><br/> <span>of musical presence, but here are some. There was</span><br/> <span>much help there for the parents of the children</span><br/> <span>killed, and for the siblings. One song went to</span><br/> <span>the grandparents of the children killed, to help</span><br/> <span>them to hold their own adult children so they</span><br/> <span>could begin dealing with this impossible grief. </span><br/> <br/> <span>One hymn went to the churches in the community,</span><br/> <span>and another to the ministers and the priests. The</span><br/> <span>Christ energy filled the area, pouring through</span><br/> <span>Jesus and Mother Mary. Another offered itself to</span><br/> <span>the deva of Newtown, and one came to rest within</span><br/> <span>the Soul of America itself. </span><br/> <br/> <span>One musical presence flowed into the land that the</span><br/> <span>community rests on. Another went into the school</span><br/> <span>building itself. Another came to help to clear and</span><br/> <span>uplift the beings of simple consciousness that anchor <br/> emotion into the environment, in this case the particular</span><br/> <span>classroom and other sites in the school building which <br/> would have been flooded with terror and anger. </span><br/> <span>There was help in one piece for for the police and</span><br/> <span>emergency workers and detectives, to give them</span><br/> <span>strength to see the unthinkable and to do their</span><br/> <span>terrible, helpful, necessary job.</span><br/> <br/> <span>Two powerful pieces seemed meant for the souls of</span><br/> <span>the shooter and his mother, and all that lies</span><br/> <span>between them, and before them.</span><br/> <br/> <span>There were some pieces near the end of the program</span><br/> <span>that seemed to flow into an exercise that I</span><br/> <span>learned many years ago from RJ Stewart. It helps</span><br/> <span>people to cross over from a violently, confusingly</span><br/> <span>interrupted life into the next realm. Somehow</span><br/> <span>this musical energy field helped these children</span><br/> <span>and adults to find their way. I felt more</span><br/> <span>actively, personally involved in this work, as if</span><br/> <span>I were there as one of many shepherds and guides.</span><br/> <br/> <span>I came home from this experience feeling that my</span><br/> <span>own heart had been helped to find rest in this</span><br/> <span>event as well.</span><br/> <br/> <span>My friend and colleague David Spangler just sent </span><br/> <span>out something sent out by Andy Smallman, the</span><br/> <span>director of Puget Sound Community School, the </span><br/> <span>school three of his children went to. </span><br/> <br/> <span>It ended with this thought: </span><br/> <br/> <span>"I believe that inside of each of us is a</span><br/> <span>beautiful and peaceful place, a loving and caring</span><br/> <span>place. Nurture it first in yourself, then nurture</span><br/> <span>it with those close to you. That is the best</span><br/> <span>response to senseless acts of violence."</span><br/> <br/> <br/> <span>With my love and blessing to you,</span><br/> <br/> <span>Rue</span><br/> <br/> <br/> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.intuitivementoring.com/">http://www.IntuitiveMentoring.com</a><br/> <span>'Profoundly light-hearted strategies for unsticking </span><br/> <span>stuck stuff'</span><br/></p> What I could offer to the Connecticut school shootingtag:efttapfest2009.ning.com,2012-12-16:2605498:Topic:453382012-12-16T22:38:00.763ZSylvia Tavareshttp://efttapfest2009.ning.com/profile/SylviaTavares
<p><br></br><br></br><span>Thankfully, you all probably know how to tap—I hope<br></br></span>you are taking care of yourself in these challenging times.</p>
<p><br></br><span>Beyond tapping, I want to share my </span><span>experience with you. <br></br>Maybe in reading it, you can </span><span>find your own way to hold <br></br>a steady space in your </span><span>heart that lets these violent winds <br></br>blow without </span><span>knocking you over. </span><br></br><br></br><span>The whole world needs for us to stand in…</span></p>
<p><br/><br/><span>Thankfully, you all probably know how to tap—I hope<br/></span>you are taking care of yourself in these challenging times.</p>
<p><br/><span>Beyond tapping, I want to share my </span><span>experience with you. <br/>Maybe in reading it, you can </span><span>find your own way to hold <br/>a steady space in your </span><span>heart that lets these violent winds <br/>blow without </span><span>knocking you over. </span><br/><br/><span>The whole world needs for us to stand in our </span><br/><span>strength and capacity to be a source of blessing </span><br/><span>right now. You can help.</span><br/><br/><span>Last night I went to a joyous holiday program</span><br/><span>presented by Ars Nova, an a cappella choir</span><br/><span>singing spiritual celebrations, hymns and carols</span><br/><span>from across the ages composed by Hildegarde de</span><br/><span>Bingen up to modern composers. It was wonderful</span><br/><span>and powerful, and for me it turned into an</span><br/><span>opportunity to practice a deep subtle activism in</span><br/><span>an unusual way.</span><br/><br/><span>The director took a silent moment at the beginning</span><br/><span>of the program to honor the events and victims of</span><br/><span>the Newtown, Connecticut shooting. </span><br/><br/><span>In about the third piece, I found myself closing</span><br/><span>my eyes, and filling with the beautiful music</span><br/><span>beyond the words. And then I found myself at the</span><br/><span>scene of the shooting, and the music was creating</span><br/><span>a holding space of coherency for the shattered</span><br/><span>souls of the children. This experience lasted for</span><br/><span>several songs. </span><br/><br/><span>I wasn’t doing anything specific, just somehow </span><br/><span>helping to provide a container for</span><br/><span>all the allies and angels of those killed to do</span><br/><span>their infinite, personal, generative work, along</span><br/><span>with all the beings drawn to help with this</span><br/><span>tragedy in other ways. This offering of help and</span><br/><span>healing happened during several pieces, with</span><br/><span>different energetic vibrations provided by the</span><br/><span>different pieces. </span><br/><br/><span>Then I seemed to fall into a pattern of just being</span><br/><span>open to each song or hymn or carol, and holding</span><br/><span>its presence in me. And then I would be directed</span><br/><span>or guided to the next context that needed this</span><br/><span>particular holding space. I wasn’t trying to make</span><br/><span>anything happen, just offering the space to allow</span><br/><span>an opening, beautiful, healing, reconnecting</span><br/><span>presence to be available for the particular</span><br/><span>entity, space or being to draw upon in whatever</span><br/><span>way it needed to. In each case, in its own way,</span><br/><span>there was help for the recipient to reconnect with</span><br/><span>life, land, and soul.</span><br/><br/><span>I don’t remember all the recipients of this gift</span><br/><span>of musical presence, but here are some. There was</span><br/><span>much help there for the parents of the children</span><br/><span>killed, and for the siblings. One song went to</span><br/><span>the grandparents of the children killed, to help</span><br/><span>them to hold their own adult children so they</span><br/><span>could begin dealing with this impossible grief. </span><br/><br/><span>One hymn went to the churches in the community,</span><br/><span>and another to the ministers and the priests. The</span><br/><span>Christ energy filled the area, pouring through</span><br/><span>Jesus and Mother Mary. Another offered itself to</span><br/><span>the deva of Newtown, and one came to rest within</span><br/><span>the Soul of America itself. </span><br/><br/><span>One musical presence flowed into the land that the</span><br/><span>community rests on. Another went into the school</span><br/><span>building itself. Another came to help to clear and</span><br/><span>uplift the beings of simple consciousness that anchor <br/>emotion into the environment, in this case the particular</span><br/><span>classroom and other sites in the school building which <br/>would have been flooded with terror and anger. </span><br/><span>There was help in one piece for for the police and</span><br/><span>emergency workers and detectives, to give them</span><br/><span>strength to see the unthinkable and to do their</span><br/><span>terrible, helpful, necessary job.</span><br/><br/><span>Two powerful pieces seemed meant for the souls of</span><br/><span>the shooter and his mother, and all that lies</span><br/><span>between them, and before them.</span><br/><br/><span>There were some pieces near the end of the program</span><br/><span>that seemed to flow into an exercise that I</span><br/><span>learned many years ago from RJ Stewart. It helps</span><br/><span>people to cross over from a violently, confusingly</span><br/><span>interrupted life into the next realm. Somehow</span><br/><span>this musical energy field helped these children</span><br/><span>and adults to find their way. I felt more</span><br/><span>actively, personally involved in this work, as if</span><br/><span>I were there as one of many shepherds and guides.</span><br/><br/><span>I came home from this experience feeling that my</span><br/><span>own heart had been helped to find rest in this</span><br/><span>event as well.</span><br/><br/><br/><span>My friend and colleague David Spangler just sent </span><br/><span>out something sent out by Andy Smallman, the</span><br/><span>director of Puget Sound Community School, the </span><br/><span>school three of his children went to. </span><br/><br/><span>It ended with this thought: </span><br/><br/><span>"I believe that inside of each of us is a</span><br/><span>beautiful and peaceful place, a loving and caring</span><br/><span>place. Nurture it first in yourself, then nurture</span><br/><span>it with those close to you. That is the best</span><br/><span>response to senseless acts of violence."</span><br/><br/><br/><span>With my love and blessing to you,</span><br/><br/><span>Rue</span><br/><br/><br/><a href="http://www.intuitivementoring.com/">http://www.IntuitiveMentoring.com</a><br/><span>'Profoundly light-hearted strategies for unsticking </span><br/><span>stuck stuff'</span><br/><br/><br/><br/><span><br/></span></p> VETERANS DAY, 11-11-11 .... and YOU!tag:efttapfest2009.ning.com,2011-10-28:2605498:Topic:392392011-10-28T02:25:25.249ZSylvia Tavareshttp://efttapfest2009.ning.com/profile/SylviaTavares
<p>Visit <a href="http://www.operation-emotionalfreedom.com" target="_blank">Operation-Emotional.com</a> for downloads, details and clips from the movie documenting EFT founder Gary Craig's veteran's experiment in San Francisco. In it, filmmaker Eric Huurre follows the veterans and family members who came to try the remarkable tool for relieving PTSD symptoms, EFT. It runs the gauntlet of emotions as EFT begins its humble and effective work, restoring these veterans to themselves, their…</p>
<p>Visit <a target="_blank" href="http://www.operation-emotionalfreedom.com">Operation-Emotional.com</a> for downloads, details and clips from the movie documenting EFT founder Gary Craig's veteran's experiment in San Francisco. In it, filmmaker Eric Huurre follows the veterans and family members who came to try the remarkable tool for relieving PTSD symptoms, EFT. It runs the gauntlet of emotions as EFT begins its humble and effective work, restoring these veterans to themselves, their families and their communities.</p>
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<p>Veteran Bob Culver, at the national wall in Washington, DC, gives compelling, life-changing testimony in this film. <a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1800284993?profile=original"><img class="align-full" width="103" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1800284993?profile=original"/></a> We'll be hosting an event here in New York City - please come! We'd be delighted to meet you and share the film , the resources, great conversation and answer your questions. We'll also have copies of the film, research and stats, press releases, the EFT for Combat PTSD book and Dr. Carol Look's PTSD case study dvds. After the parade, we'll be right here in mid-town, 900 Broadway (@20th Street), courtesy of THE MODERNS, the future forward design and marketing firm. Its founder Janine James is offering their space as her part in remembering and honoring our nation's veterans and their service to this country, as well as all the EFT practitioners who offer healing services to them. For more information on this event and events ALL OVER THE WORLD, check out the attachment below. </p>
<p>It's easy to be a part of this and make a local event yourself, even if you aren't a practitioner working with trauma. Presenting an information event is a wonderful community service no matter where you live. You'll be able to download all kinds of things, even buy a streaming version of the movie presentation with comments by the filmmaker, for only $4, and you can start and pause it whenever convenient to you! Check it out on Operation: Emotional Freedom's site now, and make sure you let us know to add your name to the worldwide list! </p> The Human Hologram and Youtag:efttapfest2009.ning.com,2011-10-22:2605498:Topic:382432011-10-22T02:28:17.584ZSylvia Tavareshttp://efttapfest2009.ning.com/profile/SylviaTavares
<a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1800284671?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1800284671?profile=RESIZE_320x320" style="padding: 2px;" width="200"></img></a> Reading Dr. Robin Kelly's book THE HUMAN HOLOGRAM was a surprisingly easy and affirming experience. His loving nature and profound respect for Life reflects off every page. It's accessible on every level and stirs a lot of personal thought. I hope you'll read it and provide some comments for a lively discussion. It's not everyday you can see Western and Easter medicine…
<a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1800284671?profile=original"><img class="align-full" style="padding: 2px;" width="200" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1800284671?profile=RESIZE_320x320"/></a>Reading Dr. Robin Kelly's book THE HUMAN HOLOGRAM was a surprisingly easy and affirming experience. His loving nature and profound respect for Life reflects off every page. It's accessible on every level and stirs a lot of personal thought. I hope you'll read it and provide some comments for a lively discussion. It's not everyday you can see Western and Easter medicine enmesh so neatly, so completely, and so hopefully, too! Let me know what YOU thought of it! - Jondi Whitis, Tapfest CoFounder