Volume 11, No. 8 September 2004 Physical Pain / Emotional Pain EFT Seminar in Surrey Strike While the Iron’s Hot! Berit’s Corner

Physical Pain/Emotional Pain by Dr. Alexander R. Lees Recently, the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) isolated the part of the human brain responsible for processing physical pain. As it turns out, this is exactly the same cluster of neurons that processes emotional pain. This research was published in the October 10, 2003 issue of Science. From the amount of emails we’ve received from people who have reduced or eliminated physical pain using EFT, it would appear the brain doesn’t distinguish between the two and EFT seems to be able to deal with both equally well. I also read a fascinating article concerning cellular “memory,” which was an eye opener for the following reason: After a seminar I presented on the Mind/Body Connection, several participants wrote to inquire how can the body “hurt” years after an injury had healed? During the seminar, I’d mentioned the body replaces some 30,000 cells per second, therefore a “new body” is produced every 12 months or so. So the question “Why do we hurt years later?” was an interesting one, and couldn’t be completely explained by scar tissue. Anyway, the article on cellular memory shed more light on another part of the answer: The shock, or trauma experienced at the time can become superimposed on the cell mechanism, and like a smudge on the “blueprint” of the cell, appear in any copies later produced.

"Recently, the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) isolated the part of the human brain responsible for processing physical pain. As it turns out, this is exactly the same cluster of neurons that processes emotional pain." Perhaps EFT simply removes the processing of the original pain within the brain. Perhaps it removes the “smudge on the blueprint.” Ongoing research may one day provide the complete answer as to how, specifically, tapping certain acupressure points on the body with one’s finger actually removes, or reduces emotional/physical pain and discomfort. Meanwhile, this exciting forefront in research into the Mind/Body Connection is charting the pathways from Mind all the way down to its influence on cell activity, and at the same time, supporting the basic mantra of EFT: Try it on anything! And speaking of using EFT on anything, I’d like to share a little incident that occurred a few days ago. I woke up while rocketing straight up through gravity, eyes wide open. The day began with Berit stating, “You don’t have clients until the afternoon and evening, why don’t you get a little sun, and play with the dogs?” Although nearing the end of summer, at least in this neck of the woods, this particular day was surprisingly warm, and promised blue, sunny skies for at least a few hours. Being as the back yard is reasonably secluded by trees and hedging, I gave up the hunt for a bathing suit, and settled into the lounge chair with a magazine to read. It wasn’t long before both dogs had enough of chasing balls and frisbees, and the three of us began to consider the time honoured benefits of snoozing in the sunshine. I must have travelled straight up for the better part of a microsecond, easily attained the distance of an inch to an inch and half before deceleration began, and I crashed back down into the lounge chair, disintegrating it on impact. After untangling myself from the wreckage, the few remaining grey cells in my brain finally processed into consciousness the fact that my bare and very white right buttock had sustained a direct hit, either from a high powered rifle diabolically placed beneath the chair and rigged to fire straight up, or a wasp had stung me. Hopping about the sundeck while my right hand probed the offended area of my right cheek for damage, the forming bump suggested the latter. By now, full consciousness had returned, and being a reasonable multitasker in some situations, I continued to hop while the training kicked in, and two quick rounds of EFT were performed. A third round, complete with the 9 Gamut did the trick, and as the pain began to subside, I hopped over to the chair. Now, 180 lbs. travelling straight up while maintaining a prone position apparently causes a lot of damage upon re-entry, especially when using a plastic lounge chair as a landing pad. Sifting through the wreckage, my eyes zeroed in on some evidence worthy of a CSI investigation; the flattened remains of one very big, dead wasp. Upcoming Seminar EFT Two Day Seminar October 23 & 24, 2004 Vancouver/Lower Mainland area Learn EFT from one of the leading experts in the field. Dr. Lees is a member of the EFT Advisory Board and a Contributing Editor to EFT Insights - Gary Craig's (founder of EFT) newsletter. View flyer for details “Do you think the stinger is still in you?” was the first question from Berit, “I could check it for you, if you want?” Since the idea of bending over as my very best and vulnerable cheek was inspected with a magnifying glass held no appeal at all, I politely declined, and quickly performed another round of EFT as Berit headed for the phone. “Who are you calling, an ambulance?” I asked. “I’m going to call my girlfriend, she’ll love this!” And so, with the sound of female laughter ringing in my ears, I dressed and cleared the wreckage of the chair off the sundeck, tapping all the way. Interestingly, the sting was completely gone within an hour, thanks to EFT. The sting to the fragile male ego took a little longer. P.S. I’ve enjoyed writing about EFT in a light hearted manner in the summer editions of Reflections, but now that summer is officially over, in the next edition (October) I will continue with the series of teaching EFT that I began at the beginning of the year. "Strike while the iron's hot!" By Jose Hernandez You can tell people all about something like EFT. You can describe how it works, how to apply it, how wonderful it is and what fantastic, incredible results you have had with it. Some people will get excited about what they hear, but then others will sit there and give you one of those "Oh really?" looks - that's if they aren't wondering if they left the gas on or not. The best way to get people excited about EFT is to show it to them. Better yet, if you get the chance, use it on them. I recently visited a physiotherapist to tell her all about EFT and the courses to be presented here in Spain. I had sent her some info and she had visited the websites for Dr. Alex Lees and Gary Craig, so she had some idea about this EFT "stuff". During my visit to the clinic where she works, we were interrupted by the telephone ringing, so she politely excused herself and answered it. After a brief conversation with the caller, she hung up, exhaling deeply, with mild exasperation. After a few minutes more, the phone rang again. The same caller apparently... this time there were more obvious signs the caller was starting to irritate the physiotherapist... a heavy sigh, the tightened lips while she spoke, the frown upon her face. After hanging up a second time, she apologised for the interruption and I continued telling her about how EFT could help her physiotherapy clients. She slowly relaxed again, only to be interrupted once more by the same caller. Uh oh! I thought I could see little bits of smoke hissing out from her ears! She really was trying very hard to be polite with the gentleman on the other end of the line - specially with me present in the office. After a very short and sharp conversation, she practically slammed the phone back down again. " Quite often it is best to just use EFT, rather than talk about it." "Would you like me to help you with that?", I offered. "Pardon?", she seemed confused. "I can show you what EFT is all about right now... may I?", "Oh... ok." So having established she'd "had enough" and her intensity of "annoyance" was at about a 7, I did one round of tapping. Before I finished the round, her expression changed, looking much more relaxed. "How bad is it now?". I asked, "About a two," was the reply. Another round of tapping on the remaining "annoyance" and she was all smiles... "Wow! This stuff really works!" "So tell me about the caller" - "Oh, Mr. T. Yeah he can really make me angry sometimes." (Remember Mr. T, from the A-Team?) The way she said it made me decide to gently take her hand and begin tapping the P.R. point, asking her to repeat after me... "Even though, Mr. T really annoys me sometimes, I deeply and completely accept myself." She laughed, agreed, and repeated it three times. I suggested a couple more phrases, like "Even though the phone rings at the most inopportune times, and the interruptions can be really annoying, I deeply and completely accept myself," whilst I kept tapping her P.R. point continuously. I then asked her to suggest a good phrase to use. She had a quick think and said "Even though I get angry, it is actually at my boss, for not hiring a receptionist to take calls, I deeply and completely accept myself..." I said, "Very good! Do go on!" She continued, "Even though my boss doesn't really appreciate the work we do around here, and how difficult it is in this environment, and how hard we work... and he doesn't even acknowledge it, I deeply and completely accept myself." So, we then quickly addressed the feelings of being unappreciated and then checked on Mr. T once more, tapping for the remaining intensity. The smile on her face said it all. "So that's EFT," I said. She replied, "Great! Put me down for two to attend the course!" Quite often it is best to just use EFT, rather than talk about it. If you happen to find yourself in a "live" situation like the above, "strike while the iron's hot," show them what EFT can do, and remember, you can use it for just about anything! Happy tapping! To contact Jose: josehernandez66@hotmail.com (+34) 923 222 312 Berit's Corner Good News/Bad News The bad news is our sponsors in Spain have advised us, that due to unforeseen circumstances the seminars planned for October need to be rescheduled. We apologize to everyone for any inconvenience this may have caused. The good news is our sponsors are planning the seminars for late March or early April 2005. Although all of us are disappointed we won’t be going this October, we look forward to bringing EFT back to Spain in 2005! Every cloud has a silver lining  “they” say... and in this case, it means we will be able to do an EFT seminar here in the Lower Mainland in October! The dates for the seminar are Oct. 23 & 24. Please view the flyer for all the details. Most of you are aware from my previous articles that we spent most of the summer renovating our house, and we’re very pleased to report that we finished the final big job last weekend. The two decks outside where the doggies lay to get out of the rain, now have roofs. This also allows Alex to BBQ all winter and not get soaking wet... something he looks forward to :-) We’re also looking forward to spending the whole Fall season here at home as it’s our favourite time of year. The leaves have started to change colours and the sun is still shining... maybe we’ll have one of our spectacular Indian summers! The final draft of our EFT eBook is in the works, and we hope to have it available soon. A couple of things happened at the same time to sidetrack us... ADSL finally came to our area and we switched internet service providers, which left us not receiving emails. At the same time we installed the Windows XP Service Pac 2 which rendered most of my computer useless. But, we were fortunate to be warned about that by our friend Doug, so Alex did something before the installation, which allowed us to restore the computer to its previous status. You can probably tell from my explanation that I don’t have a clue what I’m talking about when it comes to this technical stuff... all I know is my computer “sort of” works and some days we get emails. I definitely have more grey hairs now than I did a month ago! For those of you that have wondered why we haven’t replied as promptly as we normally do to emails... now you know why! Hopefully, all this computer/internet “stuff” will be fixed soon, and we will be back to normal. For the inquiring minds amongst you asking... “Did you tap for that?” You bet we did... and we still are... especially Alex because he is the one that turns on my computer first thing in the morning and is now greeted with some VERY interesting emails containing all sorts of electronic devices he’s never heard of, and the special uses they have. Also, lots and lots of photos of lovely naked women... I did ask Alex if he really wanted to fix the problem because once it’s fixed, he wouldn’t be seeing them anymore. He replied, “It will be a good thing... my heart couldn’t take much more of this, especially first thing in the morning!” I hope all your computers are working fine, and you are enjoying Autumn! Till next month, take care.   Aging Mildred was a 93 year-old woman who was particularly despondent over the recent death of her husband, Earl. She decided that she would just kill herself and join him in death. Thinking that it would be best to get it over with quickly, she took out Earl’s old Army pistol and made the decision to shoot herself in the heart, since it was so badly broken in the first place. Not wanting to miss the vital organ and become a vegetable and burden someone, she called her doctor’s office to inquire as to just exactly where the heart would be on a woman. The doctor said, “Your heart would be just below your left breast.” Later that night, Mildred was admitted to the hospital with a gunshot wound to her knee.

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