Bennie Naudé teaches EFT across the globe and will soon visit the Garden Route to conduct Level 1 and 2 training. Following his visit in November last year, three Knysnarians can now add EFT to their list of skills - Dr Jon Morley, Jeanne Booth and Rain Martin, holistic therapist.
The easiest way to describe EFT is that it is somewhat like acupuncture for emotions, but instead of inserting needles, the practitioner transfers kinetic energy by tapping meridian points. The tapping shifts energy-blockages in the body’s bio-energy systems and as a result depression, panic-attacks, obsessive thoughts, feelings of inadequacy, negativity, suicidal thoughts and phobias can disappear.
The technique was pioneered by psychiatrist Dr Roger Callahan. He had been treating a patient with severe and persistent aqua phobia for more than 18 months – without success. One day, half by accident, he tapped his finger under the eye at the point of origin of the stomach meridian and her phobia disappeared instantly.
Based on this, Callahan worked out a set of algorithms for tapping on specific acupuncture points to cure specific emotional ailments. He called his technique Thought Field Therapy (TFT). One of his trainees, the engineer Gary Craig, attended a TFT course in 1991 but then simplified it into what is today know as EFT – Emotional Freedom Techniques. Trainer Bennie Naudé came across EFT in his own search for answers and healing. EFT was so successful in addressing his own problems that he learnt to do it himself. These days he travels far and wide to speak at alternative health events and present training workshops across continents. He also maintains a client-base across the globe.
How does it work?
“Give me your hand, let’s tap!” is Naudé’s mantra.
While tapping on one's hand, Naudé will ask the patient about the issue they want to shift their feelings about and the feeling that describes the issue. The EFT practitioner then taps on the person's meridian points and takes him/her through a series of affirmations until the problem has disappeared.
“Very few emotional blockages exist in isolation and a skilled EFT practitioner will guide you on a path that is likely to collapse issues and obsessions like dominoes,” explains Naudé.
"The amazing thing about EFT is that you can tap on yourself, or guide people to tap on themselves over the phone, via Skype or in large groups, and that besides tapping bad things out, you can also tap good things in like positive attitudes," explains Naudé.
Naudé will be at Beyond the Moon in Hoekwil on February 28 and March 1, 2 and 3. There are still a few places available. The organiser of the event, Astrid Reïne, says the trainees of this session as well as a previous group of trainees will conduct an EFT training session at a Knysna charity of Naudé’s choice in the weeks following his visit.
Service organisations who think their clients would benefit from this – and people interested in attending the training session – can contact Astrid Reïne at 044 850 1163 or at astrid@vitali.co.za. For more information visit www.deepliving.com or contact Bennie Naudé at bennie@deepliving.com.
Bennie Naudé demonstrates some EFT tapping points. He is visiting the Garden Route next week to present training in Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT).(Photo: Esmarie Carstens.)
