Wellness Calendar: Tuesday 19 August

Body tapping
Emotional Freedom Technique (alongside Meridian Tapping Techniques), otherwise known as ‘tapping,’ encourages us to use our own hands and fingers to apply a small amount of pressure on certain meridian points in order to significantly reduce the effects of, among other things, cortisol. Cortisol is the stress hormone that can flood our body when the part of the brain called the amygdala perceives a threat.
Meridian points
• top of the head
• eyebrows
• side of the eyes
• underneath the eyes
• under the nose
• chin
• collarbone
• underneath the arms
• outer edge of the palms (opposite thumb)
Tapping exercise
1. Focus your mind on a problem or issue that you have (whether it be physical, emotional or cognitive).
2. Give this matter a score out of 10, where 10 is highly intense and distressing and 0 is low intensity and of no concern.
3. Using 2 or 3 fingers, tap on each of the meridian points for around 5 seconds at a time.
4. Return to the problem or issue you identified.
5. Give this matter a score out of 10.
If the intensity has decreased, then perhaps tapping can become a regular feature for you. If the intensity has not decreased yet you feel better for having undertaken the exercise, then again you may wish to continue doing so.
NB. There are plenty of tutorials, exercises and information about tapping online.