Tapping Tuesdays 

Tapping Circle Instructions 

1.Choose your issue, give it a name and write it down in one to three words

2.Rate your degree of emotional distress or “charge” on a scale from 0 to 10,

0=not at all intense and 10 =maximum intensity*.

3.Identify where you feel the sensations associated with the emotional distress in your body.

4.Recall an event when you felt that feeling. If possible, pick an event that occurred during the earliest time in your life.

5.When the Tapping Tuesdays session starts, you can say or think about your issue. Keep tapping until we end the session.

6.When the session ends, usually in 40 minutes, think about your issue, tune into that same part of your body, and rate your degree of emotional distress a second time. Write down your new number. You may find your number dropping substantially.

If your number doesn't drop, pick another specific incident in your life most identified with that feeling in your body, and repeat the process.

Please know, too, that sometimes, a clearing or relief from the emotional trigger may not show up for a few days and when it does it can be a subtle but happy surprise.

*If you rated the emotional distress of your issue higher than six, choose a more generic term to name your issue. For instance, if just thinking about or saying, “The Car Crash” emotionally charges you at a 6 or above, change the name to something like “That Thing That Happened”. Your mind-body will know what you are referring to and you won’t need to feel so triggered!