How to Boost Your Energy! | Jack Canfield

Hi there. I'm Jack Canfield, and I have a question for you. On a level from 1 to 10, how would you describe your energy level right now? Let's say one is absolutely no energy whatsoever. You're lying in bed and you can barely summon the energy to roll over, while 10 has. You're vibrating with so much energy and excitement, you can barely sit still. So where would you say you're at right now? And more importantly, where would you like to be now? The reason why I ask is because the past 13 months have really done a number on most people's energy levels. All of the added stress and anxiety brought on by the pandemic we've been dealing with for so long has left a lot of people feeling depleted and exhausted. So I'm thinking that all of us could use a fresh boost of energy in our lives. And the good news is, today I'm going to introduce you to a powerful tool that you can use to boost your energy in mere minutes. And it works by helping you release the emotional blocks that are draining you of the valuable confidence, drive, enthusiasm, and willpower that would enable you to show up in the world in a much more powerful way. And this tool is called Tapping Therapy. And today, I'd like to teach you how it works. But first, let me tell you about the origins of this tool. 34 years ago, clinical psychologist Dr. Roger Callahan, the originator of Tapping Therapy, discovered you could stimulate the release of negative emotions stored in your subconscious by tapping certain points along the meridians, or the energy pathways in your body. And these energy pathways send electrical impulses throughout the body to keep all your internal systems working properly. Many medical practitioners believe these pathways also store emotions and that an illness or chronic pain in a specific area of the body may be the result of a specific emotional pain stored in that energy meridian. Dr. Callahan called his method Thought Field Therapy, or TFT. And today his institute trains therapists and healthcare professionals and everyday people in how to use tft, both in clinical settings and at home. Now, others came along like Gary Craig, Nick Ordner, Pamela Bruner, and Dawson Church, and they brought TFT to the masses as eft, the Emotional Freedom Technique. But think of tapping this way. It acts in much the same way as a virus might act in a computer program, by permanently interrupting the program or the sequence of events that occur in the brain between the initial thought causing you the emotional pain and the physical response you experience as a result of that pain. And by focusing on the negative emotions. As you tap on these meridian points, you can interrupt the electrical impulses and create new neural pathways that liberate you from the emotions and allow you to reclaim the energy that was caught up in them. Now, another way of understanding the impact of tapping is that it moves the energy in your brain from the amygdala, which is where fear is triggered, into the prefrontal cortex, where your rational thinking and creative thinking are activated. Now, this technique is so powerful that has been used with genocide victims in Rwanda and Bosnia and for disaster victims in Haiti. And I've also read about a trainer of the British special forces in the Congo who use it, as well as people who work with US Soldiers returning from the battlefield with post traumatic stress disorder. Now, these people find tapping to be such a powerful tool for processing trauma because it stimulates the body's own ability to release stored emotional pain of any kind. And the results are nothing short of miraculous. So let me show you how the tapping process works, and then you can apply it to anything that's upsetting you in your life. Any negative emotions, any negative feelings, any even negative limiting beliefs. Now, there are eight main tapping points that you have to work with. And one point on your hem. Now, the point on your hand is known as the karate chop point. It's right on the heel of your hand, right here. And the other eight points are the top of your head, the side of your eyebrow, the eyebrow right here under the eyes, under your nose, the chin, right on the cleft of your chin, your collarbone point, which is actually about right here. And you go down an inch, and then over an inch or two, tap around in here, and you can tap all over the place. And then finally under your arm, which is often referred to as the bra strap point, because if you're a woman, your bra strap would be over that point. Now, for men, you can just dig around, and you usually find a sore spot.

There's mine.

And you want to tap on that. Now, there's a single point at the top of your head, but there are two eyebrow points, as I said, one at the start of the eyebrow and.

Then one right above the nose where.

The two eyebrow points come together. If you got a unibrow, you can just spread your fingers about that far apart and tap like that. Now, tapping was originally taught one sided. You can either tap, you know, the right side the whole time, or you.

Can tap the left side. Now, most people tap with their dominant.

Hand, so I do my right hand.

Or you can tap both sides at the same time with two hands.

Some people do that, and you can.

Go back and forth. It doesn't matter, it still works.

We'll find that tapping is very, very forgiving. And what you want to do is when you do a whole round, we.

Call that completing a round. When you've tapped on each of the points in the order I just described. Now, tapping practitioners recommend that you use both the index finger and the middle finger. I use three, actually. As you'll be tapping a fairly large.

Area with both fingers on any particular spot. That way, be sure to hit it.

And you'll be sure to tap lightly but firmly. This isn't massage, so tapping with force isn't necessary. And if you can't tap a particular point due to an injury, just skip that point. And unlike acupuncture, as I said, tapping is a very forgiving process. Okay, so that's how the physical part of tapping works. I'm going to walk you through a round of tapping. If you're ready to begin, what I want you to do is to close your eyes for just a moment and focus on a thought or belief that's causing you emotional stress or pain. It could be like, you know, worried about my job. I'm afraid I'm going to lose my husband to Covid. I'm afraid we're going to lose our house. I'm mad at my sister for what she said the other day, anything like that at all. And what I want you to do, once you've gotten in touch with that, just begin to get in touch with how strong is that feeling? On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being you can't feel it at all, and 10 being you're overwhelmed by it, what number would you assign to the intensity of the emotion you're feeling right now? Now, once you're clear on that, it's time to start the tapping sequence. You can open your eyes and you can tap along with me. We're going to begin by tapping on the karate chop spot at the heel of your hand. Firmly enough to feel it, but not hard enough to bruise your hand. And as you tap your hand, I want you to repeat out loud the thought or belief or the fear or the emotion that's causing you the emotional stress or pain. And be sure to focus on that emotion and that belief or thought that it produces as you're tapping on it. So, for example, I might say, and you're going to, you're going to. Well, let's stop for a second and tell you this. So what you want to do, let's say your fear is to Fly. And so you're going to be hitting your hand and you're going to be saying the statement, I deeply and fully completely love and accept myself. Even though I have a fear of flying, or even though I'm worried about losing my job, I deeply and completely love and accept myself. Or even though I believe I don't deserve to be sex successful, I deeply and completely love and accept myself. So you're going to do that three times. So you tap on the karate chop spot and repeat your statement three times. And then we're going to begin the eft tapping sequence while continuing to focus on the stress, the pain, the limiting thought or belief that's causing that stress. And you're going to tap, you know, five to seven times just like this at each point and you're going to repeat what we call your summary statement that keeps you focused on that emotion. Like this on top of the head, you could say this fear of asking for a raise. And then you go to the eyebrow point. This fear of asking for a raise, this fear of asking for a raise, this fear of asking for a raise under the eye, this fear of asking for a raise under the nose, this fear of asking for a raise. Or you could say, I'm afraid he'll say no and I'll be embarrassed. And I'll be so embarrassed if he says no. I'll be mortified if he says no. And then go to the collarbone point this fear of asking for a raise under the arm, this fear of being embarrassed when I ask for a raise. And the exact words you say aren't that important. But what's important is that you continually, you're tuned into that emotion or the fear or the thought that it's generating. And once you've done a full tapping cycle on the top of your head, your eyebrow point, under the eye, under the nose, under the chin, under the collarbone, all these points, then what I want you to do is you're going to repeat the sequence again, saying your limiting thought or belief out loud and over and over until the intensity of the emotion has dropped down to a 1 or is totally gone. Usually, you know, I find for me, you know, three or four rounds and it's gone down to a one or a zero. Now this tool is extremely effective at raising your energy because it liberates you from the subconscious emotional blocks that are taking up so much of energy without you even being aware of it. So if you're feeling depleted or drained, I encourage you to think about the things that are currently stressing you out and use tapping to release the emotional stress that you associate with those issues so you can reclaim and use your energy to create what you would rather do, be or have. Now here's I want to encourage you to do after watching this video, spend at least three minutes tapping every day for the next week. You can either set a regular time to do it like at the end of the day or when anything that comes up is stressing you out, and do it right then. But do it whenever you notice yourself thinking about something that's causing you anxiety or making you feel helpless or exhausted in the moment. And then go through the tapping process I just showed you and notice the positive effects it has on reducing your stress and increasing your energy level. And if you already do, use tapping as a way to liberate yourself from negative thoughts and beliefs that are depleting you of your confidence and your energy and your willpower. Please share your experience in the comments below, especially if tapping has helped you stay balanced and thrive to you know, during this difficult year we've just had. See, a lot of people aren't familiar with tapping and I know they would love to read more about what you have to say about it so they know it actually works. Now if you found this video helpful, please take a moment to share it like it and let anyone know who might need it about it. And subscribe to my channel for more videos like this one. And for some additional resources on personal development and tapping, make sure to visit my website@jackcamphill.com thanks again for watching.