Let's Send Our Light

Dear Cat and Friends (I just posted this message on Cat's blog, Finding Well-Being in Cancerland.)

How about at Sunday, July 29, at 1 pm pacific standard time everyone send energy to Cat? Everyone please forward this message to your frends. Let's join in spirit.

Tappers can tap. Prayers, pray. Lightworkers everywhere, send healing light to Cat--similar to what was done a few weeks ago for "fire the grid." This activity is portable and can be repeated again and again. Let's join this Sunday at 1 pm pacific time, and send healing energy to Cat.

Tappers: Tap on anything that is getting in the way of Cat experiencing peace (including our limiting beliefs and stories). Be in the present moment, and use your intuition.

"There is a Power, and this Power always has been. I know that it is here right now, and that this power is in Cat, and is Cat. "(If any tailenders come up--tap). Surrogate tapping clears away physical pain, and what is under it.

"Cat is making the right choices for the moment. We know that Cat is whole and complete. We know this is true, and we give great thanks for it. And so it is."

Pass it on to kindred souls.
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Finding Well-being in Cancerland

A Day of Healing and Love

Last month Gary Craig asked me if I wanted to gather together a group of ten people to do some surrogate EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) work. He requested I invite people who were already into EFT – not beginners or skeptics, so there wouldn't be any need to explain or defend EFT. By the way, surrogate tapping is when you tap on behalf of someone else, instead of the most common of way tapping for yourself.

After putting word out to my own network, I found a group of interested people that I stayed in contact with about the event. Then I called around to some hotels in the Mendocino area to see about a place for the event However, my friend, Eileen Broderick, offered her home, which is north of the town of Mendocino. We ended up taking her generous offer and wound up meeting in her living room. Saturday, July 14 was the day of the event. Everyone who said that they would show up did. Shoshi Morginn drove all the way from close to the border of Canada, and Donna Bach traveled from Sonora near Yosemite. Everyone brought food to share at lunch (which was delicious). There was a large variety of people in our group of EFTers, including a lawyer, a couple of nurses, a naturopathic doctor, a couple of administrators, a grief counselor, and a life coach. Everyone was on time and there was a sense of excitement in the air before our day of EFTing together began. Outside it was a beautiful foggy day at the coast.

Gary gave some groundwork for what we would be doing. Then, as a group, we started tapping for someone while they were sitting with us in the room. We would begin with saying, "Even though I am (the person's name)". The person who was being worked on would receive the tapping. Gary would lead us in a round or more of tapping and then ask the person who was being worked on what their SUDS level was. Sometimes we wouldn't actually tap, we would imagine all of the tapping points pulsing simultaneously with our own heartbeat. Another method that we used was for a person to walk around outside for 15 minutes while we tapped for them.

After our group session with the first person, Donna Bach, N.M.D., brought in a machine that could tune into the different frequencies of the brain. We were eager to see how the brain waves coordinated with what we were doing with EFT. Donna showed how our alpha and beta brain waves increased as we thought about an emotionally painful situation from the past. As a person had EFT done for them, Donna watched the feedback from the machine, then drew little graphs showing the different patterns.

By the end of the day, not only had a great deal of old emotional trauma been healed, a number of friendships were kindled as well. It was a beautiful experience working together as a group for the benefit of someone. It reminded me of a prayer circle with the added bonus of tapping or sometimes "virtual "tapping. It was a social and spiritual experience for me. Not only that, as Gary Craig might say, "it is portable." It is amazing how miracles can happen when a group of people get together with a common goal. For me, it was a day of healing and love.

Former UHS teacher works to empower individuals

When I came home from a week visiting my daughter, Christina, and friends
in Santa Cruz, and also visiting Santa Maria and putting on a mini-EFT class there was a message from a reporter saying that he had seen an ad that I had put in an advertiser (about getting rid of phobias with EFT) that was intriging to him and he would like to interview me. He came up the next day with a photographer to interview me. I suggested that I actually do an EFT session with him.

We had a great time getting rid of his phobia of bees (there were bees and other insects flying around us outside and he was quite anxious). Here is a link to the article that Zack Sampsel wrote. It made the front page of the Ukiah Daily Journal today. I ran into three people at the market and the post office who told me they had seen the article.

Dealing with Stress

Stress is common in our lives today. Sometimes we get so busy with our lives, we lose touch with just how stressed we are. Loretta Sparks in her article Stress and Me and EFT, shares the Stress Level Rating Scale. The scale can be useful to identify and to be able to rate yourself before you get totally stressed out. By becoming aware that you are actually stressed, then you can used EFT to reduce your stress level. I am including the SLRS to show you how stress may be a part of your life and you may not know it.

In the second part of her article, she shows how you can use EFT when you become aware that you are stressed. So, one key is awareness, and another key is to use EFT to tap away away the stress.

STRESS LEVEL RATING SCALE

10 OUT OF CONTROL
Engaging in excessive or addictive behaviors such as alcohol, drugs, food, gambling, sex, spending, obsessive relationship or work; violence (verbal or physical).

9 OVER REACTIVE
Jumping to conclusion, not willing to listen, frequently disagreeing, threatening, sarcastic, glaring; feeling overwhelming loneliness, frustration, rage, resentment, and self-pity; saying always and never when hurt or angry.

8 DEFENSIVE
Notice others not “taking care of business.” Heavy use of denial, anger, bargaining, silence, withdrawal, blame, criticism, excuses, intellectualizing, rationalizing, evading, minimizing, moralizing, pleading or apologizing.

7 SPACED OUT
Not being present to situation at hand; can’t hear what is being said to you because of your own “self-talk”’ zoning out, getting lost in daydreams, etc.; do not notice stress is building in you.

6 BARELY MANAGING OKAY
Barely getting everything done, need help, but don't ask for it, tell yourself to “try harder, plan your time better”; start to let go of self-care activities; having a hard time saying “no”; do not notice stress building.

5 MANAGING OKAY
Life’s demands and your energy (physically, mentally and spiritually) are mostly in sync.

4 MANAGING OKAY PLUS
Your physical, mental, and spiritual energy nicely in sync with life's demands.


3 MANAGING EASILY
Your physical, mental and spiritual energy exceeds life's demands.


2 MANAGING EASILY PLUS
Abundant physical, mental, and spiritual energy.


1 VACATIONING
Total and complete sense of relaxation.

The Cutting Edge of Emotional Healing

What would you think if I told you that there is a powerful way to alleviate even end, suffering? That there was an easily learnable way for people to lessen long-term chronic pain, even if it's been hanging around for decades? Does it sound too good to be true? Would you believe me if I told you that you can even learn how to do it for free? Well, it's true. I invite you to check it out for yourself. There really is a host of excellent material that can be downloaded for free, as well as an extensive series of articles that tell people in great detail how to use this process. These articles are also available for no charge except the time to read and apply them.

What I am speaking of is Emotional Freedom Techniques, known as EFT. Gary Craig is the person who has made EFT popular. He was trained as an engineer at Stanford, and is also a minister. He has been interested in alternative healing methods for most of his life. Gary discovered these techniques and has made it his life's work, after retiring, to let the whole world know about EFT. He has done an excellent job of getting the word out. His international newsletter, EFT Insights Newsletter, is published twice a week and is sent to 300,000 subscribers all over the world.

So, what is EFT? Well, it is much harder for me to describe than it is for me to show you. Perhaps that's because I am a kinesthetic kind of person. Are you familiar with acupuncture - the ancient Chinese medical practice of gently inserting fine needles into the energy meridians of the body? The needles are used to break up energy blockages, which are thought to cause physical as well as emotional dis-ease. EFT is a form of acupressure, and also uses touch on the meridians. In the case of EFT you tap with your fingertips on the meridians. So, in some ways, it really isn't so new. Acupuncture has been practiced in China for thousands of years. However, EFT is different than acupressure in that emotions are part of the equation. While a person taps on specific points, which are easy to learn, they say words that are accepting of the emotions that they, on some level, may have been avoiding. They work on moving the energy that has been stuck in their body's energy system.

Gary Craig suggests trying EFT on everything. So, thousands of people all over the world are doing just that--trying it on everything. I have experienced amazing success using EFT with migraine headaches, prostate pain, chronic pain, stress, poison oak, and the pain from a hornet sting, to name just a few. EFT is especially good with post traumatic syndrome. There are health care workers who travel to places that have been devastated by tsunamis, hurricanes, and war, and who have used EFT to help countless people.

Besides working on pain and other issues that no longer serve us, EFT can also help us get what we do want. I used to write a newspaper column about using affirmations called Minders. I wish that I had known about EFT back in those days. I would have used it for those times when affirmations weren't enough, when the stories and conditioning that we have been lost in get in the way of creating what we want. That's right, you can tap away those old, limiting beliefs that keep you from creating what you want in life, whether it's to perform better get a better job or create the relationship of your dreams.

EFT can be used with the Law of Attaction to focus on what you want instead of what you don't want. When negative beliefs or feelings get in the way of you achieving what you want, you can tap them away with EFT.

So, if EFT is so great why isn't it more well known? That is a reason that I am writing this article--to help make it better known. It is easy to learn. It is portable. You can learn how to do it now.

Temporary change in my email address

We are going through big changes here at our house. We are in the process of moving our websites to a different server. My old email address, joann@wayhealthy.us is out of order. So, if you want to email me, you can reach me at joann.skywatcher@gmail.com.
joann@wayhealthy.us is working!!!

This a picture of me working with a client.

 

We can see each other--cool!

I am really excited to share that I am using Skype Video for my EFT sessions. This will enable us to see each other while we are tapping. Since we live off the grid (we generate our electricity from solar), and our telephone lines are too slow to use for the Internet, we have satellite. The video is a little delayed, but it is still cool because we don't have to use our hands to hold the phone;-). You can download Skype if you don't have it. Also, if you want to talk with me about EFT for FREE for 15 minutes. If you don't have Skype, we can still have a FREE chat about your situation and how EFT can help you. We don't have the computer on all of the time (because we are off the grid), so if you want to try Skype with me, it would be best to email me first (joann@wayhealthy.us). Also, if you don't have Skype, we can talk via phone 707-462-2501.

Advantages of using Skype with EFT:

• free
• can use both hands
• we can see each other's faces
  

I am also including links to the articles that I have written and that are published on Gary Craig's international EFT website:

• Migraine vanishes in 10 minutes

• EFT quickly eliminates any trace of a painful hornet sting

• EFT helps with prostate pain and urinary problems

• Years of shoulder pain disappears in one session

• Using EFT to motivate exercise

• Teacher helps students with non-academic issues--batting average and abscessed tooth

• Emphatic language on a core issue paves the way for a natural birth

• EFT succeeds with hand washing compulsion in minutes
  

The Taming of the Tongue

I love teaching EFT classes, and I especially love using the Borrowing Benefits tool. Recently, in one of classes that I taught through the City of Ukiah, I asked one of the participants what she would like to work on. "Carol" didn't think that she had anything to focus on. After a closer examination, she admitted that there was a behavior that was absolutely driving her crazy. About six months ago, she had had some dental work, and ever since her tongue discovered the changes in her mouth, her tongue couldn't let it be. As our conversation continued, she admitted that her tongue was constantly probing the "new" area in her mouth. As a masseuse, Carol spends her work days silently massaging people's bodies. However, her tongue wasn't letting her truly be still. It just kept on moving as though it was in over-drive.

Her SUDS level was an "8". Some of the Set-up phrases that we started out with included, "Even though:

• my tongue is driving me crazy, I deeply and completely love and accept myself."
• my tongue just wants to keep exploring the same old place over and over and over again..."
• my tongue almost rubs itself raw."
• my tongue doesn't ever let me relax..."
  

This dropped her SUDS level down a couple of notches. We continued on with: "Even though:

• my tongue is doing the best it can do, and I deeply and completely love and accept my tongue for trying to help me out, and I forgive myself for getting upset with my tongue. I know that you have been doing the best you know how."
• I know that you have been trying to help me out by exploring that place in my mouth that got worked on, it isn't actually working for me for you to keep exploring that spot anymore. I know that you must have felt like you still needed to explore that spot, but it is no longer necessary, and I want to thank you for exploring my mouth so well."

Her SUDS level dropped to a '"3". Then we started reprogramming how we wanted her tongue to behave. While tapping, we alternated thanking her tongue with making clear what her tongue's new job would now be. She said things like:

• "you thought you were just doing your job exploring my dental work
  
• now you don't have to do that any more
• you can relax, and just let my dental work alone--we know what it's like there--really well!!! (laughing)
  
• thank you for helping me out, I really appreciate all that you have done for me
• now you can just relax
• and do things like, tasting,
• talking,
• and kissing (laughing)"

I asked how her tongue was doing. Her tongue was finally relaxed for the first time in six months. I believe it felt appreciated, and realized that it could relax and do more interesting tasks than exploring her dental work. Now, Carol is able to do her work in a relaxed manner, all the way down to her tongue.

Letting Go of an Uptight Stomach

The other day, after running errands in town, I called my daughter-in-love (some say daughter-in-law), Stacey on the telephone to see if I could take my granddaughter, Tessa, for a swim at the local health club. Stacey replied, "Why, sure." I hadn't taken Tessa, who is 14 months old, for a swim in almost 8 months, and I was looking forward to taking her again.

When I arrived at Stacey's, I noticed that Stacey was just returning from a walk with Tessa, and remembered when my husband and I had babysat Tessa a few days before that she was returning from a walk. There had been a group of teenagers on skateboards making a lot of noise until at least 10PM. The grinding of the skateboard wheels on the street seemed quite harsh. The noise had been so much for Stacey that she was going on lots of walks to get away from it.

Anyhow, we decided to sit out in front of Stacey's and have a little chat. I told Stacey about some of the wonderful healing results I'd been having using EFT, and asked how she was doing. Stacey told me that she was really having a hard time with the skaters across the street, part of family that had moved in five months ago. Their teenagers were into skateboarding. She was so upset about the noise that she pointed to a real estate magazine and said that they were thinking about finding another home. She also mentioned that the new owner was a lawyer.

I asked her if she would like to do EFT to see if we could help with how upset she felt. She asked, "What about Tessa? You came to have fun with Tessa." I said that if Tessa's mom felt better, I would also be giving a gift to Tessa. Stacey agreed to give it a try. I'll do my best to remember how we did the EFT because I didn't take any notes. Part of the time she was breastfeeding Tessa. Some of the time I was bouncing Tessa on my knee. Sometimes Tessa copied us by tapping on herself (very cute).

The main feeling that Stacey came up with was frustration. She said that her frustration level was a "10". Some of the set-up phrases we used were, "Even though:

• I feel so frustrated that those kids skate for hours and hours on end. I deeply and completely love and accept myself."
• I feel frustrated and upset because I feel helpless about them skating all of the time. I deeply..."

• I feel frustrated and helpless about the kids making noise. I deeply..."
• I feel frustrated that my new neighbor is a lawyer and he doesn't seem to be reasonable. I deeply..."

This was not a quick fix. Her SUDS level stayed high. I probably worked with her for an hour and a half. We went for a ride in the "way-back machine" and found a time when she felt really frustrated and humiliated in high school and tapped on that. It brought her SUDS level down a little, though she reported that is was still a "9".

Then I remembered to ask her how she knew that her SUDS was a still a "9" and she said that she still felt very frustrated. I asked if she could feel it in her body. She said that she could, though the heaviness she'd talked about had moved from her chest. The pain had started to move, and so we followed it. I am so glad I remembered to ask that important question. I then taught her that since the heaviness was no longer in her chest it meant that she had healed one issue, and that it was time to move on to the next. Stacey reported a tightness in her stomach. I asked, "If your stomach could speak, what would it say?"

She contemplated for a few seconds with her eyes closed, and then almost shouted, "Stop the noise!" Her SUDS level fell to a "7". Then I talked vividly about the sound of the skateboards grinding on the street late at night, and brought it up to a "10". Just thinking about the sound of the skateboard wheels had touched a raw nerve.

Another feeling that Stacey recognized was how helpless and angry she felt with the situation. She loved coming home from work to the quietness of her home. This was the way that she recharged her batteries--being at home where it is quiet (she teaches high school during the day). Some of the set-up phrases we came up with included, "Even though:

• I feel really angry that the kids across the street don't care for anybody except for themselves, I deeply..."
• I feel angry that the skaters woke me up, and that they didn't even seem to care about anybody but themselves, I deeply..."
• I feel pissed off that those "little immature kids" (this brought out a laugh) those "little brats" are totally unaware that they are keeping me up, I deeply and completely love and accept myself, and I forgive myself, and I forgive those little brats for being so immature."

We tapped on how helpless she felt. Even though she had been writing letters and joining together with members of her neighborhood, she felt that because the guy across the street was a lawyer they weren't going to be very successful. We tapped on her fear of having to sell her home that she loves so much. We tapped on her losing her "home." We also tapped that when she would hear the noise of the skateboard wheels she could turn the internal volume down so it wouldn't bother her in the same way that it had in the last five months. Also, we tapped on that she could stay centered even when the noise that grated on her nerves was there--that she could go to that peaceful place inside of herself that no one could touch--that no matter what was going on she could be at her center of peace.

We were able to get her SUDS level down to a "5". I asked how she knew it was a "5", and she said that she felt while she still felt it in her mind, the tightness in her stomach had disappeared. About an hour and a half had flown by since we started. She told me that, just like her husband (my son) I was very persistent. With a smile, I asked her "Where do you think he got it from?"

I called her the next day. She thanked me profusely. She felt as though she could finally eat because her stomach was relaxed and the tightness that had been there for months was gone. A few days later she added that the lawyer had sent a conciliatory letter, and that a workable compromise was finally within reach. Stacey's relief was palpable.

Lawyer's Severe Skin Condition Clears

A few weeks ago I met a young man at a meeting. I heard him complain that he had had a skin condition for over four months, and that he had been to doctors and different kinds of specialists to no avail. I told him about my energy work, and that if he didn't see any results to give me a call. A couple of weeks later he made an appointment.

"Joe" told me that he wasn't exactly sure as to what had caused the skin eruptions on the backs of his hands. It seemed like poison oak, and that he may have gotten it from his cats. However, it didn't heal. The next month it spread to his face. One doctor prescribed steroids, and the condition seemed to go away, though after he stopped taking the steroids his condition came back, only worse. He had a full body rash, and his skin was extremely dry. According to him, his immune system was in overdrive.

I found out that he had recently become a lawyer, and that he had taken on too much responsibility. He shared that he had both work related and personal issues. He and his girlfriend had broken up a little over a year ago, and he missed the connection. He had an outbreak on his hands right before his girlfriend moved out. Since he was a new lawyer, he felt obligated to take on everything--even if he didn't like the case. He felt that he had been taken advantage of because he was the new guy, and he felt bombarded by pleas for help from all different directions. It was stressful for him to deal with all of the egos and agendas, too.

When I asked him how he liked being a lawyer, he answered that he was questioning the nature of the work that he was doing. I am always looking for the conflict that my client feels that they are in, and his conflict was that he felt trapped and confined. Though being a lawyer was the path that he had chosen, he felt locked into it. His SUDS level was a 9-10.

Here are some of the set-up phrases I had him use:

• Even though I feel trapped and confined as a lawyer, I deeply and completely love and accept myself.
• Even though I spent all of this time and money on becoming a lawyer and my family expects me to follow through, I deeply...
• Even though I feel like I am locked into a career where there are parts of it that I really hate, I...

After one round of tapping, his SUDS level dropped to a 6. He felt the muscles of his lower back relax; he felt a gentleness that he hadn't felt in a long while; and he confided that he wanted his parents to love him.

His next batch of set-up phrases included:

• Even though I feel trapped because I am practicing law and I dislike I lot of what I see, and I feel uncomfortable in being in some of the situations that I have been in, I deeply and completely love and accept myself and forgive myself for putting myself in these situations and allowing myself to put up with what I find unacceptable.
• Even though there is a part of me that hates being a lawyer and dealing with all of those asshole lawyers and unreasonable clients, I deeply...
• Even though I have overextended myself and have been a patsy--and that has not felt good--my skin has been trying to tell me that it doesn't like how I have been handling these different situations, and I deeply and completely love and accept that my skin has been trying to tell me to say "no" to some of these arrangements, and I promise my system that I will pay attention to how I feel. I forgive myself for raging a war inside of my body.

These setup phrases and tapping on the points on his face and torso brought his SUDS level down to a 3. It was amazing to see how much more relaxed he looked, including the muscles in his jaw.

Then I started to balance positive and negative affirmations:

• Even though I haven't known what to do, and my skin has been telling me that things aren't right inside of me, when I get in a situation where I feel uncomfortable, I remember to breathe and go to my center. Here I can make the right decisions. I deeply...
• Even though I have been uncomfortable with taking on too much in my first year practicing law, I will now remember to be aware of how I am feeling. I remember to breathe and center. I am whole and complete.
• Even though I have had a tough first year of being a lawyer, I have learned a lot. I know my limits and pay attention to how I feel. I breathe, let go and become present.

As he tapped, before he could get down his face with tapping, he started laughing at the absurdity of his situation. His SUDS level dropped to a 1. He said that he was enjoying the lightness that he felt, and that he was feeling love in his heart.

We did one more round of tapping in the positive:

• Being in his heart
• Being in the present moment
  
• Knowing exactly what to do
• Taking on the right amount of work for himself
• Being an honest lawyer
  
• Serving the people
• Balancing work and play
• Having fun

This brought his SUDS level down to zero. He was totally relaxed, yet vibrant. The swelling in his hands went down and they no longer itched.

I telephoned him few a days later to see how things were going. He said that his hands were even better, and he felt great!

Planetary Healing Light Ritual

One morning last week, I woke from the most powerful dream I have had in decades. I actually sat up in bed with a huge grin on my face. The dream went something like this:

I was with a group of people (who seemed to be students of mine). We were standing together under the dark night sky somewhere very quiet. One of the students held a large light over his head. He then brought the light and love from his heart up through his body—so there was white light coming out of the top of his head. Everyone in the group simultaneously joined with him, silently sending their healing light up from their hearts. We sent our healing light out to all the beings on the planet, and then out to the universe.

I am having a few friends over on the equinox (March 20, 2007) to do a similar ritual. (I don’t think that actually holding a light is necessary)—I think it was a symbolic part of the dream. If you resonate with this idea, you can do it with your friends as well. You can join together physically and send your light together. Or you can do it in spirit wherever you are physically. You may choose to do it outside (the new moon is two days before the equinox this year, so it will be a relatively dark night) or if that doesn’t work for you, you could do it inside, too.

Our group will gather at 7 pm and actually do the planetary healing light ritual at around 8 pm Pacific Standard Time—if you are interested in joining with us in spirit, please do. Of course, this ceremony could be done at other times, also.

Feel free to share this everyone that you think might be interested.

Recognizing Who We Are

I have been focusing my energy in sharing EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) with as many people as I can. I believe that it is an incredible tool that helps people energetically dissolve issues that may have created stumbling blocks in their lives. I personally have worked with numerous people and have seen many miraculous results.

Recently, Blair Mansur approached me at A Center for Spiritual Awakening in Mendocino, where my husband, Steve and I go to be with our beloved spiritual community. I was the Practitioner of the Day and I was offering Spiritual Mind Treatment after the service. Blair, a charming, beloved elder came to me wanting to be able to put his face in the water when he swims. He had an old fear about not being able to breathe and he felt claustrophobic when he put his face in the water. He had had this fear since he was eight or nine years old when he had the whooping cough. He was curious about the work I do with EFT, and I briefly explained that I could help him let go of the stories that get in the way of him experiencing All of He Who Truly Is. I gave him a Treatment and told him that I saw him Whole and Complete.

A few days later, I emailed him to see if he still wanted to have an EFT session with me over the phone. He called me and said that he would prefer to be with me in person, and he scheduled an EFT appointment for today. He called me last night to cancel the appointment. Since we had seen each other a little over a week ago, he has gone swimming several times, and he can put his face in the water without any fear! He said that while he was in my Presence I truly saw Him—and in my Seeing he was instantly healed.

So, this brings me back to the core teaching--We Are All God. Emotional Freedom Technique can help erase the stories that keep us from experiencing the Truth of Who We Really Are. Sometimes, we may get the core issue mixed up with the Core Truth. I believe that if we don’t know that We Are One with God (or Spirit) then we may spend all of our time focusing on our core issues and never get to our True Essence. Even though we may not know it, We Are One with God. When I do EFT with people, I am seeing them as Whole and Complete. I know that their experiences of pain and suffering are real for them, and I help them energetically release that which no longer serves them. EFT is one of the best tools that I know to erase the “lies” (even though they seem real) and to get to the Truth of their Being.

Transforming Disappointment into Gratitude

We heard that our friend Sunlight, a small vibrant woman in her eighties, fell and broke her arm last week. After church, my husband and I went to the hospital to visit her. The first thing she said to me was, "are you going to tap me?"

A steady stream of people from church came to visit and wish her well. There were seven or eight visitors and not enough places for people to sit. I didn't feel comfortable doing EFT with her as guests were entering and wishing her well. Then the tide turned, and people started leaving, and we got down to two guests besides Steve and I. So, I asked her if she still wanted me to tap with her.

She smiled and said "yes." This was her fourth day in the hospital, and she really wanted to go home ASAP. I discovered that she was harboring doubts about whether she'd actually be able to go home the next day. Her SUDS level was only a 3, and with one round of tapping the doubt dissolved.

As we were conversing, she started to complain about hospitals and the hugely wasteful way that they did business, pointing to the trash can filled with disposable products (she lives in the country by herself and is a passionate environmentalist.) This was the most animated that I saw her during the visit. I asked her if she would like to let go of the bad feelings she was holding about the hospital, and she agreed. With her strong disapproval of the way that the hospitals did things, she decided her SUDS level was a 9.

I asked her to rub a sore spot on her chest, as she repeated something like this three times:

"Even though I strongly disapprove of the way that this hospital wastes things and I know that I can't do anything about it, I deeply and completely love and accept myself. I forgive myself for having been upset about this, and I forgive the hospital for the way that they do things."

Then I asked her to tap the top of her head (her crown chakra) with her available hand (she had broken her left arm, and had laid helplessly on the floor for several hours before being found) and say:

"Releasing my disapproval of the way this hospital does things."

As she was tapping her crown chakra her energy instantly shifted, before she even finished the above statement. She was smiling and I could see more light coming out of her face.

Then I had her tap on the following points and say:

Eyebrow: "Remaining disappointment about the hospital."

Side of eye: "Gratitude for the hospital helping me."

Under eye: "Disappointment about the hospital."

Under nose: "Gratitude for the hospital helping me and other people that need it."

Chin:"Disappointment."

Collarbone: "Gratitude."

Under arm:"Gratitude."

By the time my husband and I left her, the sun had indeed returned to our friend Sunlight, who is indeed a light unto the world.

Last evening, I saw "Laura" at class, and I asked if her migraine headache had stayed away, and it had not come back. It was one week ago that I did EFT with her for about 10 minutes and it still has not returned.

Recently, I passed the Advanced EFT test. I soon will add my name up on the Practitioner's Section of Gary Craig's site. I have been struggling to put together my website, and have decided to try a different host--one that it is easier to put a PayPal button. So, even though I don't have my website up yet, I want you to know that I am available to do EFT by telephone. This month I have a special offer for new clients.

INTRODUCTORY OFFER--for new clients only FIRST 45 MINUTE SESSION--HALF PRICE REGULAR PRICE--$80 INTRODUCTORY PRICE--$40/Offer ends February

Contact me at joann.skywatcher@gmail.com or call me at 707-462-2501.
I look forward to helping you.

Migraine Headache Vanishes in 10 Minutes!!!

Last evening, during a class that I was participating in, "Laura" complained that she was having a hard time thinking because she had a migraine headache. During a fifteen minute break, I asked her if she still had the migraine, and she did. I asked her if she would be interested in getting rid of it and she said, "why, sure". I asked if it was OK to help her right there in the room with everybody milling around (there wasn't any privacy), and it was OK with her.

She described the pain as behind her right eye, and up the side of her neck. I asked if she had any idea what caused it. She said that she had missed her hair appointment, and she didn't like that. She said also she didn't like it that she had a migraine. I asked what the intensity of the pain was, and her SUDS level was 9 out of 10.

We didn't have much time. I was hoping that I would have a couple of minutes to eat a few of the snacks that were laid out on the table, and to do that, we would need to work quickly, effectively, and with intent. I asked her to rub her sore spot on her chest, while repeating after me:

"Even though I have a hard time thinking because I have a migraine headache and it really hurts. I deeply and completely love and accept myself."
"Even though I missed my hair appointment and I didn't like that. I deeply and completely love and accept myself."
"Even though I have a migraine headache and it hurts like hell. I deeply and completely love and accept myself."

I had her begin with tapping her crown chakra (on the top of her head) with both hands saying, "releasing this migraine headache". The reminder phrase I asked her to use was "migraine headache", and I prompted her to say it as she tapped the spots on her head and face, collarbone, and under her arm. I noticed that the inner eye brow point seemed to be a "hot" one and had her tap it for an extra amount of time. I could see the tension relax in her face as she tapped that point. I was also working to get her laugh, and make noises with her breathing to help shift the energy.

After she finished tapping on the first round, I asked her to close her eyes to see how she felt. She said that she felt much better, and the pain had gone down to a 4. I then asked if any other information had come in, and she said that she had been worrying about money problems.

So, for the second round I instructed her to rub her sore spot and said:

"Even though I still have a migraine headache. I deeply and completely love and accept myself."
"Even though I am worrying about money problems. I deeply and completely love and accept myself."
"Even though I am worrying about money so much that it has made my head hurt. I deeply and completely love and accept myself."

Then I had her tap on her crown chakra saying, "remaining migraine headache pain". I then instructed her to tap on the other points on her head and face, collarbone, and under her arm. I had her alternate, "migraine headache" with "money problems" as her reminder phrase.

When she finished the second round she exclaimed, "The pain is gone!"

Did You Know That Probiotics Can Be Yummy?

If you really knew me, you would know that I am passionate about making fermented foods. I love the fact that I can get probiotics from my foods instead of taking expensive pills. Not only that, that taste great!!

Some of my favorite fermented foods:

* Sauerkraut
* Kim Chi
* Mango Chutney
* Pineapple Chutney
* Ginger ale
* Pickled Cucumbers


So what is so hot about lacto-fermented foods?

* They taste yummy!
* Lactic acid is a natural preservative that inhibits putrefying bacteria
* Enhances their digestibility
* Increases vitamin levels
* These beneficial organisms produce numerous helpful enzymes
* The organisms also produce antibiotic and anticarcinogenic substances
* Also promote healthy flora throughout the intestine


So, if I have your interest up, you may be wondering where do you find out how to make these interesting dishes? Well, I learned from Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon. I have been preparing food for almost forty years, and I have gone through lots of different styles of cooking and used various cookbooks. However, since my encounter with Nourishing Traditions a couple of years ago, I hardly refer to any other cookbooks!

My friend Doug wanted to get Nourishing Traditions and he wanted to help me out by ordering from my old blog: Living my Passion , but the old link didn't work. So, here is the new link to buy Nourishing Traditions.