Rehana Webster, EFT Master, lives in New Zealand.  She offers EFT Level 1, 2 & 3 workshops and can be contacted for individual and/or phone session.

 

 

How an EFT Master Enhances the Movie Technique

 The Movie technique is a very powerful way of changing our internal experience.  With some additions to this technique some wonderful results are achieved.  I use this technique and get excellent results with some of the most difficult trauma cases.

 “The special sensory qualities perceived by each of the five senses are known as sub-modalities in NLP lingo.  For example, visual sub-modalities include color, shape, movement, brightness, depth etc., auditory sub-modalities include volume, pitch, tempo etc., and kinesthetic sub-modalities include pressure, temperature, texture, location etc.

 We experience the outside (and inside?) world through our 5 senses. Sub-modalities can be described as the structure of each sense. While we can't change the actual experience of something that has happened in the past, we may be able to change how the experience is structured and therefore how the memory is experienced or remembered.”

 The impact of this is profound. If you have a memory that is remembered as a picture you are very likely to be able to change the experience of that memory by changing the brightness, distance or focus of that picture.

 For instance take an unpleasant event for which you want to neutralize the negative feelings.  Turn it into a movie.  Like Gary suggests, give it a title and decide on the length and figure out who is starring in it.  This will allow you to view the movie from ‘third position’.  So you will be watching yourself in the movie.  This will distance you from the actual event.  Start tapping on the karate chop point and proceed with the short-cut protocol of tapping while viewing your internal movie.  Stimulating the points by tapping balances the flow of energy therefore removing blocks and unwanted negative emotions.

 Imagine that the movie is on a TV screen at the further end of the room.  Tap on the points as you watch the movie and notice how it feels and where you may be experiencing higher amount of distress.

 You can try all the variations listed below:

 Make the movie Black and White. Recall the last time you saw a B&W movie and what the quality was like. Notice how the definition between the foreground and background was not distinct.  Run the movie as many times as you want as you tap on the points and rate it every time to test the results.

 Tap on the points and run the B&W movie backwards like rewinding a video.  What did it look like with everything going backwards?  Rewind the movie and rate it till you are satisfied with the results.

 Make the mental movie into a cartoon. Do you have a favorite cartoon show/character or had one when you were young.   Turn your movie into a Technicolor cartoon and have the players represented by Bugs Bunny, Popeye, Mickey Mouse, Wiley Coyote, etc.

Add music to the movie.  This can be done at any stage.  Choose something like Polka or rock ‘n ‘ roll.   Adjust the volume of the music or hear it in one ear and then the next.  Watch your movie with the adjustments while you are tapping on the points.

 Another variation to use is if you are hearing a phrase rather then seeing the event, adjust the sub-modalities of the auditory experience. 

 Make the sound louder, softer, slower, faster.  Change the voice to Donald Duck.

 Test and retest your work.  Rate the mental movie after each version.  Notice what works best