This is an update for an earlier publication.
EFT came into my life about 4 years ago. It was like meeting a good old friend for the first time. since, he is a guest at my table three meals a day and still very welcome. I would like to tell you how I have integrated EFT into my work. In 1995 I have joined a group of artists who had in mind to experiment the use of theatre as a complimentary educational tool, Outside and within the conventional schooling system. Since we have developed a method using the basic tools of theatre as a discipline to help integrate different groups of the population, who normally wouldn't have the chance to actively interact. Students from so-called black schools with their white school homologues. students from schools in the suburbs with students from central town, children in refugee centres with children from a local native school, etc. The concept is quite simple. we come with a ready-made theatre peace and in a five days intensive workshop we have the children perform on a professional stage in front of an audience. our website www.zinzien.nl is in touch, the English and French versions are still under construction. However I have the text translations, these can be sent if requested.
Sounds stressful for the children? well surprisingly enough they are like fish to water with our method. except for some individuals, this is where EFT comes in with great efficiency. When a child gets angry or becomes anxious and starts crying or goes into a hectic behavior, I take him/her to the side and aske him/her to tell me what's going on. While they are telling me, I hold their hand and tap gently on the gamet point or wrist while surrogate tapping all the points, intuitively testing there openness to the process. If receiving a positive(which is usually the case), I proceed to gentle tapping on highbrow, side of the eye, under the eye and under the arm, all while keeping hold of their hand. In most cases the results are immediate, tears stop, the facial expression relaxes , the breathing regulates and deepens. eventually the child seems to have this pleasantly surprised look of ''what happened?'' for the rest of the workshop day, While participating with ease in the workprocess. One of the principles and workshop conditions is that the regular teachers of the students will participate in the workshop as an equal member of the group. You can imagine that this might bring up a few issues and major migraines. no worries, they where EFTed away as well. Naturally, this creates interest, which I have learned to answer channeling my enthusiasm into digestible metaphors, allowing some of those new ideas to grab hold.
Project I’m in the process of initiating, called ''greenhouses effect''. These are ecological homes spread across Europe, to be educational centres for energy self-sufficiency. Energy self-sufficiency, not only on the level of wind and water energy, solar panels, cradle to cradle http://www.mbdc.com/ materials , etc, but also , personal energy management, using EFT as a key opening the door to a large spectrum of biomagnetic-energy management tools. These homes will be the beating heart of teams formed in each region delivering on a regular basis workshops to different groups of children inside and outside the conventional educational system, using our method and its complimentary benefits. These homes, I call them homes because those centres are run by a family residing at location. These homes will allow people to examine the possibility of environmental friendly lifestyle whether the environment is external or internal.