EFT with Bethany

EFT, or Emotional Freedom Techniques, is a stress-relief tool that combines gentle tapping on acupressure points with focused breathing and spoken affirmations.

The idea is that negative emotions can get “stuck” in the body’s energy system, and tapping on specific points, like the side of your hand, your collarbone, or under your eye, while naming what you’re feeling helps release them. It’s a bit like acupuncture, but you use your fingertips instead of needles, and you can do it yourself, anywhere.

People use it for anxiety, stress, cravings, and phobias. A session typically starts with rating how intense your distress feels, tapping through a sequence of points, and then checking in to see if that number has dropped.

What I love most about EFT is that it’s both simple and deep. On its own, it’s free, takes just a few minutes, and gives you a way to calm your mind and body anywhere, using nothing but your hands. And when you work with a practitioner, it can go further, helping you gently work through long-held emotions and experiences, even ones you’ve carried since childhood. It’s an easy place to start and a practice you can keep growing into.