Tapping for breast cancer

himalaya

I was trained in Reiki and EFT ( tapping).  You mentioned that in your country, BC is believed to be caused by heartache. If that is the case, I guess I can understand why the emotional fredom technique would see right. I would never do this as a treatment for BC, but I cant imagine it would hurt to ADD it  as it can help with particular stresses.

Bets of luck to you as you ( we!)  continue to try to figure all this out.

Thanks for the link Joy.  I had never heard of this and the YouTube video spawned a search for a many more YouTube videos (as YouTube often does!:) 

I'm typically a positive person without a lot of self deprecation, but I like the idea of tapping all the spots to open the meridians.

When I do Yoga and focus on my breathing, I find it really helpful to meditate a targeted visualization on the killing of the cancer in my body.  I imagine a bright neon green (I'm not sure why it's green) swirling of light of that spirals up from my toes to my pelvis, gaining momentum swirling around in my torso and in between organs...then I imagine it weaving its way through each and every rib, swirling up to my shoulders, up my neck...crossing the brain blood barrier taking a few laps up there and then plummeting down with all the cancer debris until it works its way out through the soles of my feet. 

Perhaps tapping has a place for me prior to Yoga.  If you can set yourself up with any phrase I think mine will be "Remove the cancer now"

Himalaya I have to agree with u on fear and add stress--I believe if feeds off of it.When I was getting diagnosed all I asked my Dr was how are my chances? And she said 50/50 so I said well I like the 50% that survices, not the other 50 and really never asked more and somehow I decided not to worry or stress over it in any way and for some strange reason I never gave it another thought. But I did do traditional methods--doesn't actually mean I'm right, just means I' not creative. LOL

I was searching for different diet studies when I stumbled on a study using EFT tapping to eliminate food cravings.

Tapping Away Desire for Those Favorite Foods and Snacks
ScienceDaily (Apr. 23, 2010) - Psychological acupuncture has been shown to be successful in reducing food cravings for up to six months in people who are overweight or obese.

"... The technique combines gentle tapping on pressure points while focusing on particular emotions and thoughts.
Psychologist Dr Peta Stapleton, an academic title holder in Griffith University's School of Medicine, said the technique was painless and easy to learn.
Her research also showed the impact on food cravings was almost immediate and long lasting. Food cravings significantly reduced after just four, two-hour sessions and were maintained at a six-month follow-up.
"Participants in the trial were surprised by how quickly the technique works -- that it doesn't take a lot of time to eliminate food cravings they may have had for many years," Dr Stapleton said... Psychological acupuncture, also known as the emotional freedom technique (EFT), has also been used to manage clinical issues such as post traumatic stress disorder, phobias and addictions."

Now I'll have to hunt for more EFT studies.  Do you think it would work for obsessive researching or internet addiction?