As an energy therapist, I sometimes give clients a 30 minute demonstration of one of the techniques I use and if we don't get results in that short 30 minute session they assume it doesn't work.
Contrast this with allopathic medicine where, if you are given a 10 day course of antibiotics, you don't take two pills, stop, and then assume they didn't work.
So why is it that we assume alternative therapies should act as a magic wand and make problems go away immediately?
Yes many of the therapies produce results very quickly but for more complex problems they take time to change your old physical and emotional patterns as well. Many people are willing to take medications such as antidepressants and blood pressures pills for the rest of their life yet won't invest in several session of energy therapy to get to and clear the core issues of the problem.
Maybe part if the problem is the expectation set by taking a pill - that we want an immediate fix. If you have a headache, you want something that fixes it now because you can't wait 20 minutes and drink some water to rehydrate and get rid of the headache that way. (Actually it takes 20 - 40 minutes for the headache pill to take effect as your digest it and chances are the water you took with the pill was what worked first)
So even though alternative therapies actually get to the root cause and solve the problem, most of us are happy with a quick fix that masks the symptoms. And when alternative therapies don't just give us the quick fix.... we assume they don't work.
A part of me does believe that there will come a time when alternative therapies, such as EFT, will develop to the point of being able to treat issues faster than pills. In fact, EFT is well know for it's one-minute wonders, but even when it takes longer the effects are more gentle, safer, and permanent, than taking a course of pills.
So next time you try out a new alternative therapy, remember to consider what your expectations are. Are you looking for another magic pill or are you serious about healing to true cause of your condition. Give you self the time to benefit from alternative therapies.
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The underlying belief of energy therapies is that if you treat the energy system the physical body can heal it self.
If you'd like to find out more about energy therapies, such as the Emotional Freedom Techniques, head over to my website at http://www.tap4health.com The basic of EFT are free to learn. Look under the Resources for a link to the free manual. Private sessions are also available for more serious issues or you just want to get started straight away.
By the way Naomi, EFT is fantastic for kids because they don't have the same hangups we might have about it as adults. They tend to learn it and then teach it to their friends.
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