The goal of Emotional Sound Techniques Association is to be pioneers in the research of using sound, crystals and light to aid in the healing of our body; Physical, Spiritual, Emotional and Mental.
Our intention is to teach this to the
WORLD.
EMOTIONAL SOUND TECHNIQUES
Introduction by Regina Murphy, L.M.T.
Human beings are very complex. We are able to identify four aspects that work together and are very separate and distinct from each other; the physical, the spiritual, the emotional and the mental. Imagine they are like “four legs” on a stool. Each is independent yet all need to work together in balance in order for the “stool” to perform at its highest potential. Each leg on the stool needs to be understood and is treated by different procedures if the stool needs adjustment. For example, you would not go visit your priest or spiritual advisor if you break your leg or have a headache any more than you would go to a doctor if you were experiencing a spiritual conflict in your life. The time of treating emotional upset with pills that only hide the symptoms is outdated with the development of Energy Psychology and the tools it has developed and made accessible to heal our emotional bodies.
Traditional Chinese Medicine and Energy Psychology combined with the use of specific frequencies and harmonics of sound and specific crystals are the building blocks of Emotional Sound Techniques. Each of these modalities and tools, in and of themselves, are healing tools of the highest order. The combination of them is the difference between one solo performer and a symphony. Each instrument adds just the right vibration to the completed masterpiece. In this class, you will be introduced to each of these tools, the founders, and their philosophies and the available resources to further your education in these areas. You will learn how to practice this modality on yourself, loved ones and your clients.
Western Medicine is practiced primarily surgically or chemically (pharmaceuticals or nutriceuticals). When healing is done at the energetic level using thoughts, emotions, beliefs, subconscious programs, light, sound and polarity, we are addressing the very root of the problem, NOT THE SYMPTOM. Modern Western medicine addresses only symptoms or the results of long-term decay or degeneration in most cases.
Rarely is the emotional body addressed as a possible cause of illness even though it is an important, if not the most important part, of our body. We must begin to treat the body’s disturbances at the level at which they arise, in the energy field, where the emotional body exists. This was the advice of Einstein and Louis Pasteur.
Introduction by Dr. John C. Burchard O.M.D, L.Ac, L.M.T.
There is a well documented history in Chinese Medicine of the acknowledgement of the interrelationship between the emotions that are associated with every meridian system and the physical body. Emotional imbalances often lead first to changes in the energetic systems of the body and likewise energetic changes can result in emotional imbalances. Energetic imbalances eventually lead to organic pathologies. It has been observed irrefutably that there is this complete interdependence between the energetic body, the emotions and thoughts themselves, and the health of the physical body. The three are inseparable. I believe there is GREAT PROMISE to develop this far beyond where it has been developed today.
Psychoneuroimmunology, a recent field of Western Medicine, recognizes the importance of the emotions, particularly in relation to their effects on the immune system and on inflammatory conditions. Of importance is the recognition of anger, depression, other emotional factors, and “personality types” (A, B, C, D, etc) and their effects on the physical body. Predominant emotions can effect a predisposition for the body to be affected by various diseases. Bringing acupuncturists into the field with an extensive knowledge of Chinese Medicine and the energy systems of the body can bring a refinement and improvement in all Energy Psychology techniques; specifically in the area of identifying key acupoints for treatment and more effective stimulation techniques. Typically, the points used in Energy Psychology tapping protocols are used by acupuncturists more for diagnostics than treatment. In “Emotional Sound Techniques” we will be incorporating more potent therapeutic points as well as including sound and crystals to stimulate the points. Sound has already been proven to be a powerful stimulus and the addition of the OHM tuning fork (136.10 Hz) provides safe, effective vibrations assisting the body to homeostasis. In advanced classes, the use of more specific frequencies and harmonics will be addressed to assist the body and the emotions to a place of balance.
Course Overview
(This work book must be read in its entirety prior to doing a session)
For thousands of years, the Chinese have used needles, pressure, or heat on the meridian points to bring balance to the energetic systems of the body. Accurate depictions of the acupuncture points on the body and detailed maps of the points on the body were drawn on silks that date back to 2000 B.C. A large percentage of the world population still integrates Traditional Chinese Medicine into its health care system. Acupuncture is considered complementary in the United States and its popularity is growing in leaps and bounds.
The World Health Organization has published lists of many conditions for which acupuncture is effective as a primary or adjunctive treatment. Americans are also becoming weary of the use of high priced harmful prescription and non-prescription chemicals as a solution to their health care and have found great results with meridian based therapies rather than with chemical medicine.
Great advances in what is called “Energy Psychology” have proven to be considerably effective with immediate effects on most emotional and physical problems. Energy Psychology as it is discussed in this class includes TFT (Thought Field Therapy), EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques), EP (Energy Psychology). All use various forms of tapping techniques only have different names. It is not our purpose to examine the similarities or differences of the modalities other than to acknowledge that all of them include some type of tapping on, or stimulation of, the meridian points.
Energy Psychology uses a technique from Chinese Medicine called acupressure, and other Energy Medicine techniques, to effect immediate and lasting change in people’s lives. By thinking about a physical or emotional discomfort and stimulating various acupressure points on the body, along with saying certain verbal phrases, physical and emotional changes and improvements can be achieved. Adding the healing power of sound from an OHM tuning fork (136.10 Hz) when stimulating the acupressure points can accelerate the effects exponentially.
You will be introduced to the healing power of sound as it is placed on the body with a tuning fork and why the sound of OHM is such an effective vibration for bringing the body to a place of balance or homeostasis. Tapping on the emotional meridian points has caused a virtual revolution in how to handle repetitive negative emotions and phobias that may contribute to or even cause many mental and physical illnesses. Energy Psychology involves the subconscious mind and beliefs. It is the general consensus that self sabotaging beliefs and subconscious programs are at the root of many of our problems and illnesses. These issues are the focus of the leading founders of Energy Psychology and the techniques introduced in this course.
These Energy Psychology techniques are available on www.youtube.com from the many practitioners in the field as well as a free 80 page downloadable manual from the most famous website www.emofree.com in the field. I have also included some of the latest research on why and how crystals help and how to use them effectively within the context of Energy Psychology.
Energy Psychology
Dr. Roger Callahan, founder of Thought Field Therapy, is considered the father of acupressure for the emotions in Energy Psychology. His discovery, over thirty years ago, that immediate relief for phobias occurs with tapping on meridian points spawned an avalanche of research into this field. Although Dr. Callahan was heavily rooted in Western medicine and had an established practice, he decided to take a class in Chinese Medicine and Acupressure. It is my understanding that at the time he was taking the class, he was working with a woman known as Mary. Her fear of water was so severe that it was affecting her daily life. For eighteen months, Dr. Callahan had weekly sessions with Mary outside near the pool trying to move her closer and closer to the pool each session. This type of behavioral modification treatment was not working but, out of the blue, Dr. Callahan remembered that the stomach meridian was somehow related to fear. He asked Mary to tap on the beginning point of the stomach meridian, under the eye. To his surprise, Mary said “I’m not afraid of water anymore.” Mary got up out of her chair and began running toward the pool. Dr. Callahan jumped up out of his chair and ran right after her because he was afraid she would jump into the pool and drown. She only put her hand into the water in the pool to show that she wasn’t afraid anymore. Both of them thought this was a temporary miracle. It was a permanent one and one for all of humanity. This is what began the entire field known as “Energy Psychology”. Today it is at the forefront of Energy Medicine and natural healing.
Gary Craig, a researcher and founder of Emotional Freedom Techniques, was trained by Dr. Callahan. He made these techniques available to the world. YouTube is filled with simple “How To” videos and Gary Craig’s website www.emofree.com has a free 80 page downloadable manual. Many EFT practitioners have videos on their websites as well. Children, as young as three, can sing and tap themselves to emotional and physical health with a simple song to the tune of “If You’re Happy and You Know it, Clap Your Hands”. Most people don’t even know how effective this tapping can be because there is no profit for anyone to advertise and educate you that you can heal yourself by tapping. Thanks to the internet you can keep up with the latest research in this fast growing field. Two of best books I have ever read on the subject are Emotional Self Management by Peter Lambrou Ph.D. and George Pratt Ph.D. (both work at the prestigious Scripps Clinic in La Jolla, California) and The Promise of Energy Psychology by David Feinstein PhD. and Donna Eden.
Dr. Larry Nims PhD., an icon in the field, gifted us with his body of work called “Be Set Free Fast” also taught in this class. Based on the success I have experienced in my work with this modality of Energy Psychology, I now refer to it as the “super highway to healing”.
Following the explanation of “Collarbone Breathing” below, there is a simple but effective basic tapping technique. If you take the time to learn it, it will astound you with its’ immediate effects. Try it on a persistent anger, fear or trauma and you will open your emotional system and physical body to this powerful natural healing system.
Healing techniques using acupressure treatment points is not a new concept. Tattoos found on the mummy of Otzi (Otzi’s body was frozen in ice and it is estimated to be 5200 years old) indicate that he might have been treated for arthritis with acupuncture. The tattoos were on the spots we would use to treat arthritis. This would indicate that before modern medicine, or even the emergence of acupuncture in Asia, man’s innate wisdom played a huge part in how humans healed themselves.
CONCEPT ONE: POLARITY REVERSAL
Magnets have a direction; north and south. Our body’s polarity is very similar; it has a healthy magnetic “pole” or “direction”. When you are balanced, you feel great. Have you ever awakened in the morning and didn’t feel just right; a little disoriented or just know you don’t feel good? This is “polarity reversal”. When your polarity is reversed, and that can happen easily, the body’s natural ability to “self heal” will automatically correct the reversal. With continual stress or a traumatic event, the body might not be able to automatically correct itself. This is when most efforts to heal illnesses fail. This chronic state of reversal can be reversed for about three hours with a breathing technique called “Collarbone Breathing”. This creates a “temporary window” of opportunity for healing at the most basic level; the Energetic Level.
When I am teaching a class in healing the emotions and I recognize that someone in the class is not progressing along with the others in the class, I stop the class and do the collarbone breathing exercise. When I am teaching classes to those who work in the healing arts, I always start a class with it because the chances of them being reversed are greater than average. It is the nature of the field of caregivers and healers to be vulnerable to polarity reversal.
I always suggest this procedure to people who are chronically ill. I recommend they do it several times a day until the polarity reversal is stable. This is easy to test using different muscle tests designed specifically for reversal. (Muscle testing is not part of this class). Since there is no harm in using this technique, the rule of thumb for me is “how good do I feel that day”. If “not good”, I use the collarbone breathing technique on myself. A very detailed explanation of polarity reversal is available on the internet if you would like a more scientific explanation.
I have had excellent long term results using this procedure with autistic children.
Collarbone Breathing
Although not a necessary part of the basic training, I am including this procedure to be sure that as you learn this technique, your body is in balance and receptive of healing.
In 2001 when I took the class in Dr. Callahan’s version of Energy Psychology, called Thought Field Therapy, we were taught to use this very specific technique in case we were not getting results using the basic tapping methods. Having been trained in the BodyTalk System of Energy Medicine, I am often guided to use this technique before I can begin a session. I believe that if the body is too out of balance it needs to be realigned before the session. I was also taught “Collarbone Breathing” at the prestigious Scripps Clinic when I studied under Dr. Pratt PhD, author of “Emotional Self Management”. It is referred to as “Polarity Reversal” by the authors. I have seen amazing results using it with autism and other chronic problems. It is usually NOT necessary; however, if no result can be achieved using the traditional methods, it is recommended that it be used. It is my belief that it puts us into an optimum state to receive whatever healing we choose to receive. I have also found it to be very useful in cases of severe physical illness and severe panic and anxiety disorders.
There are many steps to this procedure so I recommend practicing this often so that when you need to use it, it is firmly planted in your memory. You can just show your client what to do rather than have to look it up and read the procedure. Notice the picture of the hand placement while performing the procedure of collarbone breathing.
1. Sit in a comfortable chair facing the client and perform the exercise, asking the client to perform the exercise along with you.
2. Open your right hand placing your right thumb against the palm.
3. Place your fingers on the left K27 point just under the medial end of the left collarbone allowing the fingers to actually touch the bone and the point under it.
4. With your left hand, using outstretched fingers, tap CONTINUALLY on the back of right hand at Tw 3 point with your fingers. This point is proximal to the knuckles between the fourth and fifth fingers.
5. While tapping do the following breathing;
a) Take a deep breath in and hold it for five seconds.
b) Exhale ½ of the breath and hold it for five seconds.
c) Exhale completely and hold it for five seconds.
d) Inhale ½ a breath and hold it for five seconds.
e) Breathe normally.
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Now open your left hand place the thumb against the palm and the finger on the right collarbone and repeat the same procedure on this side.
Next make a fist, placing your knuckles on the K27 point on the left collarbone Repeat the exercise on both sides of the body on both collarbones. The tapping spots and breathing steps are the same as above.
I have noted the YouTube website for it below. It is titled “collarbone breathing for dummies”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CX5tsfNbpw
All other procedures are available on the “ashiosaya” account.
CONCEPT TWO: ENERGY FIELD
All Negative Emotion is a Blockage in the Energy Field. The energy field, in its simplest terms, is the part of our body that can’t be detected using our five senses (seeing, hearing, touching, smelling and tasting). We discover the different parts of our energy field as we grow in consciousness. Our ancestors were amazingly accurate in their depictions of the fields like auras, chakras and meridians which are parts of the energy field. A blockage in the energy field can occur by a trauma, repetition of negative statements or an endless variety of other occurrences.
This is a simple example. Let’s imagine a young child eating strawberries when a knock at the door was followed by the news that his best friend’s mother had suddenly passed away. Assuming the child was only five, and had little understanding of death, this incident would expose many traumas throughout his life and the effects would play a role throughout his life. He would have no conscious memory that he was eating strawberries at the time he heard the news but, within a year, he noticed that every time he ate strawberries he broke out in hives.
In another example, a small child, in a loving family, spills a glass of milk on the new couch ten minutes after it arrived. The loving but very upset mother severely overreacts and says “YOU IDIOT, HOW COULD YOU DO SOMETHING SO STUPID”. She spanks him and sends him to his room. This child may grow up to have four PhD’s but never feel worthy of a woman’s love and affection. The belief that he was stupid could cause a multitude of chain reactions on the physical and emotional levels. It is not possible to escape a trauma of this type while growing up.
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Points can be stimulated using various methods. Tapping is the most common method used. Other methods include tuning forks and tuning forks with crystals; both are part of this class. Additional methods, not part of this class, are needles, (used in Traditional Chinese Medicine in Acupuncture) electrical, magnetic, laser light, imagination, and tapping on a surrogate person or stuffed animal.
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Basic Point Stimulation Procedures
The goal of this procedure is releasing harmful emotions, negative thought patterns and sabotaging belief systems. This will put you in control of your thoughts which affect every facet of your life.
Basic Points to Stimulate
As stated before, these points have been stimulated previously in various Energy Psychology methods by lightly tapping with the fingers 5 to 7 times. This technique can be used if tuning forks and crystals are not available. There is one rubbing and there are ten tapping spots. Rub the sore spot while saying the setup phrase (See example of a setup phrase below).
Sore spot: This is the only “side specific” point that is most effective when the rubbing procedure is done on the left side of the body. This is the only place to stimulate that is a general area and not a specific acupoint and it is a main psychological reversal point. Rub on it with moderate pressure in a clockwise circular motion. The sore spot area is approximately three inches inferior and three inches lateral to the sternal notch (on the midline medial to where the clavicle meets the sternum). It will be somewhat more tender than the surrounding area. It is most effective when the rubbing procedure is done on the left side of the body. Rub on the sore spot while saying the setup phrase below.
Stimulation or Tapping Points
Top of the head, GV 20
On the brow spot, UB 2
Side of the eye, GB 1
Under the eye, ST 2
Under the nose, GV 26
Under the lip, CV 24
Collar bone, K 27,
Under the arm, SP 21
Under the breast, Liv 14
Medial side of the nail on every finger (except the 4th or ring finger) Lu 11, LI 1, PC 9, Ht 9
Individual Steps
1. Pick an Issue. You need to think of a problematic emotion/issue that comes to mind more often than anything else. Be as specific as you can. Like –“I hate it when my husband won’t pick up after himself”. THIS IS THE SETUP PHRASE.
2. Assess the Intensity. On a scale of zero to ten, with zero being no emotional charge at all, pick a number that best represents how you feel about your issue at this time so you can measure the changes.
3. Say the Setup Phrase. While rubbing continually on the sore spot, repeat the setup phrase out loud three times. “I deeply and completely accept myself even if (insert your particular issue; like, “I hate it when my husband won’t pick up after himself”).
4. Do the Sequence. While repeating your reminder phrase, which is a mini statement of the issue, (like with this fear) stimulate each spot shown on the picture of the points above.
Do two complete sequences of tapping and then assess the intensity of the emotional charge, physical pain or craving. If the emotional charge, physical pain or craving is not at a zero or a very low number, go to the ‘GLOBAL REVERSALS” section below and perform that procedure.
Although the points reflected on the picture above may look weird, it very well may be the most important treasure map you will ever use. It is a “treasure map” to the stuck emotions and subconscious programs that you are more than likely unaware of. The reasons that it works so well are still being debated by the most brilliant minds in the field but what we all know now is that it does work. The latest current up to the minute research is available, on the website found in the references at the end of the workbook.
So Let Us Just Begin Using Tapping
Before you turn back to the picture of the Tapping Points, it is important to select an issue or problem you want to work with. Thinking of a current frustration, fear or hurt is a great place to start. Without thinking about the problem, or feeling the emotion, this procedure will not have the desired effect of relieving the issue or problem. Learning this procedure and practicing it will enable you to use it when you are upset by life challenges.
Now that you have decided what issue or problem you want to work on, go back to “Individual Steps in the Process” and follow the directions. Read it through twice so you understand the procedure. When you are through performing all of the individual steps in the process, continue with the next section called “Global Reversals”.
Global Reversals
Psychological Reversal is a term used in Energy Psychology to refer to a belief or program embedded into the subconscious that actually overrides a conscious desire. Most of us have been indoctrinated to our family’s beliefs and their ancestors before them. Much of what we hold as a truth was simply passed down to us without our conscious consent, yet we hold it as “our truth”. When these beliefs, such as “life is a struggle”, were part of our family’s belief system, more than likely they became part of our belief system.
Global Reversals are statements that assist us in deleting these inherited, uncensored beliefs that became a part of the programs that run our lives. Global Reversals are used when the discomfort (physical or emotional) is not relieved by basic point stimulation. The setup phrase should do the trick but many times we need to dig deeper into the subconscious for relief, and that is when we use the Global Reversal setup phrases.
Using Global Reversals
A pointed quartz crystal is the preferred stimulus. You can apply an ohm tuning fork or tap on this point if you don’t have a crystal. Make a fist with one hand and put the point of the crystal on the psychological reversal point as shown in the photo or just tap with your fingers on the side of your fisted hand. This point is also known as the “Karate Chop” Point. It is the Si 3.
Below I have listed two example phrases – one which deals with being angry and one which deals with being hurt by my sister’s remarks.
Example one: I deeply and completely love and accept myself even if I am really angry.
Example two: Even if I am feeling hurt by my sister’s remarks, I deeply and completely love and accept myself.
You need to think of your issue or problem while saying each of the phrases below three times. It is important to phrase your statement to include your personal issue, feeling or emotion. Replace the word “Problem” in the following phrases with your personal issue, feeling, emotion or problem. This is a standalone procedure so you can use this anytime or any place without using the Basic Procedures.
Remember to focus on the issue before saying each of the following Global Reversal Phrases. Say the phrases three times while stimulating the Si 3, on the side of the hand.
Global Reversal Phrases
I deeply love and accept myself even with this problem (insert your issue for the word problem).
I forgive myself on all levels, conscious and unconscious; even if I am addicted to the problem (insert your issue for the word problem).
Even if it is not possible to get over this problem (insert your issue for the word problem), I deeply and completely accept myself.
Even if I will lose my identity if I get over this problem, (insert your issue for the word problem) I deeply and completely accept myself.
Even if I secretly want to keep this problem (insert your issue for the word problem), I deeply and completely accept myself.
Even if there is a secret “pay off” (like not having to go to work) or (gaining the sympathy of others) to keeping this problem (insert your issue for the word problem), I deeply and completely accept myself.
Now stop and check with the client if the emotional charge is at a zero or a low number. If not, then continue with:
Even if I am still stuck in this emotion, I deeply and completely accept myself.
Even if I never get over this problem (insert your issue for the word problem), I am OK.
Check again to see if the emotional charge is at a zero or a low number, if not, then you are stuck and need to continue with a procedure which is called “The Bridge” or “The Nine Gamut Procedure” described below. This procedure will help you move past this point.
The Bridge or The Nine Gamut Procedure
While continuously stimulating this point, the Tw3:
1. Close your eyes.
2. Open them.
3. Without moving your head, look down to the
right.
4. Now look down to the left.
5. Make a circle with your eyes 360% to the right.
6. Now reverse it.
7. Hum two lines of “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”.
8. Count to five (5).
9. Hum two lines of “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”.
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Although the above procedure seems very unusual, it is based on well known therapies; Rapid Eye Movement and Neuro-linguistic Logical Programming. When you hum, you engage the right side of the brain (the creative side) and when you count, you engage the left side of the brain (the logical side). This balances both sides of the brain.
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Now repeat the “Basic Procedures” as shown in the workbook above. When finished completing the process, check the level of the emotional charge. If the emotional charge is not at zero or quite low, then repeat the “Basic Procedures” again. You can continue repeating the “Basic Procedures” five times or until you are sure that the issue is significantly diminished. The emotional charge should be a zero or a low number.
Making this part of your daily emotional self care is the greatest gift you can give yourself and those you love. You can’t over use this procedure. It is also important not to rely on a practitioner to do these sessions with you because it is very important to use the technique when you encounter issues or problems. Learning to heal yourself gives the power back to you. Although these steps are unusual, they are far easier to learn than the latest technology. For example, we do not hesitate to learn about computers or DVD players if ours are not working. We should be as diligent in learning to clear our negative thought patterns. It not only benefits us when we change our negative emotions but it affects everyone we come in contact with each day. Every emotion we experience has a direct effect on every cell of our body. The emotions we become addicted to are often the most detrimental to our physical health. The only downside to these procedures is when an overzealous practitioner assumes that the client needs to clear too much at one time. In an effort to do a really “good” job, often a therapist cannot see that ending a session early may be better than going on to the next issue. This can leave the client disoriented for a few days. Although the issue may have been cleared, it may have been too much too soon. Just as a “four hour massage” could do more harm than do good.
It is always best to do a reprogramming after you delete emotions or programs. The full version of this technique is explained later in the workbook under “Four Minute Reprogramming”.
CONCEPT THREE: “OHM” THE PRIMORDIAL VIBRATION
There are approximately 20,000 audible frequencies that the human ear can hear. One of these frequencies is the sound that the earth makes as it travels around the sun. The sound is so low that the human hear can’t hear it so it has to be raised a number of octaves so that we can. This sound frequency is 136.10 Hz. It was discovered and mathematically proven by Johannes Keppler in the early 1600’s. What I find amazing is that, in India, the 136.10 Hz was the primary tuning sound for their musical instruments from the time of recorded history and is still true today. This cannot be an accident. Tuning our bodies, using a tuning fork of that frequency, will bring us closer to the cosmic vibrations helping us to remember who we truly are.
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I would like to point out that the therapeutic value of tuning fork treatment cannot replace medical treatment. All serious illness should be treated by a doctor. If you experience any unpleasant sensations when using a tuning fork on yourself; it is a sign that something is wrong. I would seek advice from a medical doctor and avoid treatment.
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The Sounds of the Spheres
The Sounds of the Spheres are the sounds made by planets as they orbit through the universe. You can’t actually hear the sound of the planetary orbits since they vibrate at a low hum in cosmic space. This low frequency sound is below our human sound range. This hum has been raised 20 to 30 octaves when it is used in sound healing. The tone of the ohm fork (136.10 Hz) represents the cycle of the earth as it orbits around the sun through the four seasons. It is the fundamental tone used in the healing system: It is grounding and balancing. It is not our goal to teach the uses of other planetary sounds in this class. Education about the properties and effects of the other sounds of the tuning forks is necessary before they can properly and safely be used with clients.
It is amazing how our lives are affected by sound. Just as all the other great scientific principles such as math, gravity, electricity and light are now taken for granted, so is sound. Although many have contributed to the development of our knowledge about sound, one of the first pioneers to greatly expand our knowledge was Pythagoras. Although Pythagoras is primarily known for his contributions to mathematics and geometric theorems, his major contribution to music theory was the discovery of mathematical relationships, the ratios between the harmonic intervals of the sounds of the planets orbits. Pythagoras actually heard the Music of the Spheres. The 20th century Swiss mathematician Hans Cousto took the orbital velocities formulated by Johannes Kepler, and translated them into musical tones, “Cosmic Octaves”, which is explained in more detail in his book “The Cosmic Octaves”. These frequencies are available to us in tuning forks that can be applied to specific points for harmonizing our energies.
Music has been used in healing and proven to relax us, lift depression, effect blood pressure, heart rate and circulation; all for the betterment of mankind. Conversely, extreme sound vibrations caused by the wind were responsible for the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in 1940. High frequencies can be used to destroy things as witnessed in the Memorex television commercial in which Ella Fitzgerald shatters a glass with her voice by singing a high note.
Scientists at NASA have incorporated magnetic-field generators into the space shuttles; these devices generate a pulsing 7.8 Hz background signal to maintain optimum health of the shuttle’s astronauts during space maneuvers. “Ultra Sound Therapy” is used and generally accepted in hospitals, by doctors and by physical therapists for pain management on various muscles and aching backs.
The use of sound in healing has become a proven tool because of its unique properties. Sound travels through water four times faster than it travels through air. The body is 80% water. So when you apply the OHM tuning fork directly on a meridian point on the body, you create a healing symphony that travels within the body’s meridian systems.
Candice Pert Ph.D., a medical researcher, who discovered the “endorphin receptor”, stated in her book that sound opens the cell receptors faster than anything else does. The book she wrote is entitled “Everything You Need to Feel Good”.
The most highly recommended tuning fork to use when you are just a beginner is the 136.10 Hz tuning fork. The OHM frequency of 136.10 Hz sonically resets negative cellular patterns that cause pain, repressed emotions and physical and mental illness. We use Ohm because it represents balance and seeks to harmonize any energetic imbalance. Use of tuning forks of other frequencies should be used by trained practitioners.
Applying an ACTIVATED weighted (with feet) tuning fork to the meridian point is not only painless; it is very enjoyable for both the client and the therapist. It accesses the body’s natural healing system. When used instead of tapping with the EFT system, it provides an enhanced stimulus. In this class we use a rose quartz bead shape crystal or other type of crystal based on the circumstances.
We place a crystal on the meridian point and then place the activated fork on the crystal to further enhance the clarification and amplification of the vibration on the meridian point. Many practitioners are now using this method with profound results. YouTube has a great little video that shows you exactly how to activate a tuning fork. It is called “How to use a weighted tuning fork”. My YouTube is called “EFT with tuning forks” and my other You Tubes are posted on my “Ashidosaya” account.
How Energy Psychology and Sound Work Together
I have been using tapping with my clients since 2001 and added tuning forks in early 2005. I have also been involved in research with another form of sound called “Attractor Field Therapy” since 2004. The results of my research in that form of sound are astounding. The use of sound works very effectively with my clients. It is the hope of The Emotional Sound Techniques Association to begin research immediately and develop some objective material to establish the extent of its effectiveness. At this time, all information is based on the feedback from my clients and my observation of its effectiveness on them.
It is my belief that when we use a tuning fork resonating the most ancient of healing vibrations (OHM) and adding it to what we already use in the field of Energy Psychology, it can increase its effectiveness. Adding the amplification and clarifying properties of crystals to the therapy may be a newly discovered advancement in the healing process.
Crystals behave like light; somewhat like a laser. “Light is the best purifying filter for sound” is a quote from a 1926 book by Nicholas and Helena Roeich. This is not a new concept and I am sure was used in ancient times and in other cultures.
When we place a crystal on the meridian point of a client and then place the activated fork on the crystal, while holding thoughts of unconditional love for the client, the gift of healing becomes reciprocal and heals the therapist as well. I feel so good after a session and I know I was actually treating myself as well as the client.
Although tapping alone produces enough stimulus to effect change, many people can feel the vibration of the activated fork placed on the body as it travels along the meridian and can also feel the vibration long after the fork is removed from the point. Tapping vibrations are not always consistent but the vibrations from the tuning fork are. I believe this creates a more harmonic and cohesive environment allowing for the body to correct unknown imbalances. The Ohm vibration has been used to raise the vibration of people and places since the beginning of recorded history. The work of Dr. Emmoto, on the effects of sound on water, shows that the water molecules change dramatically when exposed to beautiful symphonies and frequencies from tuning forks. Why then, if we are 80% water, would we not want that to happen to our liquid cells? Imagine the gift we could be giving our clients by this one slight change, the sound of OHM.
Activating the Fork
Take your Ohm fork in your hand and practice activating the fork by striking the round weights of the fork sideways on the activator. It will take practice until you get comfortable with the appropriate wrist action.
Parts of a Tuning Fork
<-----------Weights
----------Tines
----------Throat
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Notice in the photo how to hold the fork. Your hand should not touch the tines of the fork as that will cut the vibration short. A hockey puck, the sole of your shoe, a paperback book or on the heel of your hand can be used if you do not have an activator. Long term activation of the fork by striking it on any part of your body can cause damage to your body. This would be counter-productive for you over a period of time.
2. Listen for a clear vibration after you strike the tuning fork on the activator. The vibration should last at least 20 seconds. Practice how hard you need to strike the activator with the fork to cause the vibration to last for 20 seconds. After you have mastered the activation of the tuning fork, then practice applying the fork on your body. Begin with the leg or an easy place on your body for you to reach. Then locate the traditional tapping points and place the tuning fork on your body so you will feel the increased vibrations that the client will feel.
The Effects of Quartz on the Body
When I began my research into the effects of quartz crystal on the body, I contacted Dr. William A. Tiller. Dr. Tiller, Professor Emeritus Stanford University, has designed and conducted many experiments involving human intention. One of my favorites involved using a specific device imprinted with an intention. This experiment was designed to substantially raise the PH of water which in many cases was over 2,000 miles away. It was very successful and was replicated many times by others. Several very important conclusions from this were formed. What I was most impressed with was when Dr. Tiller used a pointed crystal to effect this great change on the water.
Naturally, because I use a pointed crystal, my interest was peeked. Even more impressive was the effect of the crystal on the water when the point of the crystal was turned on its side. When we use a pointed crystal on the psychological reversal point we also turn it on its side. In the Emotional Sound protocol, even more important is the intention and the placement of the crystal on such a powerful point on the body. I have included the portion of Dr. Tiller’s presentation in our class DVD because we should understand the power of our thoughts and intention when using these tools. In my discussions with people it seems to me that crystals are not perceived to have the immense power that they hold.
It is my hope that by presenting such scientific proof of the effect crystals can have on water, that we gain a greater awareness of what we are actually capable of effecting when using these tools. Dr. Tiller described the geometrical pattern of frequencies as follows,
“We live in an ocean of frequencies as a fish lives in the water. The fish is unaware of the many possibilities of the medium in which he moves. So Man has been totally unaware of the possibilities of the vast ocean of frequencies in which he lives. The many energy frequencies move in geometrical patterns. When the geometrical patterns are altered, their manifestations are altered. Crystals are those substances which alter the geometrical pattern of frequencies. We must realize that these frequency patterns are more or less stable, but that crystals, because of their strong geometrical pattern, can modify and reform the frequency pattern. In doing so, energy can be released and directed to Man’s purposes….The crystalline forms are the key patterns for the way energies are built in the universe; and the key to unlocking energy in a constructive way.”
I addition to contacting Dr. Tiller, I began searching the internet for any research studies that had been done and any additional information to understand the effects of using crystals in healing. I was very impressed with the amount of research that had been done on crystals and the various applications they have in our lives today. The uses ranged from pharmaceutical companies using them in the manufacturing process of some products to the use of quartz crystals by Tesla in the “Supercomputers” to enhance their functions and applications. Crystals have the highest orderly molecular structure in the world and research on their uses just has begun. Research into the “what are the properties” and “how can we best use them” has attracted an avalanche of very well known and prestigious scientific researchers to focus in this area.
Jonathan Goldman, a respected Sound Healer, states in his book “Shifting Frequencies”, that “quartz crystals can take one form of energy and cause it to change form, moving up the energy spiral. Sound for example can become electricity”. The following is taken from the book “Vibrational Medicine” by Richard Gerber M.D.; “From utilizing crystals for communication, information storage, solar power and laser applications in industry and medicine, we are slowly discovering that the gems and minerals of the earth hold undreamt of potential for serving mankind.” Some of the well established functions of quartz crystals are reception, reflection, storage, magnification, transduction, amplification, transmutation and stabilization.
According to Marcel Vogel, who was a twenty seven (27) year Senior Scientist that worked at IBM, “The quartz crystal is a neutral object whose inner structure is in a state of perfection and balance. When the crystal is cut into the proper form and the human mind enters into relationship with its structural perfection, the crystals emit a vibration which extends and amplifies the powers of the users mind. Like a laser, it radiates energy in a coherent, highly concentrated form, and this energy can be transmitted into objects or people”.
Crystals have been used to heal the body, mind and soul by sages, saints and popes and are referenced in every sacred tradition from the beginning of recorded history. It is still a practice today for a Catholic Bishop to wear an amethyst ring on his finger as a symbol of power. We would also welcome any clinical input, research on your part and intuitive suggestions. For the purpose of Level One, we will work with a pointed quartz crystal for use on the Psychological Reversal Point and a beadlike crystal to transmit the sound through using the tuning fork when the emotional points are being stimulated. We have included a carefully selected simple version of these crystals as part of the “Emotional Sound Techniques” package. We encourage you to use your own crystals that you may have already worked with or have in your healing rooms. It is, however, important to remember to clear the crystals after every session and to clear your aura at the end of every day that you have had a healing session.
Clearing the Crystals
Each session requires a quick rinse of the crystals under cold water before using with another client. At the end of the day, a thorough cleaning of them should be done because the power of crystals will transmit your thoughts, emotions and intentions into the client. Some suggested methods of clearing them are:
Storing them in sea salt.
Putting them outside in the sunlight.
Putting them in the moon light (especially full moon).
Soaking them in salt water.
Performing a Reiki treatment on them.
Using a clearing stone on them.
Saying a prayer to clear them.
Using sage to smudge them.
Many other methods can be found on the internet as this is not intended to be a complete list of clearing techniques.
Placing the Crystals on the Body
At this time select the crystal that you would like to work with whether it is your own or the one included in the package you received with this class. You need to experiment with the different sizes and shapes and feel the different vibrations. Unless you experiment with them, and run the sound through them, you cannot know what your clients will feel when you use them in your sessions. Again, use your leg or a place on your body where you might be feeling some pain to practice on yourself. Hold different crystals to see how comfortable your fingers are holding a particular shape and how strong a vibration is when you use that crystal. You can turn the crystals on all sides to see which position feels best for you. It is also possible to run sound through the pointed crystal used for the psychological reversal point. A 12 sided “Vogel” crystal has one of the strongest vibrations when placed on any meridian point of the body when the tuning fork is activated. It takes practice to make sure you place the tuning fork on a flat area of the crystal so the sound is crisp and clear. You want to avoid any unpleasant vibration that might occur when the tuning fork is placed incorrectly on the crystal.
Just as a student nurse practices giving shots to oranges using the various size needles.
Practicing with a tuning fork is a must!!!.
Emotional Sound Technique Session Using a Tuning Fork and Crystals
You now have all of the pieces of the technique that are needed to do a complete session of Emotional Sound Technique with the exception of the “Four Minute Reprogramming” which is explained in another section. I feel that the “Four Minute Reprogramming” is a must at the end of any full session.
A basic tapping session consists of:
The selection of the problem.
Rub the sore spot on your left side while saying the setup phrase and then tap all of the points on the body listed in the ”Basic Tapping Procedures”.
Use the Global Reversals and The Nine Gamut Bridge to bring the emotional intensity to a very low number or to a zero.
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Now it is time to practice a session using a crystal and a fork. Do the first session on yourself.
1. Pick an issue you have not yet dealt with and think about it. You will never have to disclose it but only think about it. Pick an issue with a high intensity in your life like “guilt”. Most of us can feel an intense charge with just the sound of the word “guilt”. “Not feeling appreciated” is another good one.
2. Place the activated fork on a crystal on the sore spot. First you think about the problem stating it three times. “Even if (insert your issue)..I deeply and completely accept myself” Then proceed to other points on the body and complete the other steps as listed in “Basic Tapping Procedures” but using a crystal and a tuning fork instead of tapping. Sound and crystals can bring up hidden aspects of the original problem when working with a client. Check that you are feeling good about yourself and good about the person you are working with because the power of the crystals will transmit your thoughts, emotions and intentions into the client.
After you have mastered combining all three parts, you are ready to do a session with someone else. Usually it is a friend, colleague or family member. (Referred to affectionately in the profession as “Gunny Pig”). Do not encourage anyone to let you do this with them if they feel uncomfortable with this type of session. It is important to honor free will and ONLY practice on those individuals that are completely willing. (I have never found this to be a problem whenever I have asked anyone). Just as you learned in massage school the importance of “gentle” when beginning the massage, the same rules apply.
Make sure they do not have any of the restrictions that are listed in the contraindications part of this workbook.
Explain the procedure and the way they need to focus on an issue.
Show them the points on the body that will be used during the session.
Allow them to feel the sensation of the crystal
and/or tuning fork before you start the session so they will know what the vibration will feel like during the session.
5. Make sure they know the issue they want to work with. This is a joint venture. You are working “WITH” your client, not “ON” your client.
I always begin my sessions with a prayer.
Day Two
Psychological Reversals
In order to make this just a little easier to understand, I will begin by telling you how a simple psychological reversal “phrase” saved my life. When you personally experience a life altering event, you are able to share it “first hand” with others.
In 2001, I started continually bleeding as though I had my period for nine months. My gynecologist prescribed a strong prescription hormone but I had no improvement, not even a slight reduction. I researched alternatives and learned of Dr. Fuller Royal. Dr. Royal is a homeopathic M.D.. I hoped he might have answers to my bleeding that my regular doctor did not have. I prefer a more natural approach to medicine.
Dr. Royal reviewed my test results that he requires of all his patients before he sees them and mine were very bad. The result of my Heart Rate Variability Test was a 16. This was extremely low and my Voll test, which measures the health of all the meridians, was also very, very bad. He repeated the tests for verification because the test results were so low. He concluded that there was an emotional cause to my continuous bleeding based on my medical history. He began using Thought Field Therapy, also known as Emotional Freedom Techniques or Energy Psychology with me. He was trained under Dr. Callahan so technically he was using Though Field Therapy.
After using tapping procedures for over an hour, he repeated the tests again and they showed no improvement. Finally, he said “I want you to rub on your “sore spot” and say “I deeply and completely accept myself even if I do not want to get better, three times.” I refused to say it. I was thinking this stuff was too weird for me and told him I wouldn’t say that. I asked him why he thought I came to see him if I didn’t want to get better. He was very kind and patient with me and asked me to trust him. I did what he asked but I did it reluctantly. After I followed his directions, which only took less than a minute, he checked my meridians on the Voll machine. He smiled and said “You’re all better now”! I, of course, did not believe him. As a matter of fact, I was rather annoyed with the fact that he charged so much for such a ridiculous treatment. My symptoms were very distinct so I could not just ignore the fact that I had stopped bleeding for the first time in months and that within a few days after my appointment with him, I felt better than I had felt in months.
Reflecting back on my session with him, I remembered that the tapping itself didn’t work until I rubbed on the “sore spot” and repeated the phrase “I deeply and completely accept myself even if I do not want to get better” - three times. This seemed too much for me to grasp but my curiosity was now aroused. I took the first class I could in Thought Field Therapy, became certified and began using this strange technology with my clients.
I had a specialized camera, called an aura camera and always took aura photos before and after all my massages at the St. Therese Center. An aura camera photographs the electromagnetic field around the body and translates the field into a color photo. There was always a dramatic change in the colors between the before and after photos. I started taking aura photos before and after I did tapping sessions. If I used a Psychological Reversal during the session, the changes of the colors in the photos were much more dramatic. It took a while before I understood what I was seeing but, after a while, I was able to understand what was happening. I could see the emotion that was stored in the body passing through the auric field.
Clearing the Aura
The aura is the electromagnetic field that surrounds your body; your personal sacred space. It is the living part of you that reads and absorbs energy and information from other people’s thoughts and other dimensions that most of us are unaware of. It is as important to become aware of how to care for your aura as it is to take care of any other part of your body; like your teeth or your digestive track. This is especially true if you are a body worker, medium, nurse or work closely with the emotional body of others. When I had an aura camera and worked as a massage therapist at the St. Therese Center for HIV and AIDS, my supervisor would take an aura photo of me before I started my day. It was blue and white and very balanced. He would then take it again after a long day massaging people with serious physical and emotional problems. At the end of the day the photo had a black ring around my face. The aura was much darker, smaller and very uneven. This showed me that I was picking up heavy energy from my clients. If I did not take a clearing bath, with at least a cup of baking soda, I would wake up with a migraine headache about three in the morning; this happened consistently. Since I had my own aura camera, I would photograph things over and over again to be sure it wasn’t just a fluke or a one-time occurrence. This type of work can have even more of a draining effect than massage. I always bathe in baking soda and sea salt (a cup) and lavender oil (3 drops) when I worked. This includes any work; even the little sessions I did on my friends and loved ones. Bathing works very well.
I would also recommend a technique I read in the book “Ghosts Among Us” by James Van Praagh. He occasionally would become ill from the type of work he did. He suggested that at the end of each day, you sit quietly and, while meditating, envision each client you worked with one by one. As you envision them, see yourself disconnect from them and imagine your energy coming back to you as their energy goes away from you. James Van Praagh said he has never had that drained feeling again since he started using this technique. I am grateful he shared his technique with the world.
Global Reversals with Crystals
Global Reversals are broad statements used in the hope that a person can reverse a blockage using a generic phrase. For the most part, there has been great success using the common (standard) global phases but sometimes a person needs a more specific phrase. We gave you a wide selection of global reversal phases in the Global Reversals section of this book. Therapists are constantly using new ones and passing on information as to their effectiveness to others in the field. While you work with a client and intuitively tap into what is going on in a session, you can customize the global reversal phrases to address what the issue is for that client. This is an art that is developed with experience over time. Luckily, the standard global reversals have a very high success rate.
If you use a global reversal phase that does not work for that client, it is like trying an incorrect key in a lock - no harm done. You will not be putting in a “harmful” program. Applying the crystal to the psychological reversal point amplifies the intention and the process of correcting the reversal. I have been told by my clients who were unable to reduce the intensity of their issue that, the second they put the crystal on the reversal point, everything shifted. Always let the clients hold the pointed crystal on the psychological reversal point themselves. I have used pointed crystals that are very inexpensive and I have used finely cut Vogel crystals. I love to use the Vogel crystals but the inexpensive ones also work.
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