June 2015 Newsletter

Hello, and a jubilant June to you!
Welcome, or welcome back, to my newsletter. The photo above is me looking goofy for my camera-happy friend, while trying not to get stuck by the pricker bush behind me. Have you let yourself be silly lately?

Today's issue has 2 articles, the first on learning to enjoy gazing into the distance. The second article is about why EFT may work so well. Enjoy!

Human vision evolved to look at the horizon for predator animals, or an invading tribe. Excellent distance vision was the norm, and was necessary for survival. Today many people hardly go out-of-doors at all. For more about how being outside can help your vision see the second article in this newsletter from a month ago, next to me smiling in a striped top in the California winter sunshine. There are many reasons why people don't regularly and automatically look into the distance. They could be absorbed in their own "figuring it out" thoughts, focused on their own mental pictures and ignoring the scenery in front of them. Think of someone walking with gaze lowered to see just ahead of their feet, perhaps with a hand to their head to unconsciously help cognition, "lost in thought".

However when looking in the distance, for someone sensitive or fearful, straining habits can creep in. I have to see everything at once to be safe! I can't even blink or I might miss some danger! Easy gentle scanning of the details far away starts to go by the wayside. And of course wearing minus glasses for distance vision will just reinforce these unnatural habits.

Yet poor habits can be corrected! Maya Angelou said "Once we know better, we do better". Just as a sedentary overweight person can learn to exercise and eat healthier foods, we can re-learn how to use our visual system properly for all distances. Notice your visual strain, let it go, and see all of this glorious world, both close to you and far away. Savor that panoramic view!

For my own experience learning to appreciate looking into the distance rather than being overwhelmed by it, see this article.

If you'd like to improve your own vision and your feelings about it, consider a Vision Coaching session. Wouldn't it be great to have a brighter outlook, and clearer sight?

EFT: Why does EFT work?

EFT has been described as a combination of psychotherapy and Chinese acupuncture. You talk about your problem, while the meridian points on your face and upper body are stimulated by finger taps rather than with needles. So not only do you "get it out" verbally, you encourage the energy to move with the tapping. It doesn't stay stuck. I think there's a lot to this. While focusing on the problem, the tapping helps to jostle it loose, so limiting beliefs like "I'll never be a success!" can move out and make way for something more positive. It's like you're freeing up the log-jam in the stream, allowing the river of your vibrant life energy to flow more freely.

EFT has been extremely effective with physical problems like headaches, backache, and healing of wounds and injuries. It's also helped with emotional issues like anxious or angry or sad feelings, helping the emotion to naturally move out of the body. The mixture of mental attention to the problem, with physical tapping, and a focus on how you feel, is the essence of mind-body medicine. No wonder EFT works so well!

If you'd like to explore EFT personally to see what it can do for you, consider an EFT Coaching session. Together you and I can have fun pinpointing beliefs which may be limiting your progress. Then we can help you start to eliminate them.

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Let me know what you've wondered about concerning vision or dreams or EFT. I'll be glad to write a short article addressing that topic. Thank you to those who have sent me questions, or see a question you asked me in a private session written about here. You're helping many other people! Enjoy the start of this joyous month of June. I'll write again in a couple of weeks. Take care!