EFT: Alternative Healing is a hole-in-one, when nothing else works

Ever wonder if Tiger Woods has a secret weapon?

Some alternative health specialists say he does.

It's famous now how Earl Woods would purposely cough or sneeze at the moment son Tiger would swing. This was done purposefully so Tiger would become impervious to distractions. Tiger was primed as a child to learn focus. Could Woods have known about EFT?

Though EFT has been around for more than 10 years, it has only now begun to show up in the sports field, particularly golf. Its use to combat putting anxiety, pressure from players coming up from behind and inability to focus.

EFT is becoming an important device in sports improvement by expanding the athletes comfort zone, by allowing to them to mentally "see" themselves at the new level before they will achieve it consistently. Some say its more efficient than conventional sports psychology. Most of the U.S. testing has been done in pro golf.

EFT, Emotional Freedom Technique, is a psychological/acupressure technique that is used to remove negative emotions and reduce pain by “tapping” specific acupressure points with the finger tips while simutaneously using verbal statements to create change.

It is point-specific much like acupuncture, but without the use of needles.

Practitioners say that when you tap, you stimulate well-established energy meridian points on your body. Other than words and taps, it requires no medications and works on children as well as adults. And it can be done with an expert or at home with instructions.

Its origins date back to the founding of Applied Kinesiology, developed by chiropractor Dr. George Goodheart.

Tips on how to "tap" and step-by-step instructions on how to perform Argument Tapping can be found on emofree.com, a resource for EFT. Below is the series of facial taps with devil's advocate-style arguments where the final "tap" is a positive, decisive statement, from the site.

1. Tap Eyebrow: You won't amount to anything...
2. Tap Side of Eye: Yes, I will...
3. Tap Under Eye: No you won't...
4. Tap Under Nose: Yes I will...
5. Tap Chin: Don't be ridiculous...
6. Tap Collarbone: I'm smart enough...
7. Tap Under Arm: Who are you kidding?
8. Tap Top of Head: I know I can do it...

The object is to follow the loop of a heated argument, on both sides.

Athletes, actors and businesspeople alike can all tap into this alternative healing.