In 1993 Tapas Fleming developed an acupressure technique that was later named TAT (Tapas Acupressure Technique). In many ways it is a sister protocol to EFT.
In this conversation with Tapas we talk about how TAT was discovered, how to do it, and its similarities and differences to the tapping most of us are used to doing.
 Tapas Fleming |
Guest: Tapas Fleming
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About: Tapas Fleming is a licensed acupuncturist in California. In 1993, she discovered and developed TAT® (Tapas Acupressure Technique®) to help people get over allergies. Surprisingly, the technique opened a gold mine of emotional, spiritual, mental and physical transformation.
Thank you for sharing this, Gene. I tried it and it was a lovely experience. We’ll see what happens long-term, of course, but this was worth checking out.
Thank you for this interview, as with all of them, always enlightening and enjoyable.
I’ve been doing both EFT and TAT (actually found out about TAT from the Gary Craig original EFT training videos!!) for years. I always went to EFT first, and a couple of years ago I actually spent the better part of 2 straight years of daily tapping, and could almost never finish in less than an hour (often more like 2). Amazing i got anything else done!!! Anyway, I was on the TAT mailing list and she used to offer monthly free group sessions which i would participate in. I always found it to be very RELAXING, but didn’t ever notice any discernible “shifts” as a result. (Of course being as i was tapping as much as i was it would be hard to discern where over-all improvement might be coming from.) What’s interesting is that, of late, I have felt rather “burned out” from tapping – sometimes it just feels like too much effort so often i can’t find the words, and/or it feels like too much effort (I know that seems ridiculous) and I either don’t have the time or desire to deal with what may rise to the surface. That’s when TAT is perfect, and lately i’m using TAT more as my “go-to” than tapping (though i am still occasionally tapping when it feels like the right thing to do). What i don’t know is what all it’s really healing, but what i like is that i don’t have to mentally pinpoint all the aspects and pieces, i can stay relatively global and refer to the tip of the iceberg and trusting that my subconscious knows all the rest and will bring it to the table, so to speak, and more importantly, I don’t have to (and in fact, to my understanding, it’s actually better if i DON’T) FEEL difficult feelings but can remain more emotionally “detached,” which for me (a highly intuitive always-overwhelmed-by-emotions type) is a welcome relief. AND, equally important, it has a start time and an end-time (maximum about 20 minutes), and if i have to stop in the middle no harm done. If i’m tapping and step on an emotional land-mine, stopping midway is not such a simple matter (nor is looking like i’ve just been crying if i have to be seen in public shortly!!).
The one thing i can count on is that almost immediately I will be breathing more deeply, within a few steps will likely be in almost a trance-like state (and if I happen to be horizontal at the time I’ll likely end up asleep!!) and when I’m finished, I generally feel deeply calm and relaxed. Does it address the issues? That’s harder to pinpoint – i can say that since starting to do TAT more regularly/consistently, my over-all disposition, mood, energy, and circadian rhythms (note: all of which have been enormous challenges over my life, and i’m half a century young) have improved, so it definitely seems to be helping something(s)!!!