TappyBear can be used in many ways, in fact the only limit is your imagination.
Probably the method most often used by parents, grandparent’s, teachers and counselors, is the “mirror image” method where the children tap on Tappy to “help him.”
1. Kids Help Themselves by Helping Tappy
The child thinks: “Of course, it’s Tappy that actually has the problem… it’s certainly not me. Yet, I am a good kid, so I ‘d love to help Tappy.”
So ultimately, Tappy is the one who is afraid of (whatever the fear is)……….. “let’s tap for him.”
Children love this way of participating and really get into it by drawing from their own personal experience with the matter at hand. (What a coincidence right?)
This magical process brings compassion, especially compassion with one’s own self. The changes within the child after a few rounds are profound.
2. Using TappyBear with Teens?
What better way to break the ice about a ‘new’ healing modality such as TappyBear than to introduce a non-threatening teddy bear–one with tapping spots on it.
One of the best ways to introduce TappyBear and EFT to a Teenager is by using Tappy and EFT for yourself first. TappyBear is presented to the child as your Tapping Buddy. You can actually have him sitting on your bed for quite a while, before your Teenager ever so softly asks what that is for. This is your “Golden Opportunity.” Then, you introduce Tappy and what can be done with him; but without volunteering to share him.
It will take but about a few more days before you come home and see the spot where Tappy sat –– empty! Bingo!
3. Helping Your Child and Yourself With EFT
This part is the most profound of all Tappy’s uses. As a Parent or Grandparent you are initially the source of all information that your child receives, and the method by which all other information in their lives will be processed. Your voice and judgment become a significant part of their lives.
This has serious implications. For example, when you do not like a behavior you see in your child, you will not be very effective in changing this behavior just by telling the child to do something different. For long lasting results, you need to be ( demonstrate) the change you want to see in them, yourself. TappyBear can be your tapping companion, as you progress on your own personal voyage. Life is such that there is always something to “tap on,” and by having a “Tappy” near you, you will constantly be reminded of this beautiful possibility.
As an example take the Oaxaca Project, where Dr. Deborah Miller took TappyBears into the Cancer ward.
Remember:
You will get better results by doing the tapping on yourself first.
Take any issue, ‘clean up your room’ for example. The more emotionally charged this issue is for you, the less likely it is that you will be able to initiate successful cleanup efforts by your child. Once you remove strong emotions from the issue at hand by using TappyBear and EFT for yourself, any interaction will then be much easier.
2) You will also get better results if you handle the things your children do that upset you with greater ease, by tapping for yourself, first.
For much more information and ideas on using Tappy, we have created A Guide to TappyBear book. Take a look at Chapter 1 of this highly informative and inspirational book.
If you have a particular experience with TappyBear that can be shared, in the spirit of abundance please share it with us (see our Tappy Stories section). We at TappyBear will be grateful as we are amazed daily with the wonderful accounts we receive.
| Tappy Bear Testimonials here is what users say We all love Tappy Bear! He’s wonderful at helping my children feel comfortable with the tapping Tappy is in my kitchen and every time I see him I talk to him. I feel he is an old friend. I just love him!. Even though Tappy is exceptionally cute, he is very different from a toy bear. He seems to have a purpose, and is firm, gentle, powerful and absolutely a joy. Holding Tappy while working on Inner I just got two “Tappy Bears” and had two of my grand children over last night wondering how I would do introducing them to EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques). These bears caused a shift in my relationship with my granddaughter soon to be ten. We talked for a couple of hours while she would hold the bear and be learning how to tap – what to tap on and so on. She began to come up with experiences that are challenges and now she knows to tap on them. We had discussions in areas of her life that we never could have had without TappyBear… Wow! What a night. She began to come up with names of people that she could help by tapping on the bear including her mom. Not just for kids. Thanks Till!
I want to tell you that Tappy has been a great support and I would HIGHLY recommend him to anyone working on early childhood issues….. He is visible ,tangible proof that “someone else knows” right at that moment when you are feeling the terror that no-one is really there for you, as so many of our “inner children” experienced. |
process as it’s so easy for them to remember it using the buttons. Also, when they use Tappy they feel as though they’re tapping with a friend.. I think every family should have a TappyBear in the home!
Child Issues helps my workshop participants to relax, connect with themselves, and truly ask for healing, as this part of their past is being gently embraced, confirmed and given back its power.
