Welcome Zen friends . I hope , wherever you are , you are doing well and I'm so glad you've joined me for today's Drop of Zen , our short guided meditation . We're going to do something a little bit differently today . Let's think of this as a breathing meditation that also combines some emotional freedom technique , also known as EFT or tapping . I'm going to guide you through applying a little pressure on some meridian points of your body . This beautiful technique is really helpful with making big , intense emotions feel smaller , with getting clarity on issues . It can even be used as clinicians to help heal trauma .
Speaker 1And if you listen to this week's episode episode number 49 , where I had a interview with my dear friend and mentor mentor in tapping that is , dr Lori Layden , you might remember that she talks about wanting individuals to take two minutes every hour to tap through the nine meridian points that are often used in tapping , because that just helps us to drop in and to connect with ourselves and can bring down any big , intense emotions , especially that of stress , which often comes up for us during the day . Whether you're working in a job outside of home , working at home , perhaps your job is raising your family right now , all of that can create stress for us . So I'll describe the different meridian points . If you would like a printout that has a visual , then feel free to email me at your zen friend pod at gmailcom , and I'll have that below in the show description as well . I would be happy to email you that . So find a comfortable spot and then you can either close your eyes or a nice soft gaze downward , just like we usually start .
Speaker 1I want you to take either hand , doesn't matter which one , and just bring your four fingers your pointer all the way to your pinky finger , all and apply just a little bit of pressure as you rest that hand in the middle of the top of your head and just apply a little bit of pressure there and we're just going to take a nice deep breath in and a nice long , slow exhale . And then take two or three fingers , so pointer , middle and ring finger if you're using three , if you're just using two , I would take your pointer and middle finger and just apply a little pressure right where your eyebrow starts , just gently applying pressure there , placing your fingers over where your eyebrow starts and then just up into your forehead , taking a nice deep breath , and then along the side of your eye , right along your temple , applying pressure . I like to do that with three fingers pointer , middle and ring finger . Take a nice deep breath in and a nice long , slow exhale out . And then , right under the eye , I can feel the top of my cheekbone . And just a nice deep breath in , just applying a little gentle pressure , exhale nice and slowly Right under the nose , kind of in between the nose and the top of the lip , the top lip , just a little pressure there , inhale and exhale .
Speaker 1Then on the chin , kind of halfway between that bottom lip and the tip of your chin , that indentation . Go ahead and just apply a little pressure , nice deep breath in , long , slow exhale . It can be out through your nose or your mouth , whatever feels good . And now go ahead and feel your collarbone and come in towards your neck , so right where your collarbone starts , not close to your shoulder , but the other side , close to your neck , and then go about two inches down and then about two inches towards your shoulder . You'll feel like a little tender spot there . Then just apply a little pressure there .
Speaker 1Nice big breath in , nice long , slow breath out .
Speaker 1And then under your arm , so lift the opposite arm from the hand that's been applying pressure .
Speaker 1And if you're wearing a bra , it's right where your bra strap hits , right under your armpit , or if you can imagine where a bra would hit and then just kind of gently wrap your hand around that area , apply a little pressure with your fingers , take a nice deep breath in , long , slow breath out , and then we'll go to what we call the gamut point .
Speaker 1So look at the top of your hand the hand that's not doing the gentle pressing and look at your pinky and ring fingers and then follow , follow down right on top of your hand , right between right between ring finger and pinky finger knuckles , so it's kind of like that straight line right between the knuckles . We call that the gamut point . Just gently apply pressure there . Nice deep breath in , nice long , slow breath out , and then we'll finish by placing your hand over your heart center and take a nice deep breath in and a long slow breath out and then notice how you feel . Do you feel a little calmer , maybe a little less stressed than when we started out today ? Feel free to repeat that exercise as long as you'd like , opening your eyes whenever you are ready to come back . I'm so glad you joined me here today , and until next time , friends , I hope you'll continue to take some time today and every day to do something kind for yourself .