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A perfect fit: Magical EFT and Inner Theater

Here is a guest article written by Pat Burns at www.seeking-serenity.com

From the very first time that I heard about Magical EFT, the idea intrigued me. “Are you ready for a new adventure? Are you eager to enter a deeper dimension of healing and inner growth?” asked Carna Zacharias-Miller, the originator of Magical EFT. Having been working on my growth and healing for quite a while, I was more than ready to give it a try, so I scheduled my sessions with Carna, and we went to work.

Carna served as my guide, in an inner world that I created for myself. She offered gentle guidance, but left the details to me. With a history of abuse, it was important to me to have a safe place, a special inner sanctum in which I had ultimate control over what happened.

In my inner world, I lived in a castle. What little girl doesn’t dream of that at some time? My special room was in a round tower that rose above the rest of the castle, with windows overlooking the land all around, and the forest, which played an important part in my story. My room was furnished with big overstuffed furniture, comfortable enough to sit and relax or to chat with a close friend. The rules for my room were that nobody entered unless invited by me, and nothing happened that I didn’t want to happen. Having those rules in place made me feel incredibly safe, and freed me up for the rest of my journey.

A critical part of my story was about my friend and protector, Windrunner, a silver wolf who lived in the forest near the castle and kept watch over me. Windrunner could speak, and he communicated with me regularly. His job was to keep me safe, and to handle the situations in which I felt scared or threatened. I found that it was easier to handle fear when I had a huge silver wolf at my side as a guardian.

As Carna worked with me to flesh out my story, it became more and more real to me. It was wonderfully empowering to have control over what happened in my world, in a way that I had never had in the real world. I came to recognize Windrunner as that strong, capable and confident part of me that could handle any situation. I embraced his strength as my own, and felt joyful to be able to do that.

As my time with Carna and Magical EFT drew to a close, she encouraged me to write down my story. For weeks afterward, I worked on that story, taking 5 or 10 minutes wherever I found it to write a bit more. I am deeply grateful to Carna for the sessions that we did and for the suggestion to write down my story. With any time I spent on my story, I was making that story more and more of a reality in my mind, and I felt Windrunner as a constant and powerful presence in my life.

I came away from my Magical EFT sessions with a feeling of inner peace, a lightness of spirit, and a feeling of being better grounded than I had been previously.

A number of months went by before I noticed that I was suddenly eating a lot more, especially in the evenings, and was feeling out of control. I had no idea what had triggered that compulsive overeating. At that point my intuition spoke loudly and clearly to me. “You need to work with Jade Barbee on this” was the message. It didn’t take long for me to realize that I needed to take action, so I contacted Jade.

At the beginning of our first session, Jade asked how I felt about using inner theater in our work. Since it was a technique that I was familiar with, and one that I felt was very effective, I agreed.

As Jade and I started our initial session, we discussed having what Jade calls a sacred space. I told Jade that thanks to Carna, I had a wonderful space that already felt completely like home. My room in the castle was the space where I started my work with Jade. I explained all about Windrunner, and throughout our sessions, my wolf was a constant and reassuring presence.

There was extreme trauma in my past relating to abuse, and while I did my best to avoid dealing with it myself, Windrunner stepped in and did the work that I was too scared to do. At Jade’s suggestion, during a session in which I was sitting in a very safe garden space, I sent my fear into a swirling cloud, which then turned into a small tornado. I knew that the process worked more smoothly when you didn’t question or try to analyze it, so I watched as the small tornado swirled faster and faster, until it finally condensed down into a lump of coal on the ground.

As we moved through the process, Jade encouraged me to tap on any issues that came up, which I did. At this point, Windrunner stepped in, and picked up the lump of coal, carrying it far away, to a place where I would never have to worry about that fear again. Once he’d taken the lump far away, and surrounded it with barbed wire and some troll guards, Windrunner came back to assure me that I was safe.

Jade continued to work with me on my feelings of safety, until I was able to easily slip into that safe space. My body, which had often been rigid with stress born of fear, became relaxed, and I felt as if the weight of the world had been lifted from my shoulders.

In the weeks that followed my sessions with Jade, I noticed that the out of control feeling was gone for me. I had found a new level of inner peace, and with that peace, I seemed to have lost the need to keep eating. Although I was trying to eat in a healthy way, I was not actively dieting, but over the next month I lost nearly 15 pounds. Apparently my feelings of not being safe were directly related to my eating, and once I felt safe and at peace, the compulsive need to eat was gone. For someone with a lifelong struggle with compulsive overeating and weight, what a joy to step on the scale and find that I’d lost another 2 or 3 pounds!

Fast forward several months, to a day when I received some extremely traumatic news. Suddenly the fear was back, and I was feeling powerless and frightened again. Making a number of phone calls about the new and scary situation did nothing except to reinforce my feelings of powerlessness.

It was then that Betty Moore-Hafter reminded me that she was holding a session for me “on account”, and I decided that there wouldn’t be a better time to schedule that session. Betty and Jade had worked together to develop the Inner Theater technique, and having attended all their classes, I knew that inner theater was a perfect place to go, given what was going on in my life.

At the start of our session, I shared my traumatic news with Betty, as well as additional background that would help her to better understand my current situation. As expected (and hoped for!) Betty suggested using inner theater in our session. I honestly don’t remember exactly how we got to a point in my session where there was a bear pacing around and around in circles, not knowing what to do. What I do remember clearly, however, is that bear morphing into Windrunner. He spoke to me, reminding me of my strength and power, and my energy and feelings started to shift.

With Windrunner at my side again, I was re-empowered. As we tapped our way through the session, the fear receded, and was replaced by confidence in my ability to handle the current situation. I was reminded that Windrunner was the strongest part of me, fully capable of dealing with whatever might come to pass. During that one hour session I went from tears of fear and helplessness to smiles and feelings of calm confidence, with inner theater as the stage on which that all played out.

Working with Carna in the Magical EFT sessions helped me to build a strong foundation of feelings of safety and the sure knowledge that I was a strong and capable woman. Working with both Jade and Betty in the inner theater sessions, we used that foundation for the work that we did, and built on it.

Magical EFT and Inner Theater are an amazingly powerful combination for healing, and as long as you can relax and trust in the process, the results can be profound.

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The magic of Magical EFT

Would you like to know what Magical EFT really is about? Listen to this audio (39 min) that I recorded with my friends and fellow EFT practitioners Jade Barbee and Betty Moore-Hafter. We discuss the essence of Magical EFT, and Betty and Jade talk about their experience with this method.

Here it is. Enjoy!

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Audio on Magical EFT

NEWSFLASH:

On Friday, May 22nd, at 10 a.m. EST you can listen to 30 minutes on Blogtalkradio when I talk with Jade Barbee (host) and Betty Moore-Hafter about Magical EFT and their experience with this method. www.blogtalkradio.com/emotionalengine
I will put the audio on this website so you can listen to it at any time.

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How About a Magical Gift?

I am not really the admiring type. I mean, I don’t go around and gush about everything and everybody. There are, however, people whose work I deeply appreciate.

One of them is Silvia Hartmann. In fact, without Silvia Hartmann, “Magical EFT” would not exist. She is one of the most creative and original people I have ever come across. EFT master practitioner, EMOTRANCE inventor…oh, the list is long, so let’s stick with the work that touched and influenced me the most: Project Sanctuary and, connected to that concept, The Genius Symbols.

Magic, myth, transformational stories, imaginary realms, image streaming, sacred spaces, inner journeys, mindscapes - it’s all that and so much more. In short, it’s about the communication between the conscious and the unconscious, or energy mind. Playful, powerful, creative, healing stuff.

And this is one of her games that is much fun, so please go and play with THE GIFT right now.

Here is a gaggle of tiny, golden stars for you, Silvia. They said they want to stay in your kitchen.

Carna Zacharias-Miller

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The Spirit of Animals

When I do “Magical EFT” sessions (see sidebar “Magical EFT info”), my clients almost always have powerful encounters with animals. However, it’s never about cute puppies, useful farm animals, or nasty bugs. In other words, on a deep soul level, animals are not what they appear to be in our outer, physical lives. They are wise, powerful companion spirits that guide us, protect us, and love us. To encounter such an animal helper is always deeply touching and transforming.

Several years ago, when I lived in Arizona, I belonged to a shamanic journeying group. Many times, I traveled to the “lower worlds”, always accompanied by my power animal. The concept of power animals is universal for all cultures, although we ususally connect it to the shamanic tradition. By the way, all animals have the same amount of power, means, a bee has the same amount of spiritual power as a bear, a mammoth is not more powerful than a butterfly. I always loved that concept, it sounds so right!

How do we connect to our special animal spirit? Through trance work like guided imagery, transformational journeys, dreams, synchronistic events… Just be aware that your power animal is not always your favorite animal. It is the anmimal you need on a deep level, not the one you want or are most familiar with. Also, power animals can change on your journey through life.

Ultimately, I don’t believe that it is that important to find “your” special power animal. In our culture, we need to re-gain the awareness that animals are Soul, too, and that our hearts long to recognize their spiritual integrity and healing essence.

Carna Zacharias-Miller

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