Hi Everyone
I've recently returned from a refreshingly relaxing long weekend away in north Yorkshire - the county where I hail from. Whilst hubby and friend were 'walking the hills' I was working enthusiastically with my lap-top, clearing up a backlog of work - with no interruptions - scrumptious. I made that choice, just as my hubby made the choice to 'walk the hills'.
On the
Sunday we did the touristy bit and went round a picturesque village
that had a 'management buy-out cheese-making factory' at its heart - we were
seeing the cheese actually being made - it was so thrilling! And then
afterwards we bought loads of this lovely local cheese and then decided to have
tea and coffee sitting outside the cheese centre - again a choice we
made as we could have sat inside.
However
our choice WAS to sit outside in the fresh air, enjoying the wonderful
spring colours of luscious greens and vibrant yellows and those 'envigorating'
country smells that we so often associate with living in the country. A
village that only 10years previously had been decimated when the THEN local
cheese-making factory-owners decided to close - due to new regulations.
The villagers rallied round and a 'management buy-out' was organised, and
the villagers were working again and very successful they are too.
Now,
whilst we were outside a young family also came outside and sat near us and
their 2 young sons (aged about 4 and 2yrs old) were really enjoying themselves
playing on the climbing frame and play equipment provided by the factory. The
parents however didn't seem to be enjoying themselves - we overheard them
complaining animatedly to the waitress that "there was a smell coming from
nearby, and couldn't something be done about it? Wouldn't it be better if
the seating were moved somewhere else?" None of the other families
sitting outside complained - only THIS couple and they did look REALLY miserable.
This
was a beautiful north yorkshire village, in the middle of the countryside with
fields and farms and horses and cows and sheep and geese all around - an
idyllic place for kids to experience the wonders of country life. Their
kids were really enjoying themselves but obviously these parents weren't.
So, I
thought this would be an ideal opportunity to do some tapping with EFT yet
couldn't imagine going across to the miserable-looking parents and suggesting
it - so I mentally proxy tapped for them: "Even though this place smells
we choose to be here for the kids".
I
deliberately chose to use mental tapping – as I didn't want to cause a
mass exodus from the area nearby with people wondering what I was doing!
Mental proxy tapping is a great technique to use to help situations when there
just doesn't seem any other way of helping. So I chose to do it,
and then simply sat back drinking my coffee to wait and see what happens.
And within a couple of minutes those parents were chatting away with each, eating and drinking their teas, just as though nothing was wrong - and the smell was still there!
EFT - in one of its many guises - worked yet again!
Christina
Ann Elvin, EFT trainer and energy psychologist, can be contacted on +44(0)1604
768343, email Christina@emofree.biz Visit my website at www.emofree.biz OR visit my blog at http://hi-eft.blogs.com/weblog