Sedona Method Versus Release Technique - Page 3

Alan Groves · February 7th, 2009, 08:51

Hi WeeHoo (fantastic name by the way, not sure if you are of Chinese origin or just going down a water slide very fast!)

It is too easy for the mind to find cons rather than pros I think. And I think there are some wonderful tools in Both Hale's Sedona Method and Larry's release technique and I must admit even though I got his course from a friend (it was copied about 6 years ago I think for my friend and he never used it but thought I might be interested so gave it to me) so I have the CD's and the work book from about 1998, when I emailed larry - he replied, when I explained the above to him and asked if he thought I should buy the updated course from his site (as sort of a personal test to prove my negative anti American pushy sales guy theory) he replied "no, you have the basic course when you have worked with that you can add on from there" which did rather surprise me as I thought he would for sure suggest buying the course again. So that kind of disproved my cynical feeling towards him.
I think he's a great value to the progression of humankind, along with others.

WeeHoo · February 9th, 2009, 07:35

Glad you had that positive interaction with Larry re: not re-buying the course. I think it's great that we get our personal prejudices/knee-jerk reactions shook up once in a while...it's great for me, anyway. It shows me how much work I have left to do!

Glad you like the WeeHoo name. It's neither Asian nor water-slide, but feline. For some reason, we named one of our cats WeeHoo. She was very sassy and impudent and now has a whole pile of family stories built up around her, as in "Mom, tell the story about the time WeeHoo..." Anyway, it makes me smile each time I sign in on this website.

Edwin · February 9th, 2009, 12:54

Originally Posted by WeeHoo

Anyway, it makes me smile each time I sign in on this website.

I wonder if anyone can find a better reason for choosing a name like that

One can never smile too much, nor can you have too much fun !

WeeHoo · February 9th, 2009, 19:03

Edwin, your message reminds me of a line from a Dr. Seuss book that we used to read to our kids when they were younger: "It is fun to have fun, but you have to know how." Thanks for the reminder. I'm smiling again!

One thing that my husband and I took from Larry Crane's Release Technique, and which we often repeat to each other in a bad imitation of his accent, is his explanation of how to deal with emotions, esp. when they feel overwhelming: "It's not good, it's not bad, it's just energy passing through."

So I'm not sure if this will help anyone, but here's how I deal with potential emotional landmines (which, by the way, are less frequent thanks to LifeFlow and meditation):

Something happens, maybe one of my kids gets lippy with me, and I realize I'm feeling angry. I check in with myself: "What meaning am I giving to this event?" This can bring up all sorts of beliefs: I'm a bad mom (if I were a good mom my kid wouldn't be sassing me...!), My kid doesn't respect me, My kid SHOULDN'T talk to me like that (anything with a SHOULD in it is an irrational thought and bears immediate investigation!).

Once I grab the thought, I run it through Byron Katie/The Work questions really quickly: Is it true? Is it really true? How do I feel when I think this thought? Who would I be without this thought?

Then if I'm still feeling ticked off, I move on to the Release Technique stuff, as in: It's not good, it's not bad, it's just energy passing through.

It sounds cumbersome, I know. But sometimes my annoyance stops as soon as I think, What meaning am I giving to this event? and then I'm able to respond from a place of compassion and calm. Sometimes it takes me longer. Sometimes I just yell!

A few years ago I wouldn't have believed that I could respond calmly to family stresses. But after working with these techniques for a while, they've all become so ingrained that they kick in automatically.

Not sure if this post is as clearly written as I'd like...hope it makes sense.

Edwin · February 9th, 2009, 19:32

It does to me !

Thank you for sharing that, it sounds very worth looking into

bashmaki · February 10th, 2009, 15:04

I read the EFT manual this weekend; I know little about it. However, my daughter came upstairs while I was getting my butt kicked by a 10 year old playing checkers. I went to see what was wrong and she told me she had a headache.
I started tapping the tapping points and mumbling some sort of gibberish( I couldn't even remember what I was supposed to say). Before I was even done here headache was gone and she was smiling asking me what I had done.
I just shrugged my shoulders and told her I wasn't real sure.

I went back to take the rest of my licking on the checker board. That's a whole nuther story. I can't beat the kid on the checker board; he thinks its funny.

gus

WeeHoo · February 10th, 2009, 23:16

Love that story! I find that my 9 year old is more amenable to EFT than is my 13 year old. The younger one uses it for stage fright and the occasional stomach ache...also to calm down after fighting with her teenage sister. The 13 year old uses it, grudgingly, for motion sickness. I find that it works for me without even doing the physical tapping; sometimes (like in public) I just imagine pounding away on the tapping points and I feel better after a round or two. It's great stuff, and you're right, Gus, the words don't need to be perfect, or even spoken.

Bhavya · February 10th, 2009, 23:53

Thanks for the reminder Gus. I have to do a reading at my son's wedding this weekend (Valentine's day) and I'm feeling a bit nervous in front of a large crowd. I told them to elope but they wouldn't listen!