Use Cross Crawl to Prepare for Tapping Therapy
October 2, 2009 by EFT Tapping · Leave a Comment
When you’re feeling out of sorts, you’ll probably want to do some EFT tapping therapy to feel better. It may be helpful to do a Cross Crawl exercise first, to get your “circuits” back up and running.
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From Energy Medicine
The Cross Crawl is essentially an exaggerated walk. It facilitates the crossover of energy between the brain’s right and left hemispheres.
It will help you:
- feel more balanced
- think more clearly
- improve your coordination
- harmonize your energies
This exercise is especially valuable when you’re feeling low on energy, or “drained,” and there is no apparent reason for it. It can happen after doing a normal activity, like carrying something relatively heavy – a child, luggage, even a shoulder bag.
The Cross Crawl (exercise) is based on fact that the left hemisphere of your brain needs to send information to the right side of your body, and the right hemisphere needs to send information to the left side. If energy from the left or right hemisphere is not adequately crossing over to the opposite side of your body, you cannot access and utilize your brain’s full capacity or your body’s full intelligence.
Activities that don’t allow for that arms-swinging-opposite-the-legs motion will sooner or later lead to these “communication problems.” This includes people who sit all the time, particularly those in wheel chairs or otherwise non-ambulatory.
When using tapping therapy, we are relying on this electrical energy to send a message to ourselves.
When energy is unable to cross over, it slows down dramatically. It begins to move in what is referred to as a homolateral pattern — straight up and down the body — and the body’s ability to heal is severely diminished.
If you are physically fit, just marching in place for 30 seconds (swing your arms) should get you back into the flow. Or take a leisurely walk.
When physical mobility is an issue, or you’re at work or school and the movement would be distracting to others, you can try imagining the cross crawl. Visualize yourself walking confidently, swinging your arms naturally.
Now you will be better prepared for your tapping therapy session.
photo credit: Simon Blackley