Zina
09-17-2002, 11:47 AM
I have mentioned TAT on a couple of threads so I am posting a longer description here to refer to.
TAT (Tapas Acupuncture Technique) was developed by an acupuncturist named Tapas Fleming to treat allergies. It is also very effective in treating post traumatic stress, addiction, and anxiety. It is based on the theory of cellular memory. To put it very simply, her theory is that allergies develop when the body associates, on a cellular level, a particular substance with a trauma. (Ever gotten a stomach flu after eating, for example, pesto and then you can’t stand pesto for as long, long time? It’s like that, but more subtle.) The trauma may be big or small, and it may be in one’s own life or inherited. In other words, her theory is that we can genetically pass along cellular memories. Here’s an example: I became severely allergic to mildew in childhood. Eventually I found that eliminating wheat, dairy, sugar, etc. from my diet and taking a regimen of natural remedies contained it. Then I learned TAT. Using this technique I realized that my allergy was related to very traumatic childhood experiences in a basement that I had not recalled for a long time. I completed the TAT process and now eat all kinds of wheat, etc. and work out in the basement with no sneezing/wheezing/etc. what so ever. You do not have to know what the association is to clear up an allergy--your body knows. That part is fascinating but not necessary to understand, or even believe, for the technique to work.
Here’s how it works. You place your hands gently on 4 acupressure points and then follow seven steps by mentally focusing on various aspects of the problem. (Like meditation, but quite brief.) You are retraining your cells. The whole process only takes 10-20 minutes but it often feels like you’ve been through something timeless and surreal. You generally only have to do it once for each allergy. I know, I know, this sounds much too simple. It is simple and at the same time can be monumental at times. There is a way to do this with kids and babies, using your own hands on them, and even doing the meditations for them. I have cleared up wheat and dairy allergies for my son this way and an unknown allergy for my baby. It is very effective with kids because they are not resistant--they don’t have to get past the “this can’t possibly work” thing.
I was very skeptical at first but I also was tired of having allergies and figured it couldn’t hurt to try. Wow! I’m glad I did it. At first I just used it to clear up allergies, but since it’s helped a lot with abuse issues, anger, etc. I learned from workshops given by my acupuncturist, who learned from the woman who developed the technique. It really helped to learn from someone rather than trying to learn from the book. The great thing is once you learn it, it’s yours to use anytime--no appointment necessary, no saving up for a practitioner not covered by insurance. I did do a few sessions of TAT with the acupuncturist which really helped, for some enormous emotional upheaval stuff. It’s a little hard to find a practitioner familiar with TAT, though--I just happened to luck out. Anyway, this is already long, but I would be quite willing to do an on-line teaching of the technique to anyone interested or an in-person teaching if you’re close enough to meet somewhere. And there are books/videos at www.tat-intl.com
TAT (Tapas Acupuncture Technique) was developed by an acupuncturist named Tapas Fleming to treat allergies. It is also very effective in treating post traumatic stress, addiction, and anxiety. It is based on the theory of cellular memory. To put it very simply, her theory is that allergies develop when the body associates, on a cellular level, a particular substance with a trauma. (Ever gotten a stomach flu after eating, for example, pesto and then you can’t stand pesto for as long, long time? It’s like that, but more subtle.) The trauma may be big or small, and it may be in one’s own life or inherited. In other words, her theory is that we can genetically pass along cellular memories. Here’s an example: I became severely allergic to mildew in childhood. Eventually I found that eliminating wheat, dairy, sugar, etc. from my diet and taking a regimen of natural remedies contained it. Then I learned TAT. Using this technique I realized that my allergy was related to very traumatic childhood experiences in a basement that I had not recalled for a long time. I completed the TAT process and now eat all kinds of wheat, etc. and work out in the basement with no sneezing/wheezing/etc. what so ever. You do not have to know what the association is to clear up an allergy--your body knows. That part is fascinating but not necessary to understand, or even believe, for the technique to work.
Here’s how it works. You place your hands gently on 4 acupressure points and then follow seven steps by mentally focusing on various aspects of the problem. (Like meditation, but quite brief.) You are retraining your cells. The whole process only takes 10-20 minutes but it often feels like you’ve been through something timeless and surreal. You generally only have to do it once for each allergy. I know, I know, this sounds much too simple. It is simple and at the same time can be monumental at times. There is a way to do this with kids and babies, using your own hands on them, and even doing the meditations for them. I have cleared up wheat and dairy allergies for my son this way and an unknown allergy for my baby. It is very effective with kids because they are not resistant--they don’t have to get past the “this can’t possibly work” thing.
I was very skeptical at first but I also was tired of having allergies and figured it couldn’t hurt to try. Wow! I’m glad I did it. At first I just used it to clear up allergies, but since it’s helped a lot with abuse issues, anger, etc. I learned from workshops given by my acupuncturist, who learned from the woman who developed the technique. It really helped to learn from someone rather than trying to learn from the book. The great thing is once you learn it, it’s yours to use anytime--no appointment necessary, no saving up for a practitioner not covered by insurance. I did do a few sessions of TAT with the acupuncturist which really helped, for some enormous emotional upheaval stuff. It’s a little hard to find a practitioner familiar with TAT, though--I just happened to luck out. Anyway, this is already long, but I would be quite willing to do an on-line teaching of the technique to anyone interested or an in-person teaching if you’re close enough to meet somewhere. And there are books/videos at www.tat-intl.com