I first saw it demonstrated on a youtube video.

And I thought it was complete nonsense.

It was a technique to rapidly release negative emotions.

It looked plain weird.

I was convinced it was some sort of a scam.

So I ignored it.

But a few weeks later I came back to it.

Because I was desperate.

Because I hoped with all my heart it was true.

I checked out the video again.

And the guy in the video demonstrating it was just sharing it for free.

Still, I was skeptical.

I Googled it to see if it was a scam.

What I found was thousands of testimonials.

People claimed it worked where nothing else had worked.

That they resolved their long-standing anxiety issues with it.

There were hundreds of videos on youtube.

I then checked out online forums.

People were raving about it.

This was way too big (and popular) to be a clever scam.

I decided to try the technique out for myself.

I studied the basics (which are very simple and straightforward to learn,

but are only a small piece of the puzzle) and I tried it.

It didn’t work…

But I had seen so many testimonials and raving reviews that I was convinced

it had to work for me too.

I was determined to MAKE IT WORK.

I know now from successfully using it with my clients for so long…

… that the right way of applying this technique is quite a bit different

when dealing with anxiety.

More on this soon.

I studied some more.

I devoured all the information I could find online for months.

I figured out what I may be doing incorrectly.

I studied all the troubleshooting.

And then I tried again.

And again…

And again…

And still no luck.

I then studied even more.

Read on forums.

Asked for advice, everything.

Nothing made it work for me.

But I persisted because I felt it was my last resort.

Because I had tried all those other techniques and therapies already.

And only got minimal results.

So I eventually I went to a live workshop.

If this technique really worked, then it had to work here.

When it was time to practice in triads (one practitioner, one “client” and one observer) everyone got results.

Except me.

So we called in the workshop leader.

And he started doing this technique with me.