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Technique Approximate Time How To
1. The Three Thumps 1 minute Do It
2. The Cross Crawl 1 minute Do It
3. The Wayne Cook Posture 90 seconds Do It
4. The Crown Pull 15 seconds Do It
5. The Spinal Flush 1 minute Do It
6. The Zip Up/Hook-Up 30 seconds Do It


The Three 3 Thumps

The Three Thumps

 

Certain points on your body, when tapped with your fingers, will affect your nervous system in predictable ways, sending electrochemical impulses to targeted regions of your brain and releasing neurotransmitters.

 

Drawing by Brooks Garten - Reproduced, with permission, from Donna Eden’s Energy Medicine.

By tapping three specific sets of points, a sequence called the "Three Thumps", you can activate a series of internal responses that will help restore you when you are tired, increase your vitality, and keep your immune system stronger amidst stress. You can tap these points any time you need a boost.

Do not be too concerned about finding the precise location of each point. If you use several fingers to tap in the vicinity shown on the chart, you will hit the right spots. Tap hard enough that you hear the tap, but never so hard as to risk bruising yourself.

Drawing by Brooks Garten reproduced,
with permission, from Donna Eden’s Energy Medicine.

 
Thump Approximate Time
K-27 Points 15-20 seconds
Thymus Gland 15-20 seconds
Spleen Points 15-20 seconds

 
K-27 Thymus

K-27 Points
Thymus Gland

 
Spleen Points

Spleen Points
 

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  The Cross Crawl

The Cross Crawl

 

Prior to beginning the cross crawl, tap your K-27 points to ensure that your energies are traveling in their natural direction. The cross crawl is as simple as marching in place (time—about a minute):
 
The Cross Crawl
 

  1. While standing, lift your right arm and left leg simultaneously.
     

  2. As you let them down, raise your left arm and right leg. If you are unable to do this because, for instance, of a physical disability, simply lift your knees to the opposite elbows, or twist your upper torso so your arm passes over the midline of your body.
     

  3. Repeat, this time exaggerating the lift of your leg and the swing of your arm across the midline to the opposite side of your body.
     

  4. Continue in this exaggerated march for at least a minute, again, breathing deeply in through your nose and out through your mouth.
     

From Donna Eden’s Energy Medicine


EXCEPTION: If your energies are entrenched in a "homolateral pattern," the cross crawl is less likely to be effective. It will feel like pushing upstream. If the cross crawl is making you tired rather than vitalized, the homolateral cross-over can bring your energies into a cross-over pattern so the cross crawl can then be effective.

 

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 The Homolateral Crossover

The Homolateral Crossover


 

  1. Have the client begin by again tapping or massaging the K-27 points, followed by a full body "reaching for the stars" stretch.
     

  2. The client then marches in place, lifting right arm with right leg and then left arm with left leg.
     

  3. The client is reminded to breathe deeply throughout the entire routine.
     

  4. After about 12 lifts of the arms and legs in this homolateral pattern, stop and change the pattern to a normal cross crawl (lifting opposite arms and legs) for about 12 lifts.

The Homolateral Crossover

  1. Repeat the pattern twice.
     

  2. Anchor it with an additional dozen cross crawls and stimulation of the K-27 points.

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  The Wayne Cook Posture

The Wayne Cook Posture

 

To do the Wayne Cook posture, sit in a chair with your spine straight.
(Time - about 2 minutes):

 

Wayne Cook Posture 1-2-3

  1. Place your right foot over your left knee, wrap your left hand around your right ankle, and your right hand around the ball of your right foot (best done with shoes removed).
     

  2. Breathe in slowly through your nose, letting the breath lift your body while breathing in. At the same time, pull your leg inward, creating a stretch. Exhale slowly out your mouth, allowing your body to relax. Repeat this slow breathing and stretching four or five times.

  1. Switch to the other foot. Place your left foot over your right knee, wrap your right hand around your left ankle, and your left hand around the ball of the your foot. Use the same breathing.
     

  2. Uncross your legs, place your fingertips together forming a pyramid, bring your thumbs to rest on your third eye, just above the bridge of your nose, and breathe slowly in through your nose and out through your mouth, about five times.

Wayne Cook Posture 4

 

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 The Crown Pull

The Crown Pull

 

While doing the crown pull, breathe deeply, in through your nose and out through your mouth:
 

  1. Place your thumbs at the side of your head on your temples. Curl your fingers and rest your fingertips just above the center of your eyebrows.

The Crown Pull
From Donna Eden’s Energy Medicine
Drawing by Brooks Garten

  1. Slowly, and with some pressure, pull your fingers apart so the skin just above your eyebrows is stretched.
     

  2. Rest your fingertips at the center of your forehead and repeat the stretch.
     

  3. Rest your fingertips at your hairline and repeat the stretch.

 

  1. Continue this pattern, moving back over your head, down to your neck, and finally resting on your shoulders and dragging your fingers over your shoulders.

  1. Fingers at the top of your head, with your little fingers at the hairline. Push down with some pressure and pull your hands away from one another, as if pulling your head apart.
     

  2. Fingers at the center of your head, again pushing down and pulling your hands away from one another.
     

  3. Fingers over the curve at the back of your head, again using the same stretch.
     

  4. Repeat each of these stretches one or more times.

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 The Spinal Flush

The Spinal Flush

 

The Spinal Flush with a Partner:

If you wake up tired, doing the spinal flush will bring fresh energy to you; if you are sore in the evening, it will relax you. It is a particularly nice procedure to do with a friend (time—about a minute, but you may be pleading "Don’t stop!"):
 

  1. Lie face down, or stand three or four feet from a wall and lean into it with your hands supporting you. This positions your body to remain stable while your partner applies pressure to your back.
     

  2. Have your partner massage the points down both sides of your spine, using the thumbs or middle fingers and applying body weight to get strong pressure. Massage from the bottom of your neck all the way down to the bottom of your sacrum.
     

  3. Have your partner go down the notches between your vertebrae and deeply massage each point. Staying on the point for at least 5 seconds, your partner moves the skin up and down or in a circular motion with strong pressure.
     

  4. Upon reaching your sacrum, your partner can repeat the massage or can complete it by sweeping the energies down your body. From your shoulders, and with open hands, your partner sweeps all the way down your legs and off your feet, two or three times.

Do not worry about a point being missed. Each of your meridians will be covered by simply going between all the notches. Rather than knowing which meridians are associated with which points, simply ask for special attention on any points that are sore.
 
The Spinal Flush without a Partner:

If you do not have a partner available to work the reflex points on your back, there are still many points on your back that you can reach and clear by reaching over your shoulders or around your waist and pushing into the notches yourself. Also, find any sore spots on the front of your body. Wherever you have tenderness, massage these points for several seconds. While the tenderness will not necessarily go away immediately, you are clearing the congestion. This self-massage, which focuses on neurolymphatic points, is valuable to do on a daily basis. It clears from the body congestion that blocks the flow of vital energies. You will feel a difference.

 

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 Zipping Up

Zipping Up

 
To Zip Up (time - 10 seconds):
 

  1. Briskly tap the K-27 points to assure that your meridians are moving in a forward direction.
     

  2. Place your hand at the bottom end of the central meridian, which is at your pubic bone .
     

  3. Take a deep in-breath as you simultaneously move your hand with deliberation straight up the center of your body, to your lower lip.
     

  4. Repeat three times.

This is the natural direction that the central meridian flows. By tracing it in this manner, you strengthen the meridian, and the meridian strengthens you. You can zip up the central meridian as often as you wish. Again, remember to breathe deeply as you do so, and you will begin to feel centered, in control, and in your own power. The energies of a healer’s hands emanate an electromagnetic force, and tracing your meridian with your hand moves the energy in the meridian.

One last technique, after the zip up, that helps lock in the gains from your routine is the 3rd Eye/Navel Hook-up.
 
  Navel Third Eye Hook Up

Navel/Third Eye Hook-up

 

  1. Place the middle finger of one hand on the third eye (between the eyebrows above the bridge of the nose).
     

  2. Place the middle finger of the other hand in the navel.
     

  3. Gently press each finger into the skin, pull it upwards, and hold for about 12 seconds.

Navel/Third-Eye Hook-Up

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