At the start, it could be very scary because you might say, well, what about if I access all of these emotions and then it just like ruins my life.

I've been like trying to put a cap on it and now you're telling me to open it all up.

And that can be scary for people initially.

But once you start using the technique, you actually start to see very quickly even in one session

that the love that you're bringing into the trauma and the pain is actually healing the emotions.

Welcome to Commune, where each week we explore the ideas and practices that bring us together

and help us live healthy and purpose-filled lives. In addition to being a podcast,

Commune is also an online course platform featuring some of the world's greatest teachers.

Check it out at OneCommune.com. Tapping is a powerful healing modality

that draws on various theories of traditional and alternative medicine, including modern

psychology, acupuncture, neurolinguistic programming, Chinese medicine, and neuroscience.

While it has been widely characterized as pseudoscience,

recent studies have resulted in the technique garnering more and more support

in traditional clinical psychology settings,

especially as it relates to PTSD.

Through the process of tapping, we are actually rewiring the brain

to have new beliefs, emotional

patterns, physical habits, and perceptions.

It helps us discover what is living underneath our pain, and then to release it and learn

to love ourselves more.

So what exactly is tapping?

Enter our good friend and great teacher, Jennifer Partridge, a tapping and

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