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A Three Session, 6 Hour Teleclass
with Linda Epstein  

$68 fee includes: 
Six hours of live class time (2 hrs per session)
Over 60 pages of handouts
Instructional DVD
Digital recordings of each class session.

If you cannot attend live, you will receive the DVD, digital recordings & handouts 
to watch, listen to and read at your leisure

REGISTER HERE 

This class can be taken toward certification in the  
   
Dear Clients, Colleagues and Friends,
 
Those of you who know me well know how highly I value the role of empathy in healing. Second only to love, empathy is the most powerful energy available to facilitate the healing of emotional pain and trauma. I have witnessed this thousands of times with both animals and people. Empathy heals. Sometimes, however, even the most lovingly and exquisitely expressed empathy from another is not enough. The energies of grief, trauma and related emotions sometimes linger and we may continue to feel overwhelmed or stuck, despite loving, empathic help from others. 

EFT is a healing tool that helps release such emotion that is not released with empathy or talk therapy alone. It involves tapping on meridian points on our bodies which releases emotional energy that has become embedded in our cells. Because it is self-administered, and is used with very conscious awareness of the emotional states we want to release, it is a very powerful form of loving empathy for ourselves. What could be more empowering than that--expressing empathy to ourselves as we release painful energy!

The EFT techniques in this class teach us how to tap out what feels painful or challenging, acknowledging and releasing stored negative energy, and, how to tap in the positive energy of hope and restored balance. It is a cutting edge approach using both traditional EFT and the law of attraction principles--tapping out the pain and tapping in the positive vibration. Used in this way, I have found EFT to be a breakthrough method of healing. 

I invite you to join us in learning how to use this powerful and gentle tool for a lifetime of healing support.

With Love and Blessings,
Teresa      

HOW DO I REGISTER?
Click on this link to pay the $68 tuition

When your payment is made you will receive:
*  A confirmation of payment and registration
*  An instructional DVD showing how to perform EFT so you can familiarize yourself with the tapping
   points before the class
*  A brief survey so you can let us know your specific learning goals for the class
*  Approximately one week before the first class session on November 2nd you will receive the
   handout package by email, with directions for pre-class reading and exercises and the teleclass
   conference call in numbers 
*  After the class you will receive digital recordings of each session so you can review the audio
   portion of the class for years to come.

WHO IS THIS CLASS FOR?
* Anyone who is grieving the loss of their animal loved one and would like to learn a highly effective, easy to use, quick and self-administered method of coping with and healing the challenging and sometimes overwhelming emotions of grief and loss, including anticipatory grief and caregiver stress

* Any seeking emotional and spiritual support for dealing with the death of an animal (for past, current or anticipatory losses)

* Anyone who cannot stop feeling guilty over the " I should have" thoughts

* Anyone who would like to feel relief from the physical and emotional stress that is part of intense care-giving for a loved one, as well as support for anticipatory grief

The class is also appropriate for practitioners: grief & pet loss counselors, pet loss support group facilitators, animal communicators, flower essence practitioners, veterinary professionals, animal shelter and rescue group staff, trainers and behaviorists, energy healers, therapists, as well as friends and family members who want to fully support their loved ones who are grieving or caregiving.


This class provides practical information you can use the rest of your life as you experience losses and grief, and to support the animals you love and care for during the critical and stressful times of illness, transition, as well as for other issues you may come across in your relationship with animals. The information you'll gain can also be easily shared with your clients or loved ones to assist them in supporting themselves and their animals. 


SPECIAL NOTE: Though this class is designed with a focus on dealing with the death of an animal, the skills learned are applicable to the loss of human loved ones as well.
 
CONTENT & PURPOSE OF THE CLASS
Grief from the loss of a loved one, whether human or animal, is an issue for which our hearts needs tender compassion and healing. The Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) is an extremely powerful, easy to learn and easy to use tool that helps decrease and release emotional pain and overwhelm to help us both cope and heal. 

EFT is a meridian-based energy therapy which was developed by Gary Craig. It is often referred to as the emotional version of acupuncture except without the use of needles. Tapping on certain meridian points on the body with our fingers while saying specific statements helps us release emotions or beliefs that may be overwhelming, challenging, difficult or negative in any way.

EFT is very gentle, very healing and very easy to learn. With practice, one can apply this technique within an hour. EFT does not make us forget what happened, it does not make grief magically disappear, but it most definitely can lessen the intensity and discomfort of the pain of grief. It also helps us find relief from grief related emotions such as guilt, sorrow, anguish, anger, or depression--feelings that may be hard to cope with and at times may feel as if they are preventing us from moving forward in life.

This 6 hour teleclass teaches the basics of The Emotional Freedom Technique and how to apply this technique to our personal situations.  At the end of the three week teleclass, participants will be equipped with the knowledge on how to use this tool not only for grief, but for any challenging experiences--from minor irritations to traumatic crisis--that are part of normal life.

Session 1:  The Basics of EFT and Initial Practice
    Creating the Healing Circle
    Introduction
    What is EFT?
    How EFT can help the grieving and healing process
    Learning the language:  Set Up and Reminder Phrases
    Clarifying the issue for successful results
    Learning the tapping points
    Understanding the Aspects, the many layers of an emotional issue.
    The SUDS Testing
    Borrowing Benefits in tapping for others
    Donna Eden exercises to unscramble homolateral energy patterns and to hook up
        your meridians
    Exercises:  Tapping on the emotions of:
               Anguish
               Pain
               Loss
               Guilt
    Exercises:  The Tearless Technique


Session 2:  Focus on the specifics of each person's issues--tapping on the issues that were identified in the homework

The goal is to reach a level where the issue registers below a 4 on the SUDS scale.
Group tapping for as many people as time allows for those granting permission for tapping.

    Opening with the Healing Circle
    Discussing homework, feedback, problems creating set up statements/reminder phrases
    Group tapping
    Discussing any aspects that popped up
    Discussing  borrowed benefits: While tapping for others did it help you with your issue?
    Discussion of results or reactions during the tapping session
    Dealing with your physical responses to your emotions
   

Session 3:
Alternative methods of tapping when EFT is working too slowly or not at all

    Discussing homework, feedback, problems creating set up statements/reminders phrases
    Discussion reversals and the causes
    Buried core issues
    Dealing with negative beliefs
    Telling The Story (if time permits)
    Exercise:  "Personal Peace Procedure" which can be used any time to help bring
        one back to a state of balance and harmony.
    Review from each participant of where they are compared to where they were when
       starting the class
    Closing of the Healing Circle and Blessing

WHO IS THE INSTRUCTOR?

Linda Epstein   
Personal Note from Linda:
 
I wanted the teleclass to have the energy of comforting love and support and not the usual "medicinal" EFT approach.  I want everyone who signs up to feel that they are in a loving support group where they are safe to express all the emotions and feelings that they have and are going through. From the time they sign up and log in to the class, and throughout the three classes they will feel like they have entered a spiritual/etheric healing circle.


Linda is a practitioner in the Metaphysical Healing Arts for animals, humans and the environment.  She has been in private practice since 2003. Her practice includes various energetic healing modalities including: Reiki, Quantum Touch, TTouch, Flower and Gem Essence Therapy, and The Emotional Freedom Technique.  She is also an Animal Communicator with clients located throughout the United States, Canada, the Far East, and Europe.

Linda began her healing practice after the passing of her beloved Rhodesian Ridgeback, Riki.  Through him she embarked on a journey that led to a spiritual awakening.  In his honor she decided to dedicate her life to help bridge the communication gap between animals and their human companions.  It was also at this time she found that she had a natural ability to heal energetically.

Linda studied Animal Communication under Carol Shultz and became a Level One Certified Animal Communication Instructor of Penelope's Smith's Animal Communication Course.  She has also taken courses from Nedda Whittels and Lynn McKenzie.  Linda studied the Energetic Healing Arts under Reverend Barb Rocha and Mary Baumstart.

Linda served as a Board and Faculty member on Carol Shultz's Animal Healing & Education Network, an online holistic animal care education program.  Linda developed and taught the Energetic Healing Program which included the following courses:  Reiki, levels one through four, The Emotional Freedom Technique, Flower and Gem Essence Therapy, and Color Therapy for animals.  She was also an instructor in the Animal Communication Workshops in Illinois.

Linda offers classes in Reiki, The Emotional Freedom Technique, and Animal Communication as well as private tutoring at several locations in the Lake and McHenry County, IL area.

Linda volunteers her services to various rescue groups, helping the animals cope with the stress of abuse, abandonment, and illness.

Linda lives in Illinois with her husband, two dogs, an African Gray Parrot and a tank full of fish.

To contact Linda for a private consultation, workshops, corporate events, and Blessing of the Animals, email: For further information on Linda's services and products, go to: