Tapping In: A Step-by-Step Guide to Activating Your Healing Resources Through Bilateral Stimulation

"Laurel offers a simple skillful way to be mindful of the body in the midst of difficulty. Like walking meditation, tapping can calm the mind, relax the body, and return us to well-being." —Jack Kornfield, PhD, author of The Wise Heart

Never has it been so effortless to activate your inner power and resilience than with the remarkable technique known as "resource tapping." Tapping In makes available for the first time a self-guided program for learning this revolutionary EMDR-related method. With step-by-step instruction in bilateral stimulation (a core component of EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), Tapping In teaches you a clinically recognized system for tapping both sides of the body to overcome trauma, boost confidence, calm the body on a deep, physiological level, and to respond better to stress. Join world-renowned EMDR expert Dr. Laurel Parnell as she shares a series of easy-to-learn exercises to access your "latent positive resources"—your neurological foundation for internal resilience and stability.

"At last—a book from an EMDR therapist that provides effective, positive, easy-to-use self-therapy! Tapping In provides a healing path to increased joy, love, wisdom, personal power, and spiritual awareness. A gem!" —Maggie Phillips, author of Reversing Chronic Pain

"With decades of professional and personal experience exploring the depths of the mind, Laurel Parnell shares with us accessible exercises that harness the power of the imagination and focused attention to foster our sense of vitality and our ability to face the stresses of daily living." —Daniel J. Siegel, MD, author of The Mindful Brain