Have you had the experience of intuition or knowing? Do you have gut feelings? Was there ever a tiny little voice urging you to make a certain decision? Maybe you listened to it. Maybe you didn’t. Bats are associated with intuition. As an animal guide they often encourage you to follow through on your ideas or hunches. As an animal totem they can indicate someone who is highly perceptive or someone who has dreams that almost always seem to come true. The tapping exercise below calls on the spirit of bat to help us in our own personal growth.
Setup (Karate Chop Point): I have this gut feeling that is really bothering me. I had a plan about what I was going to do but my gut is telling me not to. Should I pay attention to what my gut is saying? How do I know this isn’t just fear or anxiety getting in the way? Even though I have this confusion I choose to believe I can work through this. Even thought I have confusion between my gut and my head, I choose to accept myself, no matter what I decide. Even though this gut feeling is really bothering me, I am open to clarity.
Eyebrow…Gut feelings
Side of Eye…Seems like a warning
Under the Eye…Could just be fear
Under the Nose…Could be anxiety
Chin…Might be intuition
Collarbone…So hard to know
Under the Arm…This bothersome feeling in my gut
Top of Head…Open to clarity
(This would be a great place to add the 9-Gamut tapping for added benefit. I’ve included instructions at the end of the post or you can click here to see a video.)
Eyebrow…I’d like to trust my intuition
Side of Eye…I am open to clarity
Under the Eye…This confusion
Under the Nose…In my gut
Chin…Listening for guidance
Collarbone…Gut feeling
Under the Arm…Open to clarity
Top of Head…I am willing to experience the feeling
Remember that it can be helpful to take the time to rate your response to the statements before the tapping and again when you finish. Now that you have tapped, are you feeling any discomfort? If so, keep tapping for as long as it takes to feel a shift.
The 9-Gamut Procedure includes these steps:
Tap the Gamut spot on the back of the hand continuously (It is on the back of the hand between the knuckles at the base of the ring finger and little finger)
- Close your eyes tightly
- Open your eyes wide
- Without moving your head, look hard down to the right, as if trying to see your right hip
- Without moving your head, look hard down to the left, as if trying to see your left hip
Without moving your head, circle your eyes clockwise- Without moving your head, circle your eyes counter-clockwise
- Hum a few seconds of a tune such as Happy Birthday or Row Your Boat
- Count to 5 slowly
- Hum a few seconds of a tune such as Happy Birthday or Row Your Boat
