Time to be brave

Decided it was finally time for me to try and rid myself of my real, but slightly over-the-top fear of all that is under water, especially sharks. I figued it may become a bit of a hindrance when I try to become a surf babe in Baja.

So i did it, i booked an appointment to see a very composed & unruffled therapist named Francesca. She is a Meridian Energy Therapist and her webiste promised emotional freedom and to be rid of my phobia in 3 - 6 sessions. Perfect, as I was only around for another 6 weeks before the big trip. I had considered many different types of therapy - hypnotherapy, light therapy, aversion therapy (Patricks favourite), to name but a few but plumped for MET as it sounded the least scary.

Anyway to cut the whole episode short I arrived for my preliminary session and got tapping straight away. (Apparently the mind and body have a bioenergetic field of electrical energy meridians running through them. Points on these meridian pathways can be manipulated, to improve energy flows. The therapist helps you tap your own energy points/or taps them for you, in a certain pattern to neutralise aspects of each unpleasant memory you want to deal with. Your energy system then reprogrammes the way it has stored the information. And hey presto - you've got emotional freedom.)

Well, I certainly came out feeling a little different and with a slighly bruised face and forehead from all the tapping. I think we established that my fear may have arisen from the time my foot got stuck in a wave pool machine or from my very young fear of the wombles and big noses. Either way it hasn't made too much impact on my life as yet and i still get freaked out by underwater pictures. But i live in hope and have booked in my next 3 sessions!

Surfing World Champion I may not be, but hopefully I should be able to paddle around, maybe 'hang ten' and have some fun.