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And/or God, thank you for healing all Whatever’s Whatever’s left about this is
the origins of this. Left healing now.
(Step 7)
limiting beliefs
past incidents
triggers
If you feel that you are not able to forgive Desensitizing Triggers
someone or several people who hurt you, then
do the TAT Pose and have a silent In the two sets of statements below, fill in the blank
conversation with them. Tell them whatever with a trigger you choose of your own or something
you want and also be open to hearing and from the following list:
feeling anything from them. If you find that it’s
still not possible for you to forgive them, then I Being criticized
recommend that you do the TAT Pose and tell Criticizing myself
them that you intend to forgive them some day. Feeling powerless
Forgiving does not make their actions okay – it Feeling lonely
lets you stop holding a negative relationship Feeling sad
with that person or people. Forgiving lets you Feeling anxious
feel at peace. Feeling scared
Feeling angry
Sometimes, you might not feel forgiveness at Feeling fearful
first when you do the pose with this step. Feeling tired
That’s OK. Just do the pose with the intent of Feeling overwhelmed
forgiveness and watch what happens as a Feeling that it’s not OK to express my
result of doing that. feelings
Feeling worried
You can also have a conversation with the part Not being in a happy, intimate relationship
of you that has trouble with food. It is often Being in an abusive intimate relationship
helpful to ask that part to tell you what
Every time I am __________, I over-eat. Everything that led up to my feeling this way
happened.
Everything that led up to this happened.
Everything that led up to my feeling this way
Everything that led up to this happened, it’s happened, it’s over and I’m OK. I feel
over and I’m OK. Every time I am relaxed and peaceful about food and
__________, I feel relaxed and my body. I am ready to make some
peaceful within. changes.
Creating the Life You Want People love, accept and support me as I am.
TAT can help you create what you want in your life.
For the following statements, hold the TAT Pose with I accept and love my body and I take
your attention on the statement until you feel done. pleasure in nourishing it healthily.
As your attention is on each statement, see yourself in
the condition you are imagining, feel how you feel in
that condition and say the statement aloud. As usual, If you feel uncomfortable with any of these positive
change the statement to visualizations, do TAT with:
accurately reflect your thoughts whenever you wish.
You do not need to do all the Steps for these. Everything that led up to this
uncomfortable feeling
happened.
I see myself at my ideal weight and feel at
Everything that led up to this
ease. (It is recommended that you do this
uncomfortable feeling
at least twice a week although daily is best.)
happened, it’s over, I’m OK and
I’m relaxed now.
My relationship with food/weight is just as I
Then do the rest of the TAT Steps.
want it to be.
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The TAT weight loss program can be effective in To learn how to use TAT to lessen the effects of allergic
resolving many emotionally-based aspects of weight reactions, the emotional roots of physical illness, and
loss and weight loss maintenance. Some people are limiting beliefs, and for creating a happy life, visit
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journey. Bringing a happy life into being may happen on audio recordings, DVDs and books. You can learn
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health care provider. Certified TAT Professionals have even for your pets. To fully learn TAT, we offer
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SURPRISE APPENDIX
People find that doing TAT often gives them many NIH STUDY ON TAT®
happy surprise benefits. It’s not only weight loss and
weight loss maintenance that can easily happen for Short summary: In 2005, the National Institutes of
you: you may find that chronic aches, pains and Health (NIH) funded a pilot study with scientists from
illness clear up, that people are smiling at you more the Kaiser Center for Health Research and the
often and that a whole world of possibility is opening University of Arizona comparing TAT for weight loss
up at your feet. As old incidents are healed, you are maintenance with two other approaches (Qi Gong and
full of more energy, you glow with vitality, and behavioral advice). Each group was given 10 hours of
engaging in the fullness of life becomes lots more fun. instruction in the method they used. The TAT group
This is my heart-felt wish for you: that you do TAT gained little weight whereas the other two groups
and enjoy life to the fullest! gained at least six times as much. The authors were
impressed with TAT and recommended further study.
Below is a summary of the preliminary report by the
research team. A full write-up including interviews
with participants is planned for publication in the
Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine,
2007.