Practical Uses of Eye Movement Integration

Given the global economic crisis, unemployment and anxiety and depression running rampant and limited money to go around for therapy and feel good sessions, wouldn’t it be wonderful to have an easy and cheap antidepressant and anti anxiety drug at your fingertips?

I recently read an article by Jan Prince (NLP Comprehensive) where she talks about a method called EMI (eye movement integration derived from NLP EMRD (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) . EMI is basically a cross lateral eye movement that helps balance and integrate the left and right brain processes. Does any of this remind you of TFT (Thought Field Therapy) or EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) at all?

The process is simple:

Follow the movement of your finger while drawing and X with your finger, going up to the left and down to the right 8 times, then up to the right and down to the left. Even a more powerful technique is to frame the EMI movement with a box around it. After you do the EMI, simply put a box around it by starting top left, going to right, then down right and across to left and finishing the box with going up left. This process activates and exercises the whole brain and all the rep systems.

Jan say she had used this technique for anxiety, depression, high stress situations, training and group interactions. It is particularly good for stress and anxiety because the movement of the EMI breaks up the negative internal dialogue that is repeated over and over again. Instead of focusing on the auditory/visual internal dialogue the brain begins to focus on the solution….The technique works wonder with groups where tempers flare up, once the technique is demonstrated group members do it very easily and it becomes a habit.

EMI is particularly good with personal issues and anxiety or depression. If done when you first awake and before you get out of the bed and then as often as possible throughout the day, it works wonders to stop the anxiety and focus on a solution. It calms nerves.

I say, give it a try, what have you got to loose?