This site was originally generated in response to the COVID-19 crisis that has hit GT campus hard (as it did everywhere else) in March 2020. Within one week, GT went from having regular classes and operations (3/12), to exploring having instructions move online, to letting students know they are not to come back, to the whole campus Research Ramp Down (3/19). … Many other themes, events, tragedies, too many to list in the subsequent months followed. No doubt 2020 and the aftermath has brought a great deal of confusion, overwhelm, many emotions and distress. At GT had been blessed with protective leadership, a strong community, along with other favorable factors allowing us to withstand the crisis as a whole. Although individual response has varied, some being more impacted than others, the need to be collectively resilient has never been greater.
“Tapping,” in the current Westernized form, has developed in the US around the 70s ~ 90s. Even prior to the most recent explosion of clinical evidence and scientific research that validates the efficacy of this stress management tool, EFT/Tapping has been a powerful experimental tool for the progressive, brave, frontier clinicians, as well as those in the business and athletic community who were willing to try cutting edge methods for optimal performance and results. However, in an effort to make Tapping more widely accessible, applicable, and safer to the general public, here at GT, a simpler, non-verbal version will be introduced as the basic Tapping. This simplified version, very similar to the Peaceful Heart Network’s TTT, can still be quite powerful and effective in reducing stress, just as evidence shows this has even supported decrease in PTSD symptoms amongst genocide survivors and descendants in African countries.
“I actually ended up using the tapping skills later that day when I had to give some presentations, and it totally worked and calmed me. Big thanks to you, and we can’t wait for another opportunity!” – GT Staff
This powerful self-regulation tool (or trauma reprocessing tool when safely applied used under the guidance of well trained and skilled hands) has understandably been considered “weird” in the past. However, science and clinical evidence only increasingly validates the efficacy of this simple tool. It is no wonder that this has been in existence and been passed down in the Eastern societies for thousands of years. Many international faculty, staff, students report that, not surprisingly, this can feel very familiar. Thanks to the interest, understanding, support of many units across the campus (even some push,) Tapping@GT is by now widely accepted and recognized on our campus as a valuable resource (SGA-MHJAC, Mindful Moment). This simple and easy to apply tool is available to anyone, and is in alignment with our Institute motto to advance human conditions and to support wellbeing on campus.
Our mission is to support awareness, regulation and resilience, so we can feel safer, happier and healthier, and be able to respond to work and life’s challenges more effectively.
It is our hope that visitors find the information interesting, applicable, and helpful to many areas of your life.
“After hearing the positive experience with Tapping at the small group of Inclusive Leadership Academy, I knew I had to find a way to bring this technique to my colleagues. The session was very informative and really went into the science behind this ancient stress management method. We had the opportunity to do two short tapping rounds, and it definitely made me excited to attend a regular tapping circle session. I love that there is such a positive and beneficial resource right here at Georgia Tech for faculty, staff, and students to utilize.”– GT Staff