Havening Techniques® – Tapping into Calm

The Havening Techniques® is a set of tools that utilizes specific applied touch combined with some mindfulness based exploration. This can lead to a gentler and easier shift to a better balanced state, in our body and mind.

When individuals apply on themselves, it can be called Self-Havening – to create one’s own safe Haven.

In our “ABC of Self Regulation Tapping” workshops that have been delivered all over the campus since 2020, actions similar to Arm and Hand Havening moves have been incorporated, so the Havining Touch may already feel familiar to you. Thanks to the funding approval in spring 2024 by the SGA Mental Health Coalition, and with Havening.org‘s support, we are now excited to be able to offer workshops introducing the IP protected Havening Techniques on campus freely, and at no charge.

Sensory Based Stress Management Workshops (includes Self-Havening®)

15 min – 60 min experiential workshops are available to lead participants with some simple stress coping skills to support self-regulation, so individuals can feel calmer and manage stress better in the moment. If interested in hosting these workshop for your class or unit, please send the request to tapping@ece.gatech.edu.

I felt my body relax and let out a huge sigh of relief almost immediately after we began Havening. We all could benefit from incorporating stress management practices, and this one is relatively “quick and easy” so I see a lot of value in it for students. I would absolutely recommend.
– GT CoB Senior, STAMP scholar, May 2022

(Where Havening Techniques is mentioned, certified practitioners are required to list the following. This is not to meant to be a self-promotion.)
Mitsuko Ito (GT staff) is a certified practitioner and trainer of the Havening Techniques. Havening Techniques is a registered trademark of Ronald Ruden, 15 East 91st Street, New York. www.Havening.org

Students’ Voices

“I find myself continually returning to is the tapping technique we learned. It is becoming more and more of a habit. For example, during exams when I am feeling stressed, I like to do the brushing motion between my hands. That specific rhythm helps me focus and recall information I had studied.”

“The guest speaker who taught us about tapping had a lasting impact on me. My grandma had actually introduced me to tapping techniques before, so hearing about it again in class felt like a nice connection to her.”

“A guest speaker who left a lasting great impression on me was the one who presented the tapping or Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) via Zoom. Her lecture was during the Helen hurricane, a stressful time with all the rain and thunderstorms, so learning about this technique immediately reduced my stress level at
that time.”

“The Tapping technique is cool too! I used to do acupuncture or messaging acupuncture point (as part of Chinese medicine), so I was very curious and excited to learn how certain small spots of our bodies could be so critical to our wellbeing.”