Blossoming Into Your True Beauty: Tapping for Weight + Body Image This Spring
- viviennerosediamon
- 3 days ago
- 7 min read
Like a Rose garden awakening from winter's harsh grip, it is time to nurture the beauty that has been waiting within you all along.
Spring whispers promises of renewal and perhaps you feel that familiar stirring - the desire to shed not just winter's heavy layers but the heavy thoughts about your body that have weighed you down. You are not alone in this garden of transformation.
As Roses need both sunshine and storms to grow into their full magnificence, your journey with weight and body image has shaped you in ways you are only beginning to understand. Today, we will explore how EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques - also known as tapping) can help you prune away the thorns of self-criticism and cultivate the self-love that is your birthright.
Why Your Body Deserves the Same Tenderness You Would Give a Rose
Imagine tending a Rose garden with harsh criticism:
"You are not blooming fast enough!"
"Your petals aren't perfect!"
"Why can't you be like that other Rose?"
Absurd, isn't it? Yet this is precisely how many of us speak to our bodies daily, myself included and I walk my talk as best I can.
The truth that Gary Craig discovered when he developed EFT is profound: our emotional wounds create energetic blockages that manifest in our physical and mental health. Those critical thoughts about your weight, those moments of shame when you look in the mirror, that voice saying you are "not enough" - they are like thorns choking the life from your inner Rose.
Recent groundbreaking research by Dr. Peta Stapleton at Bond University in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, provides compelling scientific evidence for what many women have intuitively known: our emotional relationship with food and our bodies directly impacts our physical health. In her landmark 2-year follow-up study, participants using EFT experienced a remarkable 28.2% reduction in food cravings, 26.7% decrease in the perceived power of food and significant improvements in anxiety and depression - all maintained over two years. You can explore her complete research findings in this published study.
Spring offers us a powerful metaphor: as Roses shed what no longer serves them to make room for new growth, tapping can help you release the emotional patterns that keep you stuck in cycles of self-judgment and yo-yo dieting or even the emotional complexities that arise with GLP-1 medications and other quick fixes that promise transformation but often leave the deeper work undone.
The Garden of Your Mind: Where Change Takes Root
Before we dive into the tapping sequences, let us acknowledge something beautiful: you are not wilted. Like a Rose that appears dormant in winter, your natural vitality and self-love are simply waiting for the right conditions to flourish again.
The thoughts "I hate my body," "I'll never lose this weight," or "I don't deserve to feel beautiful and fit" are not facts - they are learned patterns, like weeds that have grown in the garden of your mind. EFT helps us gently uproot these patterns while planting seeds of self-compassion.
Tapping Sequence 1: Releasing the Thorns of Self-Criticism
Find a quiet space where you can speak aloud without judgment. Rate your current level of body dissatisfaction from 0-10 (10 being the highest). Notice where you land. There is no judgment here - just information. Now, let us start with the Setup Statements:
Setup Statements: Repeat the three setup statements while gently tapping on the Side of the Hand (SOH) point, saying aloud:
"Even though I have these harsh thoughts about my body, I deeply and completely accept how I feel right now." (Focus on the heaviness in your chest, stomach or other body part).
"Even though I judge myself so harshly for my weight and I feel shame, I choose to love and accept myself anyway." (Notice the burning sensation of shame in your face, throat or other body part).
"Even though I feel disappointed with how I look and hide behind baggy clothes, I deeply and completely love and accept myself." (Feel the tightness in your shoulders or neck from constantly hiding).
Tapping Through The Points
Top of Head (TOH) Point:
Located directly on the crown of the head.
o "All this judgment about my body."
Eyebrow (EB) Point:
Located at the start of the eyebrow, near the bridge of the nose.
o "These critical thoughts that feel so familiar."
Side of Eye (SE) Point:
Located on the bone at the outer corner of the eye.
o "This huge disappointment when I look in the mirror."
Under Eye (UE) Point:
Located on the bone directly under the eye.
o "Feeling like I'm not good enough as I am."
Under Nose (UN) Point:
Located between the nose and the upper lip.
o "All this resistance to my current body."
Chin (CP) Point:
Located in the crease between the lower lip and chin.
o "These old patterns of self-criticism."
Collarbone (CB) Point:
Located just below the collarbone, about 2.5 cm (1 inch) from the base of the throat.
o "This weight of shame I've been carrying."
Under the Arm (UA) Point:
Located on the side of the body, about 10 cm (4 inches) below the armpit.
o "What if I could be as patient with myself as spring is with Roses?"
Take a slow, deep breath. Rate your intensity again. If it is still above a 3, repeat the tapping sequence a few more times, adjusting the words to reflect how you are feeling now.
The Wisdom of Seasonal Timing
There is profound wisdom in beginning this work during the spring. In nature's calendar, this isn't the time for harsh pruning - it is the season for gentle encouragement, consistent watering and patient tending. Your body responds to this same rhythm.
The frantic energy of "I need to lose 10 kgs (22.05 pounds) by summer" is like demanding a rosebud bloom before it is ready. Instead, what if you approached your body with the patient love of a master gardener who trusts in natural timing?
Spring Tapping Sequence 2: Cultivating Self-Love and Natural Rhythms
Setup (karate chop point):
"Even though I want to rush my body's changes, I deeply and completely accept myself."
"Even though part of me feels impatient with my progress, I choose to love and accept myself anyway."
"Even though I sometimes forget my inherent true beauty, I choose to deeply and completely love and accept myself."
Tapping Through The Points
Top of Head (TOH) Point:
Located directly on the crown of the head.
o "I release the need to force my body to change."
Eyebrow (EB) Point:
Located at the start of the eyebrow, near the bridge of the nose.
o "I trust my body's natural wisdom."
Side of Eye (SE) Point:
Located on the bone at the outer corner of the eye.
o "Like Roses know when to bloom."
Under Eye (UE) Point:
Located on the bone directly under the eye.
o "I can trust my body's timing too."
Under Nose (UN) Point:
Located between the nose and the upper lip.
o "I choose to nourish myself with kindness."
Chin (CP) Point:
Located in the crease between the lower lip and chin.
o "I am worthy of love at any size."
Collarbone (CB) Point:
Located just below the collarbone, about 2.5 cm (1 inch) from the base of the throat.
o "My body is doing its best for me every day."
Under the Arm (UA) Point:
Located on the side of the body, about 10 cm (4 inches) below the armpit.
o "I am blooming into my authentic self, in perfect timing."
Take a deep, grounding breath and release it fully. Now check in with your score again, from 0 to 10. Notice any shift - even a small decrease shows your nervous system is beginning to relax and respond. You are making real progress.
Tending Your Inner Garden Daily
Like Roses that thrive with consistent, gentle care rather than sporadic, intense attention, your relationship with your body transforms through daily acts of kindness. This might mean:
Speaking to your reflection as you would a dear friend.
Choosing foods that make you feel energised and cared for.
Moving your body in ways that bring joy rather than punishment.
Practising these tapping sequences whenever self-criticism arises.
The Promise of Your Spring
"The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern.
Beautiful people do not just happen."
- Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross (Swiss-born American psychiatrist + author, 1926-2004).
As you continue this practice, notice how the landscape of your thoughts begins to shift. The harsh inner critic softens into a gentle guide. The urgent need to "fix" yourself transforms into curiosity about nurturing yourself. You begin to see that your worth was never tied to a number on a scale (even though mine did for decades) any more than a Rose's beauty depends on being identical to every other Rose in the garden.
This spring, as you watch the world around you come alive with fresh growth and vibrant colour, remember that you are part of this same miraculous unfolding. Your body, like the earth itself, knows how to heal, how to find balance and how to bloom in its own perfect timing.
The Rose doesn't question its right to take up space in the garden. It doesn't apologise for its thorns or compare its petals to others. It simply opens to the sun and grows toward the light.
You are invited to do the same.
May this spring bring you home to the garden of self-love that has been waiting within you all along.
Your Garden Awaits: Take the First Step Today
Beautiful soul, your transformation doesn't have to wait for tomorrow, next Monday, or "when you are ready." Spring is happening now and so is your opportunity to bloom.
Here is your gentle invitation to begin:
🌹 Right now, place your hand on your heart and try the first tapping sequence above. Notice what shifts - even the tiniest softening counts as growth.
🌹 This week, commit to speaking to your reflection with the same tenderness you would offer a friend. Watch how this one change ripples through your days.
🌹 Share your garden, because Roses bloom more beautifully in community. Comment below: What is one kind thing you are going to say to your body today? Your courage to be vulnerable might be exactly what another needs to hear.
🌹 Keep growing - bookmark this page and return to these tapping sequences whenever the thorns of self-criticism try to choke out your inner light.
Remember, every master gardener started with a single seed of intention. Your journey to self-discovery, self-love and body acceptance begins with this moment, this breath, this choice to tend to yourself with radical gentleness.
What will you plant in the garden of your heart today?
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