Heal Your Body with Positive Affirmations and Tapping

Louise Hay was my dear friend and mentor, and though she's recently passed on, I feel her with me, and the influence of her work, more than ever.

Since the publication of her internationally bestselling book "You Can Heal Your Life" in 1984, Louise Hay has (she's still doing it from the beyond!) been teaching and inspiring millions of people around the world.

Renowned for demonstrating the power of affirmations to bring about positive change, she was the author of more than 30 books for adults and children, as well as the founder of the publishing company Hay House (my publisher).

Louise was a firm believer that all of our physical problems were a result of our thinking. So if we were willing to do the mental and emotional work, anything could be healed. And she showed us this, by living her fullest to the wise age of 91.

She was a living example of her dedicated work, creating a legacy of positivity and inspiration, influencing many to follow a path of helping others, including me.

But she was also a huge proponent of encouraging others to help themselves.

You'll find our full library of articles on tapping for pain and physical health in one place.

You Can Heal Your Body

Louise knew the secret of the mind-body connection even before it started to become mentioned in more mainstream circles.

I remember her saying that she started with just a little pamphlet that she put together when teaching in small groups that listed some of the most common health issues and how to resolve them using specific affirmations.

That list grew into the book, "Heal Your Body", indexing hundreds of ailments.

You looked up your specific health challenge, read the probable cause for the issue (stemming from a mental or emotional challenge), and applied the corresponding information to overcome it with a new thought pattern.

That book has sold millions of copies and has been used by people from around the world, with incredible success.

I've personally referred to it SO many times in the past twenty years. It's simply an incredible piece of work.

Dinner with Louise

I remember the first dinner I had with Louise, in 2013. There she was, with her glass of red wine... and her glass of white wine (that's how she made "rose" lol - not kidding!)

And about halfway through the dinner she turned to me and said, "Honey, what are we going to do together?" Meaning, what work will we create together.

I was FLOORED.

Really, Louise Hay asking to do something together?

Sadly, though we became friends over the coming years, we never pulled off a specific project together, though she did publish my books and support our work in a huge way (including generous donations to our TS Foundation to support the work in Newtown, CT).

But maybe not sadly...

Maybe she knew something I didn't and was just waiting for the perfect time to combine EFT Tapping with her work.

Combining Tapping with Positive Affirmations

When I brainstormed our new Tapping Solution App, I wanted to include Louise's work in some way, because I wanted to continue her legacy of helping others.

So here's what I did...

Remember her book that I mentioned above, "Heal Your Body"? For each physical Problem, she included a Probable Cause (mental and/or emotional) plus a Solution (new thought pattern).

So I thought, what if we can combine BOTH Tapping and Positive Affirmations to create a symbiotic powerhouse that encourages your own body to heal!

We could tap OUT the negative mental and emotional causes, then tap IN the new positive affirmations that Louise indexes in her book.

I immediately called my dear friend Reid Tracy, President of Hay House, and Louise's dearest friend for decades. I said, "Reid, what do you think about this idea? Do I have your permission and the permission of Hay House to do this?"

He kindly, generously, said yes.

And thus the "Heal Your Body" category of our Tapping Solution App was born.

The Tapping Solution App

With almost two dozen of the most common health issues the majority of us face today, you now have access to this incredibly powerful tool for bringing about that healing in your body you so desire.

Here are just a few of the health issues currently available as tapping meditations on the app:

Allergies • Arthritis • Asthma • Back Problems • High Blood Pressure • High Cholesterol • Cancer • Diabetes • Headaches • Neck Problems • Tinnitus • Ulcers • More!

As an added bonus, I'm including the free meditation from this category that comes with your free download of the app.

Support Your Healing: Lower Back

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Can you imagine yourself healthy, fit, disease-free, living a vibrant and productive life?

If you can imagine it, it can happen to you. These tapping meditations can help.

Download The Tapping Solution App and use some of the “Heal Your Body” tapping meditations, all of which are founded in Louise Hay's intuitive healing knowledge.

We've received such incredible feedback so far on the meditations in this category, and we'll continue to add more as updated versions of the app are released.

I hope this article helped you to understand how inspiring the life of Louise Hay was, and how her work continues through the many millions of those whom she touched.

Go here to download the app now.

Until next time...

Keep Tapping!

Nick Ortner

P.S. The day the app launched, I went into NYC for a book launch party for my friend Danette May. Her new book, "The Rise", was published by Hay House, so there were other Hay House authors and friends there.

I was standing in a small group including Danette, my friend Jim Kwik, and Patty Gift, Vice President at Hay House and I was telling them, and Patty specifically who was very close to Louise, about this set of meditations.

As I shared it with them and showed them the app and the meditations, I got the BIGGEST body chills I've ever experienced. Louise was there with us and I can feel the same thing as I write these words now.

I am beyond honored to continue expanding her work and legacy, and I hope these meditations help your body heal and connect with this incredible wisdom.

Why the Setup Statement Comes Before the Affirmation

Louise Hay's method in Heal Your Body pairs a probable cause with a new thought pattern, an affirmation you say until it takes root. Tapping adds one step before that: a setup statement, naming what you actually feel right now plus a line of self-acceptance, while you tap the side of your hand.

There's a reason for the order. Saying "I love and accept my body" when part of you doesn't believe it yet creates pushback, and the affirmation bounces off instead of landing. The setup statement names the real feeling first, and tapping while you say it eases the charge, so the affirmation has less resistance to work against. Acknowledge first, tap, then affirm, the same structure behind any tapping phrase.

A Tapping Round to Pair With an Affirmation

Rate how you feel about your body, 0 to 10, before you start.

1. Setup 1 (side of hand, repeat 3 times): "Even though I'm frustrated with how my body feels right now, I deeply and completely accept myself."
2. Setup 2 (side of hand, repeat 3 times): "Even though it's hard to feel good in my body some days, I choose to accept myself anyway."
3. Setup 3 (side of hand, repeat 3 times): "Even though I've been hard on my body, I'm open to a new way of thinking about this."
4. Eyebrow: "This frustration with my body."
5. Side of Eye: "All the ways I judge how it looks or feels."
6. Under Eye: "I've waited to feel good until it changed."
7. Under Nose: "This old habit of being hard on myself."
8. Under Mouth: "I'm tired of being at war with my own body."
9. Collarbone: "What if my body has been doing its best for me all along?"
10. Under Arm: "I'm willing to consider a new thought pattern."
11. Top of Head: "Choosing to believe my body deserves my care, not my judgment."

Reassess your number, then pick an affirmation from the table below and repeat it for a round or two.

10 Affirmations and Their Matching Setup Statements

Say the setup statement first, tapping the side of your hand, then move into the affirmation.

If you're working on "I'm not enough" more broadly, see tapping for self-worth and these 10 mantras.

What Our Data Shows

The Morning Clearing and Affirmation Process: 109,727 completions, 6.3 down to 3.3, a 48% drop. Evening Clearing and Affirmation Process: 52,249 completions, 6.3 to 3.1, 51%. You Are Enough, built around one affirmation: 644,067 completions, 6.3 to 3.2, 49%. Zoomed out, Support Your Body (104 sessions): 1,745,168 completions, 6.5 to 3.8, 41%. Weight Loss and Body Confidence (15 sessions): 367,004 completions, 7.1 to 3.9, 45%.

A peer-reviewed study of 270,461 App users (Church & Stapleton, 2020, published in JMIR mHealth and uHealth) found an average drop of 44% in anxiety and 45% in stress after a single session.

Isabel, 64, shared this after a session in the Getting Back on Track category: "I experienced the most profound shift in my thoughts and feelings about my body this morning!"

And an App user rated their session in Getting Back on Track a 10 before and a 5 after: "I needed this session, I purposely sabotaged my weight loss goals last night. I know I can resume my goals to be a healthier me, but I also know that tapping puts my mind in a better place, which is half my battle. Thank you!"

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the difference between an affirmation and a tapping setup statement?

An affirmation is a positive statement about how you want to feel, like the ones in Louise Hay's Heal Your Body. A tapping setup statement comes first: it names what you actually feel right now, plus a line of self-acceptance, while you tap the side of your hand. It clears space; the affirmation fills it.

Why does tapping pair a setup statement with an affirmation instead of just saying the affirmation?

Saying a positive affirmation you don't yet believe can create resistance, a felt sense of "that's not true." The setup statement acknowledges the real feeling first, which lowers that resistance, so the affirmation has less to push against when you get to it.

Can I use Louise Hay's affirmations from Heal Your Body with tapping?

Yes. Pick the affirmation that fits and build a setup statement for it, the way the table above shows.

What if the affirmation doesn't feel true yet?

That's expected, and it's why the setup statement comes first. You're naming the real feeling, tapping through it, then trying the affirmation again once some of the charge has eased.

Can tapping and affirmations treat a physical illness?

No. Tapping and affirmations work on the stress and emotion connected to a physical challenge; they are not a treatment for the underlying condition and should be used alongside a doctor's care, never in place of it.

What does the data say about affirmation-based tapping sessions in the app?

The Morning and Evening Clearing and Affirmation Process sessions show a 48% and 51% average drop in intensity. See "What Our Data Shows" above for the full numbers.

Have you used Tapping or any of The Tapping Solution App meditations to heal your body? I'd love to hear your comments!