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Surrogate Tapping with Jessica Ortner

Written by: Nick Ortner

Oh… the many times, in my personal journey of growth and development that I thought…

“If (fill in name of your friend/family member/colleague) would just do (fill in name of the modality/supplement/seminar/book), then their life would be so much better!”

Have you had similar thoughts? Of course you have, because you care about those you love. You are on the cutting edge of exploring information that changes lives, and you just want more people to know this life-changing information, to make better choices, to find more happiness, joy, health, and abundance.

But I learned a lesson many years back that’s encapsulated in an old saying…

“You can lead a horse to water… but you can’t make it drink.”

It’s been my personal experience that the best way I can help others is to:

A. Do my own work first – BE the change!

B. Share with passion and enthusiasm, but WITHOUT attachment to the outcome – i.e. whether the horse drinks or not!

And there’s actually a Tapping process that I’ve used to support that path, called “Surrogate Tapping”.

Now, I often think Surrogate Tapping is slightly misunderstood, in that people think, “Oh, I can just tap for someone else and FIX them,” – i.e. “I can make that horse drink!”

Whereas, I believe the real power in Surrogate Tapping is to first help us clear our own emotional attachments, stress, anxiety and overwhelm about the situation, person, or challenge. What I’ve found to be really exciting about doing this is that when we do our own work first, THEN THE MAGIC HAPPENS.

I can’t fully explain it, but I’ve seen it again and again in my own life and in those who have done this process.

So if there’s a situation you’re struggling with, if there’s a person who you love that you are stressed out and anxious about, if there’s someone you want to help…

Then take a few minutes to try this free Tapping Meditation.

Watch this short video with my sister Jessica explaining the process, and then use the 16-minute meditation below:

Introduction to Surrogate Tapping Video

Press Play Below to Listen to the Surrogate Tapping Audio


Right Click and “Save” Here to Download the “How to Tap” PDF

Right Click and “Save” Here to Download Audio

Right Click and “Save” Here to Download the Surrogate Tapping Transcript PDF


How did this process affect you? What insights or breakthroughs did you have? Let us know! Post your comments below.



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  1. Alice says:

    Thanksgiving is celebrated today in the US. I am so grateful for your offer of the surrogate tapping. Timing was perfect, just what I needed so I could be of service while first letting go of any wish to interfere.
    Thank you for having gifted us with this tool to expand the love and caring we can experience and share around us. May it return to you multiplied.

  2. Benjamin Bernier Renta says:

    Jessica, Ya lo preparaste en Español? Esta excelente, He sido estudiante y practicante de EFT desde hace muchos años cuando Gary lo empezo y he tenido muy buenos resultados cn el proceso mientras he entrenado a otros a realizarlo!
    Este monologo que has creado puede ayudar para que se pueda calmar el animo para lograr mejore resultados.
    Te amo por tu trabajo de la misma manera que amo al mundo para crear unos vinculos indisolubles entre todo el mundo.
    Ben

  3. Fay Mingo says:

    Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I am fairly new to tapping, but this was awesome! After finishing the tapping, I just sat and felt the love and light! I could FEEL it and almost SEE it! It is so powerful! Bless you and your brother always!! And you did a wonderful thing by not charging! It will come back to you, as you know. I am so appreciative! Keep up your wonderful energy!!! Love, love, love, always… Fay

  4. billywheeling says:

    Aww, Jessica and Nick, Thank you so much for this beautiful process of shared love, peace and healing. Such a generous gift to all who attempt with an honest intention to heal, love and honour. I felt several shifts throughout and was touched by the loving, thoughtful depth of your gift. May your stay in Argentina be blessed. Much peace, love and healing to you both. bw

  5. Judi says:

    Just wanted to share my expereince of this amazing tapping sequence form my fav lady Jess….it is the best tool I have for changing my way of thinking…it happens sooo beautifully and gently…when I first begin Tapping, I am usually feeling soooo annoyed with whoever about something, and by the time I have finished I am feeling nothing but love and forgiveness with gratitude for the experience…you rock Jessie girl…thank you Ortners… Blessings Judi NZ x

  6. Vlasta says:

    I have used yout tap -along audios many, many times – every time I experience any emotional challenges. Sometimes this surrogate I can see myself and it helps me clean all my hidden sorrow and pain from the past. It is difficult to write, how wonderful this audio was. I am Very, very grateful…
    You are so young and so wise and so tender and so helpful… God bless you both!

  7. Helga says:

    Thank you, Jessica for reminding me how important it is, while doing surrogate tapping, to feel detached from the problem affecting the other person.
    As a matter of fact, you and the Tapping World Summit have helped me to be a more proficient practicioner in our area in the South of Brazil.
    Thank you and Nick so much.
    Helga

  8. daina says:

    Dear Jessica and Nick,

    I am a certified advanced practitioner form Gary Craig and I have been tapping a lot in the llast two years, with fantastic results. I healed a deeply arthritic knee on myself, have helped my autistic little cousin so much..she is now in regular school, taking ballet nd violin lessons too! I have had more successes than I have time to recount. I love all your videos and your beautiful energy. I am sure you have helped so many people in the world. Keep up the good work!! WE love you!!
    With love light and peace,
    Daini

  9. zita says:

    This is amazing. If everyone learned it, we would have a changed world! It felt so good at the end – very peaceful and hopeful and non-judgemental.

  10. Aileen says:

    The most incredible experience I’ve had with EFT is when I was moved to administer it to an acquaintance on her death bed. She was very near death and was in tremendous emotional pain from decades of behind-the-scenes emotional abuse she had experienced with her husband. My heart ached for her and I was moved to try EFT. Since she was too weak to tap on herself, I tapped on her points for her and just guided her to stay in the emotion of the pain she was feeling. After about 5 minutes my back demanded I straighten up, so I quit and asked how she felt. She slowly said she felt much more calm…then drifted off to sleep. When I returned for another visit the next day and asked her how she felt after our session, she said she was able to think about things with greater clarity. Now I’m considering becoming an EFT certified practitioner. Any suggestions of where I can get some good training? Thanks!

  11. Patricia J Allen says:

    Would love to be able to watch this again!! Is it possible to resend it??? Expecting miracles!
    Pat Allen

  12. elio palmucci says:

    well. I have been using tapping for a while in order to eleminate wrong beliefs from my subconscious and I believe to have suceeded, at least partly, to remove the most stibborn ones. I feel relieved when I apply it, sort of clearer mind effect, therefore I believe in its efficiency and go on using it daily to improve my ability to modify my subconscious settings, and there are many to act upon!!!

  13. Rachel says:

    Jessica, Thanks for sharing this with all of us!! This is such a great way to feel I can help those in my life. (I’ve been frustrated I wasn’t able to help because I live so far away from them.) My Mom had another stroke, and we have unemployment, financial, home & moving issues in our family, so this is a Godsend. Thanks for another wonderful tool to help myself and others!

  14. Colleen says:

    Hello Jessica and Nick ~ Thanks so much for sharing this wonderful audio meditation. I volunteer doing hospice care and I plan to listen to this meditation and do the tapping from now on before I set off to see my patient. You are both such a huge blessing to all of us, thank you.

  15. Sally Cooper says:

    Fabulous, fabulous, fabulous. Thank you. I am doing this once or twice a day and it makes such a difference to absolutely everything. Thank you.
    Loads of love, Sally.

  16. Ian says:

    Great video and very interesting content. I will look into EFT in detail after seeing this.
    Thanks
    Ian

  17. Rhonda Darling says:

    I would love to use this with some of my clients. Do you have a written transcript of this session available anywhere?

    Thanks

    • April Davis from The Tapping Solution says:

      I have posted the transcript with the video above. You can download it from there. 🙂

  18. Diana Nickel says:

    Wonderful, beautifully done. I will use this often and thank you so much. Your voice is perfect for this….

  19. ric holzman says:

    Thankyou Jessica,
    Its very beautiful, words and voice.
    It reminds me to see challenges as blessings and
    all of us as empowered beings.
    I’m glad to have met you
    this last weekend.
    lots of love, Ric

  20. Ame Lee says:

    Jessica, I am new to all this. I learned about EFT only a few months ago. I have been recieving all the free conferences, videos, emails, etc… and have grown tremendously. The work you are doing is so vital and dynamic. I have been an an art teacher of elementary age students for a lifetime. I can see great potential for using EFT in the public schools. So many home situations of children are wanting. So many kids have such poor self esteem and depleted self concepts. I don’t know the legal ramifications of using EFT when students exhibit such behaviors do you? This would be a great tool to inproving kids lives. Keep up the good work Jessica. You are a beautiful girl and have such charisma, clarity and joy! Keep teaching, Keep going. If you ever get down write me and will help you see all that you do if you loose your way. Ame

  21. Caroline Nielsen says:

    Hello Jessica and Nick
    I just finished a wonderful two day EFT level 2 course here in Stockholm. When I talked about how I would like to help my seven years old daughter with here difficulties to go to sleep, one of the participants on the course reminded me of surrogate tapping. I then remembered that I had heard you talk about it but I must have missed this great message. This way I can really help my daughter after having taken of my own worries about this issue.
    Thank you Jessica for sharing this, You are so great!

  22. dorita says:

    hi im passing trough hard times now as i have my hand broken and in a cast and in lot of pains.
    so i couldent tap for a while.
    now that im feeling a little better with only half plaster, i went to those videos to get inspired to back tapping again.
    thank you so much, the emails and the blogs and the videos are helping me altough i dont tap much

  23. Steve R says:

    Jessica, I have been using your lovely audio for quite some time now – usually every work day morning I start my day with it. I love the music and the waves – really relaxing on their own! I was surprised that when I began using your audio that initially my eyes watered and I literally shed tears every time I did the routine for weeks but lately I am just yawning a lot, which tells me that I am still effectively reaching important areas. I thank you greatly for your providing this wonderful resource! I wonder if you might consider doing another similar audio ….. just a thought. Thank you very, very much!

  24. Pam Saunders says:

    Thank you for sharing this powerful tapping to assist others. When you got to the last love, light, peace affirmations, I burst into tears and saw a tappable area for myself. So glad that you are in Argentina. Enjoy. You truly are an Earth Angel. love, Pam

  25. Candi says:

    That was Powerful! But now I am super tired. It drained all my energy. I think that means I am in terrible shape. OOOPS! Another thing to tap on. LOL Thank you. That was wonderful.

  26. Saira Samee says:

    This was a beautiful rendering of the process of EFT that brought much stillness and needed
    calmness. I would love to believe my Down Syndrome sister immensely benefitted when I tapped for her.
    Yes a greater divine plan is in order and we can all consciously participate in our and the whole planet’s well being by doing our part. EFT enables our creative ability to sparr when it rids us of our illusions that we unnecessarily invest in.
    Thank you Jessica and Nick for sharing your gifts to the world.May we be inspire to share ours.

  27. Anita says:

    I had just put my son to bed bf listening to this recording.
    He often gets upset about a loss he experienced some years ago and we had just done some tapping on the issue. After listening and tapping along to this recording, I felt so peaceful and loving throughout my being!
    Thank you Jessica, the timming was perfect……..as it always is!

  28. Gerrie Smith says:

    I found this exercise for surragate tapping very spiritual. However, I am confused about some of the sequences in which I (the tapper) seem to be talking to myself, ie., tapping for me rather then the other person.

    Could you please explain this concept for me?

  29. kate says:

    Thank you. I was so angry at something my husband did that will have a ripple effect
    in our lives. I couldn’t see past my own anger to see his hurt. I just finished the tapping and I was crying thru it. I am sorry, I do love him and I thank you for such a healing experience.

  30. Charles says:

    Sent at just the moment it was needed. God bless you and Nick and your work, Jessica. Keep at it as your voice and the way you articulate the words are perfect for this, and it’s a pleasure listening to you. Two more have been blessed with this, thanks to this years summit.

  31. saartje says:

    Dear Jessica, I didn’t have the time to really listen to calls at the summit, and now I’m getting 3 free meditations from that week that you did. And it is, as always, just the right moment to hear those things and the surrogate tapping also. It’s like a big puzzle falling together. And it’s like it’s specially written for me! I’m going to keep doing these tapping and get these things out of my system. Thank you for not being scared to be big and share yourself with all these people. I hope you will see my ‘big’ name on a big screen someday when i overcome a fear to be big and show myself the way I am (I’m still finding that out).
    Thank you. Saartje (the netherland, see how far your message gets over the world!!)

  32. Marion Yole says:

    I’m tap tap tapping everyday and feeling so much more energetic and positive. Attracting all sorts of good things.
    Have a great day.

  33. Karen Clothier says:

    Wow Jessica, I could not imagine anything being better than your last tapping session was at the end of the Summit, but you definitely topped that one!! That was amazing Jessica, I “saw” many situations, as I did this tapping, where I tried to control the outcome, and I feel as if this took all of that to a higher level of understanding, one in which there was a great peace in “knowing” that this person did the right thing. Thank you so much, you have a huge heart to offer this amazing recording to everyone like this, bless you and Nick for all that you have done and continue to do.
    With Peace and Love
    Karen

  34. Sybella says:

    I have used the surrogate tapping several times leaving me with a wonderful feeling of wellbeing. Now, after the earthquake in Chile I have used it and I am left with such a feeling of peace and the knowing that in spite of what we see, everything is changing for the better.
    Thank you,
    Sybella, Santiago, Chile

  35. Elizabeth Taza says:

    You have been an inspiration that you cannot imagine. I have so many problems and troubles in my life and from the beginning of my life. You have given me a chance, a choice and the hope to simply make it all OK. You have taught me with the Tapping that I am in control and that I can be a better person, be a kind person, be kind to others and to our mother earth. I now have hope and that means for the first time in my life and I am now in my 60th year I can begin to enjoy happiness and peace. I cannot thank you enough and from the bottom of my heart I thank all the Tapping Experts for what your words so powerful have given to me these last 5days, I am re-born, I thank you all, and I will forever be tapping in all my years to follow. May our Mother Earth Bless you all.

  36. Darlene Roth says:

    Two wonderful shifts! I almost did not do the child trauma session because I was afraid of the potential pain, BUT . . . I shifted two incidents that had been frozen in silence for half a century. Now that’s something! And tonight with Brad! My body was tingling when the session was over and I felt an uncontrollable urge to just giggle with excitement and anticipation of what will be happening in my life as a result of the clearings we did. Thank you so much!

  37. Penni Eads says:

    Thanks. Wonderful. For me, it left me so relaxed that I plan to take a short nap to internalize it. How rejuvenating. Thank you, Jessica. And, Nick, for sending it to me.

  38. Laura says:

    Nick and Jessica,

    Thank you for all of your hard work and time to provide the Tapping World Summit. It came in a time in my life when I am transitioning from being an employee to a small business owner and reviewing and working on emotional issues that I know are blocks to my future personally and professionally. I was very skeptical when I initially logged on and listened, but now I am a committed tapper, it has, as you mentioned in your interview, changed my life. I am amazed at the quick turn around that I have experienced and the level of change that I have gone through, and still going through. You are both doing great things!

  39. Ron Heinze says:

    Over the past 20 years, I have had this “eye blinking” habit that sometimes drives me nuts. It has been a distraction in my personal and business life. I have tried eye doctors, botox, drugs, hypnotherepy, etc. Someone introduced me to EFT. As I practiced it over a few days, the habit slowed down immensely. It is not completely gone, but it is under control. I hope the continued tapping will completely remove the problem. The Tapping Solution book made me a believer. Thanks.

  40. zhaofeng says:

    Hi ,my name is ZhaoFeng.I come form china. Though I am not good at English,I tried “what if”. I love it!The feeling is amazing,fantastic…But I have some problems with “Surrogate tapping”.As I said my English is not very well,I couln’t get very word in the Audio.If someone could give the script,Iwould very appreciate it !Thanks!

  41. Kathy says:

    I totally broke down into tears. I felt an inner sense of peace (or the potential for it) for the first time in years. I have been working so hard to be healthier and happier and having quite a bit of difficulty doing so. My husband of 40 + years died suddenly 3 years ago and then my sweet 16 year old grandson (who was living with me) died 10 months ago in a horrific car crash. I am now living alone with my new puppy Sukie. I really don’t have anyone to talk to about my feelings because I sense my family members and friends backing away when I do try to talk. My grief counselor hasn’t been too effective either. She keeps telling me I need to move on. Well, I know that, but right now, I just need someone to listen. I need to go through the feeling on my time schedule, not theirs.
    Anyway, for what it is worth, I am going to continue this tapping and meditation and see where it leads me.
    Thank you so much for you kindness and generosity in offering these techniques.
    Regards
    Kathy

  42. Diane says:

    My daughter sent me this. and she knows I’ve been asking her how do I go about learning my lessons in this lifetime. Because I’m 64 and I feel maybe I can start now it’s never to late. I have to get a better hang on the tapping. Practice I know.

  43. Diane says:

    My daughter sent me this. and she knows I’ve been asking her how do I go about learning my lessons in this lifetime. Because I’m 64 and I feel maybe I can start now it’s never to late.

  44. Devin Scannura says:

    To see a dream moment captured on film while
    being taught how to tap it into reality
    says more than any comment.

    Thank you for the tapping solution.

    -Devin

  45. Brenda says:

    Jessica,
    Your bright, beautiful, wise presence shines throught this as it guides us into letting go and letting in love and peace and joy. How very generous of you to share this soothing, healing and uplifting meditation. May God bless you 100x over. Keep shinning your light and your beautiful spirit. You give me hope for the world~

    Brenda Strausz

  46. Rita says:

    Ah, beautiful. Thank you, thank you, thank you….Rita

  47. brian says:

    having difficulty downloading audio to my mac
    is there a different process for pc and/or mac?

  48. Toni Mackenzie says:

    I would like to thank Jessica for her generosity in giving us all such a lovely gift! I am an EFT Practitioner, as well as a Hypnotherapist, Psychotherapist and Life Coach, and was reminded of Ho’oponopno at a training seminar last weekend. My son has Aspergers Syndrome, a milder form of Autism, which often causes him to feel depressed and/or anxious and I sometimes do some surrogate tapping on his behalf as he is not open to doing EFT, or any of the other therapies I use, himself.

    Yesterday I ‘just happened’ (!) to notice Joe Vitale’s post on Facebook mentioning the Surrogate Tapping audio with a link to this site. I downloaded the audio but only had time to listen to part of it before going to pick my son up from a work placement he is doing this week, but in the part I listened to, I was delighted to hear the Ho’oponpono affirmations were included in the session. When I picked my up son he said he’d not had a good day and was feeling depressed and anxious but didn’t want to talk to me in detail about how he felt, so I just kept silently repeating ‘I’m sorry, Please forgive me, Thank you, I love you, as I drove home. After a little while, he asked me to place my hand on his heart (one hand as I was driving!) then after another few minutes he said he felt much better and started to make jokes and laugh!

    This evening, I put the audio onto a CD and have just listened to it in the car and done the whole process twice whilst driving into town in slow moving traffic at rush hour to pick up my son again. I heard and followed the ‘hands on heart’ bit for the first time, fortunately the second time was at the traffic lights so I was able to use both hands! When I met my son, he greeted me with a smile and a hug and said he had had a good day, and he was relaxed and seemed really positive!

    As other’s have said, apart from the words being beautiful, Jessica’s voice, and the music and ocean sounds are very soothing, and I will definitely continue to use this process, for my son and for one or two clients who are feeling stuck in a bad place at the moment.

    With much Gratitude, Love & Light, Toni x

  49. Brenda says:

    Profoundly beautiful. When I first listened to the audio, I was already feeling sleepy, drifting in and out of consciousness, feeling very deeply relaxed. Even though I tried to tap, the most I could do was tap on the karate chop. The whole process seemed to take me to a cellular level, then to a more expanded level, feeling connected to everything and everyone. I will continue to listen and tap to this wonderful meditation with healing intentions. Thank you so very much for sharing. Should you decide to make a CD, I would love to purchase several for myself and others. Brenda

  50. jeneses says:

    Wow!!!Just what I needed and at the exact time .Thank you and the Universe.Blessings to you always.

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