Neurolinguistic Programming
Neurolinguistic Programming
In the early 1970s in America Richard Bandler, then a young
college student studied the work of Fritz Perls and later
Virginia Satir and found that he could reproduce their
high-level therapy skills to a degree that even surprised him.
Bandler seemed to have a natural ability to mimic (model) the
language patterns by Virginia and Fritz.
At the University of California at Santa Cruz, Bandler who was
well versed in the teachings of patterns in mathematics and
computers teamed up with a college professor, John Grinder to
help him understand the processes that were at work. Soon
Bandler and Grinder, who used what he knew about patterns in
linguistics, created a new model for personal growth called
NeuroLinguistic Programming.
Bandler and Grinder had set out to model the hypnotic skills of
Milton Erickson. They had astounding results. They built a
communication model about human "thinking" and "processing" and
used that model of how we see images, hear sounds, reproduces
smells and tactile experiences in our mind to track and model
the structure of subjective experiences.
Sounds very complicated but really it works very simply. Here is
an example as used by Paul McKenna - probably the best & most
successful hypnotist in the world.
Close your eyes and think of a negative memory. Become involved
in the situation as best as you can. Feel the emotions that you
felt, see the things you saw and hear the things you heard.
Now take that memory and project it onto a mental screen seeing
yourself in the picture. Put a frame around the picture and view
it as if it is an old photograph. Next drain all the colour from
the picture and shrink the screen to the size of a matchbox.
Have the feelings associated with the picture decreased in any
way?
Another good example of NLP involves Anchors. Have you ever
smelt a certain perfume or aftershave and had it remind you of a
certain person or situation? Gone to a certain place that brings
feelings long forgotten flooding back? Or been in any situation
that creates emotional responses that would not normally be
associated with it? Well if you can answer yes to any of these
then you have experienced anchors. Some anchors are associated
with positive feelings and some with negative emotions. However,
you should be aware that anchors can be consciously installed or
already existing ones altered. Here is an example:
Think of a time when you were really happy. If you can't think
of one then imagine something that would make you feel really
happy. See what you would see, hear what you would hear and feel
what you would feel. Really get into the picture and try to
experience it as though it were happening now.
Now brighten the colours and make them richer. Increase the
volume. Make the picture bigger, brighter, louder. That's it and
more and more....
Now press your first finger against your thumb and fully
experience your happy feelings. Do this everyday for 2 weeks and
you will create an anchor that will instantly recreate
these feelings. Whenever you want to feel like that again just
press your thumb and first finger together and wham the feelings
will come flooding back! Don't believe me? Just try it and
see!!!
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