NLP Email Training 25

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“Set your goals high enough – and circumstances will adjust to your goals!”
Mahatma Gandhi

Submodalities (1)

Submodalities are the subunits of our 5 senses (also called modalities): Seeing, Hearing, Feeling, Smelling, Tasting. The submodalities characterize each of these senses more precisely. They are one of the few concepts that were discovered through NLP and are used here with quick and excellent results, e.g., in the rapid treatment of compulsions and phobias. It seems that Richard Bandler discovered the code with which our brain operates.

Examples of Submodalities
Visual: Brightness, Color, Contrast
Auditory: Volume, Speaking Speed
Kinesthetic: Warmth, Softness

A change in submodalities leads to a change in our emotions. Test this in the following exercises.

Exercise for this week

a) Collect additional submodalities for the sensory channels. Create a list of all the submodalities that come to mind and sort them by sensory channel.

b) Imagine something beautiful and write down all the submodalities related to this image. Describe the size, brightness, colors, auditory impressions, etc.

c) Take the beautiful image again and this time change the submodalities. Make the images larger and more colorful – like in a movie theater when you sit in the front row. Then make the images smaller and appear far away. Make a game out of it and pay attention to what happens to your feeling about the image with each change in submodalities.

d) This time take a negative image (something you dislike or fear) and counter it by making it smaller, very bright or dark, and pushing it into a corner.

Supplementary Links

Audio:
Introduction to Submodalities >>>
What submodalities are and how you can use them is explained in this exercise.

Further deepening on the topic of submodalities >>>
Stephan talks again about submodalities and their benefits.

Roller Coaster >>>
The submodalities “Associated and Dissociated” are experienced through the example of the roller coaster.

Text:
Demotivating experiences change with submodalities >>>
Here you will learn about the destruction of hindering inner representations with the help of submodalities.

Test:
Test 05 >>>
Small success check for lessons 21 - 25

Metaphor of the Week

The Relaxed Bow

It is said that the old apostle John liked to play with his tame partridge.

One day a hunter came to him. He was surprised to see that such a respected man as John was simply playing. Could the apostle not spend his time on something more important than with a partridge?

So he asked John:
“Why are you wasting your time playing? Why are you directing your attention to a useless animal?”

To this, John replied:
“You see, if a bow were always kept taut, it would lose its elasticity. Then, when I wanted to shoot an arrow, it would have no strength left – and I would miss the target.”

And John added:
“Just as we must also relax and recover again and again. If I do not rest, for example, by simply playing a little with this – seemingly so useless – animal, then I would soon have no strength left to do all the things that are really important.”

Book Recommendation

The Wild Days
Author: Terrence McClendon

Short Description:
The Wild Days is a personal account of the history of Neuro-Linguistic Programming and its two key figures, Richard Bandler and John Grinder. The author traces the development of NLP from its preconception in 1972 to its maturity in 1981. The records in this book about the training seminars and the wild stories of the two main NLP figures come from firsthand accounts. They also deal with the core individuals in the early days, their relationships with each other, and the development of their careers. You will find in this book a useful addition to a collection of metaphors about NLP.

Here the book can be ordered: Now on Amazon

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