Best NLP Techniques

NLP Techniques are an integral part of an NLP Training program. These techniques are the reason why NLP is considered as a quick result approach to human behavior.

NLP Techniques are a series of steps that have to be followed sequentially to get the desired result. Before understanding these techniques, you should know what is NLP.

All our behaviors are results-driven. Behaviors are again a sequence of small action steps. Excellent behaviors create excellent results.

We have seen that NLP is from results to theory. NLP models excellence and decodes a successful human process into its basic elements. These elements are then made teachable and learnable. This is called Modelling and modeling is the core of NLP. NLP Techniques are the result of modeling excellent processes in self or other experts.

NLP Techniques play an important role in Neuro Lingustic Programming, in many ways. Some of the utilities of NLP techniques are,

• Quickly access resources, that could be difficult to access. ( like Confidence, Courage, or Determination )
• Collapse or neutralize Unuseful emotions quickly.
• Change the quality of a past memory.
• Create a compelling future
• Access Trance states
• Work with the Unconscious mind in creating and deciding choices.
• Build rapport and influence
• Increase awareness
• Generate new insights and flash of Ideas.

How do NLP Techniques work? It mostly works on the Body-Mind connection. One of the presuppositions of NLP is “ Body and Mind are part of the same system and they influence each other powerfully”.

I shall describe one NLP technique, called Anchoring, where one ( The Client ) can recreate the desired emotion, at the time he/she wants it. The NLP Trainer or Coach, helps the Client create this Anchor.

We know that an Anchor is a device used in the ship, to make the ship remain in a particular place. Similarly, an Anchor is an external stimulus that creates consistent emotional states, which are positive and useful, like Confidence, Enthusiasm, Determination, and so forth. This concept of Anchoring is an important element in this NLP Technique.

The Client, initially chooses a resource or an emotion, that he/she needs in a particular context in the future, like attending an interview, giving a presentation, or negotiating a deal. Let us say, for example, the Client chooses Confidence.

Then the Client has to choose a memory from the past, in which he/she had this resource or emotion of Confidence in abundance. Maybe it was the moment when he hit the winning run and felt so confident that he can make many more wins like this.

Or it was the moment when she won that best student cup, while she felt that she can easily succeed in life. The selection of these two, namely the emotion and the memory are very important. The more stronger and potent they are, the more effective this NLP Technique is.

Now we will look at the process of this NLP Technique of Anchoring. After choosing the resource or emotion needed and choosing the memory, in which the emotion was abundant, the client can go into a close-eyed trance state ( A NLP Coach can help in the process ). A Trance is a deeply relaxed state where the client is more aware and awake to what is happening within him/her, in terms of internal pictures, sounds, and feeling that is taking place within him/her.

In this deeply relaxed trance state, the client accesses the chosen memory and sees it in his/her mind as though it is happening right now. He/she puts himself/herself right in the Centre of the chosen experience and relives the memory as though it is happening right now.

The focus is on naturally emerging pictures, sounds, and the associated chosen feelings. Then the client can choose to focus on the feeling ( which is the chosen feeling like Confidence, Enthusiasm, Determination) and intensify it. He/she can focus on the feeling, intensify it, expand it, and can also run the feeling throughout the entire body, saturating the entire body with the chosen emotion. This is an important step in this NLP Technique.

And at the peak of feeling the emotion, the client can touch the thumb of his/her right or left hand with any other of the four fingers. ( Like Index and thumb, or middle finger and thumb, or ring finger and thumb or little finger and thumb, whichever is convenient ) and holds it as he/she experiences the strong emotion.

As the feeling starts subsiding, the client breaks the Anchor by removing the fingers touching, before the emotions subside to low levels. That is the fingers must be touching only when the emotions are strong, in and around the peak. This is another important element in this NLP Technique.

Then the client opens his/her eyes and breaks state, like counting mentally a few numbers in reverse order or like counting the number of yellow-colored objects in the room. This is called pattern break and is to ensure, that the process begins from scratch and does not start with residuals of the earlier round.

Now the entire process is repeated one more round as described above. After the pattern break at the end of round two, a test round is done. This is another important element in this NLP Technique.

In the test round, the client simply goes into a relaxed trance state and simply joins the finger and thumb. This is called “ Firing “ the Anchor. Once the Anchor is fired, the client can feel that the chosen memory surging or even flooding him/her, with the corresponding emotion.

This happens because, a Neurological link ( which is called Classical Conditioning in Psychology ) is established and whenever the fingers are joined, the link is triggered and the client can feel the chosen positive emotion surging, automatically with the least effort. This is the intended result of this NLP Technique.

If the desired effort is not felt, the reasons could be that

• The client did not relax deep enough, to access the memory and resource intensely.
• The timing of the anchor is wrong ( The Anchoring should be done in and around peak time of feeling the maximum emotion )
• The anchor is not unique, as already some other emotion could have been unconsciously anchored there.

This NLP Technique process needs to be devoid of these faults for being effective. And also this NLP Technique has to be done few times a day, over a period of 1 to 3 weeks, until the emotions are able to be accessed quickly and intensely when the anchor is fired.

These NLP Techniques may need many repetitions over a few weeks to stabilize into a very strong and dependable anchor. Once it is formed, it becomes a powerful tool, to utilize, whenever and wherever the emotion is required.

Then these NLP Techniques can be done once in a while, to test and retain the effectiveness of the Anchor.

This NLP technique is very effective when aided by an NLP trainer or Coach.

You can learn these NLP Techniques and other NLP techniques for contexts mentioned above, in my NLP Training programs. For more details, you can visit Excel HR, and Ramsnlp or connect with me at connect@ramsnlp.com