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Could anybody explain games and other activities from John Grinder on how to improve the stimulation of memory and learning?

14-01-2012T00:55:23+00:00

Hello,

Could anybody explain games and other activities from John Grinder on how to improve the stimulation of memory and learning, like for example the NASA game ?

On this video it seems thjis person explains the NASA game from John Grinder, it seems that one should use a pencil and move it in all directions in front of the eye and the eye has to follow it. But unfortunately he speaks in Polish and I donÄt understand polish.
Could anybody explain more precise? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-x-a0y-vxU

Best regards
Frank

What is the first advantage children have, that makes them great in learning regarding John Grinder?

13-01-2012T23:22:00+00:00

Hello,

Could anybody explain in precise details what the first advantage is, John Grinder (he talks on it in the video below) found in children, that makes them great in learning? He only shortly repeated the first advantage for the first 28 seconds on this video. I didn’t understand what he meant. Is there maybe another video available (previously in that seminar)?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSI7z9_Ga0Y&feature=endscreen&NR=1

Recommended NLP Reading List

19-09-2009T23:52:06+00:00

Here is a list of NLP books which make very interesting reading. Please post your reveiws on the books bellow.

Whispering in the Wind: Bostic St Clair and Grinder
Includes John Grinder’s reflections on how NLP was created, the intellectual influences on NLP and a short Grinder autobiography. John and Carmen critique the classic code, present New Code as well as a modelling format and proposals for the NLP field to grow. A must read for anyone involved in NLP.

Structure of Magic I: Bandler and Grinder
The first NLP book, written to present Grinder and Bandler’s modelling of Fritz Perls and Virginia Satir. The meta model of language, its thirteen patterns, an overview of the transformational model, deep structure and surface structure feature in this book. Essential reading if you want an insight into the thinking that launched NLP

Structure of Magic II: Grinder and Bandler
The second book where Grinder and Bandler present the Four Tuple (VAKOG) how we form our mental maps. This is where representational systems, incongruities, and Satir Categories are published.

Patterns of the Hypnotic Techniques of Milton H. Erickson: Bandler and Grinder
Grinder and Bandler’s first book on Milton Erickson where they present what later becomes Milton Model. The book includes transcriptions of Erickson’s work with Grinder and Bandler’s commentary, a section on applying the patterning as well as an article written by Erickson about a joint project he undertook with Aldous Huxley on states of psychological awareness. The Appendix includes an excellent list of natural language presuppositions

Patterns of the Hypnotic Techniques of Milton H. Erickson: Vol II. Grinder Delozier and Bandler
The authors write in detail about 4 tuples as a tracking system when using hypnosis. The book includes detailed analysis of Erickson’s work with clients.

Frogs into Princes: Bandler and Grinder
An NLP classic, written from transcripts of Grinder and Bandler seminars. The reader will see the NLP presuppositions feature early in this book (without reference to the presuppositions). The book includes quite a lot of information on anchoring, a section change personal history and another section on reframing.

Reframing: Bandler and Grinder
While some of the reframing methods in this book are out of the date there are many gems in this book. There is a section on parts and parts negotiation, sex step reframing in its original format (its been updated since), and a section on working with families and systems.

Transformations: Grinder and Bandler
This book is series of transcriptions of Grinder and Bandler at work using hypnosis formats. The book includes lots of useful and practical insights into NLP and Hypnosis, practical exercises for simple but effective inductions.

Using your Brain For a Change : Richard Bandler
Connirae and Steve Andreas edited this book of Bandler nuggets which include the early application of submodality shifts. The swish, belief change, mapping submodalities are all presented in this book in their earliest formats.

Turtles all the Way Down: The perquisites of genius Grinder and Delozier
A transcription of a five day seminar, where the authors present the first edition of New Code NLP. An excellent opportunity to explore the metaphors the authors were using as reference points for the New Code and for the seasoned new codeer to recognise its roots and how it has evolved.

Books by people who influenced the development of NLP

Milton H Erickson

The seminars, workshops and lectures of Milton Erickson
Volume I: The Healing in Hypnosis – Edited by Margaret O’Ryan and Florence Sharp
Volume II: Reframing in Hypnosis – edited by Florence Sharp
Volume III: Mind –Body Communication in Hypnosis –edited by Ernest L Rossi

These books capture the style and spirit if Erickson’s work. They are full of case studies and reports on the seminars Erickson gave mainly to psychologists. Volume I includes an insightful Erickson autobiographical chapter.

Steps to Ecology of Mind: Gregory Bateson
Bateson was major influence on the development of NLP and particularly John Grinder’s thinking. This book is a classic and a collection of Bateson’s essays including topics on biological systems, anthropology, cybernetics. NLP raeaders will find the sections on addiction (alcoholism), double bind theory, logical levels of learning and pattern of interest and relevant to NLP

New People Making: Virginia Satir
Virginia Satir was one of the original NLP models. In this book she presents her unique insight into family systems, communication and her renowned Satir Category archetypes. An excellent book written by one of most revered family therapists from her time.

Gestalt Therapy Verbatim: Fritz Perls
In this book you will read excellent transcripts and notes from Perls’ lectures and therapy. Perls wok in therapy is legendary and he was key influence on the early days of NLP. Gestalt therapy was Bandler’s first touch point with the therapeutic world.

NLP and hypnosis books by other authors

Training Trances: Overdurf and Silverthorn
A great book on applying Ericksonian hypnosis in change work contexts. The book is easy to read, highly practical and the authors researched pretty much everything published by Erickson as well as lot published about Erickson in brining this work together.

The Magic of NLP demystified: Lewis and Pucelik
This book clearly presents four tuples, the patterns from the meta model and representational systems in easy read without dumbing down the information. An excellent and easy to read book.

Can we Start Again: Daryll Scott
Daryll Scott attended the NLP Academy Trainers Training with John, Carmen and myself, is an ITA member and well respected business trainer. In this book Daryll outlines the business applications of NLP.

Interesting Reading

Holographic Universe: Michael Talbot
The universe as a hologram, our nervous system as a quantum mechanical device, synchronicity, collective unconscious. Talbot collates a lot of information in an easy to read format –that work as fantastic metaphors for change

Taking the Quantum Leap: Fred Wolf PhD
This book entertainingly traces the history of physics from the observations of the earlyGreeks through the discoveries of Galileo and Newton to the dazzling theories of such scientists as Planck, Einstein, Bohr, and Bohm. This everday view of science opens up the mind-stretching visions of how quantum mechanics, God, human thought, and will are related, and provides profound implications for our understanding of the nature of reality and our relationship to the cosmos.

Entanglement: The Great Mystery in Physics: Amir D Aczel
Aczel (Fermat’s Last Theorem) discusses a great mystery in physics: the concept of entanglement in quantum physics. He begins by explaining that “entanglement” occurs when two subatomic particles are somehow connected or “entangled” with one another, so that when something happens to one particle, the same thing simultaneously happens to the other particle, even if it’s miles away. However, this concept violates the theory of special relativity, since communication between two places cannot occur faster than the speed of light. A good metaphor for the connected nature of life

The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge (1968) Carlos Castaneda
Castaneda spent time learning the ways of Mesoamerican shamanism from Yaqui shaman named don Juan Matus. This is first book of twelve where he narrates the different levels of his experiences. Castanedao writes of attention, states, accessing states, reducing dialogue and a lot of he writes has parallels with NLP.

visualisation training

03-01-2012T12:25:31+00:00

Hi and a happy new year to all.
After not having used the skill for years ( I was never a star at it either ), I noticed that visualisation has become quite difficult when I started a guided imagery routine.
I would be very grateful if somebody could point me to some a-z exercise scripts. Ideally in a readable format rather than mp3 or vids.

New code and improved motor skills

19-09-2010T18:35:52+00:00

I tried something out today. I was at the park with my wife and daughter, Emily, who is 8.

We were trying to cross one of those wooden beam things which are about 16 feet long and on a pivot at each end. As you attempt to walk along it it rocks on it’s pivots. It was about 6 inches off the ground.

Emily managed to get across very slowly. Me and the wife failed miserably (I ended up with dirt all down my back as I fell heavily!). I then thought of modelling.
I watched Emily again, but this time with fovial vision, mirroring her breathing. Unbelievably I crossed the beam on my next try! It felt surreal, as if I was in a trance state.

I suggested to my wife, Janine, that I play a new code game to see if it would help her. She wasn’t up for that but Emily was. So I got her to play the NASA game. As soon as I felt she was in state I took her to the beam…she ran along it at a rate of knots! It was amazing to watch!
But what was really amazing was my wife went straight after Emily and also crossed it successfully! I believe it was because she was unconsciously micro muscle mirroring Emily while she was playing the game and had got herself in a high performance state.

Does anyone out there have any experience of new code games enhancing motor skills in any other contexts; I would be interested to hear about it?

Career in NLP

02-12-2011T12:07:13+00:00

Hello

I do not have a background in psycology or therapy but I am very excited about NLP and keen to explore career possibilities. I do have ten years of teaching and training experience with high school students and it would be great if I could somehow utilise that in my NLP career.

Could someone please provide guidance on the career options I have, the time that it takes before the practice starts to generate a healthy income, and what course should I go for to be able to get into the NLP based professions ?

Neurological and Linguistic Filters - in NLP MODEL

25-11-2011T15:26:28+00:00

Hi , Please Help Me Dears ...

can anyone tell me , what are exactly “neurological” and “Linguistc” FILTERS ?
please first check the image which is showed below

i know that our filter Delete,Distort and generalize , but for example :

1) metaprograms are one of filters, is it neurological or linguistic ?

2) and then tell me what is the function of a metaprogram , i mean does it Delete Data? Distort or generalize ?

3- also tell me about : Values , Beliefs , Decisions , Memories , Time Coding , Space , Attitudes , language , cultures , presuppositions and ... ( i don’t know may be there is more filters ???? )
but tell me about each of above that which one is neurological and which one is linguistic ? which one DELETE, which one DISTORT and which one GENERALIZE ???

4- am i right that incoming Data from our sences after processing with Neurological filters make our first Map ? so tell me does this Map in our conscious awareness or Unconscios ? what about this map after processing with linguistic filters which make our second map ! , does this second map conscious or unconscios ?

5- which of our maps ( neurological or linguistic ) make our “State” with physiology ?

6- does our neurological and linguistic map , both together make a whole map of reality ?

7- does our map and physiology make our State ? so what is exactly the meaning of STATE here?

8- where is our feeling and emotions ? are they in our map? or they are made with our state ? ( our good or bad feeling , our desire feeling and ... )

9- tell me after that our State is made , does we do our behaviuor again with our filters ang it goes through them or we just do and response with our state ?

10- if we don’t want to judge fast and to be a better observer , we need sensory acuity , so we should observe , does this occur before the gathered data goes to our filters ?

11- please tell me what are neurological filters and what are linguistic filters ? ( is value neurological or linguistic for example ? what about other filters ) ????

you can tell me here or : nlpist at gmail dot com

What is NLP?

18-11-2010T17:47:26+00:00

In my work in advising and working with people with NLP, I often get asked the question “what is NLP”.

If you spoke to 20 practitioners and asked them what NLP is to them I am sure you would get 20 contrasting answers….... For me NLP is a communication and modeling technology that I can use for interventions with others and for myself. However I am sure other people will have different definitions or personal experiences with NLP

This leads me to my very ambiguous question what is NLP for you??

Values elicitation/intervention NLP Academy style

14-09-2011T17:53:47+00:00

I was going through the NLPedia Master Prac and enjoying the session on values. Typically I see clients for weight loss and whilst I mainly use hypnotherapy but work over 4 sessions in a Gastric Band Hypnosis package and I build in some time to use NLP (I have a classic code Master Practitioner, doing the Academies Master Prac in Nov).

The values elicitation method looked pretty comprehensive. ie:

Elicit,
Rank,
Abstraction Check,
Syntax Check,
Motivation Direction check,
Intervention(s)
Re-Rank,
Re-Check,
Unconcious check
Future pace.

How ever I was not clear on the best starting point as that wasn’t clear to me from the DVD’s. The lady in the NLPedia looked at Health and her elicitation revolved around that. Typically my clients will see me for weight loss, but this will be bundled up in a number of different issues so it may be that health, fitness or something else is the starting point.

My working theory would be that I would start with a TOTE and ask the client what they want, perhaps do a simple values elicitation to chunk up and then use the result as the starting point. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Having rewatched the episode I can see that when values are in conflict you start with something very all encompassing and then move on to more specific areas, however it would still be useful to know the approach for a given presenting issue to get the starting point to carry out a more comprehensive values elicitation etc.

Q/A - Ask the NLP Academy questions about anything and everything!

25-11-2010T15:21:00+00:00

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