What is Neuro-Linguistic Programming?

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NLP is Neuro Linguistic Programming. It is the study of excellence and how we all have the potential for excellence in all areas of our lives.

NLP provides the process of HOW we think, rather than what we think. 

The way we learn as human beings is a complex and interesting subject. We base all of our decisions and our perceptions on past experiences. From the very basics of how to tie a shoelace to how we interact and communicate with others. 

We perceive "our world" through filters, such as our memories, belief, Values, language, time etc. These filters can enhance the world we live in or limit our experience. By learning and practisicing NLP, you can learn how to change these filters and therefore change your experience of life.

The way our mind is "programmed" affects all areas of our lives - what are your strategies, beliefs and values for communication, relationships, your career, health and fitness, family relationships etc - are you successful in every area of your life? Would you like to be?

We can show you the practical and easy to learn tools for success, you can start to listen into or see how your mind works; get a feel for what works for you. If you can understand how your mind works, you can make the most effortless changes to ensure that you can be successful in all areas of your life.

NLP is for everyone from any background and who have the desire to change what is not working for them, think differently and to gain the ultimate skills for life. 

 

Neuro:
The nervous system (the mind), through which our experience is processed via the five senses:

  • Visual, Auditory Kinesthetic (touch/feel), Olfactory (smell), Gustatory (taste)

Linguistic:
Language and other non-verbal communication systems through which our neural representations are coded ordered and given meaning. This includes:

  • Pictures , Sounds, Feelings, Tastes, Smells, Words (Self talk/internal dialogue)

Programming:
The ability to discover and utilise the programs that we run (our communication to ourselves and others) in our neurological systems to achieve our specific and desired outcomes.

Now; you maybe thinking "well so what" or "what does that mean exactly?" 

Apologies that NLP is jargonistic. It is however, very simple to apply. Fortunately!

To understand a little further-through our five senses we take in over 2 million bits of information a second. Our brains, are unable to process that amount of information and therefore it deletes, distort and generalises that Information according to our past memories, values (what we value in life), Beliefs, attitudes, decisions, metaprograms and time/space/matter and energy.

For every thought we have and external event; we have an internal representation of that, the internal representation drives our state and the result of that is our physiology and behaviour.

This is just the basics of NLP. To learn how your mind works, start your NLP personal development and training programme today. Find out more about our NLP Practitioner Course.