Today, let’s learn about neuro linguistic programming and the power of Submodalities. It has come to my attention through the numerous trainings that I have done that Submodalities are one of the most misunderstood areas of neuro linguistic programming. So let me explain what Submodalities are in the first place.

Submodalities refer to the way our mind codes our experiences. So for instance, if you have a very memorable experience, your memories aren’t just one single picture. It actually contains various other qualities to that picture. Take a look at any image and you’ll find that there’s a difference in terms of brightness and contrast, colors and shades, as well as location of various sub elements in the image.

If you were to think of a mental picture of the times where you felt happy, and compare it with the times where you felt sad, notice what differences that are between the happy and the sad images. My guess is that could be some subjective differences in terms of brightness and size. The happy image could be brighter than the sad image. The sad image might be smaller than the happy image. These new ones is can only be detected after you understand the differences inside your mind.

Here’s a checklist of some common Submodalities. The trick is for you to notice the difference is in Submodalities between two different experiences. Once you’re able to identify these experiences, and tell whether one is brighter or closer than the other, you would have mastered the art of shifting Submodalities.

Visual Submodalities: Bright Or Dim (brightness) Big Or Small (size) Faraway or close (distance) Color or black and white (color) Focused or fuzzy (focus)

I’ve listed just a few visual Submodalities, and this should give you some idea as to the difference is that your mind is able to create in order to differentiate between one experience and another. This, by the way, is also the reason why NLP has the “programming” part. For instance, if one image of sadness is dim compared with a happy experience which is bright, then you can shift your experience from said to have be simply by making the sad image a little brighter. While this is still very rudimentary and very basic, it is one of the foundational cornerstones of neuro linguistic programming. If you want to stand your knowledge about neuro linguistic programming, it will go you well to attend a training that will help you to enhance the ability that you currently have in managing your emotional states.

Stuart Tan is a Licensed NLP Trainer and has been training and developing NLP models over the last 13 years. For more information about http://www.WorldOfNLP.com neuro linguistic programming , please visit http://www.WorldOfNLP.com.