-WHAT IS NLP?

NLP stands for Neuro-Linguistic Programming. It started in the 1970's and began as a study to see if 'excellence' can be duplicated and taught to others. The first people whose 'excellence' was duplicated were famous therapists at the time who seemed to get remarkable changes in there clients, one of those modelled was a famous hypnotist named Dr Milton Erickson. 'Models' were made of what they did so they could be learned by others to replicate that excellence. Over the years NLP came up with its own way of how we perceive reality, taking many 'parts' from all major types of psychology. Nowadays NLP is largely described as 'the study of subjective experience'.

-WHAT IS 'MODELLING'?

For a start it's not the same thing as those beautiful people you see walking along the catwalks or in magazines. NLP Modelling is the process by which nearly all the techniques were found. The original method, as is still taught by John Grinder (one co-creator), is about putting your concious filters aside and fully mimicing every macro and micro movements, words said, patterns of speech etc. until you can accurately recreate the same behaviours of those whom you are modelling. Once you are skilled in this the coding stage begins where you simplify what you have learnt to a model that can be taught and recreated by anyone who wants to learn it . .