Eye Movement Integration: Sue Bayliss

This month April 2010, we have a session on Eye Movement Integration

Created by Tim Hallbom and Steve Andreas, EMI is an amazingly effective method of eliminating phobias, neutralising trauma and changing any limiting belief. It works very rapidly and targets the limbic system of the brain, stimulating the right hemisphere in particular. Recently featured on the BBC programme Inside Out demonstrating the power of EMI, Sue will show how it is done and also discuss the latest information about the differences between brain hemispheres and its relevance for the practice of NLP. Recommended read is The Master and His Emissary by Iain McGilchrist.

Sue has trained with many of the renowned NLP trainers such as Robert Dilts, Tim Hallbom, Suzi Smith, Shelle Rose Charvet, Charles Faulkner, Michael Hall and Steve Andreas. She has presented at the NLP IASH conference in San Francisco and at conferences in Berlin and London. She is going to present on EMI at the European Society for Trauma and Dissociation in Belfast in early April.

I am looking forward to this because

a) Sue came highly recommended

b) She was ssssssoooo enthusiastic on the phone I am sure it will be a great session

Usual place, Wood Green, 7:00 for 7:15 start.

Phil Jones

www.cambsnlp.co.uk

March 2010 Parts Integration Melody & Joe Cheal

What an excellent session this month.  Melody & Joe provided an excellent session on parts integration showing a number of different techniques to do this and how teh approach crossed over with other NLP techniques.  I particularly liked teh business squash.

Perhaps most elegent was the way they presented the techniques which gave us all exemplars to model from the view of presenting and engaging the audience.

Super job.  Joe and melody have promised to come back soon for more sessions.

Phil

March 2010 Parts Integration Melody & Joe Cheal

March 9th (Tuesday) Integrating Parts  Joe and Melody Cheal
 

What do you do with a spare part? How do you handle a rogue part? What if parts are not getting along or working in harmony?

Most of us (NLP trained or otherwise) use the concept of parts in everyday conversation. “Part of me feels like doing some exercise but another part wants to chill out in front of the TV” or “Part of me wants to spend time with the family and part of me wants to have some ‘me’ time”. The Western world tends to live in a mindset of either/or and it takes another level of thinking to transcend these dilemmas, dichotomies and double binds. In this session we will be exploring:
 

• How to recognise conflicting parts in others by their non-verbal communication and their ‘linguistic indicators’,
• How to integrate parts using classic NLP techniques with new refinements,
• How to resolve conflicting parts using developments in the field of ‘paradox management’.

    So come along and bring your parts with you…

What are you missing (FACS Coding) or "Lie to me" revealed

Our February meeting was led by Aaron Garner, who explained the work of Dr Paul Ekman, and provided us with the chance to try out recognising micro expressions and the small signals that people give off in expressions.  This is the approach behind the popular TV programme "Lie to me"

What has this got to do with NLP?  A tremendous amount because it is all about calibration rather than jumping to conclusions about what someone's expression means.   

What is calibration? Well, normally we go - "That person is sad" because we have short-cut the  piece that goes - I realise that that person's expression, which consists of these facial movements, means that he/she is sad.  

Calibration would check that Sad for that person was different to how their face sat normally.  It would also check that what you are interpreting as "Sad" was not some other emotion.

Dr Pauk Ekman has turned this "gut reaction" to a face into an extremely rich coding system that tracks which particular muscles are moving in the face for any given emotion.  He created a formula that explains precisely what "sad", or any other emotion, looked like.  Aaron introduced us to this and explained several of the more common expressions.  This is known as FACS (Facial Action Coding System).

We then practiced displaying these emotions and recognising them in others.  We also practiced recognising short flashes of an expression.

Aaron has studied this FACS coding approach for over 200 hours and has recently qualified as a FACS coding specialist.  We spent just two hours, but it was clear to see how the techniques and analytical thoroughness of the  approach could be so valuable.

Nice job Aaron - you did a great job, presenting the approach, engaging us and giving us things to take away to increase our awareness and improvoe our NLP calibration.

Aaron is going to offer a longer course on the approach, so you don't miss out on what people are thinking and feeling, contact either myself or Aaron. 

If you were there, or missed it and want to find out more, leave a posting below....

Phil Jones

Jan 2010: Inner Dialogues - Lindsay Reed

We all have Inner dialogue. Sometimes they are useful, sometimes they are just there and sometimes you want to control them better. In this session (guaranteed to be fun because Lindsay is doing it) she'll be showing you techniques for managing,  controlling and using your inner dialogues.

Lindsay gave us an interesting session where we explored the sorts of inner dialogues that we have and also had a chance to practice controlong those dialogues.

Phil

Welcome to the Cambridgeshire NLP Practice group Blog

Cambridgeshire NLP Practice Group

• We practice and develop our NLP skills and share our experiences with others.  We run a programme of speakers and events related to NLP. 
• We have all levels of NLP skills and experience at our meetings.  Many come along having no NLP experience at all or have have only ever heard of NLP.  Others are experienced Trainers, Masters or Practitioners. Whichever, you are welcome to join us.
• We meet on the second Tuesday of the month, at a new location. You are welcome to join us. Map & directions
  

Some of the members during a session

We believe...

• Anyone, at any level of NLP experience, with any NLP interests, can come to our group meetings and get things from it.  We offer a safe and friendly environment in which to learn and develop your NLP skills.
  
• There are lots of different styles and applications of NLP.  We aim to help you experience the range of views and experiences.
  
• NLP practices and are best practiced, experienced and shared. Our sessions are designed to be practical and experiential.  You'll come away feeling you have heard a good session, seen a good presenter and tried some things out for yourself.
  

What do we do...

• We are just a club, run by volunteers, for anyone who wants to come along and develop their NLP skills. 
• We have speakers/presenters on a variety of topics that have included Hypnosis, Personal change, modeling, Presenting with NLP, Metaphor, coaching and many more.  Take a look at our past and future programmes.
• People come from all over Cambridgeshire, and also from Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Suffolk, and Essex.  They think its worth travelling for our sessions.
  

Membership

• You can either join as a member for a year so that entrance to all meetings are then free.  Or just pay for each session on the door for the evenings that you want to come to.  It includes free coffee. Details here 
• As an NLP practice group we often get offers for our members. This has included an invite to a Derren Brown show (free), free entry to an NLP conference and discpounts on ANLP and BBNLP.  You need to be on our list to hear about these. 

Contacts 

The group is run by and Phil Jones (who sorts out the meetings, speakers, website and reminders for people).   

Go to the website and click on the newsletter to get notices of forthcoming meetings.