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Living NLP The newsletter of the Central London NLP Group Issue 5

First school centre for NLP in education
"Use Tyssen School as a model - stand up, make it happen and we'll support you" - Paul Jacobs A Hackney primary school has become the first to create a centre for NLP and education, providing a community resource for the London area and beyond. Teachers and children at Tyssen School will be able to learn NLP and have their teaching integrated with NLP skills and techniques, and the centre will also provide a resource base for other educators, parents and adult learners. On 15 September founders of the NLP Education Network met the teachers of the school as the first steps in creating the centre. Headmaster Martin Webb, a Master Practitioner in NLP, had contacted the Network in June. Ever since he first read Frogs Into Princes he realised how important NLP would be for education. He’d asked himself, “How do we introduce NLP to a school?”. His staff are now looking forward to working with the founders of the NLP Education Network – Jeff Lewis and Paul Jacobs – and other NLPers. At least one room will be devoted exclusively to NLP in education, manned at least one day a week, including phone and e-mail and support for the teachers. After-school sessions will enable teachers to receive coaching and bring them ‘up to speed’ and they will be able to observe how NLPers work one-to-one with children. A practice group will be run by Maire Delaney, starting in about October. It will probably meet one evening a month and one Saturday or Sunday a month. The autumn conference of the NLP Education Network will also be held at the school (see below). Says headmaster Martin Webb, “What excites me is teachers and children working together with a knowledge of NLP – that was my original vision”. Excited about all this? For contact details see 'Putting NLP to Work in School'.
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An evening with Shelle Rose Charvet
This international author and speaker will visit the NLP Group for a one-off ‘special’ evening on Thursday 21 October, 7pm, at Regent’s College. Shelle is author of the best-seller Words That Change Minds, the book that transforms Roger Bailey’s Language and Behavior (LAB) Profile into an advanced set of tools for communicating with amazing effectiveness. Come to this preview of her 3-day seminar which takes place on 23-25 October in London with Frank Daniels Associates (tel 01773 532195). Phone Niels Thomas for any further information on 0207 226 9482.
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Bandler lawsuit update
In the last issue we brought you news of the US lawsuit which Richard Bandler had brought against a number of major players in the field of NLP. The judge had ruled that Bandler does not own exclusive rights to intellectual property involved in NLP. Steve Andreas says that Richard Bandler’s recent appeal has been turned down. “Bandler has now appealed to the appellate court, but we expect that appeal to be unsuccessful as well.” Steve estimates that “expenses for all defendants now probably exceed $100K” and adds that “a settlement offer is promised, but I am not optimistic about its being 'reasonable'”.
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Thies Stahl day
The first one-day event the Group has held for some years saw German therapist and trainer Thies Stahl demonstrating his Sense Coaching process for transforming ‘stuck’ states using sensory-specific metaphor. Thies Stahl trained with Bandler, Grinder and Virginia Satir, also in Rogerian and Gestalt therapy and in hypnotherapy. He founded the German Society for NLP in 1981. Eight cameras recorded the session for a training video. Read more about what happened at the session in the 'Thies Stahl session' article below.
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ANLP Autumn Conference
The Conference will be held on 20 and 21 November at Regent’s College. You will be able to experience world-class NLP presenters and choose from a large variety of sessions suitable for all skill levels. Session leaders from the US include David Gordon, Charles Faulkner and Wyatt Woodsmall; and from Europe, Thies Stahl and Patrick Merlevede and a host of top UK NLP presenters. For the first time, there will be evening sessions on the Saturday. For further information telephone Jo Hogg on 0208 806 6165.
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Editorial
The new Tyssen Primary School NLP centre (see lead article) and the internationally acknowledged success of the Dalston Youth Project (issues 3 & 4) have got us thinking. When the NLP Group was established its vision included being part of a movement to promote NLP for community and individual learning – for example with our NLP in the Community days. So we’re very pleased to report on Tyssen and the Dalston Youth Project because they are examples of how that movement is developing. Moreover, last year NLP co-founder John Grinder expressed concern that NLP would eventually discontinue as a separate discipline. But at least in the area of education the future of NLP as a discipline in its own right is looking more than rosy. In Tyssen and the DYP, NLP is not seen as a cult, or a bone of contention, or a way of manipulating people but as a useful tool. In education the results of applying NLP are immediate – the proof that it works obvious – and cannot be mistaken for anything else. In these projects NLP is simply doing what it was intended for: modelling and enhancing what educators already do well. And through these projects many people’s first contact with NLP will be through education – an area often seen as part of the establishment. Now there’s a thought... - Isha and Garry
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NLP by e-mail
American NLP trainer Tom Vizzini has set up a new Internet-based discussion forum. It’s being run by the egroups e-mail discussion list server. To subscribe, simply visit the http://www.egroups.com/group/essential-skills/ website and you’ll automatically receive all the e-mails posted by other contributors, as well as being able to post your own ideas by e-mail. There are already over 200 members contributing to topics such as accelerated learning, past lives and public speaking. Tom’s own website can be found at http://www.Essential-Skills.com and you can e-mail him at Tvizzini@ga.prestige.net.
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New logo for the Group
The Central London NLP Group has adopted a new logo, designed by our own Garry Knight. It was adapted from the original logo designed by Group founders Penny Tompkins and James Lawley of The Developing Company.
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NLP website watch
NLP Info http://www.nlpinfo.com A great NLP resource	Paul McKenna http://www.mckenna-breen.com/ Paul, Michael, hypnosis and NLP	Crown House Publishing http://www.crownhouse.co.uk Publishing arm of AA Books .
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Coming up on the programme
On 19 October top trainer Judith Lowe presents Re-imprinting – exploring the process, in which you can learn Robert Dilts’ pattern for transforming problematic beliefs that were adopted early in life. Our ever-popular Fundamentals session features Wendy Sullivan on New Code NLP, on 5 October. She has just completed trainer training with Dilts and DeLozier. Kaaren Brook leads the 2 November Fundamentals session on Modelling. Coaching enthusiasts will be pleased to hear that expert coaches Max Hellicar and Anna McQuaid return to the Group on 16 November. And Kaizen Consulting’s Kim Bonçal will be with us on 12 October.
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Thies Stahl session
At the session, attendees learnt that the Sense Coaching pattern works by getting the client to come up with a sensory-specific metaphor for their problem – for example a kinaesthetic one – then finding equivalent metaphors in other sensory modalities. “To unstick a problem-solving process we want to increase the representational systems involved and enhance the fluidity of shifts between them,” says Thies. The whole group assisted with the process of finding new metaphors. With each shift to a new rep system the client moved to a new space on the floor. While this was happening Thies drew attention to the client’s body signals. As an example of the kind of metaphor Thies worked with, one person came up with the metaphor of someone having ‘flown off the handle’ (kinaesthetic) which was transformed to ‘saw red’ (visual). Roddy Maude-Roxby, who attended the session, said, “I enjoyed it greatly and got a lot from it. It’s like meeting another master. I will go on referring to that day. There’s a feeling of extreme openness - he’s very naturally there. If I was to model him I would be sure that I was being myself.” Thanks to Ian McLaren and Roddy Maude-Roxby for all of their help with this article.
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Juliet Grayson
You can catch Juliet leading a weekend workshop on NLP Spirit and Soul with poet William Ayot in November. Phone Dave Crisp at PPD Personal Development on 0208 201 3333 for more details.
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How to get the programme
To get the Group’s programme by post every two months for a year, send a £3 cheque payable to The Central London NLP Group to: Alan Slater 7 Royal Parade, Dawes Road London SW6 7RE
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Evening classes in NLP
Regulars of the Central London NLP Group sometimes get asked about part-time classes in NLP. It’s the time of year when many people think about taking evening classes, so here are the ones which we’ve discovered in the London area. There are at least 8 NLP courses at adult education centres, plus one course run by an INLPTA certificated organisation leading to an NLP Practitioner certificate. We have included all the basic information which we have obtained; please contact the organisations concerned for further information. NLP Practitioner Course Aspiral Training Ian McLaren’s INLPTA-certificated course is, we believe, the only NLP Practitioner evening course and is recognised by the Association for NLP. The small group (less than 12) will meet in N1 on Wednesdays 7-10 pm, from 27 October. The ‘early bird’ price (i.e. pay for the whole course before-hand) is £1,500, and other discounts are offered. Tel 0207 354 0010 or e-mail ian.mclaren@cableinet.co.uk Non-practitioner Courses Barnet College Neuro-Linguistic Programming for Professional and Personal Development will be held on Mondays 6:30-9:30 pm for 20 weeks from 27 September, at Russell Lane, N20, £198. Tel 0208 275 2816 / 7 or 0208 362 8010 Birkbeck College Faculty of Continuing Education The Neuro-Linguistic Programming course will be taken by tutor Katrina Patterson, and is on Mondays 6-9 pm, for 14 weeks from 20 September, at 41 Gordon Square, £87 (£44 concessions). Tel 0207 631 6633 City and Islington College Neuro-Linguistic Programming: Introduction, on Mondays 6:30-8:30 pm, started on 13 September for 10 weeks, at Willen House, 8-26 Bath Street, EC1, £75 (no concs). Tel 0207 700 9333/9200 City University Neuro-Linguistic Programming: Part I – Influencing with Integrity is taught by Sheila Neville and Stephen Herridge, and is the first of three one-term courses held each year. You can attend on Tuesdays 6:30-9 pm or Thursdays 6:30-9 pm (the same course) for 8 weeks from 5 October, £117 (concs £78). Tel 0207 477 8268 Hounslow Community Education Neuro-Linguistic Programming: Level 1 (beginners) is on Wednesdays 7-9 pm for 6 weeks from 15 September at Heston Community School, Heston Road, repeated over 10 weeks from January 2000. Neuro-Linguistic Programming: Level 2 will be at the same time on Wednesdays from March for 6 weeks. The 6-week course fees are £33, the 10-week course £47. Concessionary rates are available. Tel 0208 577 1166 Kensington and Chelsea College An Introduction to NLP is on Tuesdays at 12:30-3:30 pm and also at 6:30-9:30 pm, both taught by M. Bosc. It is for 20 weeks and started on 14 September at the Centre in Hortensia Road SW10, £230 (£240 for out-of-borough students and £15 concs). Tel 0207 573 3333 Waltham Forest College The tutor here is Peter Farrell. The introductory NLP course is Tuesdays 6-8 pm from 21 September (plus some single days), £200 for three terms (approx. 30 weeks). Advanced NLP is Mondays 6-9pm, from 27 September, £290 for 3 terms. Concs £10 plus registration fee. Tel 0208 527 2311 Westminster Adult Education The Neuro-Linguistic Programming for Personal Development course is on Thursdays 6-9 pm, 20 weeks from 30 September at the Amberley Road Centre, W9, £150 (concs £15). Tel 0207 289 2183
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Training Report
Marysia Kurowski reports on her Master Practitioner Training with ITS and Ian McDermott I first came across NLP some years after a disabling accident which exacerbated an existing genetic condition. I was deeply depressed, in continuous severe pain, very sleep-deprived, occasionally suicidal, and unable to work. It was immediately obvious that NLP could help in all areas. I ‘tasted’ a variety of the NLP trainers who were then certified (six), and had niggling doubts about each until I met Ian McDermott. He could disagree totally with what I thought and yet make me feel totally validated. I was also attracted to ITS because of the Project, which that year was ‘well-formed outcome’ oriented. My NLP Practitioner training, in 1994, turned out to be the most powerful training I’d ever had, having been a student in one way or another for much of my (then) 41 years. Ian, the ITS Training Director, trained the Practitioner level on his own, which provided continuity. He walks his talk and uses his NLP skills to make him an outstanding and congruent teacher, presenter, coach and leader – and a great example of what he teaches. Many believe that Ian is the best trainer in this country. He’s very much a ‘hands on’ type of trainer, and by his own admission pretty kinaesthetic. My life was turning around by the end of the course, and I chose to do my NLP Master Practitioner training with ITS in 1995. Four years after I’ve finished my Master Practitioner training, my life is very different on all fronts. I believe I owe much of this to my marvellous teacher, Ian McDermott. Highly recommended! ITS (International Teaching Seminars) Tel: 0208 442 4133
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Become a great NLPer
You can become a great NLPer, if you really want to and if you're willing to practise. By ‘practise’ we mean practising exercises over and over until the skills you’re practising are second nature. And systematically practising - every day - what you learn with friends, family, colleagues and people you meet. And, if we want to keep our skills fresh, we still need to keep on practising. So, which exercises are we talking about? Those learnt at practitioner training, or that you can watch in videos provided by Anglo American Books’ NLP Video Library. Or, if you've been modelling, practising the skills you've modelled for months in order to reach a level of ‘unconscious competence’. After all, if we wanted to become great musicians, sports people or furniture-makers, comedians or ballerinas, we’d expect to practise our art, not just go to sessions where we get a few tasters, or learn ‘about’ it, wouldn’t we? How about deciding now to plan your practice for this week – now – and future pace it. AA Books NLP Video Library Tel: 01267 211880 or 211886
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Natural Language Processing
Readers of Living NLP may be aware of another NLP, Natural Language Processing. This is the study of how our brains process naturally-occurring languages – those languages that have evolved naturally, rather than those we‘ve invented. It is thought that once we understand this process, we can ‘teach’ computers to emulate it. We are looking forward to the day when someone comes along expecting an evening on this subject and ends up sitting through a whole session – bewildered.
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Eric Robbie at the Richmond Group
Some of you might know that there is another good NLP practice group based in Richmond. Ian McLaren was there recently to experience Eric Robbie’s session. Eric, who has been in NLP since 1982 and co-taught for Richard Bandler for some years, ran an open session, answering questions from the audience. He also talked about his experiences of working with Richard. Ian tells us, “Much of the discussion was about calibration, and we carried out two exercises. These involved looking for transient signals in the face and body”. In the first exercise, the ‘coach’ used NLP skills to try to discover which of the ‘client’s’ hands was holding a coin. In the second, the coach told the client stories about being very cold and very warm while an observer calibrated the relevant changes in the client's physiology. Eric is particularly noted for his skills in the area of detecting what NLP calls ‘submodalities’ – the small chunks of our sensory experience. Richmond NLP Practice Group Tel: 0208 743 3064 website: http:// www.trance.dircon.co.uk e-mail: trance@dircon.co.uk
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'Putting NLP to Work in School'
This Autumn Conference of the NLP Education Network will be at Tyssen Primary School in Hackney on Friday 5 and Saturday 6 November. The theme for the Friday is ‘NLP Goes Back to School’. On the Saturday, parents will be encouraged to come along to take part in the learning process. Parallel to Friday’s open NLP workshop sessions the children will have a learning day, with special NLP-trained teachers giving classes on particular topics. For example, a spelling class using the NLP spelling strategy, a special reading class and a maths class would all use NLP. Headmaster Martin Webb says, “We want to put the joy back into learning”. The full price will be £65 per day including lunch, and £120 for the 2 days; unwaged £45 per day (£80 for 2 days); students £25 (£40). NLP Education Network Tel: 01727 869782 website: http:// www.new-oceans.co.uk/ednet e-mail: nlpednet@new-oceans.co.uk
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