The June practice group was such great fun! Thanks so much to everyone who came along and participated with such open and ready minds. These practice groups are such a great opportunity - for both those with and without prior NLP learning – to learn some really interesting NLP theory and back it up with lots of fun activities – and to finish the session with a more positive and focused mind!

“Using Language Positively” has such huge scope that when I came to write the session I found that I could have written a whole day’s worth of content (if not more), but I fine tuned it down to some really practical and easily implemented skills that everyone could take away and start using immediately!  I feel confident in saying that everyone went away with a much more positive attitude for a start!  I myself was on cloud nine after all that positive language!  We looked at reframing negative words and phrases, how effective positive commands are and also managed to slip in some presupposition work.  With the positive commands activity we all had a real laugh pretending to be obstinate children and leading our “commanders” round in a merry dance or two!  The ultimate goal was achieved by all though – through the use of some very positive language of course!

It has been a great experience for me – as I usually train in a more formal corporate environment – which is theory heavy and a lot less “practical” focused – so this was an awesome opportunity to work in a different style and ensure that “practice makes perfect!”

Thanks again to all those who took part and a special mention goes to Emily and Katherine who gave me lots of support putting this together (as well as on the night) and took part as if they were newbies themselves! Also Anthony and Louise from my Evolution Practitioner Course who came along to support and practice their skills some more!

I’ll be looking forward to going back and running another session with Evolution in the autumn – and hope to see one or two (or lots) of you there!  Watch this space for the next practice group agenda and we’ll see you there for some more fun and learning!

p.s. check out the you tube link to the board breaks we did on our practitioner course!! an amazingly powerful and motivational experience that I will never forget!

Jude Prince-Wright

This months Practise Group is being taken by Jude Prince-Wright.

Our use of language, when un-refined, can be haphazard and inadvertently elicit negative responses, leaving us asking “Why didn’t that go the way I intended?”

By learning more effective ways to use language to elicit positive responses we can power all of our relationships forward, become more efficient, increase performance and overall results!

Once practiced, these patterns will become second nature, enabling you to become a really clever communicator and improve your influencing and persuasion techniques so that you get more positive results.

As well as being a CIPD qualified trainer, Jude is an NLP Practitioner who has been studying the use of language, while working in the sales and recruitment industry. Do join Jude on 29th June to learn some truly amazing and easy to use language patterns.

Come and join the fun on 29th June at 7:30 - book online for 20% discount

What I love most about metaprogrammes is that there are no rights and wrongs to them; they give a better understanding of how someone acts in a given situation without making any judgements or assumptions about who they are as a person. Understanding metaprogrammes can also help us all see things that we would otherwise miss - and better understand everyone around us.

Thank you to everyone who joined me on 25th May for the Practice Group on Magic Metaprogrammes where we explored a few of our own metaprogrammes, and got to try on some others as well to find out what happens when we get different perspectives on a situation. Whether it was retelling a fairy story at big chunk or in fine detail, planning a holiday with a very particular focus on one area of interest, finding out whether the attendees focus was more internal or external there was a wonderful buzz of conversation and lots of laughter.

I learned that when you ask a the Evolution Training Practice Group to build the biggest house of cards possible and report back on their best strategy (highlighting a preference for Options or Procedures), that there will be a lot of lateral thinking - enjoy!

Katherine Bird

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We used a variety of pictures and images to consider:

• How much fun can I plan to have?
• Something yummy I can learn that will expand my mind - maybe a new skill?
• I live in my physical body - what can I do to honour both my body and myself… Massage, holiday, new exercise, parachute jump…
• What really helps to motivate me is a vision; something for my soul and self develoment… and mine is…
• My desire is to create… in my life

The pictures were just perfect for each person and we are each going to hang them in our houses through the winter and notice as each one bear’s fruit.

Until next time

Emily

Who had a special teacher when they were at school? Someone who opened up learning to be a fun and creative process? Most of us ‘teach’ others at some stage and find ways of doing it in a calm and easy way. Learning anything brings with it making mistakes. Lisa Sturge did a great job at the practise group last month and showed us Laughter Yoga exercises and there was one specific for making mistakes:

• Take a deep breath in and quickly cover your mouth with both hands
• fling your hands down and out wide whilst exploding into a huge laugh
• Caution this exercise can create fun and good feelings in the body

Yet when it comes from learning from our own mistakes, we take ourselves very seriously and feel a wide range of emotions from irritation at ourselves to devastation that we have caused a problem for someone else.

At karate last week and one of the senior grades was helping a newbie, speaking very gently, praising every move that although was not anywhere near perfect, was better that they had done before. The student got better and better, it was beautiful to watch and I thought ‘how can I learn to speak that gently with myself, praising myself softly with encouraging eyes and a big smile?’

Love to hear your thoughts.

Emily

emily.terry@evolutiontraining.co.uk

Dear Shapeshifters,

Next meeting 15th September 2009

I am reflecting on a busy summer filled with some balmy days and others with torrential rain, thinking about the onset of autumn and the time where we take stock and reconsider. Part of this process for me is to make the decision to start my Study Group Star Light Dreamers. This group will be different and I would like to use our next meeting on 15th September to introduce it. The focus will be on learning concepts of how to be a successful human, using a wide variety of ways including sharing, creativity and ceremony.

At the moment my plan is to have this group meet 6 times a year and so it could run alongside Shapeshifters.

Looking forward to seeing you all again on 15th September at 6:30pm in Oving.

Kindest regards
Emily

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It is my belief that our partners and others close to us simply reflect what is going on inside of ourselves. Whilst this on the face if it is a daunting fact, used with self care is a wonderful way of increasing our pleasure in relationship, both inside and outside of us. It helps us find the places where we beat up and make us feel small inside.

It was awesome”

Group member

If you are tired of the patterns you run and want to meet with new women to take a fresh, healthy and hopeful look at life then join us on the next meeting on 6 July at 6:30.

Emily

Shapeshifters is held twice a month on the first and third Tuesday from 6:30 to 8:00 at our Training Centre in Oving. All women are welcome and do feel free to call me to find out more on 01243 792122.