Adventures in NLP: Practitioner Course, London 2009 - by Matthew Wingett

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(Free-Press-Release.com) December 18, 2009 -- I arrive at the Ibis Hotel, Lillie Road on a cool autumn morning to find the delegates waiting expectantly for the start of NLP LIFE TRAINING's NLP Licensed Practitioner Course, with Richard Bandler and John La Valle.

A straw poll reveals people from almost every aspect of life: alternative practitioners intent on raising their effectiveness, psychotherapists and GPs, as well as blue chip company executives who are clear about how beneficial NLP is in building rapport with clients and employees, and persuading people to see new possibilities. Add into the mix a street magician who has heard much about Richard Bandler's hypnotic inductions, and it becomes clear just how widely NLP is used, in so many aspects of people's lives. Some have friends who have been through the training before and tell me of the amazing changes they saw in their well-being and mental state - while others just want to be taught NLP by the man who taught Paul McKenna. A rich mix indeed!
Soon, we are filing into the seminar room, a large space filled with neat rows of chairs, and a large stage at one end. To Jimi Hendrix's Purple Haze (Richard Bandler's signature tune) the man who started it all comes to the stage. His presence is palpable, and those who have not experienced his particular style of presentation find themselves surprised, amused and fascinated by the passion and ease with which he delivers ideas.

This first day sees Richard give a talk about the background of NLP, and he explains how he arrived at the NLP methodology over years of study of people who helped others to change - and study of those who had changed for the better. The techniques, he assures us, that can bring about lasting improvement in so many people's lives can be learned quickly and easily, with the right tutelage.

He demonstrates the change he means by asking for a volunteer who has something that is playing on their mind now - and that has been doing so for some time. A young man volunteers and takes to the stage, and after a few minutes of close questioning and paying attention to his responses, Richard asks the young man to run through a simple mental exercises. The effect is startling. Richard explains that the exercises will recode the man's obsession. Sure enough, ten minutes later, the delegate confides in Richard with a puzzled voice that he is "unable to get the bad feeling back". It had previously, he said, been bothering him for years.

With this simple demonstration acting as a taster of the skills Richard will be teaching thoughout the week fresh in people's minds, he goes on to talk about what we can expect from the rest of the week. The subtext to what he tells us is clear: don't expect to take a lot of time helping people to change. NLP can bring about rapid improvement in people in one or two sessions. These are the skills he will be teaching, read more at http://www.nlplifetraining.com/general-articles/adventures-in-NLP-practitioner-course-london-2009

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