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Neuro Linguistic Programming is a methodology that enables you to change how we think, feel and act.
Thereby enabling us to achieve your desired outcomes in personal and professional life.
Let’s rewind to the 1970s.
The three NLP co-founders - Dr. John Grinder, Frank Pucelik, and Richard Bandler had a passion for understanding human behaviour.
What fascinated them, in particular, was understanding what geniuses are doing differently which yields them the results they achieve. Consequently, this chartered a path for them to learn and apply what geniuses do so they could achieve similar results that the geniuses achieve.
At first they studied the patterns of the most effective psychotherapists of their time who were:
1 - Virginia Satir- Renowned Family Therapist
2 - Dr. Milton Erickson - Pioneer of Conversational Hypnotherapy.
3 - Fritz Perls - Gestalt therapist
Each of them had a high success rate and quicker results in enabling people to overcome the challenges they had in their personal and professional life.
The co-creators of NLP decided to study their methods closely.
They were keen to decode:
What makes these therapists so effective in creating transformations?
This process of decoding excellence came to be known as NLP Modelling.
Although NLP was born out of modelling psychotherapists. But excellence isn’t limited to therapy. It exists in every field – from business to education to sports and performances.
Hence, there after, they studied the patterns of geniuses in other fields of human endeavor.
Hence, NLP is often described as: “NLP is the study of excellence.”
Based on NLP Modelling, a number of NLP techniques and tools were created, which are now taught in NLP courses.
That’s how NLP began – as a way to study excellence, and eventually, as a powerful approach to enhance our personal and professional growth.
Before we get an understanding of the full form of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), let’s dive into the world of NLP with an activity now.
- Look around the room you are in and count the number of objects in black colour.
Answer:
How many objects did you count which are in white?
Since your focus was on counting the number of objects in black colour, you didn’t notice many objects in white colour. Isn’t it?
This concept is called 'deletion'. Since at a neurological level, you deleted certain information. Similarly, were you aware of the sensation on your feet until I’m asking you to do that now?
An activity you could now do is to affirm the following 3 sentences.
(Repeat the first sentence multiple times till you can feel emotions or sensations in your body. Thereafter, repeat the same for the second sentence a few times).
1 - I have to complete my work on time.
2 - I would love to complete my work on time.
3 - I choose to complete my work on time.
What differences did you notice?
NLP is a study of subjective experience. Hence each person doing the above activity could have a different experience.
However, what we can conclude is that words impact our neurology.
In your life, you might have experienced that certain words said to you by someone have given you immense joy. Also, some words have hurt you. Hasn’t it?
Hence, being mindful of our words is the key to experiencing a different reality. Moreover, the words we use to communicate with ourselves is the key to living a fulfilling life
“Communication is to relationship, what breath is to life” – Virginia Satir.
“In life, you are given a bag of moments. You don’t know how many you have. Learning NLP is about maximizing these moments.” - Richard Bandler
Many participants experiencing successful results with Transformative NLP courses for:
* Achieving more success in professional life.
* Overcoming impact of traumas.
* Healing anxiety, fears and other emotions.
* Reducing conflicts in relationships and gaining better understanding in relationships
* Experiencing more confidence, calmness, happiness, and inner peace.
*Overcoming procrastination, addictions, negative thinking and overthinking
* Enhance public performance, whether it’s speaking, singing, or dancing.
* Improve communication and influence in both personal and professional settings.
* Gaining more clarity, concentration, focus and motivation in life.
* Enhanced decision making
* Becoming proficient as an NLP Coach/ NLP Practitioner. Thereby enabling others to enhance their lives.
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Excellence isn’t limited to one field. And neither is NLP.
People from all walks of life have benefitted from the Transformative NLP and New Code NLP courses.
Some of them include
Health and Wellness Professionals: Doctors, psychologists, yoga trainers, nutritionists, and corporate trainers.
Corporate Professionals: CEOs, heads of HR, sales and marketing executives.
Educationists: College principals, teachers.
Performers: Professional actors, dancers, athletes, and sports coaches.
Whether it’s improving personal relationships, enhancing performance in sports or arts, or creating growth in business, NLP provides practical tools that can be applied in any context.
Even celebrities around the world have publicly credited NLP for transforming their lives. This includes:
- Oprah Winfrey
- Leonardo DiCaprio
- Sophie Dahl
- Lily Allen
- Gerri Halliwell
- Jimmy Carr
- Russell Brand
- Serena Williams
In fact, even the Indian cricket team had an NLP coach who helped the players improve performance and mental resilience.
NLP is versatile. It can be applied anywhere, by anyone who wants to enhance the quality of their personal or professional life.
Myth 1: NLP is about manipulation.
Fact: NLP is not about controlling others. It’s about awareness and choice — helping you understand patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving, and giving you tools to create positive change for yourself and others.
Myth 2: NLP is only for therapy.
Fact: Besides therapy, NLP can be applied in everyday life — from improving communication and relationships to enhancing personal performance or achieving goals.
Myth 3: NLP works only if you are a professional.
Fact: NLP can be used by anyone — students, homemakers, corporate professionals, performers, athletes, and even leaders.
By understanding the principles of NLP, we realize that it’s less about “magic” and more about noticing patterns, experimenting, and consciously creating outcomes that serve us better.
As John Grinder often emphasizes:
“Problem is not the problem, the state in which you enter the problem is the problem.”
“New Code NLP is the Ferrari of NLP” – John Grinder.
From the late 1970s, John Grinder stopped working with Richard Bandler and Frank Pucelik.
In the 1980s, John Grinder teamed up with Judith DeLozier and then with Carmen Bostic St. Clair to develop New Code NLP, which he regards as ‘the Ferrari of NLP’.John Grinder (NLP co-founder).
John Grinder had often noticed that many NLP Trainers and NLP Coaches were efficient in their facilitation of NLP Trainings and NLP Coaching but were not applying the NLP tools and techniques on themselves.
Hence, one of his intentions to develop New Code NLP was to create ways in which the NLP Trainers and NLP Coaches also improve their own life while they were applying the NLP techniques and tools on others.
John Grinder’s intention to develop New Code NLP was also to rectify the flaws that he found in NLP.
One of the major flaws in NLP – NLP techniques and tools, is that there is more involvement of the conscious mind than the unconscious mind. Just like people across the globe, Dr. John Grinder too acknowledges that the unconscious mind is much more powerful than the conscious mind.
Hence, in New Code NLP – New Code NLP techniques and tools, there is much more involvement of the unconscious mind.
For instance – the New Code NLP Games. The New Code NLP Games are designed in such a manner that they unleash the power and wisdom of the unconscious mind.
Therefore, this approach of New Code NLP enables an individual to go beyond the conscious limitation set by himself/herself.
Another major aspect of New Code NLP is that New Code NLP techniques address at the level of ‘state’ (neurology, biochemistry/emotion) rather than the behaviour.
Whereas in NLP, most of the NLP techniques address at the level of behaviour.
Since the ‘state’ is at a higher logical level than behaviour, by addressing the state, the behaviour gets addressed anyway.
As John Grinder often shared in his NLP trainings which I had attended as a participant and mentor:
Problem is not the problem, the state in which you enter the problem is the problem”
To know more, you can read about the difference between NLP & New Code NLP.
My NLP Training Institute – Transformative NLP International (T-NLP), provides NLP certification trainings as well as New Code NLP certification trainings which are internationally certified.
Moreover, the participants of my NLP certification courses and New Code NLP certification courses in India and abroad receive their certificate which carries the signature of co-creator of NLP – Dr. John Grinder as well as co-developers of New Code NLP – Carmen Bostic St. Clair and Michael Carroll.
The NLP certification trainings are provided through the International Trainers Academy (ITA).
I have also had the privilege of being a mentor in the NLP Certification Trainings (including New Code NLP course and NLP Trainers Training), which were facilitated by Dr. John Grinder, Carmen Bostic St.Clair and Michael Carroll.
I have attended NLP Core Skills and NLP Master Practitioner Training from Michael Carroll as well.
Besides those trainings, I have attended NLP Trainings (NLP Master Practitioner and NLP Trainers Training), which was facilitated by Frank Pucelik (co-creator of NLP). As well as NLP Trainings (including NLP Master Trainers Training) facilitated by Christina Hall (co-developer of NLP).
Besides directly learning from them, I have attended several NLP trainings in India for over ten years.
“In life, you are given a bag of moments. You don’t know how many you have. Learning NLP is about maximizing those moments.”
Some recommended NLP books for those who are new to the world of NLP:
• The Ultimate Introduction to NLP – Richard Bandler, Alessio Roberti and Owen Fitzpatrick.
• The Origins of Neuro Linguistic Programming – John Grinder and Frank Pucelik
• Get the Life You Want – Richard Bandler
For further reference, read What is NLP by Robert Dilts (co-developer of NLP) and in-depth of What is NLP?
If you are someone who would like to experience “What is NLP” over 2 days before you attend other NLP trainings, you can first enroll for NLP Core Skills Training.
“NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) is a methodology for – explicitly mapping and tracking human experience – for the purpose of modelling, communicating more effectively and creating changes.”
- Michael Carroll (co-developer of New Code NLP)
“A modelling technology with a specific focus on the set of differences that make the difference between the performances of a ‘genius’ and an ‘average performer’ in the same field of activity.
The objective of modelling is- to explicate in a transferable and learnable way, those set of differences. The core activity of NLP is a mapping of tacit knowledge into an explicit model.”
– Dr. John Grinder and Carmen Bostic St Clair in their NLP book – ‘Whispering in the Wind’.
“Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP) identifies a connection between the neurology, language and behavioural patterns that we learn through experiences. If used properly, it can be restructured to achieve specific goals.” – John Grinder“A modelling technology with a specific focus on the set of differences that make the difference between the performances of a ‘genius’ and an ‘average performer’ in the same field of activity.
The objective of modelling is- to explicate in a transferable and learnable way, those set of differences. The core activity of NLP is a mapping of tacit knowledge into an explicit model.”
– Dr. John Grinder
“By changing nothing, nothing changes"
Transformative NLP international is an NLP training organisation in Mumbai, India founded and headed by Abhay Thakkar.
He facilitates international certification for NLP courses in India and abroad, certified by NLP co-founder - Dr. John Grinder.
He is the first NLP and New Code NLP trainer from India, certified by NLP co-founder - John Grinder.
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