Rite Thinker Awareness Session #8 - Anchoring
Really enjoyed the Followup session today! The session was on the anchoring technique in NLP.
Have you heard about Dr. Pavlov and his experiment with dogs and bells? This is what Dr. Pavlov did. Every time he fed his dogs, he would ring a tuning fork. After a few days, whenever the tuning fork was sounded, the dogs would salivate for food, irrespective of whether it was hungry or not. The bell sound was an anchor to create a craving for food.
Each of us move through the world responding to hundreds of such anchors. We get depressed, get angry, move into excitement, become happy, be loving, all of these are responses to various stimuli that has programmed us to feel these emotions.
A husband and wife who constantly fight with each other have specific anchors that trigger them into these reactive stages. By collapsing these negative anchors and firing the positive anchors of love and forgiveness, the fight can be resolved so much more smoothly than the regular arguments. When you go to an interview and you are anchored to feel fear and insecurity looking at the interviewers, if anchored properly, you could respond naturally with confidence and a resourceful state.
We learnt the basics of anchoring today and it was extremely interesting. Looking forward to the forthcoming follow-up sessions for Unlimited Power !
Session Date: June 21, 2009
Really I loved this session a lot. I was able to shift my bad emotions to a good one in a very less time. The example shown by them was really awesome and pointed out very clearly.
I’m able to identify many anchors-visual and auditory. As a result, I’m in a better control of my emotions.