Musubi

Hello. I would like to know if it is possible to learn nlp without
participation in a live seminar.

I know that nlp is really based on interaction on other people, but it
is also based on "language patterns(which can, (and sometimes must) be
learned by writing them down, or by practicing "in house") Although
things like matching and mirroring might be quite hard to learn if you
don't have partner to practice it.So you have to practice it in the
wild. Also known as go straight ahead and practice the skills in real
life without even trying. (It's a good thing if you're a time manager.
For example you could train your sensory acucity by looking at a
person, closing your eyes for a second, and then noticing the
differences.)


Although I know that it is pretty hard to learn it from books. What
about seminar tapes?

They cost a lot of money. (Sometimes even 1000$ +) (Kenrick cleveland -
Unconscious persuasion) And they are just recorded data. So how are
they different from a book, because that question was in my mind for
some time. Although I might have the answer:

NLP is a pretty visual subject, many people can't visualize things like
"matching" or "mirroring", and have to see it to believe it.



I know that you HAD to learn nlp one way or another. So how did you
practice this field?
I've personally have heard that david Barron (I've listened to one of
his teleseminars (got them from a friend from america) learned them by
speaking to a non-living object or just speaking to himself.


Although I think it could be possible for you to learn rappor without
going out. Of course you would have to have a really powerful
imagination. You know what I mean. Mental rehersal! Imagining yourself
copying another person.

Musubi

I really apreciate your feedback.

My reason (or outcome, if you want to associate it with the "sucess
formula of nlp" 1 know your outcome, 2 flexibility, 3 sensory acucity,
)for learning nlp is becoming a therapist and helping others.



The reason I can't attend a live practitioneir training our group
meating is:
1 I live in poland, and the only competent teacher of nlp is in warsaw.
(About 1000 km (miles) away from me). And I have to be 18 to attend a
live practitioneir training, while I"m only 16.
2 I don't have anybody to ask to "train with me". So the only method
to train sensory acucity and rappor is in real life.


You see poland is a country that was socialistic until 1990 (fromally
until 2000). So you can't expect us to be "modern" so quickly. And nlp
is a pretty new discipline.

smilie59

Hi Musubi,

I applaud you on at least asking the question, to get you to the next
step. Limitations can be a mental block for many people. Your benefit
as someone else has mentioned is time. You have more years available
than others here or around you. Physical limitation can be distance and
money. So you have to use your current skills to gain some income. It
may be a tutor in a subject you have goods skills at or earning
currency doing a job close to home or school. You have email, so now
you remove the distance by communicating with anyone. Making contacts
in Warsaw now, will be an advantage once you move there in the future.

Going back to time, you will only gain what time you put into it.

Good Luck

John (British Columbia, Canada)