The Technique for "You"
by Vlad Ionut Grigoras
Objective:
The purpose of this technique is to connect the client with their core neurological centers of the body – heart, head and visceral area. By doing so, the client releases the information in the whole system to support in reaching a goal/outcome or moving away from a stuck state towards a resourceful state. This means that the client aligns within and gather information from the main centers of the body that support the whole being, as per the Traditional Chinese Medicine.
The main idea is to put in contact these three parts to first relax in the 3 steps at the beginning of the technique followed by a release of energy in the body. This is to be transformed in taking action towards the desired change/state.
Get the client to a peak state, empowering and ready to take action.
Background:
Compiled with western research in the field of neurosciences, it has been discovered that each of these three core brains (head, heart and visceral area) compile a suite of feelings. The core and most important ones are:
Steps:
Build rapport | Notice Change | Offer your full attention to your client | Hold the space
1. Identify outcome/goal or stuck state. Elicit VAKOG from the client, keep it at the surface and client off suffering deeply.
2. Guide the client to relax and find a comfortable position. Follow with 21 breaths, counting to 6 for inhalation, 6 for exhalation.
3. Client, to kinestheticly connect with heart, head and visceral area (belly area). Guide and support the connection, using Milton language, suggestion that triggers the highest intentions of the above parts. Anchor the connection.
4. Create three special anchors – heart/ head/ visceral area – where the clients stand or sit. Invite the client to be the ‘heart’, the compassionate part, and see, hear and feel from this position. What does the heart offer to _______(the client)? Take the resources back to the initial position of the client. Check for new insights. Look for any dynamic/action taking step that the client brings up. Anchor (in any system VAK)
5. Step on the ‘head’ – the creative part. Elicit what the client see, hear and feel being at the ‘head’ of the matter. Take the resources back to the initial position. Check for new insights. Look for any dynamic/action taking step that the client brings up. Anchor (in any system VAK)
6. Step on the ‘visceral area’ – the gut, the courageous part. Lead the client with Milton language wherever necessary. Elicit VAK from this position. Take the resources back to the initial position. Check for new insights. Look for any dynamic/action taking step that the client brings up. Anchor (in any system VAK)
7. Invite the client to a Meta Position of a wise observer and asses the whole. What can you VAK? What would you adjust, add or take away? Keep on asking what else until the client has nothing else to add and happy to move on. Look for any dynamic/action taking step that the client brings up.
8. Invite the client in a Meta-Meta Position where looking at the whole – him/herself, heart, head and gut and the wise observer. Using Milton language guide the client- ‘feel how your tension becomes energy. What is the intention of your being?’ ‘What are the next action steps that _________(the client’s name) can take?’ – or any similar structure that leads the client to gather the perspective of wholeness and release of willpower/resourceful energy to have clear some action steps.
Take the resources to the client (initial seat) and anchor (in any VAK system)
9. Eco-check.
10. Future pace.
The purpose of this technique is to connect the client with their core neurological centers of the body – heart, head and visceral area. By doing so, the client releases the information in the whole system to support in reaching a goal/outcome or moving away from a stuck state towards a resourceful state. This means that the client aligns within and gather information from the main centers of the body that support the whole being, as per the Traditional Chinese Medicine.
The main idea is to put in contact these three parts to first relax in the 3 steps at the beginning of the technique followed by a release of energy in the body. This is to be transformed in taking action towards the desired change/state.
Get the client to a peak state, empowering and ready to take action.
Background:
Compiled with western research in the field of neurosciences, it has been discovered that each of these three core brains (head, heart and visceral area) compile a suite of feelings. The core and most important ones are:
- Heart – compassion
- Head – creativity
- Visceral Area (gut) – courage
Steps:
Build rapport | Notice Change | Offer your full attention to your client | Hold the space
1. Identify outcome/goal or stuck state. Elicit VAKOG from the client, keep it at the surface and client off suffering deeply.
2. Guide the client to relax and find a comfortable position. Follow with 21 breaths, counting to 6 for inhalation, 6 for exhalation.
3. Client, to kinestheticly connect with heart, head and visceral area (belly area). Guide and support the connection, using Milton language, suggestion that triggers the highest intentions of the above parts. Anchor the connection.
4. Create three special anchors – heart/ head/ visceral area – where the clients stand or sit. Invite the client to be the ‘heart’, the compassionate part, and see, hear and feel from this position. What does the heart offer to _______(the client)? Take the resources back to the initial position of the client. Check for new insights. Look for any dynamic/action taking step that the client brings up. Anchor (in any system VAK)
5. Step on the ‘head’ – the creative part. Elicit what the client see, hear and feel being at the ‘head’ of the matter. Take the resources back to the initial position. Check for new insights. Look for any dynamic/action taking step that the client brings up. Anchor (in any system VAK)
6. Step on the ‘visceral area’ – the gut, the courageous part. Lead the client with Milton language wherever necessary. Elicit VAK from this position. Take the resources back to the initial position. Check for new insights. Look for any dynamic/action taking step that the client brings up. Anchor (in any system VAK)
7. Invite the client to a Meta Position of a wise observer and asses the whole. What can you VAK? What would you adjust, add or take away? Keep on asking what else until the client has nothing else to add and happy to move on. Look for any dynamic/action taking step that the client brings up.
8. Invite the client in a Meta-Meta Position where looking at the whole – him/herself, heart, head and gut and the wise observer. Using Milton language guide the client- ‘feel how your tension becomes energy. What is the intention of your being?’ ‘What are the next action steps that _________(the client’s name) can take?’ – or any similar structure that leads the client to gather the perspective of wholeness and release of willpower/resourceful energy to have clear some action steps.
Take the resources to the client (initial seat) and anchor (in any VAK system)
9. Eco-check.
10. Future pace.
My Inner Animal
by Kamilė Jankauskaitė
This technique is for people who feel feels “stuck”, wants to change something in their lives but don't know what or how. The main thought about the animal come to me when I was working in the labor market with a young woman, who has similar problem like I just explained. Animal symbol is chosen because it their characteristics are perceived as universal (fox – foxy, fast, elephant – big, has great memory). This helps to show the people that their chosen inner animal’s characteristics can be related with inner state of oneself of which he hasn’t thought yet.
1. Client is telling about the situation which bothers him. He can tell as much as he wants.
2. Build the rapport.
3. Then bring him to the trance with his situation. Ask him to imagine the situation: what he sees, where he is, who is with him, what he heard, is there any smell… Then ask him a question “ now when u think about all the situation, what kind of animal you would be? Say your first one which comes to your mind, because that's your unconscious is talking”.
4. Ask the client, what kind of characteristics does that animal has.
5. Search for positive intention of those characteristics if it is needed.
6. Ask the client if those characteristics can be associated with him. If yes, say him to create a package of those characteristics and take it to himself like a present. Anchor it. If no – ask him is there is something missing in those characteristics and try to find it. Then associate and anchor.
7. Ask how does client feels now with all those characteristics.
8. Eco-check.
9. Then with a client make a plan of the first step what can be done in order to make the situation better. Ask direct question what it can be, when it will be, how he will know he make changes.
10. Or make a plan for a future using well formed objectives.
11. Eco-check.
1. Client is telling about the situation which bothers him. He can tell as much as he wants.
2. Build the rapport.
3. Then bring him to the trance with his situation. Ask him to imagine the situation: what he sees, where he is, who is with him, what he heard, is there any smell… Then ask him a question “ now when u think about all the situation, what kind of animal you would be? Say your first one which comes to your mind, because that's your unconscious is talking”.
4. Ask the client, what kind of characteristics does that animal has.
5. Search for positive intention of those characteristics if it is needed.
6. Ask the client if those characteristics can be associated with him. If yes, say him to create a package of those characteristics and take it to himself like a present. Anchor it. If no – ask him is there is something missing in those characteristics and try to find it. Then associate and anchor.
7. Ask how does client feels now with all those characteristics.
8. Eco-check.
9. Then with a client make a plan of the first step what can be done in order to make the situation better. Ask direct question what it can be, when it will be, how he will know he make changes.
10. Or make a plan for a future using well formed objectives.
11. Eco-check.
Overcoming Burnout
(Goal Clearance and Motivation)
by Martin Sashev Aleksiev
Objective:
The purpose of this technique is to tackle burnouts, clear people’s goal and give better understanding on the efforts that are needed for achieving desired goal. The technique can be used as motivation technique in situations where important achievements have been accomplished.
I am mixing “Well Formed Objectives” technique with Symbols and I am adding spice of my experience from managing and prioritizing team work to this technique.
Procedure:
1. Build raport.
2. Find out the goals/tasks that are behind the burnout push.
3. For every of the important goal/task of the customer do:
3.1. Definition of the achieved objective physiology.
3.2. Own eco-check.
3.3. Environment eco-check.
3.4. Test of consequences of partial outcome.
3.5. Clear out the competences and the steps needed for completing the objective.
3.6. Find out what part of the work for the overall goal has been done to the present moment and how much resources (ex: time) have been used.
3.7. Own eco-check with mind of the needed resources (sacrifices that need to be done).
3.8. Environment eco-check with mind of the needed resources (sacrifices that need to be done).
4. If there is more than one goal/task we ask the customer to prioritize them based on his believes, having in mind the progress that has been made on every goal/task.
5. With the clarity of the situation the client should know what part of the goals/tasks can be realistically achieved and he should focus on them.
6. Reframe the current situation in which the client is. Make positive comments on the achievements up to the current moment. Make the client recognize and appreciate what he has done up to now.
(Optional)
7. Go back in time and ask the customer to find 3 positive moments where he had the resources that he needs in the current situation. We ask the customer to give a symbol to every resource.
8. Customer packs the resources or have them in a basket (or find one symbol that unites them all) and present them to himself at the current time.
9. We check how the customer feel with the resources provided to him and we make sure to enhance and multiply the feeling that the customer has at that moment.
10. Own eco-check.
11. Environment eco-check.
The purpose of this technique is to tackle burnouts, clear people’s goal and give better understanding on the efforts that are needed for achieving desired goal. The technique can be used as motivation technique in situations where important achievements have been accomplished.
I am mixing “Well Formed Objectives” technique with Symbols and I am adding spice of my experience from managing and prioritizing team work to this technique.
Procedure:
1. Build raport.
2. Find out the goals/tasks that are behind the burnout push.
3. For every of the important goal/task of the customer do:
3.1. Definition of the achieved objective physiology.
3.2. Own eco-check.
3.3. Environment eco-check.
3.4. Test of consequences of partial outcome.
3.5. Clear out the competences and the steps needed for completing the objective.
3.6. Find out what part of the work for the overall goal has been done to the present moment and how much resources (ex: time) have been used.
3.7. Own eco-check with mind of the needed resources (sacrifices that need to be done).
3.8. Environment eco-check with mind of the needed resources (sacrifices that need to be done).
4. If there is more than one goal/task we ask the customer to prioritize them based on his believes, having in mind the progress that has been made on every goal/task.
5. With the clarity of the situation the client should know what part of the goals/tasks can be realistically achieved and he should focus on them.
6. Reframe the current situation in which the client is. Make positive comments on the achievements up to the current moment. Make the client recognize and appreciate what he has done up to now.
(Optional)
7. Go back in time and ask the customer to find 3 positive moments where he had the resources that he needs in the current situation. We ask the customer to give a symbol to every resource.
8. Customer packs the resources or have them in a basket (or find one symbol that unites them all) and present them to himself at the current time.
9. We check how the customer feel with the resources provided to him and we make sure to enhance and multiply the feeling that the customer has at that moment.
10. Own eco-check.
11. Environment eco-check.
The Two Path
by Ana Isabel Constâncio e Castro
The aim of this technic is empower the client to start something that he really needs to do but, for some reason, can´t bring himself to start.
The idea is to combine the “Well-formed objectives” technic with the “Timeline”, with the help of anchoring, in a way that the client can see himself in an associated and dissociated state getting the goal and, by comparison, see himself in the starting point, not getting the goal. Step by step he should collect all the things that he already has and what he still needs to go to the finish line.
Step by step:
1. Define the goal that needs to be achieved. Should be precise and positive and a have a date or a specific place in time for the deadline.
2. Create an imaginary line on the floor on which will be created the start at where the person is and the finishing line in the day, week or month that has been chosen before(deadline).
3. Create another line with the same starting point but heading another way. That second line is the unwanted path because it end’s at doing nothing. Maybe the person can imagine this walkway really grey and scary, like a dark forest.
4. Now, in a dissociated state, he should picture himself in the starting point. He’s starting to do something towards the objective so he should picture this imagine bright, colorful.
5. Now, in an associated state again, take a step forward. Now, name two or three reason why is so important for him to achieve this goal. Anchor that. In here he can either use a body part in where you create the anchor or use something else to do it like a picture, for instance. If he can get an image with the goal, that can be used as a place to anchor.
Look to the dark path.
6. Take another step forward and list all the feelings or sensations that you are going to feel once you get your goal. Anchor it. Look away to the dark path.
7. Now he should take a step forward in time and list all the things that already has to achieve the goal. He should take his time here and really think about the logistics, resources and maybe even people. Anchor that. Look to the dark path.
8. Now, keep walking through the line remembering that each step he takes is a thing that he’s committing himself to do towards the objective. In every time, right before the next step, he must look back to the dark, unwanted path.
9. He now reached the finish line, the goal has been achieved. In an associated way, he should look at himself happy, full of resources and colors. Anchor that. He should now look at the other ‘he’ stuck in the starting point and compare the two images.
10. Go back to the associated state and return to the starting point with all these resources and the image of that colorful, happy and empowered self.
11. Now, every time he may lacking motivation, he can just reach for the anchor and remember all the reasons why he’s doing this.
The idea is to combine the “Well-formed objectives” technic with the “Timeline”, with the help of anchoring, in a way that the client can see himself in an associated and dissociated state getting the goal and, by comparison, see himself in the starting point, not getting the goal. Step by step he should collect all the things that he already has and what he still needs to go to the finish line.
Step by step:
1. Define the goal that needs to be achieved. Should be precise and positive and a have a date or a specific place in time for the deadline.
2. Create an imaginary line on the floor on which will be created the start at where the person is and the finishing line in the day, week or month that has been chosen before(deadline).
3. Create another line with the same starting point but heading another way. That second line is the unwanted path because it end’s at doing nothing. Maybe the person can imagine this walkway really grey and scary, like a dark forest.
4. Now, in a dissociated state, he should picture himself in the starting point. He’s starting to do something towards the objective so he should picture this imagine bright, colorful.
5. Now, in an associated state again, take a step forward. Now, name two or three reason why is so important for him to achieve this goal. Anchor that. In here he can either use a body part in where you create the anchor or use something else to do it like a picture, for instance. If he can get an image with the goal, that can be used as a place to anchor.
Look to the dark path.
6. Take another step forward and list all the feelings or sensations that you are going to feel once you get your goal. Anchor it. Look away to the dark path.
7. Now he should take a step forward in time and list all the things that already has to achieve the goal. He should take his time here and really think about the logistics, resources and maybe even people. Anchor that. Look to the dark path.
8. Now, keep walking through the line remembering that each step he takes is a thing that he’s committing himself to do towards the objective. In every time, right before the next step, he must look back to the dark, unwanted path.
9. He now reached the finish line, the goal has been achieved. In an associated way, he should look at himself happy, full of resources and colors. Anchor that. He should now look at the other ‘he’ stuck in the starting point and compare the two images.
10. Go back to the associated state and return to the starting point with all these resources and the image of that colorful, happy and empowered self.
11. Now, every time he may lacking motivation, he can just reach for the anchor and remember all the reasons why he’s doing this.