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NLP Techniques – The Ultimate NLP Submodalities List To Reprogramming Your Brain

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One of the best ways to learn how to reprogram your brain fro a change is to learn how to consciously use what are called submodalities.. The term originally created by

Visual Submodalities

  • Angle(s)
  • Associated (seeing through your own eyes) vs. dissociated (seeing yourself in the picture)
  • Black and white vs. color
  • Border /no border
  • Brightness (bright/dim/dark)
  • Clarity (clear/dull/fuzzy)
  • Contrast
  • Depth (2D/3D/flat)
  • Distance (near or far)
  • Focus (focused or unfocused)
  • Frame or panoramic
  • Level of brightness
  • Location (left/right/top/bottom/center…)
  • Motion (still or moving, slideshow or movie)
  • Movement (stopped, slow, regular, fast, super speed)
  • Number of images viewed simultaneously
  • Panoramic vs. framed picture
  • Shape: concave, convex, square, oval, etc.
  • Sharpness of colors
  • Size (larger than life or smaller than life size)
  • Still or Dynamic
  • Style (picture, painting, poster, drawing, “real life”)

Auditory Submodalities

  • Accent
  • Amount of pauses
  • Background sound vs. the only sound
  • Cadence (interruptions vs groupings)
  • Clarity (clear or fuzzy)
  • duration (short-long)
  • Frequency (high vs. low pitch)
  • Harmony vs dissonance
  • Inflections (words marked out)
  • Intensity (intense or soft)
  • Internal vs external
  • Location (mono, stereo, surround)
  • Movement of the source
  • Pace (fast or slow)
  • phrasing
  • Pitch (high or low)
  • Progression
  • Qualities of sound (raucous, soft, windy)
  • Rhythm (regular, irregular)
  • Soft vs. rasping
  • Source of sound
  • Static vs. dynamic
  • Tempo (slow or fast)
  • Timbre (characteristic sound, quality)
  • Tonality (flat or engaging)
  • Uniqueness of sound
  • Variations: looping, fading in and out, moving location
  • Voice: whose voice, one or many
  • Volume (loud or quiet)
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Kinesthetic Submodalities

  • Balance
  • Body position
  • Constant or Intermittent
  • Density
  • Direction (Does it have a direction? If so describe it.)
  • Eye positions
  • Facial expression
  • Form
  • Gestures
  • Intensity
  • Internal or external
  • Large Area or Small Area
  • Location (e.g. where in your body)
  • Mass – how big is it?
  • Metallic or Wooden
  • Movement
  • Movement (motion, spinning in which direction)
  • Pressure (Is there any pressure? If so, is it light or heavy?)
  • Proprioception: Somatic sensation, location, movement
  • Rhythm
  • Shape (What shape is it?)
  • Size (How big is it?)
  • Steady intermittent
  • Steady or intermittent
  • Strong or Weak
  • Tactition: pressure, texture
  • Temperature (Hot vs. cold)
  • Texture: Smooth or Rough
  • Vibration (Is it still or pulsing?)
  • Weight (Heavy vs. light)

Olfactory Submodalities

  • Camphoraceous
    (e.g. mothballs)
  • Chemical
    (e.g. ammonia, bleach)
  • Citrus
    (e.g. lemon, lime, orange)
  • Decayed
    (e.g. rotting meat, sour milk)
  • Ethereal
    (e.g. dry cleaning fluid)
  • Fragrant
    (e.g. florals and perfumes)
  • Fruity
    (all non-citrus fruits)
  • Minty and peppermint
    (e.g. eucalyptus and camphor)
  • Musky
    (e.g perfumes/aftershave)
  • Pungent
    (e.g. blue cheese, cigar smoke)
  • Putrid
    (e.g rotten eggs)
  • Sweet
    (e.g. chocolate, vanilla, caramel)
  • Toasted and nutty
    (e.g. popcorn, peanut butter, almonds)
  • Woody and resinous (e.g. pine or fresh cut grass)

Gustatory Submodalities

  • Astringency
  • Bitterness
  • Calcium
  • Coolness
  • Fat taste
  • Metallic or Wooden
  • Numbness
  • Pungency (Spiciness or hotness)
  • Saltiness
  • Savouriness
  • Sourness
  • Sweetness

Working with language patterns

Recognizing representational systems

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Visual predicates/word descriptors

  • A feast for the eye
  • A glow
  • A mental image, a mental scene, in your mind’s eye
  • Against the background of
  • Appear
  • At first glance
  • Beautiful to see
  • Blurred
  • Bright/crystal clear
  • Brilliant
  • Can you imagine that?
  • Can you picture that?
  • Can you envision that?
  • Can you visualize what I said?
  • Clarify
  • Clear overview
  • Color
  • Colorful
  • Demonstrate
  • Do you see a way to do that?
  • Drop your eye on…
  • Eye to eye
  • Focus
  • Foreseen
  • Have a clear picture
  • Have an eye for something
  • You have the Eye for those things
  • Hazing out in front
  • High regard
  •  
  • Illustrate
  • Imagination (appealing to one’s imagination)
  • In a glimpse
  • In the light of…
  • Insight
  • It is not so Black and White
  • It looks like it…
  • Keeping an eye on things
  • Let me take a look
  • Let us shine a light on this subject.
  • Lighting spot
  • Like two drops of water
  • Look, I mean…
  • Looks like a photo
  • Mental image
  • Naked eye
  • Out of sight
  • Overseeing
  • Perspective
  • Photographic memory
  • Picture me
  • Picturesque
  • Put you on the spot
  • Reflect
  • Review
  • See
  • See through
  • Seeing in a larger context
  • Seeing the bright side of things
  • Sharp
  • Shiny
  • Short-sighted
  • Show me
  • Show me what you mean. I see what you mean.
  • Sketching a rosy picture
  • Sparkling
  • Spiritual Eye
  • Take a closer look
  • That’s illustrative for…
  • The problem stares at me in the face
  • This is a new perspective on…
  • Through the eye of the needle
  • Tunnel vision
  • Turning a blind eye to something
  • Uncover
  • View
  • Visible
  • Vision
  • What a dark subject!
  • What an oasis of peace
  • What kind of …. do you see yourself doing?

Auditory predicates/word descriptors

  • A telling sign
  • Be heard
  • Calls
  • Chanting
  • Chattering
  • Describe it in detail
  • Does it tell you something?
  • Harmony
  • Hear
  • Hitting a different note
  • How does that sound to the ears?
  • I am all ears
  • I hear what you say
  • It clicks
  • Just sying
  •  
  • Keep talking
  • Like music to the ears
  • Listening
  • Loud (and clear)
  • Melody
  • Outspoken
  • Public voice
  • Questions
  • Roar
  • Said to be…
  • Say
  • Screaming
  • Shout
  • Sounds good
  • Talking to deaf ears
  • That doesn’t tell me anything
  • That is what you are saying
  • That rings a bell
  • That sounds like…
  • This is in harmony with…
  • Tuning in /tuning out
  • Unheard of!
  • Voice
  • Who sets the tone?
  • You are a chatterbox
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Kinesthetic predicates/word descriptors

  • Always keep a door open
  • Applying pressure
  • Balanced
  • Clamped
  • Cold / Warm
  • Connect with
  • Creating a basis for
  • Crushing
  • Does it feels good or not?
  • Falling
  • Feel good in your skin
  • Feels good
  • Firmly
  • Get in touch with
  • Grasp (Getting a grasp on…)
  • Gripping
  • Hand in hand
  • Hard
  • Have a handle
  • Heartbreaking
  • Heartwarming
  • Heated (heated debate)
  • Hold on to
  • Hold on to that idea
  • Holding on to
  • Hooking up
  • It comes down to
  • It disappears like ice in a hot oven.
  • It feels heavy
  • It feels light
  • It feels like a warm blanket (of…)
  • Keep our spines straight.
  • Keeping your foot on the ball
  • Keeps on sticking
  • Let’s stay in touch
  • Light-footed
  • Moving
  • Moving someone around
  • Overpowered
  • Persevere
  • Pressure
  • I couldn’t put my finger on it
  • I feel that…
  • I feel what you are saying
  • I felt like I had to walk on eggs.
  • I have the feeling that
  • I need something concrete
  • Impression
  • In concrete terms
  • Insensitive
  • Pulling the strings
  • Razor sharp
  • Relaxed
  • Reverse world
  • Scraping
  • Search for trigger points
  • Sensitive
  • Slipped through your fingers
  • Slowly…
  • Soft
  • Solid
  • Stabbed me in the back
  • Stirring
  • Striking
  • Tackling the issue
  • Tangibly
  • The pressure is on
  • Throw it out
  • Touched
  • Transform to
  • Underlining on
  • Walking into something
  • Weight
  • Well-founded
  • Wet
  • Where does it create a familiar feeling for you?

 

 

 

Olfactory and gustatory predicates/word descriptors

  • Bitter sweet
  • It smells like danger
  • It was right under your nose
  • Revenge is a dish best served cold
  • Seasoning it with humor
  • Stinking clean
  • Sweet
  • That situation left me with a bad taste in my mouth
  • To my taste
  • Up to my taste
  • Very Tasteful
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