Nlp Techniques For Health And Well Being

Written on November 3, 2024 - 2:26 am | by admin

I’ve been a pretty big skeptic about so-called ‘healers’ and for the life of me, none of it would make sense. Recently, I investigated more stuff related to psychoneuroimmunology, and realized that the process in PNI actually works the same way as the healing models in NLP. Is NLP about psychic healing? Heck no. But could it facilitate healing, psychic or otherwise? Heck yes!

When you think of healing, you may ignore the fact that health is a mind-body phenomenon. Whatever you can envisage in the mind, you are able to trigger in your body. A classic example would be this. Why is it that just thinking of something or someone can trigger off physiological responses in you? The memory of someone you are madly in love with can increase you heart rate, and trigger off neurochemical productions of serotonin and oxytocin.

If this is so powerful, why aren’t we manufacturing our own ‘good stuff’ in our brains?

As far as I know, the human system is based on the idea of homeostasis. If you have a relaxed environment, you will encounter a fairly balanced emotional state. If you are stressed out, you will find that there are moments where you encounter heightened states of arousal. This is due to the production of certain chemicals, particularly cortisol, in your body. If this stays in your body, though, your body will start to feel the strains from overexertion and excessive stress – burnout.

However, it is also interesting to note that the body has “memories” as well. Moments that were considered “traumatic” tend to lodge themselves in our body. The psychological ‘pain’ may not have been relieved based on the theory of the unconscious mind where difficult moments are ‘repressed’ or suppressed to prevent the emotion from overcoming us. This still remains in our body. Sometimes, they manifest themselves in various events such as emotional outbursts and unexplainable physical symptoms of illness. Sometimes, the onset of cancers and heart disease are attributed to past ‘dis-ease’ emotionally.

PNI, psychic healing or whatever process of psychotherapeutic healing really is about release. Releasing old patterns of behavior and beliefs in a way that enable to journey forward to be lighter. In NLP, a technique known as parts integration (modelled from Gestalt Therapy) is commonly used to create psychological alignment within an individual. The idea that we are pulled apart by choices (a fragmented self) needs to move toward completion (the Gestalt – whole) leads one to stop ‘fighting’ internally and release a huge rush of energy and often ending with relief.

However, most people will also find that this kind of release requires attention to the surrounding environment. Did the healing process take into consideration other factors? Sometimes, because of systemic homeostasis, a problem acts as a benefit for a specific behavior (secondary gain). A person with long-term illness is cared for by family members who would have otherwise left the person. In a situation like this, a cure would lead to something detrimental – the leaving of family members – resulting in loneliness.

A good NLP practitioner will ensure that these changes and healings take care of the secondary gain issue and constantly help the individual in need develop a greater sense of resourcefulness over time.

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