Anchoring is one of the NLP techniques, which is used to create or modify responses associated with a stimulus. We are unconsciously exposed to anchoring, for example, when we listen to a song and get excited because it reminds us of someone or an important situation. When we hear this melody, our emotions go back in time and we feel the same way about the past again.
Feeling a perfume or aroma can remind us of something distant and return us to the same emotional state of that time, if a negative situation had a particular smell, when we feel the same perfume at another time and elsewhere, we are angry, because we already have a negative anchor related to that perfume. We can create positive anchors for positive emotional states. To do this, follow these suggestions.
- To anchor it is necessary to identify the emotional state you want to have.
- The most common desire is to find a state of tranquility.
- Well-being.
- Peace or a state of joy and euphoria.
- We want to move from the negative to the positive.
- The important thing is to focus on what we really want.
- Not what we don’t want.
- If we think.
- “I don’t want to see a yellow cat.
- ” our brain will surely create the image of a yellow cat.
- For example.
- It would be a mistake to say “I don’t want to be nervous” because the brain does not identify denial and accepts the word nervous.
- Replace the negative with “I want to be calm”.
We will create an anchor to relax and sleep well at night, the important thing is to identify the emotional state in which we must be to anchor, the next step is to think about a past situation in which we were calm and relaxed. and imagine with all possible details. Imagine, for example, going to the beach on a Sunday morning, laying on the towel in a bikini and a beige hat; she was very relaxed, listening to the sound of the waves and feeling the warmth of the sun on her skin. The day must be imagined with all the details: the colors of the sky, the smells, the clothes, the accessories and the sensations. .
Practice and repeat the anchor several times and this will become automatic. As you imagine this day of relaxation, place your hand on your chest, so that your mind associates the movement with the situation you imagine. The more details you imagine and the more repetitions, the better it will work. Every time you place your hand on your chest, you’ll feel calm and relaxed. The gesture of placing your hand on your chest is just one example. You can choose a gesture of your choice, such as squeezing a finger. , grab the wrist, snap your fingers, squeeze your ear, etc.
Actors are very accustomed to moving from one emotional state to another in a matter of minutes, they control their emotions very well, but they use the technique of inadvertent anchoring, for example, when they change clothes to play, they change their emotions because they associate these garments with the rehearsal in which they participated and the mind remembers that with these garments the emotions are different.
If you’ve had a good experience with a particular outfit, when faced with an unpleasant situation, put it on and you’ll feel safer. The anchoring technique does not work miracles, but it contributes to your well-being, since the mind is the engine that moves the body.