Practice of Parts Integration

As well as practising the complete pattern, there are several areas of practice that will increase your mastery of this pattern.

• Noticing areas of internal conflict
• Building rapport with your unconscious mind
• Chunking up

Notice areas of internal conflict

We all have our own cues that let us know when we’re getting in our own way.  If you’re not getting the results you want in a particular area of life, pay attention.  Are you stuck?  Are you uncomfortable? Are you half-hearted about what you’re doing?

Notice what you do and how you feel.  Notice the sound of your voice and the response you’re getting from other people.  If you’re not congruent, your influence will be reduced.

Building rapport with your unconscious mind

I once heard John Grinder say to a training room full of NLP enthusiasts (including Master Practitioners and Trainers) that he thought that anyone who didn’t have well-established ‘yes and ‘no’ signals with their unconscious mind had no right to call themselves an NLP Practitioner.  The collective response of the room suggested to me that there were lots of people who found themselves on the wrong side of that distinction!

So, pay attention to yourself.  Take some quiet time and connect with your deeper self.  Listen for the small voice of truth that can be drowned out in a busy day.  Be open to discovering new parts of yourself!

Chunking up

If you’ve done a Practitioner training, you should have notes on this.  If not, I’ll be covering chunking up and down in a future module.