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The NLP Swish Pattern
Chris Harrison - June 2007
©2007 PlanetNLP Ltd
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Imagine you want to exercise, but whenever you think of it going to the gym you imagine huffing and puffing on the treadmill and people laughing at you.
I don't think you'll be spending much time at the gym.
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The swish NLP pattern is a very good way of replacing an unresourceful representation such as this one, that gets in they way of you achieving what you want, with a more resourceful one.
It is important to understand the steps so that you can perform this exercise without any doubt as to what you are doing and why.
It is also important to read the Content and Submodality Primers before attempting this exercise.
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So think of the aspect of your life where you are not as resourceful as you would like and notice the representation you make.
Now make an image of how you would like to experience that event.
So in the example at the top of the page, perhaps you would make a picture of you striding out on the treadmill full of energy, with immaculate posture, while all around people were sweating and struggling.
Remember, this is your representation, so make it as motivating as possible.
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Now, when you are happy with this representation, take the original unresourceful image and place a small dot in the center of it.
This small dot is a very small copy of the second (resourceful) image.
Now, very quickly, and with a nice whooshing noise, expand the dot until it fills the whole original image.
The positive image is now the only image you can see.
Return to the first image, and keep performing this shift until you can perform it effortlessly.
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Once you have performed the shift 5 or 6 times, taking a moments break between each attempt, take another break, then think of performing the task that you struggled to be resourceful for.
What image pops into your mind?
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