The Power of Anchoring with NLP

Have you ever heard a song that immediately takes you back to a specific memory? Or caught a scent that triggers a childhood feeling? That's an anchor in action. In NLP, anchoring is the process by which a specific stimulus is associated with an internal emotional state.

Creating Choice

Most of our anchors are created accidentally. We feel a certain way because of a stimulus we don't control. NLP teaches you how to create positive anchors intentionally, allowing you to access states like confidence, calm, or focus whenever you need them.

The Five Keys to Effective Anchoring

1. Intensity: The state you are anchoring must be intensity when the anchor is set. Naturally ocussing states work best. Vividly remebered work too but not as well, and maufactured states work poorly

2. Timing: The stimulus must be applied just before the state reaches its peak.

3. Uniqueness: The stimulus (anchor) should be something unique and distinct.

4. Repeatability: The ability to be able to reproduce the exact same stimulus.

5. Number of Times: The number of times the stimulus is repeated then reinforces the association.