NLP study group meet up

Hi Girls and Guys, Short Bio of myself: John Paul Walsh, Irish, 12 Years in Munich, Web Designer/English Teacher, long interest in communications psychology, NLP, etc.

I've been playing with the idea in my head for the last week of setting up an NLP study and practice Group. I've studied quite a lot of NLP over the years, but as most of my friends involved with it are in different countries, I thought maybe some of you might be interested in learning and trying out some NLP over here in good old Munich. It would be a great opportunity to learn and to brush up on skills for those who have already learnt some NLP and an chance to learn for those who’ve no history with NLP.

For those of you unfamiliar with NLP, it stands for Neuro Linguistic Programming, and mostly it's about how language affects our internal and external worlds. It's one of the facets of what Derren Brown uses in his TV shows.
While there are indeed some silly ideas and people involved with NLP, but at the same time there are a lot of really powerful and fascinating aspects to it. What would be really interesting would be for the study group to find out what works and what doesn't work so well. It's all learning :-).

NLP is the study of effective communication, and if you’ve worked in an office you probably have seen and heard many examples of poor communication. On the other hand there are always examples of people who can communicate with a real ease and effectiveness. The people who founded NLP studied these excellent communicators to learn how they communicated so well. It's a very practical field, so there are many exercises and lots of opportunities for learning both about yourself and how to interact positively with others.

Here's a link with some more info: http://www.nlpinfo.com/intro/txintro.html

I thought we could first of all meet in Mollys sometime next week, where I'd reserve a table and we could work out a plan for weekly meetings to study and practice. Please say if you're interested. Anyone can come along; the only prerequisites are a sense of humour and a nice dollop of curiosity!

Warmly,
John Paul Walsh

Hi JohnPaul!

I've come across NLP in some books and am stoked by the idea of learning more about it and how to apply it!

A quick look at the text looks interesting. Elements of active listening in there and a few other techiniques I've seen.

Looking further and exploring the site I find links to spiritualism and hypnosis. Is this all about improving communication or is there more to this?

It's a large field so I can't comment on whats completely true for all aspects of it, but personally my opinion is that it does not have a lot to do with spiritualism, with the exception perhaps of the "Know Thyself" maxim. When you find out more about how you communicate with yourself (talking to yourself) you know yourself better. That's about it.

It does have something to do with hypnosis though. When the founders created NLP back in the 70's they paid a visit to the most effective communicators and therapists in America at the time to discover the specific elements of what made them such communicators. People such as Virgina Satir, the family therapist and Milton Erickson, who is responsible for legitimizing Clinical hypnosis as a form of therapy. A lot of the communication elements they found went into the field of NLP, but without any formal trace inductions or such. NLP is intended to be used in a "normal" waking state.

You'd both be very welcome to come along and discuss it further next week. At the moment I'm leaning towards meeting in Negroni on Tuesday or Wednesday(19th or 20th) evening:

http://www.toytowngermany.com/munich/negroni.html

I'll post more info as soon as I know!

Hi! Tuesday from 19:30 would be perfect! I happen to be in Haidhausen anyways. Every Tuesday. On Wednesday week unfortunately I'm busy.
Looking forward!

Hi Everyone,

I've reserved a table in Negroni for Tuesday 19th Feb at 8:30 pm, under the name "Walsh".
Looking forward to seeing you there!

Warmly
John Paul

http://www.toytowngermany.com/munich/negroni.html

cool idea.. have some existing plans but will try and make it.

I've been waiting for your reply... *smile*
Too bad the meeting is the same night as the AGBC Kickoff at GAST...

Sun-By, that would indeed be too grand a thing to pass up. If it's alright with everyone I'd like to change the date above to the Wednesday night the 20th Feb. For those who can't make it, this will only be to sort out the When? the Who? and the Where? questions. Everyone is still very welcome to join in next week!

So thats Negroni, Wednesday 20th Feb.

Apologies for any inconvenience!

Warmly

John Paul.

Hi JP- won't make thing one as running late. Wil try the next one...

I saw this too late but am very interested - I would like to join the next time.

Attended the kickoff meeting and left more than impressed and eager to begin a solid, productive study course with theory and application.

JPW publishes audio CDs with NLP coaching material (cf. his website MetaFeeling.com)-- and yet is generously offering his services and expertise free of charge in English for sincere "seekers." (Another EuNomad... remember her Creativity Seminars? And writers' workshops?) It's not bait and switch or prospecting for clients or recruiting for some sect. He just loves what he does and believes in helping people. Wow. (And ladies, look at his website: he's cute to boot! *wink*)

We've decided to hold the meetings at a centrally located language school with large conference tables, white boards and flip charts. JPW has a wealth of knowledge (and charm) he is willing to share in a tight, coherent curriculum with compelling materials. Each weekly session will be thematically structured and include

1) a prepared 30 min. lecture on various theoretical aspects of NLP, EFT, emdr, swish, etc.,
2) a 30 min. reframing section using "Mindlines" ("Lines that Change Minds," M. Hall, B. Bodenhammer, which illustrates 24 ways of reframing an argument), then
3) a 30 min. personal growth section with concrete individual and group exercises using some workshop materials from "The Unfair Advantage: Sell with NLP" (D. Lakin) or the Robert Dilts material and
4) a 30 min. sales and business application exercise.

What a wonderful resource for us TTers.

Hi, when's the next meeting? Next week Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday? Just so that I can plan and won't have other plans again. Thank you. Looking forward!! :-)

Can anyone come along? I've read a bit about NLP and am interested.

Hi Everyone, we're still looking for suitable place to have the study group.

I have set up a mailing list with google groups, just go to the following page and sign up and you'll be kept up to date with all the whens and the wheres:

http://groups.google.com/group/nlp-munich

Enjoy

John Paul.

Hi!
I don't manage to sign up to the Google Group, could anyone let me know where and when the next meeting is? Thanks a million!