What is NLP?
NLP ( Neuro Linguistic Programming ) is pronounced as 'Sinir Dili veya Duyu Dili programlaması' in Turkish language. However, this expression is not clear enough and understood by the public in respect of how it can be useful in daily life.
NLP is simply a modeling system. NLP makes study to provide a better version of the person. The thoughts appear in the brain and the emotions appear in the body. NLP helps to an individual to face the past, to erase the past negative emotions and to close the files in the memory. It includes many studies such as anxiety, fear, phobia, voice of conscience, belief changes and etc. With releasing from those help a person to free from the past, feeling relax and focusing on the future. It helps to live for today and plan the future. If a person has an inner world full of problems, peaceless, unhappiness and disturbance, it is not possible for him/her to express positive expressions and turn those into positive behaviors. We behave in accordance with what we say. It helps the individuals to have their inner world become clearer; to reach serenity; and to be aware of their thoughts and behaviors, and change and transform them as they wish.
NLP was developed by John Grinder, a linguist, who was a lecturer in the university where Richard Bandler, who studied Math and Physics in University of California in early 1970s, also worked and it has been brought to our life as a science and art branch which has made positive influences on millions of people in today's world.
The foundations and the most important elements of the NLP studies started with studying on 3 significant individuals and making studies on their thought systems; the words they used and their behavior models. Those are Fritz Perls, the founder of Gestalt therapy; Virgina Satir, the first person coming to the mind in family therapy; and Milton Erickson, a well-known hypnotherapist.
NLP is defined as a science because it includes analyzing the strategies behind human behaviors; focusing on 'how' in communication of a person with himself/herself or with others; creating models regarding the life; and researches and studies about brain.
NLP is an art because all humans experience the same processes up to birth while they are defined as artworks since they have different structures, personalities therefore accepting they are unique and specific as of birth. For a person, it is an art of being the best of himself/herself.
Neuro represents the brain. It focuses on the brain's working system. It expresses how we get the knowledge through sense organs (hearing, seeing, tasting, smelling, touching) together with neural system; how we use this knowledge; and our way of thinking.
Linguistic represents the language. It examines the significance of the language in human life. It studies on how the meaning and concepts of the data we record through sense organs turn into language, thoughts and words.
Programming represents behaviors. It makes studies on thought system, word selection and usage as well as how they turn into behaviors and how we can change and transform them as we like.
NLP is a modeling. Our brain, as a conscious and non-conscious brain, makes recording as a computer at any time. The conscious brain records 5 - 10 data in a moment while unconscious brain records much more data unconsciously. To learn and start to perform this magical method provides for a person with passing to a desired life and rapidly reaching the desired results by programming his/her brain without leaving his/her life to the chances.
NLP studies on the fact that the individuals notice and clean the filters and beliefs in their life. Thanks to NLP, you can understand the the specific language of any person with who you would like to establish communication; develop your communication ability in that language; clean your past fears, the negative words and behaviors you exposed in the past and still stand in your mind; increase your motivation; run away from your phobias, regrets, angers, flares and anxieties; and restructure yourself as you like.
It provides people with an easy life without problems, living their life as they like. It provides them face to the past and focus on the future.
NLP focus on 'how' not on 'why' and "what for". A person believes that he/she does his/her best in the circumstance he/she lives in and under every behavior lies a goodwill. there has been goodwill under every behavior.