The Drop Down Through & Mind-Backtracking Pattern TheAr tofDr oppi ngDown wnThr oughExper i ences Ev e nSt ut t e r i ngWhi l eRi s i ngHi ghe r . RI SI NG UPTODROPDOWNTHROU OUGH GH!
How t oMet aSt at e t heNLPDr opDown wnThr oughPat t er n BobbyGBodenham me er ,D. Mi n. LMi c h ae lHa l l ,Ph . D. Pourl at r a duct i onf r a nç ai s e,cl i quezi ci ( PDF) Wefi r s tappl i edMet aSt at est ot hes ubj ec tofs t ut t er i ngac oupl eofy ear sago.Thatl edt oanar t i c l et hat wepu bl i s h edont h eNe ur o Se ma ma nt i c swe bs i t e(www. n eu r o s e ma ma nt i c s . c o m) m) .Mor er ec en t l y , Bobhas wor k edwi t hs ev er al i n di v i dual sar oun dt hei s s ueo fs t ut t er i ngandf ou ndt hats ome t i mesi no nes es s i on, t h os ewh oha ds t ut t er e df o rd ec a de ss ss t o pp ed.I twasamaz i ng.Ofc our s e,i tdi dnotal wa yswor kt hat q ui c k l y . So me me t i me si nasma ma nya sf o urs e ss i o ns( Nodo ubts omewi l l n ee dmor et h anf o urs es s i o ns . ) .An d s t i l l t hat ’ si nc r e di bl ees pec i al l ywheny ouc ons i derwhatt hepr of es si onal swor k i ngi nt hefi el dofs t ut t er i ng t hi nkands ayabouti t . Wi t ht h ats uc c es sr at e,webeg ane x pl or i ngs omeoft hek e yf ac t or si ns t ut t er i n gandt hene ur os emant i c s oft her el i ef .Someoft hec as es t udi esha vebe endr ama t i c ,asdr ama t i cande x c i t i ngas“ c ur i ng”aph obi a i naf ewmi nut es .Thi sdo esnotmeant hate v er yc as ec anb er es ol v edt h atqui c k l y , al t ho ughs omewi l l . Oure xper i enc eswi t hpe opl ewhos t ut t erha v el edust odi s c ov ers ev er al t hi ngs . Di s c o v er i e sa nd Un de r s t a nd i n gs― o St ut t er i ng o ffer sagr e ate x amp l eofho wape r s onc an“ mi n dt o mu sc l e ”a ni de as ot h at ani d eadr o pso ut s i d eo fa wa r en es san db ec o me me samu mu sc u l a rpa t t e r ni nt h et h r o at . St ut t er i ngop er at esf r om as i mpl ei dea,“ Youar ef or bi dd ent os peakno nfl ue nt l y , s ob e o s el f c ons ci ousands el f i nt er r upt i ngi ny ourv er bal ex pr es si ons . ” Amaz i n gl y , o nc eyo umi ndt omus c l et hati de ai nt oy ourneur ol o gys ot hati tbec omes n e u r o s e ma ma nt i c,y ouc anf or g eti tandy ourb ody( y ourmus c l esi nt hr oata ndl un gs )wi l l r emembert or unt hat pr ogr am.The ny ouc anb egi nt ob el i e v et hati ti si ne vi t abl e,i n es c apabl e,andp er manent .Ofc our s e, t hos ear ej us tbel i ef s ,j us tc onfi r mat i onsoft hought sandl i mi t i ngbel i ef satt hat . Quest i ons― Onc eweha v eaneur os ema nt i c( ormi ndbody emo t i on)“ pr ogr am”l i k est ut t er i ngi nt h e o mu sc l e s,c a nwer e v er s ei t ? Ca nweun d oi t ? o Doweha v ea nyNe ur oSe ma ma nt i cpa t t e r nsf o rr e v er s i n gi ta ndho wl o ngwou l dt h att ak e ? Wh atb e t t e re v i d en c edowene edt h atwec a n mi n dt omus c l ei deast hanst ut t er i ng?Theex per i enc eof s t u t t e r i n gs h owst h atwec a ne mb mb od yani d ea t os uc hane xt e nt t h att hei deaorpr i nc i pl eb ec omes c ompl et el yi nc or por at edi ns i d eaper s on ’ sv er yne ur ol ogyandph y si ol o gy . Thet o ngue,t hr oatmus c l es , mus cl esgov er ni ngbr eat hi ng,et c .al ll ear n t hel es s onswel l .Andt hepr i nc i pl e?Thei d east hat ’ sembodi ed i nv ol v est hos et hatc r eat epani cat t ac k,“ I t ’ sbadt os peaknonfl uent l y , al wa ysbeony ourguar dagai ns t an ys peec ht hati snotper f ec t l yfl uent ,i tmeansy ou’ r ei nadequat eandi nf er i or . ” Thi sfi t swi t hwhatt hos ewhohav ee xpl or edt hi sfi el dha vewr i t t en.( Bl oods t ei n,1975)haswr i t t ent hat s t ut t er i ngi s― “… an anticipatory struggle reaction that is manifested as tension in the body and that shows up as fragmentation of the stutterer’s speech.”
Si mi l ar l y , Sheehan,andSheehan( 1984)s ai di nt hei ranal y s i sofs t ut t er i ng.“ …s t ut t er i ngi sanappr oac ha v oi d an c ec on fli c t . ”We nd el l J oh ns o n( 1 94 6)u si n g Ge ne r a lSe ma nt i c sdemons t r at edt hats t ut t er i ngi sa l ear nedphenomenon,onet hati st y pi c al l y“ t aught , ”andonet hati nv ol v est hemet al ev el s t r uc t ur eofaf ear ordi s l i k eofnonfl uenc yandunwi l l i ngnes st ot ol er at et hehes i t at i ng. ADemonst r at i on “ Rober t ,Iwanty out or ec al l t hef eel i ng,memor y ,oras t at et hat ’ sbehi ndy ours t ut t er i ng,s omet hi ngt hat y ouf eel eac ht i mej us tbef or ey ous t ut t er . ” “Okay, I know what it is.” Wh ata r ey o uf e el i ng ? “I’m feeling intense anger.” An dwh atar ey o uf e el i n ga ng era to ra bo ut ? “It’s about being teased when I stuttered as a child. I hated that.” Wh er ei ny o urb od ydoy ouf ee lt h ati n t e ns ea ng er ? “It is in my chest and here in my arms.” An dy o us a yi n t e ns e ,h owi n t e ns eorh owmu c hd oy o uf e el t h at ? “It is ery intense, it feels hot.” An d,Ro be r t ,j u s tdr o pd ownt h r o ught ha t… a ndwh atd oy o uf e el u nd er n ea t ht h at ? “!adness is below that.” Go od ,a ndj u s tb ewi t ht h ats a dn es sf o ramo me nta ndwh ati st h ats a dn es sa bo ut ? “"he sadness is about being hurt by my peers at school. "hey really hurt me… #nd it’s a sadness and heainess here…” Go o d,a n dn o w… d r o pd o wnt h r o u g ht h es a d n e s sa ndwh a td oy o uf e e lu n d er n e at ht h es a d n es sf r o m b ei n gl a ug he da t ? “I hae an$iety and a sense of panic … my heart is beating much faster.” Rober t ,whatar ey ouf eel i ngi nt hats t at e? “I hae a kinesthetic sensation of this state in my belly… #nd also here in my neck and shoulders, and the same sensation is here in my %aw, throat, and chest.” Go od ,a nddr o pd ownt h r o ug ht h ea nx i e t ya ndpa ni c… a ndwh atd oy o uf e el u nd er n ea t ht h et h at ? “&ain … I hae a sensation that feels like I’m being 'restricted.’ It’s hard to describe. It’s like I’m being held back. J u s ts t a ywi t ht h ate mo t i o nf o ramo me nta ndno wg oa he adan dd r o pd ownt h r o ug ht h ats e ns eofb ei n g r es t r i c t edan dhel dbac kandwhatdoy ouf eel under neat ht hat ? “(ow I hae frustration … )es, lots of frustration. *ust frustrated. Go od ,a nda sy o un owd r o pd ownt h r ou ght h ef r u st r a t i o n,wh atdoy o uf ee lu nd er ne at ht h ef r u s t r a t i o n? “+mmmm … #h … I can’t tell e$actly …” Th eewa sap au sehe r e,b r i e flya ndt h enRo ber twe nti mme di a t e l yi n t ohi sr e so ur c es . “ob, I’m feeling a feeling of lightness.” Th at ’ sgo od .An ddr o pdo wnt h r o ug ht hel i g ht ne ssan dwh atd oy o uf e el u nd er n ea t ht hel i g ht ne ss ? “-ots of things … lots of feelings. I feel %oy, happiness. I feel a sense of elation.” Gr eat .T el l meaboutt hes ef eel i ngofj oy , happi nes s,andel at i on?What ’ si si tl i k e?
“In addition to the feelings, I’m also getting a isual image of myself.”
Iel i c i t edmor eoft hemeani ngf r amesar oundhi sr es our c es t at eof“ j oy , happi nes sandel at i on. ”That r es our c es t at eal s oi nc l uded“ r el ax at i on,peac ef ul nes s ,c ont ent ment ,andf r eedom ofe xpr es si on. ”By as k i n ghi mt hes e“ meani ngf r ames , ”Iwasno tonl yge t t i ngmor ei nf or mat i o nf r om hi mf orus el at eri nt he t her ap y ,butal s o,b yel i c i t i ngmeani ngf r ames ,t hes ef r ameswoul danc hori nt h es er es our c esandmak e t h em mo r epo we r f u la ndme an i n gf u lt oRo be r t . AsIv al i dat edt hat ,Igav ehi m mor et i met os t a yi nt hes egoodr es our c ef ul f eel i ngs .Lat erIus edt hi si mage asana nc horasIhadhi m appl yhi sr es our c esbac kt ohi sor i gi nal di ffic ul t i es .Al l Iha dt odowass ay , “ Se e t h atp i c t ur eo fy o ub ei n g…”a ndt h enme nt i o nt h ef o l l o wi n gf r a me swh i c hwa sp ar to fh i sj o y ―r e l a x ed , peac ef ul ,c ont ent ,andf r eed om ofe x pr es s i on. “ Now,Rob er t ,h owdoess eei ngy our s el fasr el ax e d,peac ef ul ,c ont ent e da ndf r eet r ans f or m an denr i c h t hei nt ens ean ger ?” Ir e pe at e dt h i squ es t i o no ne ac hofRob er t ’ sne ga t i v ef r a me s.Aswec o nt i n ue dt oe mp owe rh i sr e so ur c e s t at e,hes awt hepi c t ur eofhi ms el fgr owi ngt al l erandt al l er .I tr eal l ydev el opedi nt oapower f ul r es our c e.I t he nmo ve dt os l o wl yanddel i ber at el ymet as t at i ngt hen eg at i v ef r ames .Aswedi d― #nger and age became /ontentment, peace, harmony and happiness. !adness became %oy, happiness. &ain and estriction became supple. +e often used “supple” in the sense of fle$ible and limber after reframing pain and restriction. limber. 0rustration became “it %ust went away” and he became really e$cited about taking this out into “real life” and working it including telling his class that he was meeting in about an hour after our session about the e$perience he %ust had. Debr i efingt heDr opDownPat t er n I nRob er t ’ sc as e,hewentt hr ought hef ol l o wi ngs er i esofs t at esashedr op pedd ownt hr ou ghoneaf t ert he o t h e r : 1. Intense #nger 2. !adness 3. #n$iety 4 &anic 5. &ain 6. 0rustration 7. &ause 8where typically the “nothingness,” oid, or emptiness occurs9 :. # feeling of “lightness” ;. *oy, +appiness,
t hel ar y nx .I t ’ sr eal l yt hats i mpl e.Andonc et heper s onr ef r amest hemet al ev el s t r uc t ur est hatdr i v est he pani cov ers peak i ngandwhatot her ’ st hi nk ,t hes t ut t er i ngdi s appear s . TheDr opDownThr oughPat t er n Met aSt at i ngbyDr oppi ngDownThr oughPai nf ulExper i ences: 1 )I de nt i f yt hee xpe r i e nc ea nde mot i ony ouwa ntt ot r a ns f or m. =hat emotion, feeling, memory, or e$perience would you like to transform so that it enhances your life> #re there any emotions or e$periences that undermine your success that you would like to eliminate> 2 )St e pI nt ot ha tEx pe r i e nc e. 0or the purposes of transformation, recall that e$perience and step into it so that you see what you saw, hear what you heard, and fully feel what you felt. e there again. …. ?ood. =here do you feel this in your body> =hat does it feel like> +ow intense are you e$periencing this emotion> ?ood, %ust be there with it for a moment, noticing … %ust noticing it fully… knowing that it is %ust an emotion and that you are so much more than any emotion… 3)Dr opDownThr ought heexper i ence. "his may feel strange, but you do know what it feels like when you drop … so feeling that feeling of dropping , %ust drop down through that e$perience until you drop down underneath that feeling… =hat feeling or emotion lies underneath that emotion> #nd now %ust imagine dropping down through that feeling @use the language and terms that the person gies you.A #nd what feeling comes to you as you imagine yourself dropping down through that one> @Beep repeating this droppingCdown through process until the person comes to “nothing…” "hat is, to no feelings … to a oid or emptiness.A
4)Confir mt heEmpt i ness *ust e$perience that “nothingness” or “oid” for a moment. ?ood. (ow let that nothingness open up and imagine yourself dropping through and out the other side of the nothingness. =hat are you e$periencing when you come out the other side of the nothingness> =hat or whom do you see> @epeat this seeral times .. to a second, third, or fourth resource state.A 5 )Me t a St a t eea c hpr obl e ms t a t e Dse each resource state to metaCstate each problem state. #nd when you feel E about ), how does that transform things> #nd when you een more fully feel E ―what other transformations occur> Falid and solidifyG %ust stay right here in this E resource and as you e$perience it fully, what happens to the first problem state 8H19> =hen you feel this 8fire anchor for each resource9 … what else happens to those old problem states> 6 )T es t -et’s see what now happens when you try, and I want you to really try to see if you can get back the problem state that we started with. =hen you try to do that, what happens> o you like this> =ould you like to take this into your future> Into all of your tomorrows and into all your relationships> Ca v ea t saboutt hePa t t e r n I nt er msoft r oubl es ho ot i ngt heu seo ft hi spat t er n,t her ear eaf ewc onc er nsasy ouwor kwi t hpeopl ea nd c o ac ht h em t hr o ught h i sp r o ce ss .
1 )About“ ge t t i ngt ot hebot t om. ” !ometimes people will reach a point near or at the “oid” where they say things such as, “"hat is it. "here is nothing else.” Or, “I am at the bottom. "here is nothing else below. I can’t go any further.” If this happens, then ask them if they hae a isual. I inite the person to say something like, “I am on the ground. "here is nothing below me.” =hen this happens then we can say, “?ood, %ust imagine opening the earth up and dropping down through that.” In any (euroC!emantic or (-& pattern, our basic approach is that we do what we hae to do to coach a person to continue dropping down through. Dse their metaphors and feed it back to the them in a way that will lead them to open up whateer is blocking them. 2 )Fori nt e ns et r a uma ,us ea not he rpa t t e r nfir s t . If the person is e$periencing a great deal of emotional pain from a memory, use some other metaCstating patterns to loosen up the frames before using this pattern. =e don’t want to lead a person to associate into some e$tremely painful e$perience when there are easier ways of doing it. I 89 hae found with this pattern that it proides a great “cleaning up” pattern for finaliJing your work. 3 )T r a ckt hepe r s on’ sst a t e sa l lt hewa ydown. If you hae an e$cellent memory, make a isual image of a ladder and state in your mindKK and to them, each state. If not, then %ot down on a notepad each state the person dropsCdown into. !ometimes there will be as few as 6 and sometimes as many as 2L or 3L. 4)Whent oend. I ft heper s ons t i l l hass ome“ neg at i v e”emo t i onsaf t ery o uha v et ak e nhi m orhert hr o ught hepr oc es s ,t he n s i mpl yr epeatt hepr oc es s .Thati s ,r ec y cl et hr ought hos ef eel i ngsasyoudi dwi t ht hefi r s tnegat i v ef eel i ng. Youma yha v et od ot hi st woort i met i mes .Doi tunt i l t heper s ondoesno te xper i e nc eaneg at i v ef eel i n gs . Under s t andi ngt heMe t aSt at i ngSt r uc t ur e oft hi sPat t er n How DoweMet aSt at ewhenweDr opDownThr oughExper i ences ? Wet y pi c al l yt hi nkaboutmet as t at i nga sg oi n gup .Th at ’ st h eme t a ph or .Wema k eame t a mo v ea bo v ea nd be y on danex per i enc ean dt henbr i ngar es our c et ot h eor i gi nal e xper i enc e.Thi ss et san ewf r amef ort he e xper i e nc eoremo t i on.I ndoi ngt hi s ,we t r a ns c en da ndi n cl u det hefi r s te x per i enc ea ndembedi ti ns i deo f ab r o ad era ndmo r ee x t e ns i v er e s ou r c e . Th i sc o me sf r o m Ba t e s on ’ s me t ac o nn ec t i o n an df r o mt h eMe t aSt a t esmo de lo ft h el e v el soft h emi n d andsof r om Kor z y bs k i ’ sLe v el sofAbs t r ac t i o nal t houghh ehadhi sabs t r ac tl e v el sups i ded own. Yetal l oft hi si sj us tamet aphor .I t ’ sj us tawayoft al k i ngaboutt hi ngs―awayoft hi nk i ng,c onc ept ual i z i ng, a ndi ma gi n i n g.Ca nwet u r nt h i sme t a ph orb ac kup si d edo wna nds t i l l me t a s t a t e ? Y oube t . I nNLP ,t heDr opDownThr oug hpat t er ndoe st hi s .T adJameswasappar e nt l yt hefir s tt oi nt r oduc ei tt o NL P,wepu ti ti no urbo okonTi meLi ni ng ( 1997) .Andy eti ti sac t ual l yamet as t at i ngpat t er n.Bobhas t hati l l us t r at edwi t hRober ti nt hedemons t r at i on.No w wewantt oe xpl ai nwhatweeac hs eei nt h epat t er n andho wi tac t ual l ywor k sasame t as t at i ngpr oc es s . Th ei d eaof“ d r o pp i n gd ownt h r o ug h”an dt hef eel i ngi te v ok eswor k sasamet af r ame.I nt hepa t t er nwe es s ent i al t ak et hi sf eel i ng,i dea,andmet aphorandus ei tasanoper at i v ef r ame.Sowei nv i t epar t i c i pant s t o “… %ust drop down…” “0eel yourself falling through that old e$perience, that old emotion … and %ust go with this … and drop down through … there you go… and what’s beneath that feeling>”
I nt hi sl an guagi ng,wear ei n vi t i ngt heper s ont ogohi gherdee per( ordee perhi gh er )asat r anc e phenomenon.Thi si sanewdi s t i nc t i onr ec ent l yi nt r oduc edi nt heMet aT r anc et r ai ni ngs .Ipul l edi toutof s omeo ft hel angu agepa t t er nsofEr i c k s onno ti nt h eNLPpat t er ni ngofEr i c k s on. In ot i c edt hatMi l t onwoul ds ome t i mesas khi scl i e nt st odot woopp os i t et hi n gsatt hes amet i me.I n s l o w t i mehewoul dha v et h em gof as t er .I nf as tt i me,hewoul ds ug ges tt hatt he ygos l o wer .WhenIt r i e dt haton, If oundi tv er yt r anc y .Thatl edmet oe xper i menti ns omeofourc l os i ngi nduc t i onsatt r ai ni ngs . “#nd now, %ust for the purpose of en%oying the learnings of the day and to let them solidify within your mind, I would like to inite you to float down deeper. .. and deeper still because we hae been rising up in our mind to higher leels and frames of mind … to our highest intentions and as you float down deeper now with those highest intentions, you can feel deeper higher in %ust the way that allows you to step into those highest and most e$pansie perspecties and then feel higher deeper in a way that solidifies them into your core now … as you moe out into the world… “ I nt h es a mewa y , wh enwei n v i t eap er s o nt ofl oa td ownan dt od r o pd o wnan dt ogot h r o ug h at hought ,an e x pe r i e nc e,a ne mo t i o n― t h ed own wa r df e el c omb i n edwi t ht h er e al i z at i o n( t h eh i g he rf r a me)t h att h at e mo t i o na r o s ef r o my e ta no t h ert h ou gh to re mo t i o n… wec o mb i n et h eg oi n gd ee pe rh i g he rt r a nc e . Fr ami ngt h atwecanb ac kupt ot heor i gi nat i ngemot i on,webac k t r ac kt h eneg at i v emet as t at i ngt he per s onhadc r eat edi nhi sorherhi s t or y . #nd what was before that> #nd what was before that> Thi sr epl i c at es ,bac kwar ds ,t hepr oc es st hatc r eat edt hedr agons t at e… ands ubt l ys t ar t spul l i ngi tapar t . That ’ swh yt hi spat t er ni saDr ago nSl a yi n g/T r ans f or mi ngpa t t er nan de x pl ai nswh yBobhasgot t enso muc hmi l eagef r om i ti ndeal i ngwi t hphy si ol ogi c al pr obl emssuc hass t ut t er i ng.I nt hi s ,i tr ev er s est he s y nt axoft hepr obl em,v er ys i mi l art owh athapp ensi nt hePh obi aCur ep at t er n. Then ot hi ngnes ss t at eoft hev oi di sanot heri nt er es t i ngmet as t at et obr i ngands etasaf r ameo verour e x pe r i e nc e s .Weg ett h r o ug hb yba c k i n gu pt owh enn ot h i n gwa sg oi n go n… n op ar t i c u l a rt h ou gh t sor f eel i n gs .Thenwec anme t a phori twi t ht hes ens eofempt i nes s ,av oi d,orwhat e v er .Thi ses s ent i al l yhel ps u semp t yo urmi n da ndemo t i o nsa ndmo v et one ut r a l . Then,becaus ewehavemov eddownf r om negat i v et on e u t r a l ,b ypr es upp os i t i on ,i fwek ee pmo vi n gi n t hi sdi r ec t i on,weha vet omov et o pos i t i v e s t a t es .Th ec on t i nu um h asbe ens e tu pa nds oi tn at ur a l l yan d eas i l yf ol l owst hatwewi l l nowc ont i nuet odr opdowni nt opos i t i v es t at est hatwi l l bemuc hmor e r es our c ef ul .Soev er yt i mewed r o pd o wnt h r o ug h t hene xte xper i ent i al s t at e,wedr opi nt oane v enmor eor hi gherr es our c es t at e. Al l t hi si s… i smet as t at esst andi ngoni t shead. Wec ou l dc han get h eme t a ph ora ndi n v i t et h efl o atu pt hr o ug hp at t er n . “#nd now %ust feel yourself floating up … getting lighter and lighter … lighter than air. … floating … that’s right, floating right up out of those old emotions and up into something higher, something lighter, something more e$pansie, something that inites you into a higher state of mind― perhaps a higher state than you eer been in before … now .. because you can, can you not… that’s right… floating all the way up.” I nt hi s ,t heme t aphordoes n’ tmat t eral l t hatmuc h.Themagi ci s n’ ti nt h emet aphorasi ft her ewer es ome h ol yme t a pho r .Wha t ’ si mp or t an ti st h ato nc ewef r a mewi t hame t a pho r ,wec an do t hi ngswi t hi t ,we c a ne x per i enc et hi ngswi t hi t ,wecanmak es i gni fi cantt r ans f or mat i onal c hange.Dr o pp i n gd ownt h r o ug ha n e xper i e nc ei mpl i es ,s ugg es t s ,andf ac i l i t at esmo vi ngt oan ewpl ac easdoesfl oa t i ngu pt oahi g hers t at e. Wh enwef a c i l i t a t ec h an ge ,mo v eme nt ,d i ff er e nc ea ndg etap er s o nt oc o ns t r u c tn ewe x pe r i e nc e s ,wec a n t he nus et hos ev er yr es our c esasne wf r amesofmi n d.I ft her e ’ san ymagi c ,t hat ’ st hemagi c .Wet r us tt hat
t h ep er s onmo v esi n t o( dr o psdo wnt hr o ug h)a ndi n t ot h ev e r yr e s ou r c es t at e st h ath eors hen ee ds .So wet h enu set h os ea ndap pl yt h os et ot h eo r i g i n al p r o bl em. “#nd when you fully step into and e$perience this resource… how does that change the problem that you started with>” Met aLevelMagi c I t ’ sbe enan umb erofy e ar sno ws i n cet h efi r s tt i meIs a w Bo br u nt h eDr op Do wnTh r ou ghp at t e r n .I t o cc u r r e dwh enh eh adawh ol eg r o upo fp eo pl efi ni s h i n gt he i rNL PMas t e rPr a ct i t i o ne rt r a i ni n g.He i nt r od uc edt hi spat t er nont hel as tda ya shedemons t r at edi twi t ho neper s on,t hent hewhol egr oup want edt oh av ehi mc oac ht h em t hr o ughi t !I twaspower f ul .Af t ers ev er al peo pl es ati n t hec hai r and k e p td r o pp i n gd ownt h r o ug h t hi ngs ,Ial mos tg ott hei mpr es s i ont hatt h er ewass omet hi ngmagi c al abo ut t hatc hai r . Maybe it was a secret door to another unierseN e careful when you set in that chair, you neer know where you might end upN Ye ti nwat c hi ngt hepr oc es s es ,i twasc l eart omet hatwhi l eweal l t houghtabou tt heme t aphorast ak i ng us down …d o wn… d o wni n t ot h ef o u nd a t i o no fa nex p e r i e n c e .Wh e nwepo p pe dou tt h eot h e re n d… anddr oppedondo wni n t op os i t i v er es our c es… i twasl i k eDant e ’ st r i p. Doy our e me mb erDa nt e ’ st r i p ?Atac av een t r a nc eatJ e r u s al e mh es a wt h es i g nma r k i n gt h eg at e wa yt o He l l .“ Ab an do na l l h op e,y ewhoen t e rh er e i n . ”Anddo wn ,d own ,d own …t h ec i r c l e sofh el l Da nt ewe nt… deep eri nt ot hepr obl em … pas tt hefir e ,t hebr i ms t one,e t c . ,unt i l hec amet ot hemos tuni magi nabl e s our c eofe vi l …t oSat an.An dSat ani nt h atpoem wasf r oz eni ni c ei nt h ec ent eroft heear t h.You ’ v e h ea r da bo utwh enh el l f r e ez eso v er ?We l l ,t h at ’ st h ep i c t u r eDa nt ed r e w wh enh ewr o t eh i spo em i n1 40 0. Ev e r ya t t e mp to ft h eg i a ntSa t a nt oge tf r e e… a shefl ap pe dh i swi n gs… ma det h ei c ef r e ez eev e nmo r e . ( Whata ni magi neofi mpo t en te vi l ! ) AsDa nt econt i n uedhi sj o ur ne yha vi ngr eac hedt hecent er ,al l hi smo v emen t sf or war dt her eaf t erwas a ct u al l yupa ndo utt h eo t h ers i d eo ft h ep l a ne t… wh er ehee me r g eda tt h ef o oto fMt .Pu r g at o r ya nd wh enhego tt ot h et o po ft h atmo un t a i na ndt h eGa r d eno fEd eno nt op ,Be at r i c et o okh i mo nat r i p t hr oughs pac e,fi r s tt ot hemoon,t heMar s ,t hent hes t ar t s .Butt hat ’ sanot hers t or y . Go i n gd o wna ndc o mi n gup .Go i n gu pan dc omi n gdo wnt oane wc o r eofv a l u es .Go i n gh i g h erd ee pe r n ow… y o uk n owwh att h at ’ sl i k e ,d oy o un ot ? Tr ansf or mi ngNeur ol ogy Ik nowwh yBobr eal l yl i k est hi spa t t er nandt hi nkabo uti tasoneo ft hemos tpower f ul ones .Wh y? Bec aus ehehasbeenus i ngi tt oac t ual l yt r ans f or m meani ngs t h ath av ebe eni ns t al l edi nmus cl el i k e s t ut t er i ng.Thi si swhatwemeanby“ neur os ema nt i c s . ”T ak i ngt het er mf r om Kor z y bs k iwhocoi ne dt h at and“ n eur ol i n gui s t i c , ”weha v eb eenmo del i ng how meani ngsar et r ans f er r edandi ns t al l edi nmus c l e.I t h ap pe nsal l t het i mean do urMi n dt o Mu sc l ep at t e r nt a psi n t ot h i sme ch an i s mo fou rmi n db ody e mo t i o n s t at es . I tc anhappenwi t ht hei deaof“ don’ ts t ut t er , ”“ don’ thes i t at ewheny ounot i c ey our s el fbei ngnonfl uent . ” Thi si st hes t r uc t ur eofs t ut t er i ngasgener al s emant i c i s t ,Dr .Wendel l J ohns onnot edal ongt i meagoi nhi s nowc l as s i cwor k ,Pe op l ei nQu an da r i e s.St u t t er i ngal wa y si n v ol v esbec omi ngc ons c i ousofnonfl uenc y . Ye ts i nc eal l ofusar enonfl uentev er y da y ,t her ehast obes omet hi ngel s et hatc r eat es“ s t ut t er i ng. ” Wehav et odi s l i k e,hat e,orf or bi dt h en on fl ue nc y . Weh av et og i v ei tan eg at i v ea ndp ai nf u lme an i n g.An d wh enwedo ,e i t h erb ybe i n gf o r b i d dent obeno nfl u ent( wh i c hso mepa r e nt sa ndt e ac h er sar ehi g hl y s ki l l edatpoi nt i ngoutandenf or c i ng! ) ,orbydefi ni ngi tasmeani ngs omet hi ngpai nf ul l i k e,“ bei ngs t upi d, ” “ bei n gi nad equat e, ”“ l ac k i ngc onfi de nc e, ”e t c .Thenwec anc r eat eamet as t at es t r uc t ur e
ofr e f u s a lt ot ol er at e n on fl u e nts p e ec han ds obe c o meh i g hl ya wa r ean dc o n s c i o uso fe v e r yn on fl u e nc y andfi ndi tpai nf ul andi nt ol er abl e.Af t ert hati tonl yt ak esweek s ,mont hsandy ear sofpr ac t i c eand t h os es e ma nt i c s wi l l g eti n t oo urp hy s i o l o gys ot ha tt h ewa yweb r e at han dt h ewa yweu s eo urt o ngu ea nd mout hmuscl ess u p p o r t t hi snegat i v emet as t at e. St ut t er i n gbec omesneur ol ogi c al .I tbe comesane ur os emant i cs t at e.Thi si sgr eatbec aus ei tmeanst hat weo nl yne edt oc h an get h es ema nt i c s( t h eme ani n gs )a ndt h en eu r o l o gywi l l c h an ge .Du r i ngt h ewi n t e r a nds pr i n go f2 001 2 00 2,Bobu se dt h eDr op Do wnTh r o ug hp at t e r nwi t h5i n di v i d ua l swh os t u t t e r ed , mos t l yov ert hep ho nef r om al l ar oun dt hewor l d,an dwi t hi non et of ours es s i o ns( t y pi c al l y2)―t he y s t ut t er e dnomo r e . Summar y:TheNeur oSemant i csofSt ut t er i ng =e hae used the basic (-& principle that eery e$perience has a structure to flush out the basic structure of the e$perience of “stuttering.” In doing so we hae refused to mindlessly accept the labels and medical model definitions of its cause or cure. In doing so, we begin by refusing to identify people as “stutterers” as if they is who they are. =e also refuse to buy into the fatalistic frame, “Once a stutterer, always a stutterer.” !imilar to our work, "he !tructure of &ersonality 82LL19 we then deCnominaliJe the form and structure to look at the four metaCdomains that gie us a description of processes and “personalityG” language 8the MetaCModel9, perception 8MetaC&rograms9, states and refle$iity 8MetaC!tates9 and the cinematic features of a person’s internal Moie 8MetaCModalities or “subCmodalities”9. *ust because stuttering so happens to be the endCresult of the coalescing of the metaCleels and metaC frames into muscle 8and so a great e$ample of how we mindCtoCmuscle ideas and meanings9, doesn’t make it unchangeable. "hat happens with eery idea 8belief, alue, understanding, meaning, e$pectation, etc.9 that we “install” as a motor program. "hat’s what happens all the time in a mindCbodyCemotion system. Andi fwec r eat edi t ,wec anunc r eat ei tandc anc r e at es omet hi ngmuc hbe t t er !That ’ st h epo wer ,t he magi c ,a ndt hee x ci t ementi nneur ol i ngui s t i c s andn eu r os ema nt i c s.
The Drop Down Through & The Mind Back-Tracking Techniques
Will the Thought in the Back of Your Mind Please Stand Up? L. Michael Hall, Ph.D. Bobby G. Bodenhamer, D.Min. Back to the experience out of which our map came! n LP, thi" de"cribe" the heart and pa""ion of u"in# the Meta$Model. %e "tart with &urface "tructure" and meta$model them in order to #et back to the Deep "tructure". 'he (o#niti)e$Beha)ioral P"ycholo#y model, in which LP fall", po"tulate" that behind e)ery emotion lie" a *thou#ht.* 'hi" *thou#ht* may in)ol)e an under"tandin#, awarene"", "en"ory repre"entation, belief, )alue, deci"ion, etc. +rom thi" awarene"" that *beneath* or behinde)ery emotion lie" a thou#ht come" the idea of *back$trackin#* to the thou#ht out of which
it came. lli" /012- in 3ational$moti)e 'herapy 3'- and Beck /012- each "earche" with a client to di"co)er the per"on4" e)aluati)e 5ud#ment that dri)e" the emotion. 'hi" under"tandin# al"o fit" the dia#ram" on the le)el" of ab"traction that 6or7yb"ki /08/9/008- de)eloped in de"cribin# the ner)ou" "y"tem4" modelin# proce"". %e "tart at the bottom in the un"peakable territory which we can ne)er reach by word" and which exi"t" *out there* beyond the ner)ou" "y"tem. But then we *ab"tract,* e.#. "ummari7e, brin# in, and tran"form- from the territory to make our neurolo#ical *map"* of that territory. 'hen, mo)in# up two or three le)el", we finally reach the "peakable le)el of word", a lin#ui"tic map of )ariou" neurolo#ical tran"form". n &cience and &anity, in a "ection on "emantic reaction", 6or7yb"ki "u##e"ted a "emantic experiment to di"co)er the *meanin#* of any #i)en term. 'he effecti)e of the experiment lead" a per"on down further and further into the deep "tructure, into deeper le)el" of neurolo#y... *Here we ha)e reached the bottom and the foundation of all non$elementali"tic meanin#"$$ meanin#" of undefined term", which we *know* "omehow, but cannot tell. n fact, we ha)e reached the un$"peakable le)el.* p. :/-. &ometime" we need to #o back down to the territory and re$map in more appropriate and accurate way". 'hi" Bandler and Grinder /01;- built into the meta$model a" a model of human modelin# proce""e"- u"in# the deep and "urface "tructure" of (hom"ky. &o droppin# down back to the experience out of which we do our mental mappin# de"cribe" an in"i#ht of the Meta$Model a" well a" a techniia thi" proce"" the ne#ati)e emotion" will relea"e a" we mo)e back or down to pre)iou" le)el" of ab"traction. %hat lie" at the bottom= 'he >oid, the othin#, the ?n"peakable realm, the
The Pattern /. +ind the fir"t e)ent. *%hat i" the root cau"e of thi" problem, the fir"t e)ent which, when di"connected, will cau"e the problem to di"appear= 'ell me about the fir"t time you felt thi" emotion...* :. Go back to the fir"t e)ent on your time$line. *4d like to a"k your uncon"ciou" mind to float up... abo)e your time$line 'he line that repre"ent" your life hi"tory.-, and then to #o back into the pa"t... and a" you do you can #o back to the e)ent it"elf and drop down into
it.* +ully a""ociate the client into the kine"thetic of the e)ent. Ha)e him9her fully de"cribe where and how he9"he feel" the emotion. CNote: Do not a""ociate your"elf or another into the e)ent if it ha" the 96 di""ociation pattern or "ome other di""ociati)e techni
@bandonment, &cared, Lonely, Helple"", othin# Ae"u" 'he per"on4" hi#he"t meta$frame "o "topped him at thi" "tate.-
@ )ery helpful addition to the ori#inal Drop Down 'hrou#h 'echni
n doin# thi" we are addin# the meta$"tatin# proce"" of bringing to bear a hi#her le)el on the lower le)el. n thi" ca"e, the interaction will ne#ate the ne#ati)e "tate". n numerou" occa"ion" BB- ha)e learned that addin# thi" meta$"tatin# proce"" will totally eliminate the problem. ou can re$a""ociate the client into the ori#inal problem and it will be #one. f "o, "kip to future pacin# I//. 1. +loat abo)e your experience and time$line. *@" you return to the experience that be#an thi" experience, float up your time$line, and #o back in hi"tory to well before the be#innin# of the e)ent, or any of the chain of e)ent" that led to that e)ent, and turn and look toward" now.* J. &olidify and te"t for the di"appearance of the ne#ati)e emotion". *ow where ha" the old emotion9" #one= ... e", it di"appeared.* *ow, 5u"t float ri#ht down into the e)ent and notice 5u"t how fully the emotion ha" completely di"appeared from what the way you u"ed to experience it... Do you find the emotion totally #one= Good, return back up abo)e to your time$line to fifteen minute" abo)e and before the painful e)ent.* C(ontinue to re$run thi" proce"" until you acce"" the po"iti)e kine"thetic.E 0. (ome back to now. *ow, come back to now, abo)e your time$line only a"
The Pattern Simplified Aohn )erdurf and Aulie &il)erthorn /002- ha)e "implified t hi" Drop$Down 'hrou#h Proce"" into the followin# fi)e "tep". /. licit a word which corre"pond" to emotional "tate. dentify a )alue or unwanted emotional "tate in the form of "ome nominali7ation an#er, fearfulne"", timidity, etc. :. n)ite a per"on to *5u"t drop down throu#h that emotion . . . until you come to what you find underneath it...* F. (ontinue the Droppin# Down 'hrou#h. (ontinue to repeat thi" proce"" until you ha)e #enerated a chain of "tate" that run all the way throu#h to a *)oid*, *nothin#,* an un"peakable "ta#e, etc. and come" out the other "ide to a po"iti)e kine"thetic "tate. 8. nd the proce"" when you reach the non$mirror ima#e re)er"e of the fir"t word e.#. the unde"ired emotional term-. ?nle"" you come out immediately to the ob)iou" non$mirror
ima#e re)er"e, #o to the "econd po"iti)e kine"thetic. ou will find an ob)iou" phy"iolo#ical "hift which indicate" that the chain ha" be#un to collap"e at that point. ;. 3epeat thi" whole proce"" with another emotional "tate. Do thi" until you ha)e only acce""ed a po"iti)e kine"thetic. ou may find that )ariou" chain" interconnect. n the"e ca"e" continue runnin# the *branche"* of each chain until you reach only a po"iti)e kine"thetic. 2. BB- hi#hly "u##e"t utili7in# the meta$"tatin# proce"" in I2 abo)e.
Demonstrating Dropping-Down Through +or me BB-, the "ta#e" of droppin# down throu#h that one recent client had with thi" proce"" in)ol)ed the followin# *chain* of "tate"
1. @bandonment 2. &cared 3. Lonely 4. Helple"" 5. othin# a )oid, here a per"on will feel or experience *nothin#* and "o will ha)e a *blank* "o to "peak-
6. Ae"u". 'hi" client dropped "trai#ht into *Ae"u".* wrote in my note", *@ bi# one. &he really had a phenomenal experience.* 'he followin# one repre"ent" another ca"e, and a cla""ic example of what we u"ually #et with thi" proce"". ften look at thi" a" a kine"thetic free fall down throu#h the outcome chain that one mi#ht #et from u"in# the (ore 'ran"formation 'M proce"". Here you can take a per"on back on their time$line and come forward with each painful internal repre"entation. n the proce"" you thereby pro)ide a re$imprint. +rom another recent client, #ot thi" cla""ic li"t /- (onfu"ion, :- &hock, F- +ear, 8- %orry, ;- +ear for dad different from abo)e-, 2- +ear of lo"in# hou"e different fear, dad arre"ted for #amblin# by the police-, 1othin#. J- &afety, 0- (hri"t. @t thi" point the client "tarted lau#hin# out loud. Some caveats. Like all LP techni
fallin#, fallin#, fallin#... hit the >oid of othin#ne"". +allin# after that took me to the chao" of God4" %orld where had a "en"e of hi" "pirit mo)in# upon the water" brin#in# order out of chao".
Mind BackTracking @" you can ima#ine, "ome people will not like the metaphor of fallin# or #oin# *down.* &o for them, playfully u"in# the metaphor of #oin# *behind* enable" them to u"e the "ame proce"". 'hi" proce"" may remind you of the 6ine"thetic &teppin# Back technii"ually had the experience of runnin# my mo)ie backward$$and had a "tron# kine"thetic "en"e of
The Mind BackTracking Pattern %ith thi" pattern, we be#in with the "tatement and continue to u"e thi" a" the dri)in# force *@nd, behind that thou#ht whirlin# in your mind lie" another thou#ht.... &o a" you allow your"elf to notice what thou#ht do you find back there=* ?"in# thi" directional oid of nothin#ne"" and then on to )ariou" re"ource".
Conclusion How doe" thi" proce"" work= t operate" by a""ociatin# into a problem, #ettin# the *thou#ht* that dri)e" it, and then a"kin# a "erie" of backtrackin#
frame" or #enerali7ation". n doin# thi", we #o or we take other- back to the experience out of which it came and ultimately to the >oid. %hen we #et there we ha)e arri)ed at the place of pure potentiality. @" "uch, it pro)ide" a )aluable tool for tho"e who"e primary repre"entation "y"tem" in)ol)e "omethin# other than the )i"ual modality e.#. auditory, kine"thetic, and9or auditory di#ital-. @nd the )alue of #ettin# one back or down- to the >oid$$the un"peakable dimen"ion before ab"tractin#= t open" u" up to new potentialitie" a" it #i)e" u" new way" to remap. t al"o #i)e" u" a deep neurolo#ical or uncon"ciou" under"tandin# of the difference between map and territory$$ *map" are but map",* they ne)er exi"t a" territory. 'hou#h Bob did not future pace or re$imprint in thi" ca"e with &u"an, he )ery well could ha)e brou#ht her forward and ha)e her re$imprint her entire time$line with the re"ource" that "he found in that place of pure potentiality. 'hi" u"ually offer" an additional reinforcement of the proce"".
