About the Course

Congratulations to the Practitioner group of November 2009 following 11 days of learning, growth and laughter. Arrow breaking video below as a reminder and a selection comments from people.

 

	Excellent	Good	OK	Poor
How well did the course meet your expectations / objectives	71%	30%
How confident do you feel to apply your current NLP skills	63%	37%
How energised are you to continue your learning	93%	7%

 

What I enjoyed about the programme most…….

• The upbeat vibrant learning enabled me to get the most out of the submodality map across and belief change section.
• Contact with others both in the practical exercises and plenty of opportunities to have interesting chats.
• Opportunity to work with so many different people and to ‘experiment’ with the techniques, time to practise.
• The laughing! Practising the different techniques.
• I can be, however I want to be. I can feel the way I want to feel.
• Jam packed, but able to practice + process all the techniques. Lots of different people + their experiences. A great team of trainers compliment each other.
• Variety of styles. Brain gyms, theory, practise, exercises.
• Loved the folder and CD, most of all practical demos and practise.
• Practical. Varied. Two trainers. Days went very quickly.
• Practical sessions throughout, mixed with theory. Slow but intense build of learning and understanding.

How I changed personally through my experiences………

• For greater understanding of others and ability to accept their values and beliefs for what they are ……… theirs
• Future freedom, ability to change how I feel about me + past history. Trust my intuition + making friends with my unconscious.
• It has given me the belief that the future will be different from the past and I can be living to my full potential.
• Recognise why others might not ‘get it’ and how I can calibrate to them to help them ‘get it’.
• I feel more able to step back and appreciate experiences.
• Calmer, more relaxed, confident, learning and changing has become fun, my fears are just fading away.
• More confident, more choices, lots of resources for work and personally. I feel calmer, more self-assured and now I know I can ‘break my arrows’.
• I feel as I am in more control and I also have reignited the flame which will help me succeed.
• Confident has increased considerably.
• More positive. Back on track. Less Frustrated. Well chilled!

What attitudes, skills and techniques I want to use in what I do…….

• Pacing and Leading, Parts Integration and Well Formed outcomes. Open Mindedness. Peripheral vision to get in touch with my unconscious mind. S.C – Senior Instructor
• All of it! Meta Model  + Milton Model linguistics, Storytelling, introducing tools in ‘normal’ interactions, develop self-belief and confidence in others.
• Believe that other peoples’ maps are right for them. Being with others is about being in their map of the world, what a fantastic way to connect (roll with it).
• Fascinated by the power + use of language.
• Milton, Meta, Chunking, Well formed outcomes, perceptual positions, MOT (logical levels), Parts Integration.
• Story telling, Milton Model, Rapport, Goal setting
• I will be more positive, chilled, happy, motivational as a mum and as a trainer. Thank you for helping me realise I have all the resources I need.

 

What I would tell others about this course……..

• Do it!
• Go on it if you want to learn how to understand other peoples’ worlds and how to work with them.
• Learning is fun, energising and light. Having more fun I’ve found has enabled me to remember loads.
• The way I now represent my world has changed for the better. THANK YOU!
• Go for it.
• Inspiring, eye opening…… a real treat for the soul.
• It was fantastic and life changing.
• Do it
• Totally worthwhile whether you plan on using the skills at work or in any other area of your life.
• Has put the WOW back into my training delivery.

 

Another successful group of people completed the Sugar Introduction to NLP training with 2 days of learning, fun and new skills. Here’s what they said about what they enjoyed and gain on the course:

“This course has given me a greater understanding of NLP, it has helped me personally and I will use it in my work.”

“Come and do a course!!!”

“”Communication. More potential to improve through communication skills and open door from it”

“Positive attitude, goal focused, small steps. Being more conscious in communication – pacing, chunking, state changes, behaviour changes. Much more aware of communication and where I’m taking a conversation / reivew”

“Understanding my goals, understanding my beliefs, how that fits into my map. how to change beliefs and enjoy the journey. More inspired about the me I know better and can work with purposefully”.

“Anything is possivble atttitude. I want to use pacing and leading, goal setting, chunking up and down, noticing and responding to a person’s physiology. If you have no experience of NLP I highly recommend you get some”.

Congratulations to everyone who completed the Sugar NLP Practitioner training during August 2009 and all who celebrated by breaking arrows!!!

Congratulations to everyone who became a Master Practitioner of NLP on the Sugar NLP Master Practitioner Training.

Congratulations to everyone who completed the hypnosis training. You ROCK!!!!!!!!

Feedback about the training……….

“Loved all of it, every second and the more I enjoyed it, the more I enjoyed it. I will take away more skills to pay bills BUT, more importantly, skills to be + do myself, me and I. Thanks guys.”

“Loved the trances, the structure and organisation, the timing – accurate and unrushed. Professional, worth every moment”

“Great value, fantastic fun, feel 100% confident + buzzing. And, more than that”

“HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, if you have the chance or trance to train with Ben and Jane then do it. Wow! That’s Right!”

“Excellent demonstrations, clear instructions I was able to replicate and create results in my clients”

10 people  completed the Sugar NLP Practitioner training during February, March and April 2009 with 11 days of learning, transformation, skills, laughter and fun. Congratulations to everyone.

24 people completed the Sugar Certificate Training in March 2008 with 2 days of learning, fun and new experiences. Comments below………….

Interested in NLP? Fan of the brilliant Scottish artist Amy MacDonald??

Then you’re in for a treat! Students on the Sugar NLP Practitioner training for Brathay Hall Trust perform their own version of Amy MacDonald’s ‘Mr Rock & Roll’. Thanks to Amy MacDonald for a brilliant original song.

And, the end of course arrow breaking celebration can be seen here………

Two seeds lay side by side in the fertile soil.

The first seed said, “I want to grow! I want to send my roots deep into the soil beneath me, and thrust my sprouts through the earth’s crust above me … I want to unfurl my tender buds like banners to announce the arrival of spring … I want to feel the warmth of the sun on my face and the blessing of the morning dew on my petals!”

And so she grew…

The second seed said, “Hmmmm. If I send my roots into the ground below, I don’t know what I will encounter in the dark. If I push my way through the hard soil above me I may damage my delicate sprouts … what if I let my buds open and a snail tries to eat them? And if I were to open my blossoms, a small child may pull me from the ground. No, it is much better for me to wait until it is safe.”

And so she waited…

A yard hen scratching around in the early spring ground for food found the waiting seed and promptly ate it

If you’re reading this, chances are you’ve read about the other days too.

 

I don’t know if you’re already planning to book on one of Sugar’s trainings, maybe you already have and wanted to know about the experience, so what you’re reading has specific resonance for you.  Maybe you were just happily trawling the net, and stumbled across my tale, and something or other in the words jumped out at you and you kept on reading. I’m glad you stayed this far, however you found it. Anyhow, thinking about that got me wondering if you might be curious about my motivation for writing this blog – maybe I was primed, bribed or influenced in some way to write a few kind words about Sugar and how much I’d enjoyed the training – maybe a touch of the old Kirkpatrick method of evaluation to say that I’d enjoyed each day, learned a thing or two, maybe even transferred my learning to the workplace and was exhibiting new behaviours as a result of the training. Job done = training has added value.

 

So when invited by Ben and Neal to share my experience and to say whatever I liked, it seemed like a straightforward enough task – wouldn’t you think?

 

Actually, had the training been ‘ok’ or ‘alright’ or even ‘quite good’, I would probably have been less careful about what I wrote – perhaps a 60% effort job, squeezed in before Eastenders starts.  A twenty minute job whilst my freshly home baked muffins are cooking, (doesn’t everyone bake their own?), bullet pointing a few key words on the train maybe, on the back of some agenda or other that I know I’ll lose amongst all my other papers when I come to search for it later.

 

Richard Bandler says that  NLP is

 

“an attitude and a methodology that leaves behind a trail of techniques.”

 

You’ll be wanting to experience the attitude and methodology for yourself, I’m sure. Can I tell more about the  trail of techniques? Could I choose my favourite even?

 

Nope– it’d be like your mum telling you there’s only room  for one of your favourite toys  on the car journey to go on holiday – how to choose?  Did I love Sindy or Pippa more? Could I live without ‘Bear’ for a week? Would my dolls house really not fit in the boot alongside our suitcases and the tent? Do I prefer anchoring or belief changing? Clearing out emotional ‘stuff’ with timelines or working with submodalities? How will I ever be able to stop understanding people better by asking the right questions when they use vague language again?

 

Instead though, I find myself compelled to let you know just what I think about Sugar’s tagline.

 

What’s a tagline for anyway? Why bother having one? What’s the point?

 It’s kind of branding slogan, something memorable that will conjure up the essence of the idea, or product. There are certainly some that are memorable – think:

 

Be afraid. Be very afraid (The Fly) or

 

To boldly go where no man has gone before (Star Trek) or even

 

Inspiring NLP training (Sugar NLP)  

 

So – did they choose a worthy tagline? Does ‘inspiring NLP training’ conjure up the essence of what Sugar’s all about, now that I’ve been through Practitioner training with them?

 

Picture the scene on the last day of the course.

 

We’d got through the eleven days – sharing laughter (a lot of laughter – think those laughs you get sometimes when they’re like running down a hill and you miss your footing in the last part of the laugh and go ‘freefall’ – have you ever laughed like that?).

 

Arrows had been broken, metaphorically as well as physically.

 

Friendships had been forged.

 

Midget gems had been consumed.

 

Inner ‘stuff’ had been shared,  glimpses of our true selves revealed (think of  the way nature ‘lifts her skirt’ sometimes to let you see the magnificent view when you’ve hiked to the top of Blencathra and there’s a break in the cloud).

 

Yes, we’d learned techniques to add to Bandler’s ‘trail’ – on this module we’d explored strategies – only really useful if you’d like to be able to influence, motivate or sell to others – we’d discovered how we represent and store time – we’d coached and been coached –  we’d learned how to get ourselves into an invincible state prior to the arrow break.

 

I took a step back – I could hear the Friends theme song ‘I’ll be there for you’ filling the room – every piece of music carefully chosen to enhance our learning experience – don’t think we didn’t notice – and watched people hugging, swapping numbers, consolidating the brief yet intense time we’d spent together. I felt a little sad that this part of the story was over I felt curious and excited about what was yet to come.

 

And I thought to myself….

 

“yup (slow, deliberate head nod) …… I reckon they got it exactly right”.

Congratulations to everyone who attended the May/June 2008 Practitioner training for 11 days of learning, laughter and new skills.