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Lynn Sandelance NLP Practitioner Summer 2005

Hooray I said, I’m off to school
To learn about NLP
What’s that? They said, not sure said I
But I know that I’ll find me

So off to the school, where there’s no real rules
Just the law of pre-supposition
Where you can learn to change state, and anchors not a weight
And you can get all you want from a’wishin

Start with what have I got
Move to but I’d rather have
Then work out just how to get there.
Know what you want, take action to get
Notice the response within your head
If it’s not working out
Send if off with a clout
And do something different instead

So a learning project we have
Pro-forma we’re given
To help us decide what to learn
And to also make sure
That we’re gaining rapport
And nothing will ever be spurned

Submodalities came fast
They hit with a blast
‘Coz I really didn’t know what to do
I stood listening to Fran
Helping others move on
And still I had not a clue

To cheer myself up, I decided to watch
A film with some great NLP
Strictly Ballroom from Oz,
Dancing round in their pasa doble clogs
And then it suddenly hit me

What really moves you? Fran said
And I’d shaken my head
I was trying too hard and we know where that led
But now the answer was suddenly there

I will learn to dance
Pasa doble for me
I will overcome all
Coz I have NLP

So off to pro-forma to complete with a Swish
Think of a well-formed outcome and then came the hitch
The time limit’s too small
Even if I had my own dance hall
I still wouldn’t be able to do it

So think once again
Around dancing you’re drawn
So what else could you do in the time?
A s l o wwwwwwwwwwwwww graceful waltz that I never could do
Not without least standing on someone’s shoe

Just think of it Lynn
No need to go to the gym
A physical exercise that is tranquil and calm
Leading to a sense of grace and sereneness
All the while hanging on some great hunks arm

So I started to plan, first I needed a man
Coz it’s so hard to waltz on ones own
Find someone who’ll teach who’ll be patient, not preach
And then someone recommended - Joan?!?!?!?

A phone call was made
Arrangements to start were displayed
And we each felt such great rapport
I was eager to start, felt the whoosh in my heart
As I thought of taking off round the floor

In order to learn from my learning
I kept a log of my feelings
Such challenges lay straight ahead
And as the day got closer I started to notice
The things that went on in my head

“You will definitely enjoy this” said the voice in my head
Coz to dance is what you like best
So off to my lesson, a new map to seek
And to put all I’ve learned to the test

I’m driving my car
I don’t have to go far
Thoughts and feelings come tumbling through
A black and grey “blob”
Bubbling away on the hob
So thick I can barely see through

I stoop with a frown
And my shoulders are down
Walking up to Joan’s door – trepidation
There’s a knot in my chest
That’s the size of my vest
Please God let me feel some elation

And there’s Joan with a smile
Whilst I feel all the while
Like I’m walking through quicksand and grit
But she’s cheery and calm
And she soothes like a balm
So the feelings are gone in a click

To see what to do
Get a feel for it all
I sit and watch Joan and her granddaughter Chantelle
As they glide round the floor
Should I run for the door?
‘Coz they are exemplars I could only hope to model

Now it’s my turn to waltz, but I can’t hear the tune
Just a very loud noise all around
I don’t know what it is, if I didn’t know better
I would say it’s my heart as it pounds

As it rumbles and thunders
Joan disappears
Amid a crashing crescendo
Oh I need to change state
Before it’s too late
I’m so glad I’m not learning Kendo

So I stand up erect
Shoulders back, legs locked tight
As I focus upon my surroundings
Joan’s coming back into view
She’s no longer see-through
Now she’s luminous, dappled and sparkling

She explains steps to me
And we dance 1 - 2 - 3
And we move round the room, connected together
Hands less clammy each step
Now a comforting grip
And the lump in my throat’s gone forever

As I study my model
So poised and so clear
How do you do that
I say in her ear
It’s really quite easy
You feel from the core
And it emanates outwards
So heartfelt and pure

It’s all so serene,
As I learn a routine
That when put together
Seemed mountainous from the start
But now at a stroke
There’s a great deal of hope
And the whoosh is now back in my heart

We go on, on and on
Eventually dance to a song
All in harmony, feet oh so light
And a warm glow all around
Blending in with the sound
Is a light glowing ever so bright

As Joan leads me in dance
Eyes closed, in a trance
The music melodious flows
And that sparkling light
Shimmers into the night
Radiating from my head to my toes

The music it stops
The dance has come to an end
Oh my goodness I really can waltz
Oh thank you I cry
As tears flow from my eyes
And I feel such a great sense of schmaltz

We are hugging and laughing
I’ve found a new friend
And my cheeks are damp with tears
I can’t really believe it
It all feels so delightful
Did I really have all those fears?

Now my learning is done
What do I do with it next
I can only carry on and continue
So I get out my diary
Converse with my friend
Same time next week same venue

Presentation to prepare
NLP friends will be there
How on earth do I capture my rapture

I could put it in a poem
Never done that before
It’s another learning experience
And it’s crept through the door
Maybe that should become
My metaphor
“My learning experience is forever an open door”

Is there really no end to my learning
A voice sprang up in my head
“You’re ensnared forever,” it said