NLP Variables - A Complete List Of Kinesthetic Sub-Modalities

When you learn NLP, authors and readers often speak of a primary representational system. Many NLP novices mistakenly label people with a representational system. "Oh, he's auditory." "Oh, she's kinesthetic." Don't make this mistake. Keep your sensory channels open and notice people's shifts in representational system from moment to moment and state to state.
Today, we'll talk about sub-modalities of the kinesthetic representational system.

In NLP, we consider sub-modalities to be the particular characteristics or qualities of a specific representational system. For instance, kinesthetic sub-modalities include temperature, texture, weight, pressure and balance.

I find it harder to identify a useful analogy for manipulating kinesthetic sub-modalities. For visual sub-modalities, you can compare it to manipulating the image on your television or DVD player. For auditory sub-modalities, you can compare it to playing with the sound on your stereo. For kinesthetic, it's not that simple or obvious, because kinesthetics tend to be very associated.

To find a useful analogy, you might have to imagine several experiences. For instance, being under the shower and turning water temperature up or down. Or, to understand kinesthetic rhythm, imagine being in a loud disco and feeling the techno beat in your chest.

So, what are some of the kinesthetic sub-modalities that you can adjust to change your reaction to the feelings you hallucinate?

1. Temperature (Hot vs. cold)

2. Texture (rough vs. smooth)

3. Vibration

4. Pressure

5. Weight (Heavy vs. light)

6. Location

7. Rhythm

8. Steady or intermittent

9. Facial expression

10. Body position

11. Eye positions

12. Gestures

13. Mass - how big is it?

14. intensity

15. density

16. movement (motion, spinning in which direction)

17. balance

18. Strong or Weak

19. Constant or Intermittent

20. Shape of sensation

Now, to the most important part of the article (and of NLP practice). Print out this list and find a buddy to play with. Now, close your eyes and feel a neutral sensation in your mind. You might hallucinate someone pulling lightly on your arm, a handshake, or lying on the sand of a sunny beach.

Then, ask your buddy to guide you into transforming that sensation. They should simply say: "now, make the feeling heavier." Then: "now, bring it back to normal weight." And then move on to the next item.

Practice and please post your comments and questions on the blog to stimulate one another.

Remember to always refer to this article and the previous two whenever you need to work with visual, auditory or kinesthetic sub-modalities.

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