Anchoring

Do you experience a powerful emotions

& sensations that represent how you
feel about family as a whole because
these feelings have been linked with
these people?

An anchor ~ a
sensory
stimuli linked
to a specific
set of states.
Has great power
because they can
instantly access
powerful states.

Types of anchors:
A word or a phrase
A touch
An object
A smell
A song (sound)
A taste

Anchoring:
Stimulus

Response

Where a particular stimulus will elicit

a memory, behaviour or a feeling

Anchoring:
Is a way of giving an experience
permanence
Happens all the time in our lives.
Usually occurs outside our conscious
awareness.

Common situations where

anchoring occurs:
Traffic light turns red, you..
Under stress, you
Involve in an accident, you.
Associate a certain smell of cologne, you think
of...
Associate a certain smell of food, you think of.
Hear a song, you.
You see a photo of, you..

Use specific tone, phrase,

physiology to get laughs
instantly.
How?

They do something to get

you to laugh, while youre
in that specific state they
provide an unique
stimulus (like a certain
smile/facial expression.
They do this constantly
until the state of laughter
is linked with their
expression.

Comedians are
masters of anchoring

Anchoring What can it do for

you?

By using anchoring techniques:

You will be able to harness the emotions
when you need them the most

Visualizing: the key word

You start out by thinking of an emotion you
want to feel at the moment. Then, try to
remember something that usually triggers
that kind of emotion in you.
You want to feel relaxed. Think back to the
time when you were laying by the beach,
drinking your cool drink, enjoying the cool
breeze.

Steps in anchoring
Step 1:

Select an uncommon gesture you

would like to use as your anchor
(twiddle your thumb, pulling your ear,
clasp your hand together, etc).
Something you do not do often.

Steps in anchoring

Step 2:
Close your eyes and try to picture a
particular moment you have gone
through (happy, relaxed, confident,
etc).
Recreate the scenario in your head
(it may take you a few minutes depending on how
used you are to visualisation)

Steps in anchoring
Step 3:
Are you totally associated with the
moment? Enhance your anchors
further.
Brighten that image, feel the wind, hear
the sound, etc.

Steps in anchoring
Step 4:
When your feelings are at its peak / you
are at an intense state, anchor that
emotion with an uncommon gesture
(twiddle your thumb, pulling your ear,
clasp your hand together, etc)

Steps in anchoring
Step 4:
* Whatever gesture you associate with
that feeling is important because that
gesture will be the key to harnessing
the said emotion in future.

Steps in anchoring
Step 5:
Repetition, again and again.
Successful anchoring depends on
precise repetition.

Steps in anchoring
Step 6:
Test it. Once you have calmed down,
try to do the gesture you anchored a
particular feeling with, and see if any
feelings come forth.

Steps in anchoring
Step 6:
* If nothing happens, try to repeat the
visualization process again or change
your anchor.

Anchoring parameters:
i)
ii)
iii)

For an anchor to work, you must

replicate it exactly.
Precise repetition.
Your expectation. If you expect it to
work, it will. If you dont, it might not.