The Building Blocks of Experience

Listed below is a compilation of some of the most common submodalities. Familiarize yourself with these building blocks of experience; you'll use them when you engage in many of these NLP techniques. Remember, submodalities can be used to enhance, diminish or change your experience.

Visual
Brightness
Contrast
Size
Clarity
Color⁄black & white
Focus
Saturation (vividness)
Framed/panoramic
Hue or color balance
Movement
Shape
Perspective
Location
Associated/dissociated
Distance
3-Dimensional/flat

Auditory
Pitch
Duration
Tempo (speed)
Location
Volume
Distance
Rhythm
External/internal
Continuous/interrupted
Source
Timbre or tonality
Monaural/stereo
Digital (words)
Clarity
Associated/dissociated
Number

Kinesthetic (Sensations)
Pressure
Movement
Location
Duration
Number
Intensity
Texture
Shape
Temperature
Frequency (tempo)