- You can use resource anchoring to change a state and is useful when:
- Taking a test
- Giving a presentation
- Having a difficult meeting
- Dealing with stressful situations
- Public speaking
- Making a difficult decision
- To use resource anchoring you need to:
- Elicit a resource state.
- State Elicitation: Mental
- Model the state:
When trying to change someone else's state, the first step is to go into that state yourself.
- Bring back a memory:
Ask the person to associate to a time when they were in the state you want them to be in now.
- Tell a story:
Tell the person a story in such a way that they associate with one of the characters and so feel those emotions.
- State Elicitation: Physical
- Change physiology:
Move their body into a more resourceful state. You can also have them act "as if" they were in that state already.
- Calibrate the state.
- Once you have elicited a state, you need to know what it looks and sounds like in sensory specific terms. You calibrate the state so you can recognize it again. Pay attention to:
- Voice tone and volume
- Posture
- Facial color
- Eye accessing cues and pupil dilation
- Muscle tension in the face and forehead
- Angle of the head
- Balance and weight on the floor or chair
- Lower lip size (the lower lip may expand wen blood goes to the face)
- Breathing pattern
- Anchor the state.
- You can anchor a resourceful state visually, auditorily or kinesthetically. When you anchor, pay attention to:
- The intensity of the state. The stronger the state, the more effective the anchor.
- The purity of the state. Aim to get the state as pure as possible. You can mix states later.
- Then set the anchor:
- The anchor should be both unique and repeatable. It should be distinguished from the everyday environment, but easy to repeat exactly.
- The anchor should be well timed. It should be set just before the peak of the state. If you wait until the peak, you may anchor a decline in the state.
- The anchor should be appropriate to the situation. Either it should fit into the context where it is needed or it should be discreet.
- Test the anchor.
- Always test the anchor you set. Ask the person what they feel and check their physiology from your previous calibration. You may need to anchor again or repeat the same anchor a number of times.
- When a person uses an anchor about 20 times, it will be dependable. Anchors that are not reinforced soon fade
- Future pace so the anchor is used in the appropriate context.
- Ask the person to imagine the situation where they want to use the resource anchor and to imagine using the anchor. Take them through this sequence several times.
- Ask them to set a reminder to use the anchor, for example, standing up to speak, opening a door or the sight of another person.
