12 states of attention: presentation description

i'm excited! my presentation on the 12 states of attention at the september austin NLP meetup has been announced. here's the description (and you can click the title of this post to go to the austin NLP meetup site with directions):

May I Have Your Attention, Please?

Thanks, and now that I have it, that will be the topic of the September meetup!

If as the Hawaiian shamans say, energy flows where attention goes, we
can polish our energetic pipelines by attending to attention. An NLP
cornerstone is that we pay attention primarily through our visual,
auditory, and kinesthetic (VAK) senses. Additional distinctions refine
each of these senses, giving us 12 states of attention.

Join me for an interactive presentation on the 12 states of attention,
based on the work of NLP practitioner and therapist Nelson Zink, author
of The Structure of Delight and creator of the website navaching.com.

In an engaging and playful way, we will:

• learn what the 12 states of attention are
• practice each state
• practice shifting from state to state
• practice combining states
• notice which states are most powerful for us
• share our experiences using this new framework

We will explore both consensual and individual realities, and we will
learn which states are most likely to accompany happiness. We can learn
ways to get unstuck from unpleasant states and experiment with these
new “mind toys” so that we never need to be bored or depressed again.
Learning the 12 states of attention will increase your choices and
enrich your life.

Mary Ann Reynolds is an Austin NLP practitioner, having studied both
NLP and evolutionary NLP through Best Resources/Texas Institute of NLP.
Her varied education — degrees from the University of Oklahoma, and UT
Austin and certifications in technical writing, InterPlay leadership,
and NLP — contributes to her work as a publisher, editor, and writer
and to her sense of adventure and playfulness. Mary Ann is a long-time
practitioner of yoga, and she counts Spirit, health, and personal
transformation among her abiding interests.

Tuesday September 23, 2008
7 - 9:30PM
The Unity Center
$10 suggested donation