Teens Doing Spin!
Elia’s inspiring spin story… She used to hate Science class and now she likes it!
Note: The following story was written by Elia Gonzales, who is 13 years old and in the 8th grade. Here is her story written in her own words…
This is my first experience with dynamic spin release. I used to hate science and I always got bad scores, but then I decided to try this new spinning activity with my dad.
What the Spin does is it takes the bad feelings away in my case it was science class– and then you take the bad feeling out of your body so you feel all better about it. This is what you do, when you have the bad feeling you have to find out where it is coming from inside your body, then you take it out of yourself and figure out how it spins.
Then you spin it in the opposite way until you blow it up and a vacuum comes and takes it all away. Then you see a gift in the place where the bad feelings were, and in my case I saw an iPhone. After that you send it out to the universe for a gift, and then it comes back with another gift and in my case I got a white cloth.
My dad asked me what does white represents for me, for me white represents cleanness and the iPhone represents communication. Then my dad told me that probably what I need to do is to talk more with my teacher.
After that I got a lot of emotions and I released them with some tears, and that made me feet better, relaxed and relieved.
The next day I woke up early and went to my science class, and for the first time in several months I started listening to what the teacher was saying and I realized that I like the subject of science I just didn’t like the way the teacher teaches it. From that day on I listened more to my teacher and I got better scores in science.
By the way I also got the real iPhone three weeks later!
Until Next Time,
Elia Gonzalez
What are these gifts Elia received and where do they come from?
A brief commentary by Kris Hallbom
When doing Dynamic Spin Release™, one of the several techniques that we have developed is to have the person identify an unpleasant feeling, image, or voice and place it several feet outside of them in the form of a 3-dimensional holographic image. In Elia’s case, it was an unpleasant feeling that had to do with her science class. (1)
We then ask the person which way is the image turning. Whenever we ask someone this, they almost always say clockwise or counterclockwise. Rarely does anyone say that the image has “no spin” to it all.
We then ask the person to spin the image in the opposite direction of how they originally saw the image, and to spin the image so fast and hard that it explodes and disappears back into the universe. It’s as if a big giant vacuum comes in and sucks it up. And then a special “gift” will appear inside of the newly created empty space. The gift often serves as a powerful healing resource for the person doing the spinning, and has profound meaning for them. In Elia’s case, the gifts were an iPhone and a white cloth. Once the person gets the gift, we then have them bring the healing essence of it back into their heart or somewhere in their body. (2)
What are these gifts and where do they come from? In NLP terms they might be understood as coming from the unconscious mind of the client, and from a Jungian psychology perspective; they might be understood as metaphorical archetypes. Carl Jung put forward the idea of a Collective Unconscious to which all humans have access. He described this Collective Unconscious as a vast reservoir of archetypical images formed throughout the history and development of mankind. (3)
Although these archetypal images are common to humanity, the significance of a particular archetype to the individual person is specific: thus, the archetype can often appear as a healing symbol or metaphor such as a flower, a shining star, or a golden pathway– which is exactly what the person needs at that moment in their life. So now we ask people to look for these metaphorical archetypes as an intrinsic part of the Dynamic Spin Release™ process. (4) (5)
Over time, we have noticed a pattern to the types of metaphorical gifts the person’s receive, the color of the gifts, the shape of the gifts and the overall quality of the gifts. Usually the gift appears to be some kind of an archetypical metaphor that has special meaning to the client such as a diamond, a treasure box or a rose. So now we ask people to look for these metaphorical gifts as an intrinsic part of the process.
We have developed several new techniques and/or variations of the aforementioned process. We’ve been having a lot of fun with this, and people seem to love doing it, especially teenagers!
References- Dynamic Spin Release and the Metaphors of Your Mind by Kris Hallbom, NLP California (Burlingame, CA 2008)
- Introduction to Dynamic Spin Release™ DVD with Tim and Kris Hallbom (Smartdreamers productions, London, England, 2009)
- The Archetypes and The Collective Unconscious by Carl Jung. (Collected Works of C.G. Jung Vol.9 Part 1)
- A Primer of Jungian Psychology by Calvin S. Hall and Vernon J. Nordby
- Man and His Symbols by Carl Jung
Kristine Hallbom is the co-founder of the NLP Institute of California and is a principle author and developer of Dynamic Spin Release™ and the WealthyMind™ program. Recognized for her ability to translate complex ideas into practical skills, and for her warm, approachable style, Kris has trained and coached clients throughout Europe, South America, Australia, Canada and the United States. She is a long time trainer and student of NLP and Systems Thinking, and holds a degree in Psychology and Languages.
© 2010 Kris Hallbom
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