Using Your Modalities and Submodalities Everything you
experience is as a result of information that you take in
through your senses – visual (what you see), auditory (what you
hear), kinaesthetic (touch and feelings), olfactory (smell), and
gustatory (taste). These are known as modalities. Each modality
has its own level of fine-tuning known as submodalities. For
example, a picture can be bright or dull, black and white, or in
colour; a sound can be loud or soft and so on. Because
submodalities are the basic building blocks of your experiences,
they’re crucial tools in managing your mind and your emotions.
You may find it useful to keep notes on how you can use
submodalities to enhance the good areas in your life or change
what isn’t working. This can be done by assessing the
submodalities in negative memories you have and appreciating the
qualities of that memory. Being able to associate into and
dissociate out of a memory gives you the power and control to
understand the intensity behind any feelings you h