And according to Fareham’s Vanda Varga, that quote is a fact. “Everyone has the ability to do whatever they want with their mind,” she says.
Having spent most of her career in conductive education – a learning system by which people with neurological and mobility disorders learn to perform actions specifically and consciously – Vanda says that learning and understanding the neurology changed her life.
She is now teaching and helping others change their mindset and outlook by getting back to basics of the brain.
Vanda, from Hungary, explains: “I help you understand how your mind works. I help you figure it out so that you can make him your best friend instead of your worst enemy.
“Neurolinguistic programming (NLP) is all about this – it’s about your mind and how it has the ability to regenerate itself, which is called neuroplasticity. ”
In Hungary, Vanda, 36, studied driver education for several years. She says, “It’s a unique way to work with people with neurological conditions such as cerebral palsy, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis and stroke in childhood and adulthood. Anything that has to do with the brain but has physical manifestations.
“After I graduated I moved to Birmingham and worked at the National Institute of Conductive Education as a rehabilitation specialist called a conductor. I absolutely loved it and learning more about the brain, how it works and how these conditions impact your body and mind.
“What I really liked about driver education is that it doesn’t just focus on the part of the body that’s affected, but it’s very holistic and looks at the whole person. We’re not just focusing on a tremor or your inability to move your arm, but your whole body.
In 2016, Vanda moved to Fareham and started working at Rainbow Center, a charity that supports people with neurological disorders.
“I was in charge of the adult department and I loved it,” she says.
“Then I had back problems which got worse. It was really the turning point in my life when I had to stop and listen to my mind and what it was telling me about my body. All those alarm bells kept ringing.
“I started looking for something that I could transfer my area of expertise to. Then I ran into NLP and it felt like a perfect match.
Three years ago, Vanda started her business as an NLP practitioner, hypnotherapist and personal growth coach.
NLP provides practical methods to change the way you think, view past events, and approach life. So it teaches you that thoughts, feelings and emotions are not things that are or that you have, but things that you do consciously.
By practicing techniques, such as mantras, and addressing subconscious thoughts, you can change neurological pathways and therefore your mind. She says, “I see myself as a tour guide in your mind. We all tend to use brain programs that were set in childhood, so I make sure they are up to date and you have the right strategies for your future.
“What I love about NLP and hypnotherapy is that changes happen very, very quickly. Instead of seeing you for months and months and talking about the negative things that are happening in your life, I see you for a few sessions for a few weeks intensively so that we can implement the changes.
Vanda continues to work with people with neurological disease as well as caregivers and anyone who wants a change of mind. She also offers phobia treatments and has recently helped many clients overcome their fear of needles. Vanda adds, “There are many different ways to help someone with a phobia and it depends on the underlying cause. There is a difference between the vaccine and a needle. We have to find the underlying cause, whether it’s the vaccine itself or where they get the vaccine.
Vanda offers a free initial consultation. For more information, visit vandavarga.co.uk.
What is neurolinguistic programming?
NLP is a pseudoscientific approach to communication and personal development founded by Richard Bandler and John Grinder in California, USA, in 1975.
By the late 1970s, the movement had grown into an industry and provided a global market for NLP. Today, several courses and practitioners teach the basics of NLP.
Bandler and Grinder claim that there is a link between neurological (neuro-) processes, language (linguistics), and behavioral patterns learned through experience (programming). Hence, they stated that these can be changed to achieve specific goals in life.
They claimed that NLP can treat problems such as phobias, depression, tics, psychosomatic illnesses, nearsightedness, allergies, colds, and learning disabilities.
Some NLP techniques focus on satisfaction and not dissatisfaction and emphasize that it is up to the individual to change what he is not satisfied with.
For example, it helps to set positive goals. Think with your glass half full and focus on what you want to have.
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