How to Identify and Clear Energy Blocks with NLP

You know the feeling. You sit down to make that sales call, but your body tenses up. You’re about to ask for the raise you deserve, but the words won’t come. You have a brilliant idea for your business, but you can’t seem to take action.

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It’s not laziness. It’s not a lack of skill. It’s what many call an “energy block,” an invisible barrier between where you are and where you want to be.

But here’s the problem with most advice about energy blocks: it’s either too woo-woo (crystals and chakras with no practical application) or too vague (“just think positive!”). Neither helps you actually identify what’s blocking you or gives you a concrete process to clear it.

This is where NLP offers something different: specific, testable techniques to identify the unconscious patterns creating your blocks and practical methods to clear them.

In this article, you’ll learn exactly what energy blocks are from an NLP perspective, how to identify them in yourself, and three proven NLP techniques to clear them, no crystals required.

What Are Energy Blocks? (The NLP Perspective)

Let’s get clear on what we’re actually talking about.

In NLP, we don’t use mystical explanations. An “energy block” is simply an unconscious pattern that prevents you from taking action toward a goal.

The Mechanism Behind Blocks

Here’s what’s happening in your brain:

• Limiting belief formation: At some point (often in childhood or during a failure), you formed a belief: “I’m not good enough,” “Money is hard to get,” “People will reject me.”
• Emotional anchoring: This belief became linked to a strong negative emotion (fear, shame, anxiety).
• Pattern generalization: Your unconscious mind generalized this belief to protect you. Now, anytime you approach a similar situation, it triggers the same emotional response.
• Avoidance behavior: The negative emotion is so uncomfortable that you unconsciously sabotage yourself, procrastinate, self-doubt, “freeze up,” or take half-hearted action.

This is the “block.” It’s not mystical energy; it’s a neurological pattern your brain created to keep you safe, but now it’s keeping you stuck.

Common Manifestations of Energy Blocks

You might have an energy block if you:

• Procrastinate on important tasks while easily completing trivial ones
• Feel physical tension or discomfort when thinking about a goal (tight chest, knot in stomach)
• Self-sabotage right when you’re about to succeed
• Avoid situations you know would help you grow (networking, visibility, asking for sales)
• Experience sudden fatigue or brain fog when approaching certain tasks
• Hear negative self-talk (“Who am I to do this?” “This won’t work anyway”)

If this sounds familiar, you’re dealing with unconscious patterns and NLP has tools to identify and clear them.

How to Identify Your Specific Energy Blocks

Before you can clear a block, you need to identify it. Here’s the NLP process.

Step 1: Notice the Pattern

Ask yourself: What goal am I struggling to achieve despite knowing it’s important?

Examples:

• Scaling your business past $10k/month
• Asking for high-ticket sales
• Putting yourself on camera or the stage
• Delegating to your team
• Dating after a painful breakup

Step 2: Track the Trigger

Ask: When do I feel blocked? What specifically triggers the resistance?

Get granular. It’s not just “when I think about my business.” It’s “when I open my laptop to write the sales email” or “when I see the phone number of the prospect I need to call.”

Step 3: Feel the Physical Response

Energy blocks aren’t just mental; they have physical components.

Ask: What do I feel in my body when I think about this action?

Common responses:

• Tightness in the chest or throat
• Knot in the stomach
• Tension in the shoulders
• Sudden fatigue
• Shallow breathing

This physical sensation is your unconscious mind’s alarm system saying, “Danger! Don’t do this!”

Step 4: Listen to the Negative Self-Talk

Ask: What am I telling myself about this situation?

Write down the exact phrases:

• “I’m not ready yet.”
• “People will think I’m a fraud.”
• “I’ll probably fail anyway.”
• “I don’t deserve this.”

These are limiting beliefs, the core of your energy block.

Step 5: Identify the Root Event (Optional but Powerful)

Ask: When did I first feel this way? What past event does this remind me of?

Often, your current block is linked to a past trauma:

• A childhood criticism
• A public failure
• A rejection or betrayal
• A financial loss

Three NLP Techniques to Clear Energy Blocks

Now for the practical part: how to actually clear these blocks using NLP.

Technique 1: The Reframe Pattern

Best for: Limiting beliefs and negative self-talk

How it works: You consciously challenge and replace the limiting belief with a more empowering one.

The Process:

• Identify the limiting belief (from Step 4 above). Example: “I’m not experienced enough to charge premium prices.”
• Find the counter-evidence. Ask: “What evidence do I have that contradicts this belief?”
  • “I’ve successfully delivered results for 15 clients.”
  • “John charges $5k with less experience than me.”
  • “My expertise is valuable regardless of years in business.”
• Create the reframe. Replace the limiting belief with an empowering alternative:
  • Old: “I’m not experienced enough.”
  • New: “My results speak for themselves. I provide exceptional value.”
• Anchor the new belief. Repeat the new belief while in a powerful physical state (standing tall, shoulders back, breathing deeply). The combination of language and physiology creates a new neurological pattern.
• Test it. Imagine the situation that used to trigger the block. Notice if the resistance has decreased.

Toronto example: I worked with a Toronto consultant who believed “Toronto clients won’t pay what I’m worth.” We reframed it to “Toronto has thousands of businesses that value premium expertise.” Within 3 weeks, she signed her first $15k contract.

Technique 2: The Swish Pattern

Best for: Breaking automatic negative reactions and building new empowered responses

How it works: You “swish” your brain from the blocked state to an empowered state, creating a new automatic pattern.

The Process:

• Create the “blocked” image. Close your eyes and visualize what you see/feel right before you experience the block. Make it vivid, see what you see, feel what you feel. Notice where it is in your visual field and how big it is.
• Create the “empowered” image. Now visualize yourself having already overcome this block. How do you stand? How do you feel? What’s your energy like? See yourself confident, capable, taking action effortlessly. Make this image bright, colorful, and compelling.
• The Swish. Start with the blocked image, big and bright in your mind. Place the empowered image small and dark in the corner. Then, in a fraction of a second, SWISH makes the empowered image explode to full size, bright and vivid, while the blocked image shrinks to a tiny dot and disappears. Say “Whoooosh!” as you do it.
• Blank your mind. Open your eyes, look around, clear your mental screen.
• Repeat 5-7 times. Each time, start with the blocked image, then SWISH to the empowered image, getting faster each time.
• Test. Try to bring back the blocked feeling. If you’ve done it correctly, your brain will automatically jump to the empowered state instead.

What makes it work: Your brain follows patterns of association. You’re literally rewiring the neural pathway from “trigger → block” to “trigger → empowerment.”

Technique 3: Parts Integration

Best for: Internal conflict (“Part of me wants this, but part of me is afraid”)

How it works: You identify the two conflicting parts of yourself and help them work together instead of against each other.

The Process:

• Identify the conflict. What two parts are at war?
  • Example: “Part of me wants to scale my business” vs. “Part of me is afraid of losing control.”
• Give each part a hand. Extend both hands in front of you. Put the “ambitious part” in your right hand and the “protective part” in your left.
• Interview each part. Ask each part: “What is your positive intention for me?”
  • Ambitious part: “I want you to be successful and fulfilled.”
  • Protective part: “I want you to be safe and not overwhelmed.”
• Notice the common ground. Both parts want something good for you. They’re not enemies, they just have different strategies.
• Bring your hands together. Slowly bring your hands together, imagining the two parts merging into one integrated part that honors both intentions: “I can scale my business safely and sustainably.”
• Bring it to your heart. Once your hands touch, bring them to your chest, integrating this new unified part into your identity.

Why it works: Most blocks aren’t about “good vs. bad,” they’re about two legitimate needs in conflict. Integration resolves the internal war.

When to Use NLP vs. Professional Therapy

Let’s be honest about boundaries.

Use NLP energy-clearing techniques when:

• You’re high-functioning but hitting performance plateaus
• You have specific limiting beliefs about money, success, or visibility
• You experience procrastination or self-sabotage on business goals
• You want a rapid, targeted pattern change

Seek licensed therapy when:

• You have diagnosed mental health conditions (depression, anxiety disorders, PTSD)
• Your blocks stem from severe trauma (abuse, major loss)
• You experience suicidal thoughts or severe emotional distress
• Your symptoms interfere with daily functioning

Energy Block Clearing in Toronto: Next Steps

If you’re in Toronto and ready to clear the blocks holding you back, you have options.

DIY Approach

Use the three techniques above on your own:

• Reframing beliefs
• Swish Pattern for automatic reactions
• Parts Integration for internal conflict

These work, especially for surface-level blocks.

Work with an NLP Coach

For deeper patterns or faster results, work with a certified NLP practitioner. In Toronto, NLP coaching typically costs $200-$400/session.

Look for:

• NLP Master Practitioner certification
• Specific experience with energy blocks and performance coaching
• Clear boundaries (refer clinical cases to therapists)

At Unleash Your Power, we specialize in helping Toronto entrepreneurs and professionals identify and clear the unconscious blocks limiting their business growth. We use these exact techniques plus advanced NLP processes to create breakthroughs in 1-3 sessions.

Ready to break through? Book a free consultation to identify your specific blocks and create a clearing strategy.

Conclusion: You’re Not Broken, You’re Just Blocked

Here’s what I want you to remember: having energy blocks doesn’t mean you’re broken, weak, or inadequate. It means you’re human.

Your brain created these blocks to protect you. They served a purpose at one time. But now they’re keeping you stuck, and it’s time to clear them.

NLP gives you practical, testable techniques to do exactly that:

• Reframing to challenge limiting beliefs
• Swish Pattern to rewire automatic reactions
• Parts Integration to resolve internal conflict

These aren’t mystical rituals. They’re neurological pattern interrupts based on how your brain actually works.

Can you do this on your own? For many blocks, yes. For deeper patterns, working with a skilled practitioner accelerates the process dramatically.

The question isn’t “Do I have blocks?” (Everyone does.) The question is: “Am I ready to clear them?”

If the answer is yes, you now know exactly how to start.

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