Time Line

Our Time Line is the way we store our memories of the past, the present, and the future. In NLP and Time Line Therapy®, the Time Line is understood as a spatial metaphor that the unconscious mind uses to organize temporal experience. People typically store their past in one direction and their future in another, relative to their body. There are two primary Time Line orientations: In Time (where the person is inside the timeline, often with the past behind and future in front) and Through Time (where the timeline is laid out in front of the person, fully visible).