Creative Visualization

Good Morning from the Garden Cafe.......What a wonderful day to wake up and begin thinking about positive visualization, or what is sometimes known as creative visualization. You may think this is something which can be achieved only in a state of meditation. But when we use relaxation techniques, we often use visualization in some form as an aid. It's the power of your imagination and the the greater power of the mind. We are not talking about deciding that you really need a new car, visualizing it and creating mind power so that you get it. I am talking about changing negative situations, into something positive, using visualization as a technique. I am talking about positive thinking, It"s nothing weird or odd. Creative Imagery has been used over countless centuries, especially in the East.

Relaxation and being relax is important for the technique to be effective. Let's pretend that you have a cold. Using the technique of creative visualization we imagine our cold as, say an iceberg melting. Slowly but surely, It is reducing in size, until eventually It is nealrly gone. We finish our relaxation time, and get up and go on with your everyday business. So what did you achieve? You would walk away feeling very relaxed and possibly much much better.

The power of the mind can really do anything. We are all capable of making visual Images. Sort of like positive daydreams. You have to feel comfortable and happy about the process when using creative visualization or it won"t work. Just create an image with which you feel comfortable, and use phrases that are positive such as "I am well" "I am able to accomplish this goal" Making positive affirmations or statements to yourself through out the day.....and make sure you are visualizing this image. It"s the repetitiion of a positive phrase that makes an impression upon our imagination, or subconscious and then sets out to carry out the phrase.

Wow It"s pretty cool to really believe that we have the capacity and the power to make things happen just by using your mind....So relax and start daydreaming!