Optimizing Your Use of Visualization

How To Visualize

For visualization to be most effective, you have to start imagining where you are at this point in your life. This should be a fun and relaxing exercise. In fact, this is one way to relax your mind and inspire yourself. The exercise should only evoke feelings of happiness and peace.

So what you really need to do is relax so that you enable yourself to connect with your spirit. It's simply a matter of monitoring your thoughts because both your mind and spirit knows no boundaries. Free yourself from mental chatter and concerns. You simply have to imagine the ultimate outcome of the entire journey. Then you must feel what it's like to be in that winning moment. Assume ownership of that goal and make it yours. Keep doing this until you achieve those dreams.

When it comes to doing the exercises, find a quiet and serene spot. Natural settings make the best place to engage in creative visualization. Breathe deeply so that you can sink deeper into a sea of peace. What is said to help a lot is when you imagine that you're descending a staircase, with each step down taking you to a deeper level of relaxation. You'll sometimes find yourself with a myriad of random thoughts entering your consciousness. Strive hard to clear your head and imagine an empty space. When your thoughts are cleared from clutter, your vibration rises automatically. Now, allow yourself to think about your goal. Make it as exciting as possible, with you as the star of your very own movie. Put yourself in a place where you are being congratulated by many people.

Follow these few simple rules:

• Visualize what you want and include only the positive.
• Visualize living your dreams in the now.
• Use the emotions in you and use all as many senses so that your subconscious believes it is real.
• Make it a habit because the more you visualize, the more you will look forward to it.

The real power to change our lives comes through visualization. Sometimes, this can be a little challenging. Your mind can wander off and think about your other matters. When this happens, you veer away from what you are supposed to do. To help you through the process, you can use pictures to help you visualize. Find pictures that get you hyped up and choose the ones that represent your aspirations. Put yourself in the picture because they are more powerful when you are in it. Make sure you keep a balance of your goals so that you don’t omit other important areas.

It is also important to make affirmations and repeat them to yourself daily. Because you repeat these affirmations often, they almost become a mantra that can be used to calm your mind. Most importantly, prepare yourself for success and assume that it is on its way. If you don’t, you will never be ready when your dreams come true. You must have an unwavering faith that everything is going to go your way because that is what convinces the law of attraction to go into overdrive.

The Benefits of Visualization

Your subconscious mind is an exceptionally potent ally. What you tell yourself to be and how you want things to work can be controlled. All you need to do is learn the power of visualization. Basically, your mind is fully capable of working backwards, working from the end to the means. This is basically an act of working towards your goal even without knowing the steps to be taken. If you "program" only the desired outcome successfully within your "mental computer," then your subconscious takes over and helps you find the information and means to carry out the actions necessary to achieve the things that you want. This is perhaps the best mental training technique available to people nowadays.

Many people are now familiarizing themselves with affirmations and goal-setting as ways to attain objectives. They are harnessing all their energy into giving instructions to their subconscious mind. In a way, affirmation and visualization are very much the same. When you speak or think about an affirmation, it triggers a mental image of your goals and dreams.

Visualization enables you to plant goals into your subconscious mind. The process of imagining yourself going through the motions of a complex performance activates brain areas to enhance and further your skills. Brain scans reveal a firm neurological basis. Scientists were able to use the Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scans as basis for their theory. The results revealed that the mental rehearsal of an action activates the prefrontal lobe of the brain. This area was responsible for the formulation of the appropriate motor programs. This basically means that you can benefit when you use mental imagery.

Scientists have been able to establish the mind and body link. There’s also direct evidence in the way emotional stress can contribute to physical illnesses and difficulties. What people don’t realize is that the mind greatly influences the body and the circumstances outside it.

You could even use this technique in the middle of an exercise. When you want to lose all unwanted fat, all you need to do is imagine the burning process taking place. See the unwanted bulges melt away as you remove it from the areas in your body that you want smaller. You don’t need to be a scientist to know this. In fact, research enables you to create a picture on the entire process. For a fully successful workout, imagine the muscles building up and taking its place where the fat once occupied.

Even if you were not as educated with the internal structure and workings of the body, you could still use this method. The important thing to know here is that your body responds to mental imagery. It does not take heed of inaccuracies. What is more important is the process you want to happen. In field of hypnosis, the subconscious mind responds well to metaphor better than literal suggestions. Facts and logic belong to the conscious mind, while emotion and metaphor slips into the subconscious domain. If you frequently visualize what you want and set a schedule for the exercise, the mental images will be accepted by the subconscious. Then, your mind commands the will of the universe. This helps a lot with modifying and improving habits, behavior, and performance.