Do You Struggle With Visualization?
Do You Struggle With VisualizationI have a lot of people who say that they can't see pictures in their mind, they just struggle with their imagination! So how can they practise visualization to achieve what they want? Ok let's look at that.
I talk all the time of visualization, I find great power in it, but I am a very visual creative person, my imagination could do with some taming at times! So I forget that some people just are not this way, and they find it hard. This got me thinking a lot, because I cannot imagine what it is like not to be able to do this. To be able to see clearly in our mind what it is that we want to create, is half the battle, if we can see it, we can feel it and we can then know what action we need to take to get it going. So what do we do if visualization is difficult for us?
Ok So What You Can Do Is As Follows..
Think about what it is that you want, be very clear in your mind about this. Say out loud what it is that you want, say it several times - now - describe the details.
Now write that down as if you are writing a story about something that is happening to you right now, as if you are telling someone else. Read this story to your self out loud, this is your story! If you can - record your self reading this story and play it back to yourself often.Now call up your best friend and tell them that you have something you want to share with them.
Explain that you don't want them to say anything until you have finished, read them your story, ask them to help you with it, get excited - how does it feel?
Feeling - is the secret, once you get excited, your idea will grow and you will start to imagine the pictures. Your friend may come up with more exciting details - share and feel it grow.
Make A Vision Board.
Next gather pictures to express this story of yours - maybe ask your friend to help you. When you have achieved whatever it is you want, how will things change for you? What will it bring into your life? Gather the pictures. Paste these pictures on a board and place it somewhere that is always in view for you. Sit back and relax, study the pictures, and listen to your recording, you are affirming in your mind that this is what you want. Every now and then, close your eyes and imagine the pictures on the board - you are now visualizing - stay with it, let it grow and tune into your feelings.
Read or listen to your story often, and keep looking at that board, you will soon be visualizing perfectly.
I talk all the time of visualization, I find great power in it, but I am a very visual creative person, my imagination could do with some taming at times! So I forget that some people just are not this way, and they find it hard. This got me thinking a lot, because I cannot imagine what it is like not to be able to do this. To be able to see clearly in our mind what it is that we want to create, is half the battle, if we can see it, we can feel it and we can then know what action we need to take to get it going. So what do we do if visualization is difficult for us?
Ok So What You Can Do Is As Follows..
Think about what it is that you want, be very clear in your mind about this. Say out loud what it is that you want, say it several times - now - describe the details.
Now write that down as if you are writing a story about something that is happening to you right now, as if you are telling someone else. Read this story to your self out loud, this is your story! If you can - record your self reading this story and play it back to yourself often.Now call up your best friend and tell them that you have something you want to share with them.
Explain that you don't want them to say anything until you have finished, read them your story, ask them to help you with it, get excited - how does it feel?
Feeling - is the secret, once you get excited, your idea will grow and you will start to imagine the pictures. Your friend may come up with more exciting details - share and feel it grow.
Make A Vision Board.
Next gather pictures to express this story of yours - maybe ask your friend to help you. When you have achieved whatever it is you want, how will things change for you? What will it bring into your life? Gather the pictures. Paste these pictures on a board and place it somewhere that is always in view for you. Sit back and relax, study the pictures, and listen to your recording, you are affirming in your mind that this is what you want. Every now and then, close your eyes and imagine the pictures on the board - you are now visualizing - stay with it, let it grow and tune into your feelings.
Read or listen to your story often, and keep looking at that board, you will soon be visualizing perfectly.
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