| zing is not always easy. It can be hard to make a | | | | goal, makes it more real. |
| vision of things that haven't yet happened, and | | | | To understand this you must think about WHY |
| even if that part comes easily, it's not always | | | | people visualize. It's not about imagining your |
| enough. Many trainers in personal development | | | | future, it’s about being emotionally tied into |
| agree that it's important that your visualizations | | | | your goal, it's about creating your own desired |
| feel real to you. But they don't always show you | | | | outcome through focus and attraction. Visualizing |
| how. So often after one or two sessions of | | | | is all about creating emotion, that feeling of |
| trying to pin down this picture or vision of the | | | | attachment, exhilaration and excitement for your |
| future people give up in frustration. | | | | goal. So what stirs your emotions? What makes |
| The problem mostly stems from the language. | | | | things you imagine feel real? |
| Not everyone can think in pictures, yet the word | | | | Once you've uncovered what makes you feel |
| visualization implies doing just this. A mental | | | | emotion toward a goal, start practicing |
| picture simply won't ever feel real to these | | | | experiencing you goal that way. If it's through |
| people. These people simply won't ever be able to | | | | sound, you can think about the sound of knives |
| visualize. | | | | scraping plates at a lovely restaurant, of waves |
| Obviously this usual way of visualization does | | | | hitting the beach, of a great conversation you |
| work for many, but we need to broaden the way | | | | might have with your partnee. It might be through |
| we think of visualization so that it can assist | | | | smell, think of the smells in a brand new car, of |
| everyone. | | | | the salt water at the beach, of the flowers |
| To begin you have to change your view of | | | | outside a vacation home. Touch may be your |
| visualization. Simply put, you may need to change | | | | trigger, it's definitely mine. How does the air feel |
| that word to something that does fit with the | | | | around you? How warm is the new bed in your |
| way you think. I like to think of the broad | | | | gorgeous new home? Can you feel the gas pedal |
| concept as Experiencing. If I think on my future | | | | resist your foot in the new car? |
| and goals images rarely come to mind, but I still | | | | If you start out by imagining the atmosphere |
| experience what my future might be like using | | | | your goals will give you (touch, sound and smell) |
| other forms of perception. I think of the | | | | images will often start to pop into your mind . |
| atmosphere I will have around me instead of the | | | | Even though you don't need them, often your |
| picture of my goal. If I want to travel to Hawaii I | | | | mind fills in the blanks to create the full |
| will conjure up the feeling of hot sun on my skin, | | | | experience. After experiencing your goals this |
| a smell of flowers in the air, etc. If I have a goal | | | | way you will emerge happy, calm and looking |
| to buy a brand new car I focus on how the | | | | forward to acheiving your goals. You will blast |
| leather will feel on my arms, how nice that new | | | | through obstacles as you really know what is on |
| car smell is. Sometimes a bunch of images will pop | | | | the other sie. And you will find that you attract |
| up in my mind,but recreating an atmosphere | | | | these experiences to you faster than you ever |
| makes me more connected emotionally to my | | | | thought possible. |