Get visual

Get visual

Since 'The Secret' was released, visualisation has become an acknowledged tool to retrain your subconscious and attract the things you want into your life. 

Some people, who are naturally more visually inclined and/or have a vivid imagination find it very easy to do, others find it more challenging. With the explosion of the lets call it 'Law of Attraction market', several tools are available like vision boards, mind movies, guided meditations on CD or DVD. 

Those all have their value, and I use many of those myself. Vision boards and mind movies are fun creating, but once that's done they are made, whilst still being worthwhile and valuable, using them you are consuming rather than creating. 

Set some time to actively visualize at least a couple of times a week. I find it gets me into a totally different state and space than following a guided meditation. As well as getting to customize what you are seeing, you are training your brain more and more conscious of your feelings.
Movies and audios are great way to rewire and train your subconscious after a day's work or when you feel you don't have the energy to actively visualize. I find them a quick and easy way to wind down and get inspired.
I use them like vitamin supplement: a great way to make sure you get all the nutrients needed, especially during stressful times, but rather an addition than a replacement of a healthy and balanced diet.

The most effective visualisations are the ones where you use all of your senses, not only vision.
When you picture yourself on a beach, for example, as well as seeing the scene, imagine smelling and tasting the salty air, hearing the waves crash and seagulls calling and feel the wind on your skin, the sand between your toes and the refreshing water reaching up to your ankles. And add feeling. Feel the joy, peacefulness and sense of freedom you get from watching the sea.

If you are one of those finding visualizing challenging, don't worry, it is a skill that you can develop and practice. We all have memories of the way things taste, look or smell. Here are some exercises:
try to:
-see the face of a loved one, the house you grew up in, a red car, a blue square
-hear the sound of an engine, your favourite song, someone whistling
-feel the soft fur of a dog or a cat, a rough stone, a smooth glass surface
-smell fire, coffee, freshly cut grass
-taste chocolate, salty fries, strawberries

After a while all of this will become easier, and you will be ready to create your own little visuals, fantasies, daydreams that include all of your senses. Create the life you dream of. For example, see yourself walking up yo the front door of  your ideal house, feel yourself searching for your key and inserting it into the lock, hear the key turning and the door opening, smell the fresh paint and the coffee your partner has made expecting you, see yourself walking up to them and embracing them, feel the warmth of the other body, smell the skin and feel the love and appreciation towards that person, taste the coffee you're drinking together.
As Albert Einstein said: 'Your imagination is your preview of life's coming attractions.' So use your imagination and visualize your very own desired reality!

You can visualize to create your preferred reality or to train your brain and subconscious, for example to be more focused or feeling more secure.

 Visualisation is not just a LOA tool but has been widely used in psychology and psychotherapy for years.
I recently rediscovered a book I have read years ago by Piero Ferucci called 'What we may be'. It was written in 1982 on the subject of self-realization using psychosynthesis.  Psychosynthesis is an approach to psychology developed by an Italian Psychotherapist called Roberto Assagioli that is one of the forerunners to humanistic and transpersonal psychology. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychosynthesis
In 'What we may be' Ferucci features many beautiful visualisations designed to help you become the best you may be.

One exercise I like that helps to increase the ability to focus is this one:

The arrow
Imagine you are holding a bow and arrow in your hands. Feel your feet stand firmly on the ground. Hold the bow with one hand and feel the tip of the arrow on the bow's side with the other hand. Experience the stretching of your arm muscles  while you are tautening the bow. See the target clearly before you; observe the tip of the arrow aiming directly at the target.
Now the arrow is stretched to the maximum: the arrow is perfectly aligned.  Feel the energy that is in this absolutely static position. All you have to do is let go of the arrow to unleash the energy that will carry it to the target. Notice how this letting go is setting free all of this dynamic power.
Now you have shot the arrow. Follow its flight and feel its absolutely straight direction. For the arrow, only the target exists, nothing else.No doubts, no distractions, no detours. The arrow flies towards its aim in an absolutely perfect way and hits exactly in the centre - shivering and vibrating it stays sticking in its target.
Feel free to shoot calmly and relaxed several more arrows towards your target and experience yourself being in that totally concentrated, focused power.



Do you have any favourite visualisation techniques?

Feel free to share and comment!

Love, Light and Happiness,

Anya