An imagination, visualization and
meditation exercise.
Situate yourself in a quiet and
comfortable chair. If you are at home,
unplug your devices and arrange for uninterrupted time and space from your
family, and if you are at work, inform your colleagues you are unavailable for the
next 15 minutes.
You need to sequester yourself
and detach from the “rat race” to fully develop and charge your positive energy. You want to be in full awareness of the
process to properly concentrate on this exercise. This is a very important step toward
realizing your goal. My suggestion is
you begin each day with this exercise. If
you want the absolute best result, read through the exercise first, then sit down
and DO the exercise.
Begin by closing your eyes and
concentrating on your body. Keep your
eyes focused towards the center of your brow, also referred to as your “mind’s
eye”. Visualize a machine scanning your
entire body from the tips of your toes to the top of your head. Begin to relax your muscles as the scan moves
up your body. Feel the relaxation moving
from your toes, to your feet, ankles, legs and thighs. Slowly continue upwards towards your hips, lower
back, solar plexus, chest and heart. Now
feel your shoulders, neck, throat, and facial muscles relaxing. Feel your sinuses opening and allowing for
deeper breaths. Sense how your heart
rate slows down allowing the tension to slowly melt away from every part of
your body.
Begin to concentrate on your
breath by inhaling and mentally counting to eight. Hold the breath for 3 seconds prior to
exhaling - being careful not to force the hold.
Then release and exhale through your nose and mouth feeling the air
escaping from the back of your throat - - slowly. Mentally count to eight once again as you
exhale. When you feel you have no more air left to breath out, try to sustain
this breathless state for 3 seconds prior to inhaling. Repeat this process two
more times. I want you to become aware
of your breathe. After these 3 deep
breathes, take two quick cleansing breaths.
This will automatically check and release your body from any residual tension.
Continue the process of 3 deep
breaths counting to 8 as you inhale and exhale, holding at the top and bottom
of the breath, and 2 quick cleansing breaths to release residual tension. Do these until you feel your body and mind relaxing.
Now, imagine something you would like
to improve in your life. Choose a small
problem - - we'll tackle the big ones later when you become an expert at this
breathing technique. For now, I want you
to feel successful at this visualization exercise.
This form of breathing is a vital
key to affecting the absolute best results from your imagination exercise. It
will help you build a new and healthy habit
for energizing and developing a positive attitude. It will become part of your problem solving “tool
kit” to be used for all aspects of your life- relationships, financial and
health.
Once you identify the problem you
would like to tackle– you can begin the exercise. It can be anything, such as “I want to resolve
a conflict with my supervisor at work” or “I want to deal with my children more
effectively.” It can even be as simple as “I want to get my errands done
quickly and easily without derailing the rest of my day.”
Picture yourself in a situation where
you are dealing with this particular situation.
Put yourself in the scene. See
the people you are dealing with, the landscape, colors, smells, sensations and
textures; visualize as much detail as you can.
The next step is very
important.
As you picture yourself in the
situation, imagine you are seeing everything through your own eyes. Then, once everything is absolutely clear in
your mind’s eye, switch your point of view.
Now, see yourself as if you were a spectator watching the scene.
See if you can sense yourself
watching the scene from both points of view.
This is what Deepak Chopra talks about when he says to see things as both
the “observer and the observed”. Imagine
you are simultaneously watching everything from both points of view. When you to see the problem in front of you,
how do you feel? What emotions are
coming up for you? Is it fear, anger,
embarrassment, shame, joy, envy, etc?
How does your body feel? Are you tensing up, do you feel blockage from
the flow of your breathe? If so, where
is the block? Is it in your lower back,
your chest, neck or head? Where is
it? Identify where your energy does not flow
freely and then, consciously relax those muscles allowing the chi- (the body’s life force) to pass
through and circulate throughout your body.
If you can feel the flow of your energy changing and your muscles
relaxing, you know you are releasing blockage that may be preventing you from fully
realizing your positive energy. This
blockage could be the result of an OLD trauma which caused pain in your
body. The emotional charge from that
event could still be stored deep within your cellular memory. It is time to
release it now. You do NOT have to carry
it around any longer. Breath in and out,
slowly, and simply let it go.
Now picture the scene where you
are solving the problem at hand. Use
your power of visualization and watch yourself handling things like a pro. You are being effective; dealing with the
difficult situation in an easy and relaxed manner. You feel strong and capable of getting the
job done. The words you chose are
honest, direct and sincere. They come
from the heart, (in an energetic sense,
your heart is your love center,) up to your throat and out your mouth. Act out the entire situation, playing all the
roles yourself, and resolve the problem.
When you have completed the
exercise, slowly open you’re your eyes and take a few more cleansing
breaths. Congratulate yourself on handling
the problem well. Know in your heart and
mind that this is a fait accompli- you have done it, it is done and so it is.
When you slowly open your eyes,
stay seated for a moment before getting up and moving back into your day. I want you to savor the feeling of being a
strong, capable person who has just turned an aggravating situation into a
success. It is very important that you
feel as if you have already achieved your desired result.
Your subconscious mind will
accept whatever you imagine as the
truth. When you imagine you have accomplished something, at a cellular level, you believe
it has happened. You body, physiologically, reacts the same
way whether you are dreaming or awake.
Think of a dream you have had in
the past. Haven't you felt pleasure,
pain, joy, sorrow, and every other emotion just as vividly as in real
life? Of course you have. Your body stores all the emotions you
experience while you are in a dream state or awake. Then, it brings them forth whenever you
identify with people, places and situations that trigger them. Your intelligence, at a cellular level, is always
poised to deliver the appropriate emotional response for any given situation.
However, sometimes you become
confused about which emotion belongs to which experience. When a current situation triggers emotions
from past experiences, you react according to your history, your past. This built in cellular intelligence is actually a “survival mechanism”.
Remember, your cells cannot
distinguish between real and imagined truth, it is all the same physiologically. Therefore, sometimes you behave without
discerning and your “knee jerk” response to any given situation may or may not
be appropriate.
I want you to habitually visualize,
recognize and imagine yourself as the
kind of person who is capable and deserving of great things. The more you practice this visualization exercise, the more you will develop positive energy in your body. Positive energy begets positive results. Always finish your imagination exercise with a feeling of appreciation that you have
the power to succeed in any situation with honor, truth and grace.
Namaste
