Image Visualization
Image visualization is telling yourself a story and "seeing" the images in your mind's eye.
An attorney in Los Angeles uses image visualization once in a while during the first few minutes of her lunch break. She closes the door to her office, takes off her shoes, and sits on the floor with her back against a wall. She closes her eyes and takes a few deep breaths. Then she imagines...
...that she is standing at the edge of a meadow that is filled with golden wildflowers. The sun is shining and the air is a very pleasant temperature. On the far side of the meadow is a hill. She imagines herself slowly walking across the meadow toward the hill on a path that has been worn down by previous walks through the flowers.
When she reaches the hill, she begins to walk on a gently winding path toward the top. As she walks she hears the sounds of birds and a nearby stream. Along the side of the path she sees bushes, small trees, a few flowers, and a few stones. Finally, she reaches the top of the hill, where there is a lovely stand of tall trees.
There's a clearing in the trees, and at one side of the clearing there's a fallen log. She sits on the log and enjoys the warm sun filtering through the branches of the tall trees. She closes her eyes and rests. After a few minutes, it's time to return, so she opens her eyes, rises, and walks across the clearing to a very large, smooth, white boulder. She looks on the top of the boulder and there's a private message written just for her. She reads the message and then begins to walk down the path to the meadow, still hearing the sounds of the birds and the stream, and still feeling the warm sun. Eventually she reaches the meadow, retraces her path through the golden flowers, and then...
...she opens her eyes and embarks on the rest of her work day.
