EXPERIENCE THE POWER OF GUIDED IMAGERY

Guided Imagery is a guided meditation that uses the mind's ability to imagine sights, sounds, smells or movements to induce specific physical reactions in the body or to encourage changes in a persons emotional outlook. All of us are complex creatures of intellect, emotion, feelings, and actions. To function effectively as human beings we need to understand and utilize all aspects of ourselves. The intent of guided imagery is to allow unresolved anger, conflict, and fear, which may be deeply buried in the unconscious, to emerge into the light of conscious awareness. Once seen clearly, these issues can be easily understood and related to more appropriately. This kind of imagery has been successfully used for controlling pain, to increase social understanding, symptom removal, personal growth, stress reduction, relieving the emotional trauma of war, abuse, and mental dis-ease; overcoming phobias, writer's block, and for controlling habits such as addictions; or creating positive ones such as mindful cognition. There are many names for this process: visualization, mental imagery, guided affective imagery, active imagination, and interactive guided imagery. Pioneers in this field, such as Bernie Siegel, MD, and Carl Simonton, MD, both oncologists and bestselling authors, have been successfully utilizing guided imagery for over 20 years in the treatment of cancer. Guided Imagery has become increasingly more popular as a therapy for bodymind dis-orders as it is non invasive and there is no judgement, which allows for an acceptance of reality.