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Audio Scripts for Imagery

In preparation for a relaxation or imagery exercise, make sure you have a quiet, private place for at least 25 uninterrupted minutes. You want a place where you can close your eyes, relax, and immerse ... Read more... »

Wellness Imagery Script

Hi and welcome. One of the ways that we can use imagery is to help us envision ways that we would like to be. We can imagine how we would most like to be -- ... Read more... »

Your First Imagery Script

Hi and welcome. I'm going to invite you to go into your imagination and imagine a variety of things and allow this to be an exploration for you to just notice how you imagine different ... Read more... »

Imagery: Basic Relaxation Script

Hi and welcome. I'm here to offer you a simple way to use your mind and your imagination to create for yourself a state of mind that's peaceful, pleasant, relaxing, restful, and refreshing. Really, what ... Read more... »

Music and Imagery

Music and imagery are intimately connected and music can be a potent force for stimulating imagery. Some popular imagery tapes have music backgrounds to make it easier to drift into a relaxed state of mind, ... Read more... »

Young People and Imagery

Young people such as teens and children naturally spend a great deal of time in their imaginations, and imagery is a natural way for them to think. As we begin to explore the world as ... Read more... »

Deeper Experiences with Imagery

As you move beyond your initial imagery explorations, you'll begin to experience the benefits of going deeper within. There are benefits of relaxation that extend beyond its ability to relieve tension patterns. These effects make ... Read more... »

Evaluate Your Experience with Imagery

As a first step in working with imagery -- or even if you used imagery before -- try beginning a journal or notebook to record and monitor your experiences and progress. Consider this journal a ... Read more... »

The Benefits of Imagery

Imagery is a way of using our imagination, and it has countless potential benefits. The problem is that without learning how to use our imagination skillfully, most of us use it to worry ourselves silly! ... Read more... »

Imagery in Everyday Life

Imagery is undoubtedly already a part of your everyday life. If you ever worry about the future, reminisce about the past, have sexual fantasies, or make plans, you use imagery whether you know it or ... Read more... »

Practical Tips for Using Imagery

sing imagery on purpose, whether for relaxation, energy, problem-solving, healing or planning, is something you learn to do -- and, as with anything else you learn to do, the more you do it, the easier ... Read more... »

Frequently Asked Questions about Imagery

Does everyone have the ability to use imagery? Nearly everyone imagines, and if you imagine, you can use imagery for many purposes. Remember not to confuse "imagery" with "visualization". Visualization is seeing pictures in your mind's ... Read more... »

How Imagery Works

The ultimate mechanisms of imagery are still a mystery. In the last twenty years, however, we have learned that imagery is a natural language of a major part of our nervous system. Critical to this ... Read more... »

What is Imagery

Imagery is a flow of thoughts you can see, hear, feel, smell, or taste. Throughout this program, you will see these three terms: imagery; guided imagery; and Interactive Guided ImagerySM. It's important to recognize the ... Read more... »

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