A therapeutic technique in which a facilitator tells a story which describes a scene or a passage through a group of scenes. It has been used by athletes in training, by physicians to help their patient's body cure itself, or simply to produce relaxation. It is a suggestive, quasi-hypnotic process that can, under certain circumstances, generate false memories without either the facilitator or client being aware of the process.
This is a psychological process or technique whose goals include helping to cope with certain health problems.
An interactive process with a therapist in which patients evoke their own images and feelings as a way of relaxing, focusing their attention and gaining insights into their health concerns. It is used to augment treatment for a range of ailments from chronic stress and high blood pressure to major diseases like AIDS and cancer.
The focused use of your power of imagination (not fantasy) It sets up an energy pattern in your mind and body that can have a profound effect on your state of well being.
An exercise to develop the imagination in which a guide leads people to visualize through suggestions and symbols.
A technique used to focus an individual's power of imagination on an imagined scene or journey.
Using the power of the mind to evoke a positive physical response, guided imagery can reduce stress and slow heart rate, stimulate the immune system, and reduce pain. As part of the rapidly emerging field of mind/body medicine, guided imagery is being used in various medical settings and can be very helpful in alleviating anxiety.
A technique used to help someone focus on various images and pleasant experiences to relieve anxiety, promote relaxation, and provide diversion during painful procedures.
a technique that involves using the imagination and mental images to promote relaxation, changes in attitude or behavior, and encourages physical healing. Also known as visualization.
This technique concentrates on using images or symbols to train the mind to create a definitive physiological or psychological effect. Practitioners may teach clients how to relieve physical problems caused by stress, such as tension headaches. The technique has also been effectively used in cancer treatment programs for pain management.
Is usually incorporated as part of meditation or hypnotherapy. Affirmative images, words and symbols are conjured and held in the mind to promote physical, emotional, spiritual well being. Guided Imagery can also be used to develop self-confidence in realizing a business or athletic goal.
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A relaxation technique that involves listening to music and/or a persons voice for the purpose of allowing imagery, symbols, and deep feelings to arise from the inner self.
It is the releasing of your imagination to a physical teacher or spirit to help you grow and develop in your understanding of New Age ideas.
Also known as Guided Meditation or Guided Visualization. This experience is achieved by listening to the narration given by a practitioner guiding the visualization or "journey," or by listening to an audiocassette tape or CD. The experience allows one to travel within the mind to areas of beauty and peace, and further allows the individual to release any stress and tension.
envisioning a certain goal to help cope with health problems.
a technique that empowers the mind to distance itself from stress-producing situations such as illness, career or other daily activities.
Involves using mental images to promote physical healing or changes in attitudes or behavior. Practitioners may lead clients through specific visualization exercises or offer instruction in using imagery as a self-help tool. It is often used to alleviate stress and to treat stress-related conditions such as insomnia and high blood pressure.
A process which involves listening to music or a person's voice in a relaxed state for the purpose of allowing imagery, symbols, and deep feelings to arise from the inner self. This visualisation may be used to stimulate the body's immune system.
Guided imagery is an ancient form of meditation that uses the imagination (images and pictures we experience through any of our sensory perception) to reconnect to their inner resources for healing. This process, often guided by a practitioner or audio tape, can help boost the immune system, promotes a reduction in anxiety and pain, and a greater sense of wellbeing.
A guided daydreaming or meditation that uses inspiring imagination in a focused and directed way to achieve goals and to heal the mind and body. Haunting A repeated observation of an image, whether it is sight, sound or movement, of a past happening. Some "Experts" have suggested that it doe not involve a spirit but rather an "energy imprint".
A way to reduce stress by focusing on suggested mental visualizations.
Guided Imagery is an integral part of the mind/body/spirit/emotions medicine that uses the power of the mind to evoke desired images that lead to a positive response. Guided Imagery uses the flow of thoughts seen, heard and experienced in the imagination to help achieve healing and balance.
Visualization used to stimulate the body's immune system.
A technique where one person suggest a scene, or a setting, or an environment, or some sort of sense oriented experience to another person who is imagining the description in an attempt to fully experience the experience as if it were happening to them as it was being described. This is generally a useful tool in the process of hypnotism.
A form of focused relaxation used to create harmony between the mind and body.
