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What is guided imagery? It is a story that takes you somewhere, within your imagination. It will allow you to experience feelings in your body, to go to places you have loved in the past, or places that have never been. It helps you to become something other than yourself -- a fish, a tree, yourself as a healthy young person, yourself without the cancer or two stones overweight or the chronic pain.
Guided imagery is an immensely powerful tool for relaxation. If you can go into a meditative trance and enjoy suitable guided imagery for 10 or 15 minutes, you'll feel as refreshed as if you'd just had a couple of hours of sleep. And you can get more deeply relaxed through listening to someone guiding you through the process than in any other way, because you have handed the executive functions over. That is, you don't need to make decisions such as "Now it's time for me to come out."
Guided imagery is also a way of speaking to the subconscious mind. This is what controls every bodily function, including the immune system, the healing mechanisms of the body, pain sensing, metabolic rate... you name it, as well as all the emotions, automatic thoughts and images that pop up "from nowhere," access to memories and sudden urges to do something. Normal language is for the analytical part of the mind. The subconscious listens to stories, to analogy, myth, to smells and music.
I use hypnosis with nearly a half of my clients, and my technique is to employ guided imagery. For years, many of my clients have asked if I had a disk to sell them. Well, at last I do. I have put together my favourite scripst onto this disk, which is now available.
To buy this CD, or any of Bob's books, go to Bob's "bookbuy" page.
Cost is Australian $20.00 plus postage and packaging.