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Ideas for visualization

Discussion in 'Support Subforum' started by feduccini, Apr 23, 2025 at 10:34 AM.

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  1. feduccini

    feduccini Well known member

    Hey people, hope you're having a good day in your journey.

    I'm here to ask for some cool ideas for visualization exercises, since mine are getting too repetitive.

    Thank you all!!
     
    feduccini, Apr 23, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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  2. Cactusflower

    Cactusflower Beloved Grand Eagle

    I was given two visualization excercises by two different people, and I still use them.
    #1 was desensitization by visualizing my goal of using a kneeling paddle board in the ocean. Whatever your goal is, picture it.
    #2 was to visualize a personal safe space. I actually have two: one a public place one a private place. When I want to relax or mull over personal challenges, they are great places to be.
     
    Cactusflower, Apr 23, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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  3. Joulegirl

    Joulegirl Peer Supporter

    I feel ya! I use YouTube to help me get creative. I just type in the search "guided visualization" and it gives me a bunch. You can be more specific in your search-maybe put the time limit you want or the place you would like to be. I pick the beach a lot. ;) I do much better if someone is helping me visualize than if I try to do it on my own. My mind is a wanderer!
     
    Joulegirl, Apr 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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  4. Diana-M

    Diana-M Beloved Grand Eagle

    Isn’t visualization fun? I’ve been vividly picturing things I want to achieve. One for me right now is driving to my pool, getting in and swimming laps or floating serenely.
     
    Diana-M, Apr 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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  5. JanAtheCPA

    JanAtheCPA Beloved Grand Eagle

    Shakti Gawain's classic in the book Creative Visualizations is the Pink Bubble. You visualize your goal or desire, and wrap a pink bubble around it, then let the bubble float up and away into the sky until it disappears. It will be what it will be.

    I would say that it doesn't necessarily have to be pink :hilarious:

    Back on the ground, a completely practical visualization that I find is particularly effective for one-sided pain (like one shoulder or wrist, etc) is to absorb the pain-free experience of the side without pain, and transfer that experience to the side with pain.

    This is similar to the mirror therapy that neuroscientist V. S. Ramachandran came up with for patients with phantom limb pain. If you've never seen his Ted Talk from many years ago, it's terrific, and he's got a great sense of humor.
    https://www.ted.com/talks/vs_ramachandran_3_clues_to_understanding_your_brain (3 clues to understanding your brain)
     
    JanAtheCPA, Apr 23, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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