This blog post has been authored by Stand Out Online Member Olubunmi Aboaba, Olubunmi Future Life
Visualisation is such a cool way to help you achieve whatever it is you set out to do and live the life you truly desire. When we connect our vision and our values and the visualise this is where the magic happens and where we can show up as the best version of ourselves.
But ….is it magic?
No it is not.
It really is Science…. and Science has already documented the effectiveness of visualisation extensively, it’s conclusion being based-on neuroscience. We are just using more of our brain in a structured and practical manner. This has a profound effect on health, success, relationships …..and the list goes on.
“Visualisation is about using more of our brain”. When we visualise, we create a scenario in our mind’s eye, we use more of the right brain. As we tap into, and tune into more of the creative, intuitive and holistic parts of ourselves.
We then blend this with the rational, analytical, verbal parts of the brain, we use more of ourselves and our potential when we visualise.
In a nutshell …Visualisation is a powerful way to activate more of our potential.
The right brain deals with the networks and flows, and with the “big” picture. In doing so it offers us a reservoir of inspiration and resilience in seeing beyond the details- amazing isn’t it ?
Our brains react to what we visualize as if it were happening in real life. From the subconscious mind’s perspective, we don’t just live once. When we visualise and replay a success scene from our past or rehearse a perfect performance in the future the subconscious mind reacts as if it were happening right now. It doesn’t know the difference and this gives us the opportunity to show up as our best self in any give moment. I can truly say form my experience that visualisation is an amazingly powerful tool.
Visualisation is the practice of affecting your outside world by changing your thoughts and using imagination to experience new events. By creating a detailed picture of what you want, over and over again and by using all senses to recreate these, new patterns for a change in behaviours are laid down in the brain as templates.
Using your mind and imagination, you can see the potential for new events that you desire in your life and this can help you to see new learnings and experiences differently and picture positive outcomes and positive new angles in your reality,
The secret is to keep practicing until it comes naturally. I do a little 5 min visualisation in the morning as intention setting for the day ahead – I love it and its fun, especially when you reflect on how much of what you visualised that day occurred.
Never underestimate your ability to visualise. When someone tells me they can’t do it , I quickly ask them to visualise their front door in their minds eye and BOOM they can. Or to picture a bowl of a lemons and you cut one in half , you begin to salivate. It is powerful.Here are 7 ideas on how to help you visualise like never before
1. What’s Familiar
Think of a lived experience , your wedding day, sitting in your garden on a sunny day, what you had for lunch . Starting with something familiar gets us in the groove and builds up your visualisation muscles .
2. Visual Navigation
Start to walk around your garden see what you notice, Think of a memorable holiday where you went to sight-see your favourite places, notice with your minds eye, the sights, the smells, the people. Practicing this builds up your neural pathways for stronger visualisations.
3. Self Talk
Sometimes we place undue pressure on ourselves when creating something . Remove words such as “ Should” “Must do” “aught to “ from your day to day language . Slowly introduce words such as “I desire” “I enjoy “so its “feels “ lighter and motivates action taking to actualise your desire vision.
4. Encore Encore Encore
Like anything its practice practice and more practice. Set some time aside each day, find a comfortable place and visualise away. Really revel in it so much so that you get to finally visualise with all your senses.
5. Short term goals
This is a comfortable start. Maybe 5 mins twice a day and simple goals, desires. Visualise each step towards. When, where and with whom? Make it as vivid as possible.
6. Easy Anchors
Use familiar objects to anchor or ‘Fix’ the images and the feelings of your new goals. Examples: trees, steps, buildings, traffic lights. Things that you encounter on a regular basis and that will remind you of the steps along your journey and your goal.
7. Focus on the step
Research has shown that it’s just as important to focus on the steps as well as keeping the outcome in your mind’s eye. Visualise the steps along the way and you will fond that the outcome will be much more robust.
And so finally one of the key ingredients in Visualisation and the way to make Visualisation work for you is if you Enjoy the process… make up a game with it and see where it takes you.
If you would like any help in beginning these steps and kicking off some incredible tools to help gift you Your Best Future Self you can connect with me through my contact form right here on this site www.olubunmifuturelife.com
Olubunmi is a wonderfully magnetic, warm, and confident woman. A skilled healer with mastery over various, globally acclaimed healing techniques and the dynamic art of Future Life Progression. By exquisitely weaving together FLP and the healing modalities, she has created an exclusive and powerful experience ,to empower, transform and support the client’s journey to unlock their true potential, their signature of success to bring forth their best future possible future.