Drop Cravings With Visualization

This focused visualization is centered on cravings, why we have cravings, and how to take back control of them by using the power of visualization. Once you see these cravings for what they are, and that they do not belong to you, it will give you the awareness to begin to break down their power.

Warning: This track involves dealing with cravings that include alcohol and/or sugar and could be triggering to those facing challenges with alcohol and/or eating disorders and is not meant to be a substitute for professional help.
Music: Clouds by Alex Productions

Transcript

This visualization exercise is not intended to be a substitute for professional help in regards to excessive alcohol use or an eating disorder,

And this exercise could potentially be triggering for some going through these challenges.

With that said,

Visualization is a powerful healing technique to help the subconscious mind begin to unravel the truth behind our behaviors.

If you wish to continue,

I encourage you to find a comfortable and quiet place where you can relax and focus on this visualization.

I will be saying cravings throughout this visualization,

But this could mean anything from sugar,

Carbohydrate,

Alcohol,

Or really any habit you would like to focus on today.

So go ahead and relax and close your eyes and breathe deeply in and out,

Allowing yourself this time to explore your beautiful imagination that can lead to amazing discoveries about yourself and the world around you.

Breathe in and breathe out as you relax the mind and the body for this visualization meditation session.

I want you to visualize yourself getting up and out of bed for a new day.

You had a long night of giving in to cravings,

And now your body and mind is again annoyed and frustrated and disappointed.

You tell yourself,

Okay,

Today is a new day,

Full of opportunity,

Full of promise,

Full of life.

You tell yourself,

Today I am starting anew.

I will not keep doing this.

I'm done already.

And you really mean it.

From the bottom of your heart,

You really mean it.

You're done.

You're ready to live,

Ready to overcome,

Ready to start anew.

And you get yourself up and you begin your day,

And you feel better and better throughout the day.

You feel strong.

Even as your body recovers,

You feel like maybe this time,

This is it.

And then something happens.

It's like a flick of a switch.

It hits usually at a specific time or times during the day.

It hits and the person that woke up being done takes a back seat.

You are no longer in control of the wheel and it's almost as if something takes over and rewires your brain in a millisecond.

And there is no option but to turn to your craving.

But wait,

You are still you.

You are still here.

You are still that you that got up this morning,

Full of hope,

Full of knowing what you want.

You may have jumped in the back seat unconsciously,

But we are here now to keep your hands on the wheel.

To do that,

You must first visualize what is actually happening in that split second.

Use your imagination here.

Be open and stay with me as this is very powerful.

I want you to continue relaxing into your body.

It is completely relaxed now,

But you begin to see and feel that you and your body are not alone.

You see,

Your body has over 40 trillion unseeable to the human eye microorganisms crawling around doing various things,

Especially in your gut.

The microbiome,

Yes,

Living organisms,

Are more you than you.

They outnumber your own cells by at least 10 to 1.

You are more microbes than you are your own tissues,

Cells,

And DNA.

And these microbes are here to live with you and among you,

To help you when working in harmony or hurt you when out of balance.

Now I want you to visualize the microbiome that feed off of your cravings.

What do they look like in your body?

To me,

I picture little black spongy caviar-like microbes swirling around wreaking havoc in my brain,

In my gut,

And even in my mouth.

When they are satiated and have tasted and enjoyed your feeding them,

They go to sleep for a while.

And as they sleep,

They let you think this is all you're doing.

And as you get back to yourself for a while,

They are busy multiplying and gaining even more power.

They continue to bombard the gut-brain axis,

The connection of the gut to the brain that determines behavior,

Mood,

And has a profound effect on depression,

Anxiety,

And mental clarity.

This is not you performing these unhealthy behaviors.

It is the infiltrated microbes that want to live,

Want to thrive,

And want to take over your entire body and mind so that they can survive.

But now you know the truth.

And now you know you can rid your body of these parasites.

They are not you.

And just to give you an example to help with this visualization,

There is a parasite called Toxoplasma gondii that exerts a strange sort of mind control on rodents.

Once infected with the brain parasite,

They seem to lose their fear of cats and become more likely to get eaten.

The parasite does this because it needs to make its way into a cat's intestines in order to reproduce.

The mouse is not itself.

Its behaviors is being manipulated by a parasite.

You are not acting on your own behalf.

But now you can reclaim your life,

Your health,

And your mind with this awareness and this decision to change the course of your fate and the fate of these parasites.

You can reclaim a healthy gut,

A healthy mind,

A healthy body that makes decisions based on the real you.

The already whole and complete you that is the same strong,

Hopeful,

And creative person that woke up this morning and said,

Enough.

But we must rid the body of these unwanted parasites.

We must know our power,

That we have the power within ourselves,

The kingdom within you.

You are back in charge and you now visualize or feel or maybe even hear these pesky little black microbes laying dormant now but in vast numbers waiting to awaken and wreak havoc once again.

But they have no idea what is coming because you see them now.

And once you see them or hear them or feel them,

You can't unsee them anymore and you want them out.

They do not belong here and we must wash them clean and transmutate them into healthy allies that will begin to work for you,

For your mind,

For your body,

And for your overall health and wellness.

So imagine now standing in a beautiful flower filled field.

Clear blue skies all around you.

Feelings of freedom and health overwhelm you and a light rain begins to fall.

But with each drop of rain onto your head,

The sun gets brighter.

The sky gets more blue.

The leaves on the trees more green.

The clouds more white.

The flowers more vibrant with shades of violet,

Yellow,

And orange.

The rain feels heavenly over your body as you begin to feel renewed and restored as you lift your head to the sky and fill your face with drops of pure water that now enters through your mouth,

Ears,

Eyes,

And nose and begins to cleanse throughout the inside of your body.

The black microbes are awakened and stirred and feel the water washing over them and they are instantly neutralized and stagnant in the water.

And now a ball of light is circling within you and as it touches the water-filled microbes,

They begin one by one to turn into tiny drops of liquid gold and instead of individual droplets,

They are now forming a river of liquid gold and light that travels along your entire brain-gut axis and all throughout your organs,

All throughout your blood,

All throughout your tissues,

Bones,

Muscles,

Nerves,

And through every cell in your body as you are being cleansed with light and with water into every crevice of your body,

Transforming all black parasites into liquid gold harmonic healthy allies that are here to serve you,

Strengthen you,

Empower you to create and to thrive.

You continue to feel this healing energy of liquid light,

This golden river that flows now in and through you and you feel like you again.

You know who you are.

Your mind is clear.

You can breathe deeply.

You are being restored.

And you gain a sense of knowing that when a craving comes again,

And it will,

You know they are now much fewer in number and you can bathe them in this liquid gold light and transform them into microbial allies that do not require sugar to survive,

Do not require a particular behavior to survive because they are now here for you and for your mind and for your body.

Bask in this warm liquid light that is filling your body with balance,

Health,

And freedom.

Your body is free.

Your mind is free.

Your creative spirit is free and alive.

And you are feeling transformed by the renewing of your mind.

This experience will lead you to learn and expand your horizon of what is possible for you,

Your body,

And your life.

You are filled with curiosity on how to keep gaining power over your thoughts and behaviors in a healthy,

Humble,

And positive way.

You are free from parasites that harm you and feed on toxins that you no longer desire because it wasn't you that ever desired them.

Listen to this or perform this visualization again and again or on your own to keep reminding your subconscious that you are in balance,

You are in harmony,

And you perform behaviors that align with this harmonic dance within you.

And when you are ready,

Feeling so much more free,

Strong,

And healthier with each breath you take,

You can now come back to the now and open your eyes.