What Is Visualization?

Hello,

My name is Lew Redman and I want to talk to you about what is visualization.

Visualization is a powerful practice where we use our imagination to train our subconscious because our mind and our subconscious,

It can't tell the difference between what is imagined and what is real.

And I'll share an example of what I mean by that here in a moment.

And so by training our mind,

We can use the practice of visualization visualization to prepare for things that we have coming up,

To prime our mind to look for opportunities and patterns and to bring things into our life,

And also as a way for healing and growth and feeling ways that we want to feel.

And it's important to note that visualization is not daydreaming.

A core part of it is that we need to be connecting to all of our senses when we're visualizing,

Not just what we see,

What we hear,

What we smell,

What we taste,

What we feel.

And that is really what's training our mind and body connection.

And so a few ways that you could use it.

One way is in rehearsal.

And a great example of this is Michael Phelps,

Who was a big swimmer and won many gold medals.

And before every race,

Before every swim that he had to do,

He would visualize,

He would take a moment and he would see himself coming off the block.

He'd see himself every stroke that he was taking.

And he was training his body and his mind to already know what to do so that when he entered the water,

He had already done it so many times in his mind.

And so it was easier for him the mind,

Body,

And the subconscious to continue and do that on its own.

The next way that we can use visualization after just rehearsing for things that we've coming up,

You might be able to use it for rehearsing your day or a conversation that you might have.

The next thing that we can do is also train our mind to look for things that we want to create in our lives,

To bring things into our life.

This is where people might be calling it some sort of manifestation practice.

And it's really helping our mind start to recognize patterns and see things before they are actually happening.

And I have an example of this where I'm a public speaker,

And for the longest time before I was a public speaker,

I would visualize myself on a stage.

I would see me going up,

Giving a talk,

Feeling what that would feel,

Feeling the nerve,

Seeing the audience.

And I did that way before I did any sort of professional public speaking.

And just by doing that,

I swear I was looking for different patterns.

I was looking for opportunities.

It was training my subconscious to look for that in my work.

World.

And then the last thing that visualization can be really powerful for,

Or the third thing I should say,

Is helping us to heal and to grow.

That we can actually use visualization as a way to feel and to work with different sorts of states.

You might imagine the feeling of the warmth of a sunrise coming into your body.

And as the sunrise is hitting your body,

The warmth is just melting away stress,

Melting away anxiety.

And so that's a way that we can use visualization visualization to actually help us feel a certain way.

And so I want to do a little bit of an example.

The first example is going to make this super obvious at the power of visualization.

And so go ahead and just close your eyes for a moment.

And imagine that you walk into your kitchen.

And on the counter is a lemon.

And go ahead and pick up that lemon.

Imagine that you're picking it up and holding it in your hand.

And start to feel.

What does the lemon feel like in your hand?

Can you notice the bumps,

The texture?

And then bring the lemon up to your nose.

Imagine that you're now smelling The scent.

Of the lemon skin.

And then imagine that you cut the lemon in half and you take half of it.

And bring it up to your mouth.

And see if you can squeeze out a few drops of the lemon into your mouth.

And what you might notice is that your mouth starts watering.

Even though there's actually nothing there.

And that's an example of how our mind works.

And body can't tell the difference between what is imagined and what is real.

So you can let go of the lemon focus,

Open your eyes if you had them closed.

And I hope that gives you a simple example of the power of visualization in a very practical way.

And I encourage you to explore different practices.

I know I have some on visualization and many of the other teachers on here to explore and find practices and ways that really resonate for you.

So welcome and enjoy.