Go to a quiet room with soft lighting Shut the door and sit in a comfortable chair Feel flat on the floor,
Eyes closed Become aware of your breathing Take in a few deep breaths And as you let out each breath,
Mentally say the word relax Concentrate on your face and feel any tension in your face and eyes Make a mental picture of this tension Might be a rope tied in a knot or a clenched fist And then mentally picture it relaxing and becoming comfortable Like a limp rubber band Experience your face and eyes becoming relaxed As they relaxed,
Feel a wave of relaxation spreading through your body Now,
Tense your eyes and face Squeezing lightly Then relax them and feel the relaxation spreading throughout your body Do the same as above for the rest of your body Move slowly down your body The jaw Neck Shoulders Upper and lower arms Hands Chest Abdomen Thighs Calves Ankles Feet Toes Until every part of your body is relaxed For each part of the body,
Mentally picture the tension Then picture the tension melting away Tense the area and then relax it When you have relaxed each part of your body Rest quietly in this comfortable state for 2 minutes Now,
Imagine yourself in a pleasant,
Natural surrounding Wherever feels comfortable for you Mentally feeling the details of colors and shapes Wherever feels comfortable for you Mentally feeling the details of color,
Sound,
Texture And continue to picture yourself in a very relaxed state in this natural place For 2 minutes Then mentally picture the cancer in either realistic or symbolic terms Think of the cancer as consisting of very weak,
Confused cells Remember that our bodies destroy cancerous cells thousands of times during a normal lifetime As you picture your cancer,
Realize that your recovery requires that your body's own defenses return to a natural,
Healthy state If you are now receiving treatment,
Picture your treatment coming into your body In a way that you understand If you are receiving radiation treatment,
Picture it as a beam of millions of pallets of energy hitting any cells in its path The normal cells are able to repair any damage The normal cells are able to repair any damage that is done But the cancerous cells cannot because they are weak If you are receiving chemotherapy,
Picture that drug coming into your body and entering your bloodstream Picture the drug acting like a poison The normal cells are intelligent and strong and don't take up the poison so readily But the cancerous cell is a weak cell,
So it takes very little to kill it It absorbs the poison,
Dies and is flushed out of your body Picture your body's own white blood cells coming into the area where the cancer is Recognizing the abnormal cells and destroying them And there is a vast army of white blood cells They are very strong and aggressive And they are also very smart There is no contest between them and the cancer cells They will win the battle Picture the cancer shrinking You can see the dead cells being carried away by the white blood cells And being flushed from your body Through the liver And eliminated in the urine and stool Continue to see the cancer shrinking Until it is all gone Now,
See yourself having more energy And a better appetite And being able to feel comfortable and loved Loved in your family as the cancer shrinks And finally disappears If you are experiencing pain anywhere in your body Picture the army of white blood cells flowing into that area and shooting the pain Whatever the problem,
Give your body the command to heal itself Visualize your body becoming well Imagine yourself well Free of disease Well and full of energy Full of energy Picture yourself reaching your goals in life See your purpose in life being fulfilled See members of your family doing well Your relationships with people around you becoming more meaningful Remember that having strong reasons for being well will help you get well So use this time to focus clearly on your priorities in life Give yourself a mental pat on the back for participating in your recovery See yourself doing this mental imaginary exercise three times a day Staying awake and alert as you do it Then,
Let the muscles in your eyelids lighten up Become ready to open your eyes And become aware of the room Now let your eyes open And you are ready to resume your usual activities
