What is visualization and how can it benefit our lives?

• Overcoming our reservations
• Using methods to show our minds pictures of our desired results
• A technique successful athletes have used to enhance performanceHow does Visualization work?

• It uses the same idea of memory and imagination to affect changes in our bodies and lives
• Shows the mind a picture of a desired goal to enhance focus
• Grants us belief and motivation to succeed
• Allows our subconscious minds to work on solving problems and revealingopportunities to us
  Examples of Visualization throughout history

• Cave paintings
• Communication and language; ancient Egyptians and Chinese calligraphy
• Geometry
• Successful soviet athletes who visualized enhancements in their performancePreparing yourself for effective visualization

• Removing negativity bias
• Interrupting negative thoughts and remapping your neural pathways
• Removing negative situations and people from your lifeThe vision board technique

• Use a bulletin board or a piece of poster board
• Find images that represent your goals
• Focus on how you would like to feel

Utilizing affirmations to achieve visualization results

• Determine affirmations that will give you confidence in yourself and motivation in your goals
• Repeat these affirmations in the morning when you are starting your routine
• Affirmations can be repeated several times daily in a peaceful environmentWriting Down Your Goals for Effective Visualization

• Think about the goals you want to achieve
• Write them all out
• Avoid going into detailed and stressful to do lists that could discourage youVisualize getting the results you most want

• Believe in yourself
• Believe in your goals
• Believe success is inevitable