There are all sorts of pet-names for this technique. “Blab It and Grab It,” “Talk It and Walk It,” “Name It and Claim It,” and many others. But since we are really focusing on visualization here, the best term is “See it, then Be It!”
Remember the concept of self visualization is either to: (A) play out the possible scenarios in your head that might occur ahead of time. Doing this so that you are completely at ease, comfortable, confident and calm when any probable possibility springs up in a situation, as you have already dealt with it successfully time and time again, in your own subconscious mind. Or (B) program the optimum, ultimate outcome in your mind, seeing yourself succeeding and getting exactly, precisely what it is that you want out of the situation, time and time again in your self conscious mind. Creating the reality of your dreams by pre-programming your marvelous “Bio-Computer” to achieve and accomplish your desired goals with absolute expertise!
The process is very easy, so don’t let yourself get caught up in any self- fulfilling prophecies of failure because of some fear of psychological mumbo-jumbo. Believe me, if I can learn to do this stuff, any guy can. So lets get started! It’s as simple as clearing your mind of all thoughts, other than the particular choice experiences that you want to visualize yourself having over and over again, until it becomes an achievable reality for you.
If other unwanted thoughts pop into your head, no problem, it is very common for all people who are just beginning to learn to do self hypnotic visualization to have all sorts of thoughts come popping into your
consciousness. Anything from thoughts about work or school, to things like what you want to do this Saturday, on your day off, I’m hungry, what should I have for dinner tonight, I think I need to go to the bathroom, whatever!
No problem, it is all a part of the learning process as you come to more efficiently discipline your mind. When these other thoughts jump into your consciousness, simply tell them “NOT NOW!” and gently, calmly, peacefully send them away, and get back to focusing on the scenario and subject that this “special time” is intended to be dedicated to.
Never get angry, tense or nervous about the extra thoughts, with practice they will eventually stop showing up. It’s just like learning to ride a bike, you will fall a bunch of times your first attempt, but each time you try, it will get easier and you will get better at it, till one day it is just second nature and there is nothing to it at all. Just don’t let the arrival of the additional thoughts get you agitated, or you defeat the whole process, and that works against you. So just calmly and peacefully tell the extra
thoughts “Not now, go away!”, and they eventually will.
Part of the process is finding or preparing the proper place to do your self-hypnotic visualization techniques. You definitely want to do it in privacy, because if someone else is around, your mind will inevitably go off and start wondering what that person is thinking about what you’re doing. Like if you look weird, stupid, strange, or neurotic to him or her.
Are they laughing at you, judging you, freaked out by you, and BOOM, the whole process is completely destroyed as your subconscious mind begins creating one outlandish scenario after another. You are completely off course from accomplishing what you set out to do.
Simply find yourself a nice, calm and quiet place where you feel secure, safe from any annoyance or harassment, and comfortable. Then loosen your clothing, so that you can begin to relieve your body and mind from the stresses of the day. Begin to breathe deeply and shake yourself out a bit to loosen the muscles and any tension that you might be holding in your neck, shoulders, back, or hips. Then shake out and rotate your arms and legs, and the rotator joints of your shoulders and hips even deeper, creating a true sense of calm, relaxation.
Some people like to take the edge off a bit with a cup of relaxing chamomile tea, a light and airy incense, a glass of wine, or some other relaxant that they find effective for themselves. I have no real problem with that, as long as the effect is a calm relaxation, and not a stoned, tired or lethargically sleepy slothfulness; otherwise we are defeating the whole purpose! And don’t forget the most important factor, that we all so often forget about. You need to continue to remember to breathe!
Breathe
A quick word to us all about breathing. Most of us have never really learned to truly breathe correctly and naturally, so it may take a bit of effort – you want to try to avoid hyperventilating. We, especially those of us in the western world, tend to normally breathe very shallowly and
when we are concentrating on a task or thought, we actually often tend to completely hold our breath. So we need to make a concerted effort to slowly learn to breathe deeply through the nostrils, allowing our chest to fully expand as well as the diaphragm, which is our singing muscle located below our lungs in the belly region.
Let it expand, let it move, grow, reach out and fully open up, letting a full, large dose of oxygen rich air to fill our lungs, maybe 10 to 15 times, before we begin the visualization process. Keep breathing throughout the entire process. Truthfully, your body was built to breathe on a regular basis, all throughout the day. But ridiculously tight fashions, and an overly insecure concern for appearing fat, makes people hold their breath and breathe in a very, very shallow way which robs them of the true ability to feel and experience life to the fullest.