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Question

Hello,

I personally find it very hard to visualize, and never know how to go about these ‘guided journeys’, as I find it hard to see/sense/feel anything! Any kind of advice would be very welcome!

Best wishes

Answer

Don’t worry – you are not alone.  Many people have similar problems with visualizing.

Visualization is a skill which needs to be trained.  Some people are better at it than others but everyone can improve their ability.  You need to practise regularly – to begin with daily and preferably at the same time so it becomes a habit.  Start with something simple and something that you recognise.  Imagine eating an apple and use all your senses.  Smell it, taste it, see all of the colours and the shape, feel the apple in your hand, hear what sound it makes when you bite into it.  As you do this, you may even find yourself salivating as the mind cannot distinguish from what is real and what is in the imagination.

From this you can move on, to visualizing a room you know very well.  Stand up in your minds eye and go round the room, stopping at certain objects and picking them up and interacting with them.  Make the room as real as you can.

Work on your observation skills in day to day life.  Pay complete attention to the road you are walking down, look up and all around.  Your imagination needs images to draw from and the best way is to pay close attention to everything you pass.  Then you can go back to the road in visualization and see how much you can remember.

You may fit into one or more of the following personality types: thinking, feeling, sensing, intuitive.  The thinking type may not see very well in the imagination but even so just thinking about the journey or what they are imagining will still bring results.  The feeling type will have more of an emotional contact during visualization, the sensing type will be more kinesthetic and visualize they are using their hands to sense the world around them and the intuitive type will just know what it is they are supposed to be experiencing.  Air signs (Libra, Aquarius and Gemini) may be thinking type, Fire signs (Aries, Leo and Sagittarius) most likely intuitive type, Earth signs (Taurus, Capricorn, Virgo) sensing type and Water signs (Cancer, Pisces, Aquarius) feeling type.  Work out which type you most likely belong to and then approach visualization in that way – by either connecting with your emotions, thoughts, intuition or kinesthetic senses when doing a visualization.  You can work on this particular type of visualizing to begin with and then you will find that your ability to see during a visualization will improve. 

The ideal aim for visualization is that you become immersed within the journey you are undertaking and using all of your senses and abilities. 

Work on relaxing as much as you can before you do a Journey then your body is less likely to disturb you.  Also work on quietening your mind and letting go of all thoughts of the day.  I also suggest doing some energy work beforehand to clear your aura and prepare you even more. 

You might also like to try and find a meditation group.  Working in groups helps everyone to progress faster than if they were on their own.  Find a group that resonates with you.

In Light,

Guided Journeys