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Guided Imagery

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Cydney Litt
Cydney Litt

Guided imagery is a relaxation technique where you use your imagination to envision relaxing scenes. It involves using all your senses to imagine scenarios as if they were real to promote relaxation throughout your body and mind. Guided imagery has been shown to lower blood pressure, cholesterol, and stress levels while also helping with goals like weight loss or quitting smoking. It can also help reduce headaches, pain, and side effects from chemotherapy.

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Guided Imagery
What is Guided Imagery? Guided imagery is a program of directedthoughts that guide your imagination towards a relaxed, focused state. Guided imagery is based on the concept that your body and mind are connected. Using all your senses, your body seems to respond as though what you are imagining is real. Guided imagery is not just a mental activity. It involves the whole body, the emotions and all the senses.
What’s Guided Imagery used for? • Just 10 minutes of guided imagery can promote relaxation, which has been proven to lower blood pressure, lower cholesterol, lower glucose levels in the blood, and heighten short-term immune cell activity. • Reduces stress and anxiety. • It can help you reach your goals, such as losing weight or quitting smoking. • Lessen headaches and pain. • It can reduce the aversive effects of chemotherapy. • It can help you increase skills in activities.
• Choice of imagery needs to be congruent with your values. • Engage in all the senses. • Imagery that elicits emotion is generally more effective than imagery that doesn't. • Touching. • Music can increase the effects of imagery. • Group setting, CDs, self talk or one on one. Anyone Can Do It!

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  • 2. What is Guided Imagery? Guided imagery is a program of directedthoughts that guide your imagination towards a relaxed, focused state. Guided imagery is based on the concept that your body and mind are connected. Using all your senses, your body seems to respond as though what you are imagining is real. Guided imagery is not just a mental activity. It involves the whole body, the emotions and all the senses.
  • 3. What’s Guided Imagery used for? • Just 10 minutes of guided imagery can promote relaxation, which has been proven to lower blood pressure, lower cholesterol, lower glucose levels in the blood, and heighten short-term immune cell activity. • Reduces stress and anxiety. • It can help you reach your goals, such as losing weight or quitting smoking. • Lessen headaches and pain. • It can reduce the aversive effects of chemotherapy. • It can help you increase skills in activities.
  • 4. • Choice of imagery needs to be congruent with your values. • Engage in all the senses. • Imagery that elicits emotion is generally more effective than imagery that doesn't. • Touching. • Music can increase the effects of imagery. • Group setting, CDs, self talk or one on one. Anyone Can Do It!