Creative Visualization: Use the Power of Your Imagination to Create What You Want in Your Life ASIN: 1577312295 Customer's Rating: 5 Summary: A Great Gift For Friends and Family Comments: I received Creative Visualization as a gift from a close friend. Immediately, the pages changed my outlook on life and help me rid my mind of negative thoughts and my life of negative experiences. However, over the past several years, I have picked the book up many times to read and remember the simple, yet valuable lessons it teaches us about living more healthy and happy. I have chosen this book to give to everyone in my family and all of my friends this Christmas; because, if I can do one small thing for them, it would be to help them achieve their dreams and bring more positive and enlightening experiences into their lives. This book is an excellent introduction to creative visualization and once it opens the door to the world of over abundance for the reader, they will begin to have a deeper understanding of the power of the mind and enriched life experiences. And in my case, hopefully buy and read more inspirational books to help them grow mentally stronger--the author recommends several in the back of her book! I highly recommended Creative Visualization for teenagers and adults alike.

The Creative Visualization Workbook: Use the Power of Your Imagination to Create What You Want in You Life ASIN: 1880032759 Customer's Rating: 5 Summary: It's just my imagination, running away with me Comments: Great book, great techniques. Imagine yourself buying this book and do it"> I thought I was happy but after reading this book I guess I was mistaken. I never imagined a better life. Such as more money, bigger TV, DVD player, bigger house, nicer clothes, etc. You get the idea, the important things in life. Well not any more, not after reading this book and doing the exercises. Now my imagination knows no bounds. Why it's like an imagination with...um...er...it's like an imagination with out any bounds. Now I see my self at work and instead of my same old outlook I now look at things differently. It's like um...er...well kind of like looking at things with more imagination and stuff. It's GREAT, no really, I really mean it. Everything is just GREAT. REALLY I keep telling myself things are great so they must be.

The Mental Edge: Maximize Your Sports Potential With the Mind/Body Connection ASIN: 0399524819 Customer's Rating: 5 Summary: TENNIS ANYONE? Comments: As a lifetime Tennis player I've tried it all.Inner Tennis, Tennis Zone, Zen, special rackets and coaches. Nothing has helped me more than The Mental Edge. Its esy to follow and the results last. Its not a rah rah get emotional type of book.Its a book of mental training exercises so you can master the skills and have lasting improvement.The real life examples are inspiring and fun. My game is better than ever and I enjoy every moment.THANK YOU!

Creative Visualization Meditations (New World Library Audio) ASIN: 1577312406 Customer's Rating: 5 Summary: It works! Comments: This is my first guided meditation with a tape, and it (surprisingly) really worked for me! Usually, I have trouble thinking too much to sit still, so this really helped with that. I got this on audible to listen to my mp3 player, but I'm going to get this for friends and family.

Mental Training for Peak Performance: Top Athletes Reveal the Mind Exercises They Use to Excel ASIN: 0875962823 Customer's Rating: 4 Summary: Mental Training Comments: This book is perfect for any busy athelete. It's easy to read and it's principals are easy to follow and can be adapted to any type of sport. It's small enough to throw in your gym bag and take with you anywhere. It's not bogged down with testimonies from athletic super stars, just matter of fact and simple. If your looking for an extra edge in your competitions or just looking to reach your own personal goals, this book is a must.

30 Scripts for Relaxation Imagery and Inner Healing ASIN: 0938586696 Customer's Rating: 5 Summary: Hurrah for Volume Two of 30 Scripts for Relaxation, Imagery Comments: I am extremely pleased with this book and am now the proud owner of both volumes of this book. It is one of those books that I use all the time, which says a lot. It helps me personally and is a terrific resource when I teach stress management sessions.

Will of Golf: Mastering the Mind-Body Connection ASIN: 0970144318 Customer's Rating: 5 Summary: Book has Me Playing Better than Ever at Age 50 Comments: With age has come the need for increased flexibility, strength and better balance on the golf course. This book has been a big help for me. The "Short Set" is an excellent warm up routine. It's easy and really improves range of motion from swing one. Have also never been as "smart" as I need to be on the course. Cissne's book has me thinking my way through the round much better than I ever have before, and I'm actually managing my emotions and channeling my energy with really positive results. It takes a little effort to complete the workbook but doing the work is what brings the reward. Have found myself thinking about how the book's teachings apply to my life off the course as well. The Om CD is a very peaceful stress reducer.

Practical Guide to Creative Visualization: Proven Techniques to Shape Your Destiny ASIN: 0875421830 Customer's Rating: 5 Summary: By far the best book on visualization Comments: This is by far the best book on visualization that I have encountered. The authors were internationally recognized authorities on the Western Mysteries and of the Ogdoadic Tradition, a hermetic school of which the keywords are knowledge and regeneration. This excellent work deals with all the important aspects of visualization: realizing that the source of supply is spiritual, the power of music and song, establishing a desire on the astral, mental and spiritual planes. The authors have a knack for explaining things simply and practically. They show you how to create and maintain an image, and how to infuse it with the power of your higher self, and even tell you how to terminate a process of visualization should you no longer want it to proceed. More advanced techniques include the Star Technique, the Multiplication Technique and the Master Method, all of them very easy to carry out. The appendices include wisdom texts to assist learning and motivation, information on prayer and worship (like building an altar), and advice on maintain sound mental and physical health. There are illustrations explaining the stairway to success and the star technique, plus an I Ching hexagram. This is a classic work in the field and one I would recommend first to those wishing to explore creative visualization.

Inquire Within: 24 Visualizations for Creativity and Growth ASIN: 0938586742 Customer's Rating: 5 Summary: Highly recommended book with applicable techniques Comments: "In our continuing effort to help our readers avail themselves of the best health and wellness enhancing materials on the market, we are pleased to recommend the following books and audio and video cassettes. Inquire Within. Visualization can be used to help increase your physical, emotional and intellectual self-awareness. This book is designed to help you probe specific issues and enhance your personal growth. It starts by explaining what visualization and imagery exercises are. Then it teaches you how to use visualization to relax. Sections on specific issues include using imagery to deal with work, mishaps, guilt, loss and relationships. The exercises presented throughout the book give very specific instructions so at no time are you uncertain about what you should be doing. The book... can be a good resource for people interested in introspection."

Think Yourself Thin: The Visualization Technique That Will Make You Lose Weight Without Diet or Exercise ASIN: 0694517291 Customer's Rating: 5 Summary: Excellent guideline for feeling positive and carefree. Comments: This program helps you internalize your desires. Anyone who has ever taken a sales course or seminar will truly relate to this book. It makes so much sense. However, don't be fooled that it will be easy. The concept is easy, but getting rid of your negative thoughts has its challenges. I have been doing her mental exercises for 4 months and have lost a dress size without any 'dieting'. In fact, this is the first time I have stopped dieting in 3 years and have had a significant weight loss. [One of the exercises is throwing out your scales, so I have no idea how many pounds I have lost.] I feel this program is exactly what I needed. Of course, permanent weight control is not accomplished in a few minutes, but positive changes will begin immediately in your mind and does soon follow with shaping your physical reality. It has been the answer for me on how to win the mental game of weight control.

The Art of True Healing: The Unlimited Power of Prayer and Visualization ASIN: 1577310128 Customer's Rating: 5 Summary: SO SIMPLE and EFFECTIVE Comments: Besides the clear exposition of the Middle Pillar exercise, the book also contains an element borrowed from astrology - the seven principal ideas symbolized by the sun, moon and inner planets (every idea and thing can be classified within one of these root ideas). For example, the sun represents power and success, life, money, growth, etc., its positive color is orange, its negative color is yellow or gold, and its magical name is Jehovah Eloh ve Dah-as. So for example if one has a need of money, you would visualize the negative color (yellow/gold) as a next step following the Middle Pillar and vibrate the name. To help someone else who needs money, one would visualize the positive color (orange) and the person concerned and vibrate the name. I have seen the Middle Pillar described using six chakras (Ted Andrews)or all seven chakras where Regardie uses only five (he combines the Throat and Third Eye centres), but I suppose it doesn't matter, since the effect is the same. And the effect is immediate and very tangible. I found Marc Allen's afterword to be helpful (variations of and reflections on the meaning of the Middle Pillar), especially the description of the 2-minute version and the clear explanation of the tree of life. Unlike another reviewer (daniel j walton) I merrily mix eastern and western methods and have been chanting Sanskrit mantras after vibrating the Hebrew names in the middle pillar, and it enhances the feeling and the effect for me. An important little book, very useful for spiritual healers, alternative therapists and for everybody who takes responsibility for their own health.

Seeing With the Mind's Eye: The History, Techniques, and Uses of Visualization ASIN: 0394731131 Customer's Rating: 5 Summary: A powerful book promoting inner strengths we all possess. Comments: This book assists the reader in learning about the powers of vision and it's influence over your decision making process. How to identify and respond to images obtained by the physical eye and how to manipulate positive images, produced by the intuitive imaging process of the brain. An excellent book for those who want to be the best they can be. You are what you think you are!

Visualizations for an Easier Childbirth ASIN: 0671670867 Customer's Rating: 5 Summary: The birth of my child was easy, just as I visualized Comments: I recommend this book to anyone who believes childbirth should be a positive experience. Its been 5 years since the quick, easy birth of my son and I still rave abouth the excercises in this book. The book helped me prepare to be relaxed and rejoice when labor began. All too often, women are programmed to be scared of childbirth, this short little book can help a woman to train her mind to enable the power of her body. A perfect book for someone trying to have a positive birthing experience.

Rapid Viz : A New Method for the Rapid Visualization of Ideas ASIN: 1560520558 Customer's Rating: 3 Summary: The title fooled me. Comments: I was expecting a book weighted toward doodling; idea-generation; capturing thoughts on paper. I was disappointed to find it more oriented toward graphic artists or illustrators. Lots of topics like composition, perspective, etc. And the sample sketches and examples are way, way more professional than I could ever hope to be. Read carefully the book description in the Editorial Reviews: "This book helps people to quickly master the fundamental techniques of graphic art and design using felt-tip pens and plain paper." If you're looking for technical tips to improve your drawing, by all means, buy this book. Bottom-line, I found it more oriented toward illustrators or artists than toward thinkers who want to doodle.

Secrets of Creative Visualization ASIN: 1578631025 Customer's Rating: 5 Summary: A Powerful Message Comments: This is one of the most dynamic, positive and uplifting works I've ever read. The techniques are breathtakingly simple, and the author's presentation is wonderful in it's symmetry and depth. Western Magick forms the backdrop, but the information contained here should prove useful to anyone interested in expanding their horizons. This work is especially valuable to those who believe that the Mind is the ultimate source of Reality. Also, I found Mr. Cooper's sincerity and kind words of encouragement particularly refreshing and helpful. His program of self-empowerment challenges the reader to stretch beyond old and outdated beliefs toward a fresh perspective; one that has the potential to transform lives. Courage and a little discipline are all that's required; I think you'll find that this book goes a long way towards helping you find these.

The Future Scrapbook ASIN: 0967518903 Customer's Rating: 5 Summary: A great book Comments: I have read many books on goal setting/attainment and this is one of the best. The author says that one day he sat down and made a list of goals, like most other books say to do. The problem was that the list didn't really motivate him -- so he invented a way to make his goals come alive by making them into future "memories" and thereby adding emotional "zing" to them. I think his approach is terrific and highly recommend this book.

Cutting the Ties That Bind: Growing Up and Moving on ASIN: 0877287910 Customer's Rating: 5 Summary: Fantastic! Comments: I have been cutting the ties that bind now for two years. It gives you so much freedom to be free from ties you have created with others, and it frees them also. I still have a lot of ties to cut at this stage and I am moving through them with ease, thanks to this wonderful technique. I recommend this book to everybody.

The Joy of Visualization: 75 Creative Ways to Enhance Your Life ASIN: 0877017654 Customer's Rating: 5 Summary: Visualization Comes True Comments: If you have an open mind, Valerie Well's collection of visualizations will work for you. I purchased this book 7 years ago and my life changed forever after using one of her visualizations. I used the "$$$ Pool" visualization to attract much-needed finances into my life. It took about 4 months of repetitive visualizing, but not only did I get financial security, I acquired a lot more money than I asked for! Valerie's visualizations are fun and outrageous. You will love using them. If you have a deep need for something to materialize in your life, I highly recommend this book as an aid to achieving what you desire.

Setting the Seen: Creative Visualization for Healing ASIN: 0910367337 Customer's Rating: 5 Summary: Great book of creative visualizations for healing. Comments: Setting the Seen- I work with terminally ill people. My goal is to allow them to embrace the final stage of their lives with courage,peace and dignity.I have used several of the creative visualization techniques in this book with great success. The visualizations were very effective in allowing my patients to heal relationships,in relaxing and in helping them to share their feelings. The feedback I received from my patients both verbally and non-verbally proved to be very successful. This book is #1 on my list for visualization techniques. Great guide to relaxation, healing relationships,and heightened creativity.

Psycho-Pictography: The New Way to Use the Miracle Power of Your Mind ASIN: 0132312832 Customer's Rating: 5 Summary: I recommend this constantly to my friends. Comments: I first read this book about five years ago, and I can't count the number of people I've recommended it to. Some of the writing style seems a bit corny or outdated, but the content is amazingly powerful. I don't think much of most self help books, but this one really does teach us to meditate on the way our minds work, and the resulting increased awareness really can bring about lasting change. It does take a lot of work, but obsessive thoughts can be brought under control with this awareness, leading to a lessening of chronic anger and depression, which in turn allows a brighter outlook and a more optimistic future. Vernon really knew his stuff.

Rituals of Healing: Using Imagery for Health and Wellness ASIN: 0553373471 Customer's Rating: 5 Summary: I found this book very helpful Comments: My 10 year old grandson has leukemia and is currently hospitalized for it. I used this book to help him visualize his immune system and create a healing experience. I haven't found much out there that is actually written for kids (this book is also a guide for adults), but it's easy to adapt what there is in this book to fit your child's situation with a just a little effort and imagination. I found the examples very encouraging and helpful as well. Following the examples of paintings and drawings found in the book...I think this helped him feel more in control over the disease.

The Einstein Factor : A Proven New Method for Increasing Your Intelligence ASIN: 076150186X Customer's Rating: 1 Summary: Specious Claims, Entirely Unsubstantiated Comments: "Einstein Factor" by Dr.Win Wenger purports to raise I.Q. by 1 pt per 80 minutes of "Image-Streaming", the main I.Q. building exercise prescribed by Dr.Wenger. This claim is largely based on anecdotal reports and the "Reinert Studies" for which no crucial details of experimental design are given; nor have these "results" (Increased I.Q.) been replicated by credible researchers anywhere. As noted in the Washington Post, the erstwhile "professor" Charles Reinert is currently a practitioner of long distance healing therapy. Perhaps most damning is the fact that current learning theories and present neuroscience make no allowance for such dramatic increases of I.Q..Save of course for children suffering from massive nutritional deficiency, who are consequently well fed and cared for. I have personally "image-streamed" for the last 6 months as per the explicit directions noted in "Einstein Factor" for 12 to 15 minutes everyday with no appreciable difference in I.Q. as measured by a battery of standardized tests (SAT, LSAT, GMAT) or in any numinous aspects. I have yet to take the Ravens Matrices however I suspect the result will be the same. I have not noticed any improvement in any aspect of intelligence. I suspect the preponderance of superlative reviews are due to the fact that "Image-Streaming" does produce a few side effects, mainly the stirring up of old memories, I can personally attest to this myself. However this does not equate to an improved memory just the remembrance of a few random images. Perhaps I am an outlier and if most people undertaking Image-Streaming are indeed experiencing massive I.Q. surges it is then only a matter of time before other scientists pick up on this and perform new, credible studies. Another phenomenon driving the good reviews of this title is essentially the same one that leads otherwise intelligent people to believe in astrology and voodoo: selective memory and self fulfilling prophecy. At any rate I find it entirely disingenuous to base the validity of "Image-Streaming" on anecdotal evidence and one flimsy pseudo-experiment, not even double-blind from what I can tell. As Carl Sagan stated "Dramatic Claims Call For Dramatic Evidence", here we have a dramatic claim with absolutely no evidence. I cannot recommend this title.

The Mental Edge: Maximize Your Sports Potential With the Mind/Body Connection ASIN: 0399524819 Customer's Rating: 5 Summary: TENNIS ANYONE? Comments: As a lifetime Tennis player I've tried it all.Inner Tennis, Tennis Zone, Zen, special rackets and coaches. Nothing has helped me more than The Mental Edge. Its esy to follow and the results last. Its not a rah rah get emotional type of book.Its a book of mental training exercises so you can master the skills and have lasting improvement.The real life examples are inspiring and fun. My game is better than ever and I enjoy every moment.THANK YOU!

In the Mind's Eye: Visual Thinkers, Gifted People With Dyslexia and Other Learning Difficulties, Computer Images and the Ironies of Creativity ASIN: 1573921556 Customer's Rating: 5 Summary: My Center Begins at a Different Place: Eccentric-Gifted Comments: If you have your own voice, know it is precious. If your child has the same, cherish, accept and nuture it. It is hope, we all live life threaded by hope. Please read this gentleman's book, his words eclipse my own with more passion and presience. Thank you Mr. Thomas G. West. Dr. Mario T. Scaduto Ph.D.

30 Scripts for Relaxation Imagery and Inner Healing ASIN: 0938586696 Customer's Rating: 5 Summary: Hurrah for Volume Two of 30 Scripts for Relaxation, Imagery Comments: I am extremely pleased with this book and am now the proud owner of both volumes of this book. It is one of those books that I use all the time, which says a lot. It helps me personally and is a terrific resource when I teach stress management sessions.

Spinning Inward: Using Guided Imagery With Children for Learning, Creativity and Relaxation ASIN: 0877734224 Customer's Rating: 5 Summary: Spinning Inward a great book for children AND adults Comments: I have been using this book for years in a meditation class I teach. The meditations are original, fun and very relaxing. I highly recommend it.

Creative Imagery: How to Visualize in All Five Senses ASIN: 0671682385 Customer's Rating: 5 Summary: One of my favorite books Comments: Do you enjoy daydreaming? Well you can't do any better than this book! Not only are you given specific imagery, scenes and scenarios to work on, Dr Fezler tells you HOW to visualize---in all 5 senses: how to make colors brighter, tastes more real---to make it short, he helps you enter virtual reality. I have enjoyed this book for several years now. You should too.

Finding the Energy to Heal: How EMDR, Hypnosis, TFT, Imagery, and Body-Focused Therapy Can Help Resolve Health Problems (Norton Professional Books) ASIN: 0393703266 Customer's Rating: 5 Summary: A book for therapists on the forefront Comments: I had an opportunity to review this book prior to its publication; that's how I first came to know Maggie Phillips. She is a highly accomplished psychologist and psychotherapist, and in this book she expertly integrates the best of traditional practice with cutting edge therapeutic processes. She also offers useful strategies for when to choose and how to combine hypnosis, EMDR, ego-state therapy, somatic therapies, imagery, and thought field therapy. An evolved perspective on energy psychology, "Finding the Energy to Heal" is required reading for therapists who take their craft seriously. --Fred P. Gallo, Ph.D., author of "Energy Psychology", "Energy Diagnostic and Treatment Methods", and "Energy Tapping."

Art Is a Way of Knowing ASIN: 1570620784 Customer's Rating: 5 Summary: a wealth of ideas Comments: The author reveals much of her own journey through painful life experiences and how art expressions helped her to heal. The book is filled with her own original artwork,and it is a very open,brave art indeed. Her suggestions for the reader are very stimulating,and make one eager to begin to make art.She offers many examples of art activities and materials.,and even has an appendix for a music catalogue(she suggests listening to music while artmaking)and an adress for art supply catalogue...Everyone will feel like an artist,as well as getting to know oneself at a deep level through doing this book.

Mind over Labor ASIN: 0140467629 Customer's Rating: 5 Summary: I REQUIRE this for ALL my students! Comments: I teach natural childbirth classes and I acutally buy this book for all of my students! I don't think you can just read this once or twice and breeze through labor, but if you practice (at least once a day for 3 months before), it WILL have a positive effect on yoru labor/birth. So many women say, "Yeah, I read it and it didn't work for me." You have to wonder how much time they acutally put into it. I also love his views on the place of birth. I think one reason why so many women say this doesn't work is because they are giving birth in places that do not truly support natural birth. If you are the least bit uncomfortable with you birthing environment--your labor will probably be affected in a negative way! I always tell my students, if you could not have an orgasm at your place of birth, then it is probably not the right atmosphere! You need to be able to let go and surrender to birth--not try to "fit" into some pre-determined model of labor/birth (like at most hospitals). GREAT book and I highly recommend it!

Zen Imagery Exercises: Meridian Exercises for Wholesome Living ASIN: 0870406698

Art As Medicine: Creating a Therapy of the Imagination ASIN: 0877736588 Customer's Rating: 3 Summary: Interesting, but writing style is too wordy. Comments: McNiff's writing style is very dense and hard to grasp. But if you can persevere, he has had some interesting experiences using art as a therapeutic technique.

Dance Imagery for Technique and Performance ASIN: 0873229436 Customer's Rating: 5 Summary: This book can greatly help for dancers! Comments: As a dancer and a beginner I was struggling with jazz technique for a long time. The imagery approach has helped me greatly to improve my plies and turns, posture and interaction with space. The essence of the imagery approach is to identify yourself with an image. As an example the one that inspired me was "a growing root". I keep coming to this book again and again, when I need to recupirate and find inspiration. It also developed my imagery and gave me another prospective on relationships, energy and dancing. The book has helpful illustrations and photos. A must!

Less Stress Surgery : A Guided Imagery Relaxation Tape ASIN: 1893557006 Customer's Rating: 5 Summary: Less Stress Surgery Comments: I went in for major surgery and was fortunate to get Dr. Neimark's tape on Less Stress Surgery. There are a few points Dr. Neimark mentioned that was very helpful. 1.Think of your blood flow moving away from the area of the surgery. I did this and I had very little blood loss. 2.When you have discomfort (pain) make your mind think of good experiences. This worked great for me. I thought of my wife and kids. 3.When you wake up from surgery start thinking of you favorite foods. This will get your intestine's working faster. I dreamed about cheesecake! It sure helped. I would recommend anyone going through surgery to listen to Dr. Neimark tape.

Dynamic Alignment Through Imagery ASIN: 0873224752 Customer's Rating: 4 Summary: How to Deal With Gravity Comments: Gravity is the most influencial force in our lives. Eric Franklin's Dynamic Alignment Through Imagery deals how to move in the gravity field. I am not a professial dancer. But I am approaching walking the 4.0 minute mile using body images in Franklin's book as a guide for good alignment. This imagery that moves your body parts better keeps your interest. It is fun. Right now I am working on hip motions images. How much do I like it? I bought five copies to give to my children so they could share good alignment with my grandchildren. So, they all will know how to deal with and make peace with gravity.

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