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(3) Visualization / Journeys
Visualization / Journeys
After experiencing how to relax your body and still the mind in a meditation, the next step is a guided visualization. Your visualization journey can be anything from a walk along a beach, a swim in and under the water, to exploring a cave or finding a treasure chest to retrieve a gift. You could also visualize a walk in the woods or jungle, strolling beside a river, then dipping under a waterfall, entering a cave, and exploring it. Or you might go to a sanctuary where you have to enter and explore different rooms or climb up or down steps to different levels. Whatever the journey, be aware of what you see, hear and especially feel and allow yourself to stop your experience to ask any questions you may have. Another unique journey is to visualize yourself laying on a beach or floating on the water. Then to allow yourself to move out of that body, attached by a silver chord, to then fly off to an island mountain top or a sacred place to do whatever you have to. When youve completed that part of the journey, you return to your body on the beach or floating in the water and then back to mist outside your present body and then back into your present body. There is no limit as to what you can explore and experience.
Again these visualizations can be self-directed or you can purchase one of hundreds of visualization audio tapes available. Better yet, have a friend assist you on your journey and both of you can get involved in what is being experienced as your friend can guide you into areas that they feel are important for you. Where as a taped visualization is always the same journey but, you can also have different experiences each time you listen to it.
If you are guiding someone, try not to use too many specific details like colours or types of animals or trees as this will tend to confuse or distract the person on the journey if they are seeing something else. If you can give them options like a junction in the path, one leading to the left, another to the right and allow them to choose one. They might respond with, Yes, I see the fork in the road, Im going to follow the one on the right as that is where my animal guide, my wolf is leading me. Also allow yourself to share what you are experiencing with your friend even though it is you that is guiding them. The more journeys you do and help guide, the more open you become as your intuition begins to surface and you get reinforcements from the other person that your intuition was correct.
For visualizations and especially journeys, I would recommend that at least for the first few times that you have a partner. One that is on the same path as you and has the same intent to heal as you do, so that you can assist each other and guide one another on your journeys. I have to add that no journey is ever only for the benefit of the one doing the journey as the person assisting and doing the guiding will also become involved in the journey. The lesson or experience for the one doing the guiding is to allow yourself to be open, to feel and intuit what the other person is feeling and expressing, as well as allowing yourself to feel and express your own intuition and emotions. By allowing yourself to express what youre picking up you will assist or trigger the person doing the journey into acknowledging what they are feeling, but may be denying expressing as they may feel its their imagination or isnt important and so on. Also dont be fooled into thinking that just because the person you are guiding has a particular issue that you dont have involvement also, if you didnt, it wouldnt be coming up for you to witness and to feel. The blue mist that Ill be mentioning, is the starting point for doing either a visualization or any of the other journeys. The more journeys you do, the quicker you can get yourself into and out of the mist as you develop your own unique techniques.
Meditation/Visualization is the key to open all the other inner tools or doorways. It is utilized in all the journeys, from meeting your higher self, guides and animal totems, channeling, clearing your astral attachments, past lives, Shamanic, Archetypal and multi-dimensional journeys and most importantly doing inner and outer child regression and healing the emotions. Having said that, once the door has been opened, you no longer need meditation/visualization to take you to where you want to go. If youre new to all of this, its important to follow the steps until you are familiar with them, like riding a bike and then you can strike out on your own and develop what feels right for you. Although I recommend you begin each journey using this form of meditation/visualization, it is not mandatory for every experience. The more open and familiar you become with the techniques and the process, the easier and quicker it is for you to reach this altered state of conscious awareness. With people that Ive worked with before, I can go directly to. Close your eyes, visualize yourself ankle deep in water at the lake or sea, feel yourself grounded and connected with the Earth. Now visualize (a time or place) and let me know when you are there. From this point, they can take themselves on any journey, to go wherever they need to, and all in a matter of seconds.
Before you begin this journey you will need to prepare yourself by going through the basics techniques of breath, grounding, relaxing, centering yourself, see Meditation for details.
Our intent this day is to connect with my/our higher self and guides, and to receive any insights as to the issues that I/we have in my/our life in this moment and to be guided to whatever serves my/our highest purpose and good. During this journey its OK to talk about what you are experiencing, to ask or answer questions as well as to express any emotions that you are feeling.
The journey: Now, visualize a blue mist before you and allow yourself to move out from your place of centre and to slowly move into the mist. It might be blue or green or whatever other colour is appropriate. You may not see a mist and that is OK too, you may just sense or feel that you are in the mist or somewhere outside your physical body. You are about to begin your journey and when you return, you will come back to this place in the mist before returning to your body. (Short pause) Tell me when you feel you are in this mist, this space feeling safe and secure? (Pause) Waiting for a yes, Im in the mist.
Now allow and feel yourself moving through the mist and as you do, you see the mist beginning to clear. (Short pause) Before you lies a beautiful beach and beyond the beach is a body of water, note the colour of the sand and the water. (Short pause) Notice if there is anything or anyone on the beach or in the water. (Short pause) Notice if there are clouds or anything else in the sky? (Short pause) Allow yourself to walk toward the beach, feel the temperature and texture of the sand beneath your feet change as you near the waters edge. (Short pause) Feel the sun on your face and the wind on your body; notice what you are wearing. (Short pause) Listen to the sounds around you as you breathe the air. (Short pause)
Ive stopped the journey here as I feel that with what Ive already given you that you are quite able to grasp the format and techniques of completing the journey. Once youre in the mist, your journey is limited only by your imagination. Ill be doing other journeys in more detail and that will also help you if you have a problem here. After the journey, the next important steps are the return and the integrating which I will now present. If you are guiding someone on a visualization journey and you feel that its time for them to return, the following is the procedure I use and if you are doing your own journey, the same basic format is also used.
Returning: It is now time to return, to end your journey and to re-enter the blue mist, (Pause) Let me know when you are back in the mist? (Short pause) Waiting for the reply yes, Im going back in the mist. Now allow yourself to come back through the mist to outside your physical body, resting comfortably, safe and secure, let me know when you are back to this place? (Pause, again waiting for a, yes, Im back) Now, bring back all your power and essence pertaining to the Earth plane and this physical body in the here and now. (Short pause) Now slowly leave the mist and return to your physical body, to your place of centre in the middle of your head, between your ears and eyes, the place where you began your journey, resting comfortable, secure and at peace. (Short pause) Now slowly allow yourself to begin to feel your consciousness returning to your physical body. Begin to move your fingers and toes and to slowly move your neck and head. (Short pause) Take a few slow, deep breaths and when youre ready, begin to move the rest of your body, your shoulders, arms, and feet. (Short pause) Youre now fully conscious and aware of everything that happened to you on your journey that you need to remember at this time. (Short pause) When you are ready, you can slowly open your eyes.
Integrating: Stay in your seated position for a few minutes and reflect on your experience and the feeling in your body. If you had a friend guiding you, then after a few moments you can share your experience with them, or if you keep a diary or journal you can write your experiences. As previously mentioned, it is desirable to express your emotions as youre feeling and experiencing them, but if you become emotional after your journey, then allow the emotions to move and express them as you can. Also express yourself to express your fear of expressing or any other fears that may come up.
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