During challenging times, it can be easy to abandon hope. When life seems “out of control”, we may focus on a perceived negative future. Today, I want to offer you another way of thinking — I want to remind you that as you imagine, so you create! Imagination is a divine gift and we can use it to co-create + manifest positive experiences into our reality via creative visualization.
What is Creative Visualization?
Creative visualization is a cognitive technique whereby we use the imagination to visualize outcomes we want to manifest in our lives. The concept of creative visualization has been around for centuries. It has been studied by psychologists and is a technique used by top athletes when training for competition. More recently, the concept of conscious creative visualization was popularized by New Age author Shakti Gawain in the 1970s. In her book Creative Visualization, she writes
“Creative visualization is the technique of using your imagination to create what you want in your life. There is nothing at all new, strange, or unusual about creative visualization. You are already using it every day — every minute in fact. It is your natural power of imagination, the basic creative energy of the universe, which you use constantly, whether or not you are aware of it. Imagination is the ability to create an idea, a mental picture, or a feeling sense of something. In creative visualization you use your imagination to create a clear image, idea, or feeling of something you wish to manifest. Then you continue to focus on the idea, feeling, or picture regularly, giving it positive energy until it becomes objective reality … in other words, until you actually achieve what you have been imagining.”
We are more powerful than we know and truly meant to live life abundantly!
How to Use Creative Visualization
I’ve been working with this concept for the past 5 years and it’s truly helped me to believe for bigger + better! Today — I want you do the same. Below, you’ll find some resources to help you visualize + imagine what you want to create in your life.
Journal Prompts: The Fierce Reset: Digital ebook companion has 50+ journal prompts to help you dig deep and create your best life. It was born out of the workshops we do on the Fierce Reset retreat and is divided into sections — Mind, Body, Soul, Money, Work, Life, Relationship, etc. If you don’t know where to start or what you want to visualize, carve out some time with your journal and explore the questions in this workbook. My recommendation is to pick a section of focus, journal to dig into your true desires, and then spend some time visualizing. Download HERE.
Manifestation 101: Are you completely new to these concepts and want to understand a bit more? Look no further than this post which dives into the concept of manifestation. Read more HERE.
Becoming Your Best Self: There is still ample time left in 2020 to make positive changes in your life. The slower pace due to COVID-19 affords us more time to go within and focus on ourselves. If you’re visualizing becoming your best self and looking for resources to help — we got you! Read more HERE.
Creative Visualization Workbook: If you want to dive even deeper, explore the Creative Visualization workbook made by the OG Shakti Gawain herself. Order HERE.
If this work is interesting to you — I strongly recommend the Creative Visualization workbook to dive even deeper. Wishing you all the best and remember — AS YOU IMAGINE, SO YOU CREATE! Do your best to spend time imagining a positive + amazing future for yourself. You’ll be surprised how much your life can change!
