Total Body Relaxation is basic yet effective. You can practice this short guided exercise sitting down, laying down or even standing up with your eyes open. If you wish to get results in only few minutes, this is the recording for you. And of course, if after a while you wish to dive deeper into the realm of meditation these recordings are available too.
More About Guided Imagery
Guided Imagery involves closing your eyes and imagining a scene that involves each of your senses – sight, hearing, smelling, tasting – and thinking, feeling, and visualizing yourself within that scene.
Engaging the mind this way helps put you into a deeply relaxed state where you can imagine your body as you wish it would be. Imagine any scene that makes you feel happy, calm, healthy, and fully recovered.
You can visualize yourself sitting on the beach, walking in a forest, trekking a mountain, swimming in the pool, or in any scenario that uplifts your spirit—involved and immersed in the sights of the place you imagine, the sounds, smells, and energy of your surroundings.
In your mind’s eye, you can see yourself doing anything you love to do and imagine that you’re doing any of those things already healthy and fully recovered. The idea is that you will immerse yourself in that scene so successfully that your mind will believe you can accomplish it, and the process will increase confidence, reduce stress, and even boost the functioning of your immune system.
Guided Imagery for Cancer Benefits
Studies have shown that Guided Imagery can help the mind and body relax. It can also help:
Manage anxiety, stress, and depression
Help reduce pain
Lower blood pressure
Lessen nausea
Give you a better sense of control and well-being