IMAGES THAT HEAL

Mar
23
2009

By now, everyone is aware that one brain hemisphere is more receptive to verbal input while the other responds best to visual symbols. Feeding both visual and verbal suggestions to the brain saturates the mind with suggestions that your hands become heavy and warm.

Usually, within a minute or two one or both hands will begin to tingle, a sure sign of blood vessel dilation. As soon as you feel a hint of tingling in one hand, mentally magnify this feeling and transfer it to the other hand.

At first, you may find that only one or two fingers on one hand begin to tingle. Don’t get discouraged. This is a sure indication that you have achieved a high state of suggestibility, and that the unconscious is carrying out your suggestions. The blood vessels are beginning to dilate in your hands, allowing more blood to flow in to make your hands warmer and heavier, just as you suggested.

Try to notice which mental pictures and suggestions are most effective in making your hand temperature rise. Many people eventually are able to dispense with the beach scene and they end up by directly visualizing warm, fresh blood flowing down their arms and into their hands. They “see” their blood vessels dilate and they “feel” their hands becoming heavier and warmer.

Others have successfully warmed their hands by visualizing them immersed in a bowl of hot water. Still others prefer to picture themselves washing dishes in a tub of hot, soapy water. Yet others imagine themselves reaching out to warm their hands in front of a fire of glowing coals. Use whichever scenes and suggestions work best to warm your hands.