Reply to "Creative visualization is one of the most important tools we have for creating and maintaining good health"

SHAKTI GAWAIN: Right. Everybody uses their imagination, although some people don't think they do. A lot of people have such negative beliefs about themselves, they think, "I'm not imaginative." But everybody uses their imagination. An easy way to realize that is, I just ask people to close their eyes for a minute and imagine that they're at home in their room. Well, whatever happens for you when you do that, that's your form of visualization. You may have a clear picture. You may have sort of a vague picture. You may not have a picture at all. You may just think about being at home in your room, or whatever. But that's your form of imagery or visualization or imagination. And I always encourage people just to do what comes easily to them, don't worry about it. People get very hung up trying to visualize, and they just get in the way of the process. If they just --

-- GAWAIN: Well, there are some simple techniques. The main technique is learning how to relax, which is a big one for a lot of us in this society. So I usually teach people some very simple kinds of relaxation and meditation techniques -- just close your eyes, take a few deep breaths, relax your body. Sometimes I encourage people to just lie down and put on some soft music -- whatever can help you to relax -- or some traditional breathing techniques, or whatever. And so the first step is just to relax your body, relax your mind, let yourself drop into a quieter, deeper level of consciousness, which puts you more in touch with your intuitive or creative self. After that, the basic technique of visualization is to create an experience within yourself of whatever it is that you want. That can be an external thing or an internal thing. In other words, you could visualize or imagine yourself in your new house, or your new job. Or you could simply visualize or imagine yourself feeling self confident, or feeling very creative, or learning how to express your feelings more directly, or anything that's important to you.

http://www.intuition.org/txt/gawain.htm

I think that Shakti Gawain is a pioneer in creative visualization. I truly recommend her book that deals with this topic.