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recall or imagine how your office looks like, name which officemates you
get to talk to and so on.
2. Sit alone in a quiet, comfortable place where you will be uninterrupted. The
importance of being able to focus completely cannot be understated. Here are
some pointers on being at the right place at the right time during your creative
visualization exercises:
a. The importance of being alone. During creative visualization, you need to
be comfortable in the fact that you will be spending some time alone.
Being alone enables you to perform intrapersonal or self-communication,
and is useful in assessing the issues in your life that are most meaningful
to you.
b. Be in a comfortable place. A comfortable place is an area where you feel
most secure. If you decide to stay in your room, keep it as clean and
organized as possible, and lock the door if you have to so that you will be
certain that you will not be disturbed. As creative visualization may take
some time, it is also important that you find a suitable place where your
mind and body will feel relaxed.
c. Ensure that you are uninterrupted. It may be helpful to inform your family
(or friends if you live in a dorm) not to disturb you for a couple of minutes
for your creative visualization exercise. Remember, the key is to eliminate
all negative energies and focus on only positive ones. If you are
interrupted and you get irritated by the intrusion, you may have difficulty
finding a similar mood of peace and balance with which you can start or
continue your creative visualization exercise.
3. Relax. Both your mind and body must be relaxed during the creative visualization
process. This is the reason you have to schedule it, find a place for it and prepare
for it. Some methods that work include:
a. Lying on your back. This position relaxes your muscles and allows you to
completely succumb to the mental images you have prepared to visualize
for yourself. Be careful, of course, that you do not fall asleep in the
process.
b. Closing your eyes. Keeping your eyes closed enables you to come up with
a “blank slate,” so that you take full control of the environment and setting
which you wish to imagine. The items you see in your room or chosen
location for the visualization exercise may or may not trigger different
kinds of emotions and bring about various kinds of biases. This is why
closing your eyes can help you start on a somewhat more neutral ground.
c. Sitting on a comfy sofa. If you tend to fall asleep lying down on your back,
consider sitting on a comfy sofa while you engage yourself in