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Just sitting with a loved one recalling a pleasant memory can bring great comfort. 
Try this exercise with your loved one:
Try this exercise with your loved one:You might have your loved one think of a memory from a time when he or she felt loved, comforted, and peaceful – the kind of memory that brings on a warm smile, and that warm fuzzy feeling in your chest.
Next, guide your loved one to take a few deep, comfortable, relaxing breaths, deep into the belly, “breathing in all that you need as you inhale and releasing all that you don’t need as you exhale.”
Now have your loved one begin to describe their memory, encouraging them to just take themselves back to that time in their mind. Ask questions invoking the use of the senses as you hear this memory. What is the temperature like? Let yourself feel that warm sunny day on your skin…or the light breeze. Are there any sounds in the background? Hear the birds, or the leaves rustling in the wind. What does it smell like? Breathe in the fragrance of the garden, the aroma the forest. Then ask, “How do you feel as you recall…?”
We have all that we need, we truly do. Imagery is a tool that can help connect us to this sacred knowledge. Each and every one of us has the capacity to use imagery; it is the way our brains work. When we worry about the past or future, we are using imagery. Unfortunately this worrying creates states of stress or tension in our bodies rather than relaxation and peace. Directing our thoughts to those of love, peace, and joy brings great comfort to the body—physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Where the mind goes, the body follows.
Any of these links will provide you with education regarding guided imagery.
Guided Imagery CDs --
* Belleruth Naparstek (800) 800 8661
* Dr. Marty Rossman (866) 879 2231
To find a practitioner --
* Beyond Ordinary Nursing (650) 570 6157
* Academy for Guided Imagery (800) 726 2070
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Therapeutic imagery is a wonderful and effective tool individuals can use to promote health, decrease stress, and facilitate healing. The potential is endless. Our bodies have a miraculous capacity for regeneration, growth and healing. Ongoing research in the field of Psychneuroimmunology (PNI) is providing a significant scientific base for the field of mind/body medicine. The process of therapeutic imagery allows individuals to communicate with their inner knowing and body wisdom, to access information and insight, thus aiding the body’s own natural capacity for healing. Therapeutic imagery is a dynamic, transformative process that helps one to see around the bend, opening oneself to new horizons of healing. -- Jayne PetersonJayne Peterson, RN, BSN, is a Certified Integrative Imagery Practitioner. She has a private practice in Kingston, WA at the Harbor Healing Center. She utilizes imagery techniques for relaxation and stress management, accessing inner wisdom and resources, coping with chronic illness, pain and symptom relief, and preparation for surgical or medical 
procedures. Jayne also works as a home health and hospice nurse, incorporating relaxation and guided imagery techniques into her daily nursing practice and teaching other health care providers these techniques. Jayne can be reached by phone at (360) 297-0029 or (360) 620-4460 or at jaynepeterson@prodigy.net.
procedures. Jayne also works as a home health and hospice nurse, incorporating relaxation and guided imagery techniques into her daily nursing practice and teaching other health care providers these techniques. Jayne can be reached by phone at (360) 297-0029 or (360) 620-4460 or at jaynepeterson@prodigy.net.Thank you, Jayne, for your inspired wisdom! May we honor ourselves enough to take the time to nurture and heal ourselves using all the tools that are available to us, Dancing heart~~~
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