Visualization Visualization is a form of directed meditation. Anticipation, as well as actual events, can trigger stress reactions. Instead of letting undirected worry increase stress, directed relaxation is used to reduce it. Visualization changes perceptions and attitudes about stress-inducing events. In addition to reducing stress, it can channel the stress into positive performance.
Many athletes use visualization.
It's a technique that can be self-taught with a good book from the library or an informative web site. It transcends sickness to find health. That sound alone attracts the mind and leads it, effortlessly and naturally, to a slightly subtler level of the thinking process. A large body of research, including studies out of Yale, Harvard and Stanford Universities, show TM has tangible benefits, including reducing mild hypertension. Try the Yellow Pages to find a TM instructor in your area.