Are you visualizing yourself as healthy, slim, strong, and hearty?

Or are you seeing yourself right where you are—or even where you fear you will be?

An analogy that Abraham-Hicks uses is that when you are driving your car, you are looking towards where you are going.

You would not get very far if you are looking through the floorboard right at where you are, and would crash even more quickly if you were turned and looking behind you.

It’s the same with releasing weight.

I recently read a quote from Mike Dooley that said something to the effect of, “Your thoughts are aiming God.”

So visualizing yourself where you want to be is harnessing the power of the Universe (All-That-Is, God, Source Energy, Higher Self—whatever works for you) to help you reach your goal.

Before you think this is Woo Woo, Spiritual mumbo jumbo, I want to point out the science of visualizing.

Olympic athletes have been doing it for decades. It is proven to significantly boost results.

This makes sense when you realize that thoughts have energy (we can actually measure them now), so aligning your thoughts and your actions builds your momentum for reaching your goals.

But visualizing does takes practice.

And it’s pretty much impossible when you don’t believe you can reach your goal.

A short-cut around the belief is to focus on how it will emotionally feel when you achieve your goal.

Emotions are easier to imagine. You can see an athlete cross the finish line and imagine the thrill she must feel. The exhilaration, the sense of accomplishment, the confidence, the gratitude.

Bonus! As you imagine those feelings—you feel them, too!

When you feel them, you know you are on it! You are there! You are effectively Emotionally Visualizing.

So now imagine yourself doing something you will do when you achieve your ideal weight. Maybe it’s going hiking, or to the beach—whatever you want to do.

How will that feel?

Practice that! Focus on that! Feel that way as much as possible—right now.

Just like visulaization is proven to help Olympic athletes, it WILL help you reach your optimal weight.

Here’s how you can begin practicing Emotional Envisioning.

Before bed, think about how you want to feel as you move through your day—for instance how eager you will feel to give your workout your all. How much you appreciate the food that you are eating and your amazing body that is knocking itself out on your behalf.

Then as you go through that part of your day, reach for the emotion you envisioned.

Then make it even more specific.

For instance, not only reach for feeling eager before your workout, but also think about how good it feels afterwards–it makes you feel alive, confident, successful, even powerful. Spend a moment allowing yourself to feel that way, and then begin moving your body.

Talk about amping up your workout!

Added Bonus! It increases the positive feelings you experience when you’re done, so the good feeling just keeps getting better and better! This makes your journey to creating optimal wellness way more fun!

Practice feeling:

• How you want to experience your meal before you eat.
• How rested and refreshed you will be when you wake up before you go to sleep.
• How cleansing and hydrating the water is before you drink.

You are creating a wave of energy that is like a tidal wave moving you where you want to go.

However, if you are in a lot of pain or are struggling with something, trying to envision how it will feel when you meet your ultimate goal may actually make you feel worse because it seems too far away. If that’s the case, just reach for a smaller feeling of relief.

For instance, envision waking up feeling a little more rested, or the satisfaction of completing your walk around the block. Your progress is your progress.

What can you do to begin Emotionally Envisioning how you want your body to feel? What difference does that make to how much more fun it is to create the body you want?

Together we can do it!