Using the Imagine Healing Process

Helping People Heal: Introduction to Imagine Healing

Research about emotions, beliefs, attitudes—about brain function—and immune response is proving to us that, in fact, being able to imagine healing is the solution.

Because humans process their subjective experience, in part, as pictures, when one says, “I just cannot see how I will get through all of this,” according to Dr. Emmett E. Miller, author of Deep Healing: The Essence of Mind/Body Medicine, we are not just hearing words, we may well be witnessing destiny. Miller’s work shows clearly how beliefs and images become actual events in the body.

25-30 million Americans will undergo surgery with anesthesia each year.

Bodies know how to heal. Healing is the most natural processes in the world. If the patient enjoys a calm and positive mental state, natural recovery might take place more quickly. However, in “Relaxation REVOLUTION” Herbert Benson and William Proctor report current research that suggests if the patient is under emotional stress, believes that recovery is unlikely, or is otherwise in the grip of negative emotions, healing can be delayed or blocked.

In any crisis, because the outcome is not yet certain, emotional stress is inherent. The part of the brain that scans for danger begins to kick into high gear thinking that is the way to make us safe. What is needed is not stress but relaxation, when the physiology itself is working against that.

Building on ancient wisdom and contemporary research, you are able to guide the conscious mind to a sense of peace that allows access to the information that is needed. Five simple steps can make all the difference when someone is anticipating surgery, going through medical treatment, or experiencing the need for healing in any area of life. Do not be confused by the simplicity of the steps: Imagine Healing produces profound results.

Five simple steps to Imagine Healing can make all the difference if you or someone you know is anticipating surgery, going through medical treatment, or experiencing the need for healing in any area of life. These steps include:

• Relax to feel peaceful
• Discover what you need to know
• Create positive expectations
• Organize a support group
• Enlist the support of your [medical] team

Imagine Healing: Using Guided Imagery to Help You Heal™ is a step-by-step process that allows you to turn off the sympathetic nervous system (flight or flight or freeze). If you are being chased by a lion, you do not have long-term goals for health and wellness. You can activate your parasympathetic nervous system where everything in your being is aimed at well-being. The wonderful healing benefits were specifically designed for use during surgery, chemotherapy, dialysis, or other extended medical procedures, but everyone should understand this distinction and take advantage of the benefits. Get out of the worry brain and into the truth that your body knows how to heal.

With these powerful, yet simple steps, people imagine healing in not just the short term, but also the long term. The healing that occurs often goes beyond physical — healing mental scars and emotional wounds as well. Tucked within every crisis is the hidden potential for a sacred transformation. Like a light in the darkness, these are welcome skills for eliciting the precise resources that help people help themselves heal by remembering and activating these innate healing processes.

You may want to view the short video interview with Jane Foster. In 1999 Jane had 22 tumors on her liver when her surgeon closed her up and said he could not keep cutting on her. This interview was done in 2012! Let Jane Foster tell you about Imagine Healing.

The following links are to some of our other videos on YouTube:

Tips for Taking Medications

People who are the most health conscious often resist taking medications. Without being aware of it, the resistance can actually diminish or prevent the greatest benefits. Debra often says she never eats anything that is bad for her. People often think this means she never eats a cookie or ice cream or chips. She loves all of those! She knows these do not have the same health benefits as a broccoli quiche, so she blesses it even more by her attitude. The following little video contains tips for taking medications because it is vital to clear resistance and allow your body to receive all of the benefits.

A Guide to Remembering Wellness

By remembering a time when you felt really good, your body can make the good brain chemicals: endorphins and interleukens; serotonin, melatonin, and oxytocin. Debra is demonstrating this process as she is working with Jane Foster during a workshop on the health benefits of anchoring (stimulus response conditioning).