Have you ever heard of athletes who, as part of their training, envision themselves accomplishing their task perfectly? Visioning can work for you to. It can do wonders for helping you create the healthy, powerful body you desire.

Author James Ray, a master at helping people achieve success, says that most of us don’t have what we want because we haven’t defined it properly. We have an idea that we would like to be healthier, but we go through life with what we learned from our families or society as we were growing up. 

For example, did you learn to associate a certain food or eating habit with something that makes you feel better, even though it is actually harmful to your body? Because the old ideas, beliefs and thought processes of our experience have been fixed into our unconscious minds, we accept them without question, and therefore continually recreate them.

When we understand the process, we can change it. We can transform our old, conditioned paradigm into one that models the healthy and vibrant lifestyle we would like to live.

Try these steps for creating a new health paradigm. Using these visioning tools to help you attain the healthy lifestyle you aspire to and deserve will help you attain your goals.  When your mind is on board, your body will follow.

1. Make your paradigm as real, concrete and comprehensive as possible. Ask yourself what are the new attitudes and opinions about your health that you would like to adopt? Write down your answers, being as specific as you can.  Include details about what your typical day looks like when you live according to your new healthy attitudes.

2. Think in an unlimited way. Give yourself permission to envision yourself living life exactly how you would like it to be, no holds barred. You are worth it!

3. Be sure to use the present tense. Write it and experience it as though it were true right now. For example, “I love that I feel so strong and powerful in my body.”

4. Make your paradigm emotional. Use emotional words in your writing, describing how you feel now that you are so strong and powerful in your body.

5. Be careful to state what you do want, not what you don’t want. Our minds cannot process negatives. If you say, “I don’t want to be overweight,” your mind will think about being overweight.

6. Create a picture of your paradigm and be in the picture, not just an observer looking at it. When you’re actually in the picture, you experience the emotions and results that you have in your new healthy body. Your unconscious gets the message: This is real!

[Ed. Note: Scott Martineau is a powerful motivational speaker and has been successful at helping thousands with his inspirational messages and pioneering ideas for self-improvement. To learn how you can unleash the true power of you, click here now.]

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