| One of the first techniques that I recommend to my | | | | can imagine what it's going to be like to breath fresh air |
| client's who want to quit smoking, is to begin visualizing | | | | into your lungs). |
| themselves as a non-smoker. Creative Visualization is | | | | 4. Bring in details |
| a technique where you imagine or think about yourself | | | | Enhance your visualization by bringing in more details |
| as you want to be. It's like replaying a mental movie | | | | into your mental movie. (Where are you? What are |
| about you successfully achieving your goal. Using the | | | | you doing? What are you wearing? Notice your |
| power of Creative Visualization will help mentally | | | | surroundings, Who else is there?). |
| prepare you to become a non-smoker. | | | | 5. Bring in all your senses |
| Creative Visualization steps: | | | | Bring all your senses into your visualization.(What else |
| 1. Center yourself | | | | do you see in the scene? What sounds do you hear? |
| With your eyes closed, take a moment to center | | | | What emotions are you feeling? What do you smell |
| yourself by taking a few deep breaths while becoming | | | | and taste?). |
| aware of your surroundings (What are you sitting or | | | | 6. Positive affirmations |
| standing on? What color is it? How is your body | | | | Give yourself positive affirmations throughout your |
| touching the earth? Can you feel your heartbeat? | | | | visualization. (I am a calm, healthy, and happy |
| What sounds can you hear?). | | | | non-smoker). |
| 2. Start visualizing | | | | 7. Visualize each day |
| Think about where you are at this moment. This is | | | | Repeat your one minute visualizations at least two |
| where you will begin your one minute visualization. | | | | times each day. Visualize yourself in different situations |
| (How much are you smoking per day? How confident | | | | enjoying one or multiple benefits at the same time, |
| and motivated are you?). | | | | always imagining yourself how you would like to be as |
| 3. Enjoy a benefit | | | | a non-smoker. You may visualize yourself as if you |
| Quickly move past your quit date, and create a mental | | | | were watching yourself on a movie screen or from |
| picture of a moment in your first days/weeks as a | | | | the perspective of looking out of your own eyes. The |
| non-smoker enjoying one of the ways you are going | | | | ideal time to begin visualizing is as soon as you think |
| to benefit. (If being healthier is one of your benefits, you | | | | you want to quit smoking. |