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Visualizing Made Easy

By Gretchen Becker Health Expert

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We all know that stress can exacerbate a lot of medical conditions, so last week I decided I should look into some techniques for reducing stress.

 

One of these techniques is visualization. When you're stressed, you try to imagine yourself in a place that would be relaxing, you feel the stress fall away, and the healing powers within your own body begin to get to work.

 

This technique does sometimes backfire. I read of a woman who was instructed to imagine she was floatin...

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