Learn Guided Imagery to Reduce Stress - Tonight!

Guided imagery - sometimes called guided meditation or visualization - is a gentle but powerful technique that focuses your mind on a relaxing scene. The scene should include details for all of your senses; for example sitting by a fire in a secluded snow cabin, deep in the woods, sipping hot cocoa while wrapped in a plush blanket.

As you imagine your "happy place" you become less stressed and more receptive to healing. At this point, if you are working with a guide, they can help you imagine what it would be like to travel into your body and direct your own muscles and cells to repair and regenerate. For example people in treatment for cancer might imagine their immune system attacking the tumor cells in a particular part of their body.

Everyone's needs are different

There is no single “right” way to use guided imagery for stress relief and healing; as the technique has been shown to work across a variety of illness and ailments. It can help reduce blood pressure, cholesterol and hemoglobin A1C levels in the blood. It can heighten short- term immune cell activity and speed up healing from fractures and burns. And it has been proven invaluable during medical procedures like chemotherapy, radiotherapy and dialysis.

Hear more about the science behind the practice and experience a guided imagery session at an upcoming FREE workshop at Eden Medical Center on Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018 from 6-8pm in the Medical Office Building, 20101 Lake Chabot Road, 2nd Floor.

This is event is free and open to the public, RSVP to 925-933-0107 is appreciated. The workshop will be led by Julie Kaldveer, M.A., CSC, Therapist Facilitator, in partnership with the Cancer Support Community and Eden Medical Center.