Vision Boards ... The idea is that when you surround yourself with images of what you want to have, where you want to live, or where you want to vacation, your life changes to match those images and those desires. Creating a Vision Board: Step 1: Go through your magazines and cut out the images from them. No gluing yet! Just let yourself have lots of fun looking through magazines and pulling out pictures or words or headlines . Have fun . Step 2: Go through the images and begin to lay your favorites on the board. . As you lay the pictures on the board, you’ll get a sense how the board should be laid out. Health, Job, Spirituality, Relationships, Or it may just be that the images want to go all over the place. Or you might want to fold the board into a book that tells a story. At my retreats, I’ve seen women come up with wildly creative ways to present a vision board. Step 3: Glue everything onto the board. Write words with markers Step 4: Leave space in the center of the vision board for a photo of yourself Paste yourself in the center of your board. Step 5: Hang your vision board in a place where you will see it often. Three Types of Vision Boards: 1 - The “I Know Exactly What I Want” Vision Board Do this vision board if: - You’re very clear about your desires. - You want to change your surroundings. - There is a specific thing you want to in your life. (i.e. a new home, or starting a business.) How to create this vision board: If you want a house by the water, If you want to start your own business, find images that capture that idea . 2 – The “Opening and Allowing” Vision Board Do this vision board if: - You’re not sure what exactly you want - You’ve been in a period of depression or grief You have a vision of what you want, but are uncertain about it in some way. - You know you want change but don’t know how it’s possible. keep going through the magazines. If it’s a picture that makes you smile, then pull it out. Just have fun and be open to whatever calls to you. Then, as you go through Step 2 above, but ask yourself what this picture might mean. Most likely you’ll know the answer. It will have an answer for you soon . The Opening and Allowing Vision Board can be a powerful guide for you. 3 – The “Theme” Vision Board Do this vision board if: - It’s your birthday or New Years Eve or some significant event - If you are working with one particular area of your life. How to create this vision board: The only difference between this vision board and the others is that this one has clear guidelines . Before you begin the vision board, take a moment to piece together the theme . When you choose pictures, they will be in alignment with the theme. Some things to remember about vision boards: - You can use a combination of all three types of vision boards as you create. Sometimes you might start out doing one kind, and then your intuition takes over and shifts into a whole different mode. That’s called creativity. - Your vision board might change as you are making it. You can even add to it as time goes by . Make a Vision Journal Another option is to use the same concept in a big sketch book . Get a large sketch book and keep an on-going vision journal. This is very use full if you’re going through many changes . Please share your own experience in the comments if you have written a vision journal or a vision board … Jessica Bernhardt
Posted on: Tue, 05 Aug 2014 05:04:04 +0000
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