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Vision Boards
Posted on 06/13/08, 10:51 pm
I saw this idea the other day on the Oprah show, and thought it was a great idea. Go to this site and check it out:
http://www.oprah.com/spiritself/sl...
Anyway, I thought it'd be fun if we all created our vision boards and shared them with each other. Let me know what you think...
Marie
http://www.oprah.com/spiritself/sl...
Anyway, I thought it'd be fun if we all created our vision boards and shared them with each other. Let me know what you think...
Marie
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Reply #1 06/13/08 10:52pm
this is awesome!!! -
Reply #2 06/13/08 10:57pm
Well, let's do it then. It'll be a blast...and hopefully we'll start attracting the things on it into our lives! -
Reply #3 06/13/08 11:31pm
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Reply #4 06/13/08 11:32pm
From the above website!
How to Make a Vision Board
February 1st, 2007 by Christine Kane
One of my most popular past blog posts is Vision Boards: A Quick Story. I wrote it months before the DVD The Secret was released. Then John Assarafâ??s story of manifesting his giant mansion by using vision boards (in The Secret) popularized the concept. Many of us, however, have been doing them for years. (Iâ??ve been using them at my womenâ??s retreats for about 5 years now.) And the value of a vision board goes way beyond just mansions and gold watches!
What is a Vision Board?
A vision board (also called a Treasure Map or a Visual Explorer or Creativity Collage) is typically a poster board on which you paste or collage images that youâ??ve torn out from various magazines. Itâ??s simple.
The idea behind this is that when you surround yourself with images of who you want to become, 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.
For instance, before I ever started performing music and I had no idea how Iâ??d ever get a gig, write enough songs, or assemble a press kit, I drew a picture of myself in a bar with people watching me perform (Iâ??m a terrible visual artist, so I actually had to label the people â??people!â??). And though it wasnâ??t the only factor in making it happen, I had a calendar full of bar and coffeehouse gigs by the next year.
My drawing was a kind of a vision board. Vision boards do the same thing as my drawing did. They add clarity to your desires, and feeling to your visions. For instance, at the time I did my drawing, I knew I wanted to play in bars and coffeehouses. (I have since left the that circuit, and Iâ??m performing in theatres and at conferences. But in my early twenties, I wanted to play in bars and coffeehouses. I was pretty clear about that!) Taking the time to draw it out, even poorly, made it indelible in my mind.
There are several methods you can use for creating your vision board. Iâ??ve written about each one below. You can choose which one works best for you, depending on where you find yourself on this path of creating your life.
Supplies youâ??ll need for creating a Vision Board:
- Poster board. (Target sells a really nice matte finish board. I highly recommend it.)
- A big stack of different magazines. (You can get them at libraries, hair salons, dentist offices, the YMCA.) Make sure you find lots of different types. If you limit your options, youâ??ll lose interest after a while. When I facilitate my womenâ??s retreats, I always make sure we have plenty of Oprah, Real Simple, Natural Home, Yoga Journal, Dwell, Ode, Parenting, Money, Utne, and an assortment of nature magazines.
- Glue. Not Elmers. (It makes the pages ripple.) I like using Yes! Glue or Rubber cement. Glue sticks are my second choice because they donâ??t last.
Before you begin your vision board:
No matter which method youâ??re choosing, have a little ritual before you begin your vision board. Sit quietly and set the intent. With lots of kindness and openness, ask yourself what it is you want. Maybe one word will be the answer. Maybe images will come into your head. Just take a moment to be with that. This process makes it a deeper experience. It gives a chance for your ego to step aside just a little, so that you can more clearly create your vision.
Put on soft music. My favorite music for activities like this is Anugama Shamanic Dream I and Shamanic Dream II. I love these CDâ??s for massage or any activity where you want to keep your mind quiet.
The Five Steps of Creating a Vision Board:
Step 1: Go through your magazines and tear 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 that strike your fancy. Have fun with it. Make a big pile of images and phrases and words.
Step 2: Go through the images and begin to lay your favorites on the board. Eliminate any images that no longer feel right. This step is where your intuition comes in. As you lay the pictures on the board, youâ??ll get a sense how the board should be laid out. For instance, you might assign a theme to each corner of the board. Health, Job, Spirituality, Relationships, for instance. 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, Iâ??ve seen women come up with wildly creative ways to present a vision board.
Step 3: Glue everything onto the board. Add writing if you want. You can paint on it, or write words with markers.
Step 4: (optional, but powerful) Leave space in the very center of the vision board for a fantastic photo of yourself where you look radiant and happy. 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 â??I Know Exactly What I Wantâ?? Vision Board
Do this vision board if:
- Youâ??re very clear about your desires.
- You want to change your environment or surroundings.
- There is a specific thing you want to manifest in your life. (i.e. a new home, or starting a business.)
How to create this vision board:
With your clear desire in mind, set out looking for the exact pictures which portray your vision. If you want a house by the water, then get out the Dwell magazine and start there. If you want to start your own business, find images that capture that idea for you. If you want to learn guitar, then find that picture. I remember at the last retreat, one woman yelled out, â??If anyone finds a picture of a little girl with red hair who looks happy, give it to me!â?? And someone else yelled out, â??Iâ??m looking for a Cadillac!â?? Pretty soon, a lively trading session began. Following the five steps above, create your vision board out of these images.
2 - The â??Opening and Allowingâ?? Vision Board
Do this vision board if:
- Youâ??re not sure what exactly you want
- Youâ??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 donâ??t know how itâ??s possible.
How to create this vision board:
Go through each magazine. Tear out images that delight you. Donâ??t ask why. Just keep going through the magazines. If itâ??s a picture of a teddy bear that makes you smile, then pull it out. If itâ??s a cottage in a misty countryside, then rip it out. Just have fun and be open to whatever calls to you. Then, as you go through Step 2 above, hold that same openness, but ask yourself what this picture might mean. What is it telling you about you? Does it mean you need to take more naps? Does it mean you want to get a dog, or stop hanging out with a particular person who drains you? Most likely youâ??ll know the answer. If you donâ??t, but you still love the image, then put it on your vision board anyway. It will have an answer for you soon enough. Some women at my retreats had NO idea what their board was about, and it wasnâ??t until two months later that they understood. The Opening and Allowing Vision Board can be a powerful guide for you. I like it better than the first model because sometimes our egos think they know what we want, and lots of times those desires arenâ??t in alignment with who we really are. This goes deeper than just getting what you want. It can speak to you and teach you a little bit about yourself and your passion.
3 - The â??Themeâ?? Vision Board
Do this vision board if:
- Itâ??s your birthday or New Years Eve or some significant event that starts a new cycle.
- If you are working with one particular area of your life. For instance, Work & Career.
How to create this vision board:
The only difference between this vision board and the others is that this one has clear parameters and intent. Before you begin the vision board, take a moment to hold the intent and the theme in mind. When you choose pictures, they will be in alignment with the theme. You can do the Theme Vision Board on smaller pages, like a page in your journal.
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. Thatâ??s called creativity. Just roll with it.
- Your vision board might change as you are making it. I was just talking with a friend of mine who said that she had been making a vision board for the new year. The theme was all about what she wanted in this year. Then, as she pulled pictures and began to lay them out, the theme changed into a simpler one about her everyday life and the moments in each day. It surprised and delighted her to experience that evolution. You might find that you have little epiphanies from making a vision board.
Make a Vision Journal
Another option is to use these same principles in a big sketch book. Get a large sketch book and keep an on-going vision journal. This is especially effective if youâ??re going through many transitions in your life.
I welcome anyone who has created a vision board to write your own experience in the commentsâ?¦
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Reply #5 06/14/08 6:35am
ive done a few vision boards in the past. they are really powerful! and now its beena while since ive done another 1. there fun. i also found a digital way to do a vision board threw bob proctors company as well. but any way is the same concept. this is such a good way to keep the law of attraction going fresh daily in ur life!
as for right now, what ive been doing is righting my "hot list" of what i want to attract down on a piece of paper. so it has been a while since ive done one.
but regaurdless, i always have my list, and i tend to always be googleing pictures of visual things i want in life.
it helps me grow. i would also like to look into bob proctors vision board concept. i guess its digital, which i have never done before.
well anyways i wonna put his link on here as well. it is: http://www.lifesuccessvisionboard.... and this is like $59, mabe thats why i havent done it yet, but i do want to do it thow, when i can. i am also looking into alot of bob proctors other investments. i have finally narrowed all the people down from the movie the secret. and i want to look into bob proctor. its takin me almost 10 months to narrow it all down. but anyways, sry, im goin off the trail here. i can really ramble on lol.
i made a few mind movies a while ago. it was alot of fun! i was inspired to do it, while i was in the middle of bob proctors ebook: "you were born rich", which im still reading.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zk...
these are great ideas!! this will be fun!
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Reply #6 06/14/08 6:48am
i have seen past shows where oprah has talked about the secret, but what did she talk about in the last show? im curious to know..? thanks -
Reply #7 06/14/08 1:06pm
it was a repeat, the one with Louise Hay and two other women...sorry I got excited to fast.
But after reading this post I did have a new idea. Almost everyone has a photo screen saver on their computer. So I took images off the internet for my vision board and made a screen saver instead. It's pretty great, now I just need to visualize looking at my computer when I am not on it.
Good luck everyone. -
Reply #8 06/14/08 6:40pm
thats 1 thing i hav never been able to fgure out. i hav been only able to hav 1 photo for a wallpaper, how can u hav many pics at once? -
Reply #9 06/14/08 8:03pm
you can only have one wallpaper, but you can do a photo screen saver. Put all your photos you want in one folder and go to the desk top and righ click. Go to properties, and then to screen saver. You should have a photo screen saver from windows and click browse and point it to the folder you made. Then when you are not on the computer it will show a slide show of pictures that you picked. If you need more help message me and I will get more detailed.
Sandy -
Reply #10 06/14/08 8:32pm
how about multiple pictures for a wallpaper? that wud b cool too!
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