Guided imagery is a kind of daydreaming that uses all your senses. Try doing it with your eyes closed.

• To begin, breathe slowly and feel yourself relax.
• Concentrate on breathing comfortably from below your stomach (abdomen).
• Imagine a ball of healing energy forming somewhere in your body. When you can see the ball of energy, imagine that the air you breathe in is carrying it to the part of your body where you feel pain or sick.
• When you breathe out, picture the air moving the ball away from your body, taking the pain and sick feeling with it, along with the tension.
• Breathe naturally. Be careful not to blow as you breathe out.
• Continue to picture the ball moving toward you and away each time you breathe in and out. You may see the ball getting bigger as it carries more and more tension away.
• To end the imagery, count slowly to three. Breathe in deeply, open your eyes and say to yourself, “I feel alert and relaxed.” Begin moving about slowly.