Having a healthy body image means you appreciate your body for how looks and you are comfortable and confident inside. Someone with a positive self body image is comfortable with their body image, they like themsleves and accept themselves the way they are. A negative or distorted body image on the other hand is one the primary causes of eating disorders.
Someone with a negative body image sees an “ugly” image in the mirror regardless of the reality of their physical attributes. A negative body image often results from our modern societ and the media. Some people see these celebrities or models and feel they have a lot to live up to - sadly that often leads to a feeling that they are not as beautiful as people who have a figure which is praised in the media as beautiful.
So if you suffer from a negative body image, you will have to bring about a change in your self-perception, in order to build a healthy and positive body image. Often changing one’s self-perception is more easily said than done, since changing long held beliefs and behavior patterns involves influencing and re-programming the subconscious mind.
Self hypnosis visualizations and listening to subliminal messages are two of the simplest and most effective self-help techniques, which can help you achieve this goal:
Self-hypnosis visualization- The subconscious mind understands the language of visuals. Under self-hypnosis we can get in touch with our subconscious mind, visual imagery under this state is considered to be an extremely effective tool to re-program the subconscious mind. The following is a powerful self-hypnosis exercise which can help you build a healthy body image:
Step 1-Sit or lie down in a comfortable position
Step 2-Close your eyes
Step 3-Deep breathe
Step 4-Focus on every in-breath and out-breath
Step 5-Imagine that you are taking in light and energy with every in-breath and exhaling all your stress and anxiety with every out-breath
Step 6-Now imagine a beam of white light entering your body through the top of your head
Step 7- Let the light travel to every part of your body
Step 8- Pay attention to each part of the body that the light travels to
Step 9- Feel every muscle go limp and let every cell shine bright with this white light
Step 10-Let the light leave your body from the soles of your feet
Step 11- Now imagine that you are standing in the middle of a room, looking into a mirror
Step 12- See the mirror reflecting the image you want to see
Step 13- Now imagine your image stepping out of the mirror
Step 12- Embrace this image of yours and let it dissolve into you
Step 13- Relax
Step 14- Slowly, open your eyes
Listen to subliminal messages: Our subconscious is extremely powerful and is believed to influence all our mind and body functions. Subliminal messages have the power to influence and re-program our subconscious minds – just in the way that hypnosis can, in fact it can be likened to a mild type of hypnosis. These messages may be in the form of text, video or audio. free subliminal messages regularly can help you see yourself in a positive light and train your mind to focus on your positive attributes – it is possible to have a healthy body image with the help of a subliminal body image album - to help yousee your positives, and be more comfortable with yourself.
Our mind doesn't distinguish between our perception and truth - our perception IS TRUTH - so if you THINK you are fat and ugly then this becomes a reality in your mind - on the other hand,you can alter your mind’s perception of yourself you can accept your body for how it is and begin to feel better about yourself and your body. "Ugliness", just like beauty also exists just within our minds, it is all down to your personal self perception!
