How often do you take the time to actually sit and visualize exactly what you want? If you take the time to get clear on what you want and visualize yourself having it, you can absolutely manifest it into your life.

Years ago my grandmother went through a serious illness and contributed her healing to the power of visualization. She spent time each day visualizing her body becoming well and felt herself healing. After she became well, she continued to use visualization in her life.

In my own life, just a few of the things that I have manifested have been a trip to France and an adorable cottage that I was looking to rent. Mind you I had never seen this cottage before, only in my mind, and the trip to France was fully paid for. I actually manifested them very quickly. I was in France in less than two weeks after I visualized and I manifested my cottage the same day that I visualized it.

The key to is to get very clear on what it is that you want and then to see it in your mind. The more that you can use all of your senses, the sooner it will manifest. If you are visualizing your new beach house, where is it? Where are you? Are you standing out on the patio overlooking the ocean? Hear the sound of the waves and smell the salty air. Really put yourself in the picture. The more that you can feel it, the more real it will become to you. Think about the emotions you are feeling. How does it make you feel to have this thing or person in your life?

If you have tried visualization before and nothing happened, this could be due to a few different things. First of all, were you clear about what you wanted and is it what you truly wanted? Were you trying to change someone else? While you can control what you attract, you can’t change other people. When you try to attract a specific person that you know, that person has her or his own free will. What you attract must be for the highest good of all concerned. Another thing to ask yourself is if you really used all of your senses and put yourself in the picture.

Once you are clear on what you want, you don’t have to spend hours visualizing. Just 15 minutes a day is enough and then let it go and let the Universe do its thing. Have patience as not everything manifests in the same time frame. I did manifest some things in a very short time, but other times things took a little longer. This was either due to some resistance in myself that I had to clear or the Universe had to put some things in place before I could receive it.

The other thing you must do is take action in your life. Even though you can leave the details of exactly how it happens to the Universe, you must be taking steps to move forward with your life. The Universe helps those who help themselves. I did not have to figure out exactly how to get to France or how to find that cottage, but I was taking action in my life that led me to the people and synchronistic events that brought those things to me. I had to meet the Universe half-way.

If you have trouble getting into visualization on your own, you might want to try my chakra magnetizing meditation. It’s a ten minute meditation that I guide you through. Before you begin, set an intention for what you want to receive. Chakra Meditation with Tonya Sheridan