What is the difference between Autogenic Training and Guided Imagery?
Guided imagery (GI) is a mental activity under the guidance of an instructor or an audio tape. It can be described as guided daydreaming during which we create sensual images that are useful and pleasant for us. We all have experiences in imagery, for example, when we joyfully anticipate our next vacation or remember a painful past event.The applications for GI are countless and highly effective and therapeutical. For example, Carl Simonton was a pioneer in using GI with his cancer patients, letting them visualize how chemotherapy attacks cancer cells. The body does not discriminate between imagery and what we call reality. It reacts to the image of sitting on a beautiful meadow under an oak tree on a sunny day and listening to the songs of the birds and to the rustling of the wind in a similar way as to the actual event. For more information on GI, I strongly recommend Staying Well with Guided Imagery by Belleruth Naparstek. Click here to visit the resource page. GI has with Autogenic
