Vision Board

One of the best ways of manifesting what you want is through a Vision Board. Many of us, however, have used them for years. I know I started using them over 15 years ago when mind maps came into fashion. We used them in our business coaching seminars we held.The process of manifestation goes way beyond just mansions, fast cars and gold Rolex watches, as John Assaraf’s story of manifesting his giant mansion in The Secret popularized the concept.

What is a Vision Board?

I'll give you an example. I once had a vision of painting a series of oil paintings. I had never painted or drawn a thing in my life, except for fake tattoos as a child.

This vision came to me one morning at breakfast. I grabbed a sheet of paper and scrawled the main concept of the first painting, then the second, third up to seven. The ideas were set on paper. At the time I was in living in France and on my way to Germany to live, a place I'd only ever visited once before.

I'd kept my scrawlings on separate sheets of paper. I was so determined to paint, God knows why, I'd never painted before, but one by one I churned out the seven 180cm x 120cm sized paintings over a period of 5 years.

Thinking back, if I hadn't made those initial sketches then I would have lost my initial vision and I would have lost impetus. It's only by the token that I was able to visualize those paintings, even after such a long time after their inception through my 'vision board' that I was able to keep focused on finishing the paintings.

A Vision Board does the same thing as my sketches did. They help you add clarity to your desires, and it is a constant reminder of your visions. 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. You can choose which one works best for you, depending on where you find yourself on the visualization path for your life.

Things you’ll need for creating a Vision Board

• Poster board or cork board.
• 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, you’ll lose interest after a while. Magazines like Oprah, Real Simple, Natural Home, Yoga Journal, Dwell, Ode, Parenting, Money, Utne, and an assortment of nature magazines are all good.
• Glue or pins.

Set the Intent Before you Begin

Five Steps in Creating a Vision Board:

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, you’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, Affirmations Affirmations, Relationships, for instance. It may just be that the images want to go all over the place.

Step 3: Glue or pin all your selected images onto the board. Add text headlines if you want. You can even paint on it, or write words with marker pens.

Step 4: Leave space in the very center of the vision board for a fantastic photo of yourself or you and your partner 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'll see it often.

Three Models of Vision Boards:

Model 1: - "I Know Exactly What I Want"

This is for when -

• you’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. Then follow the five steps above.

Model 2: - "Opening and Allowing"

This is for when -

• you’re not sure what exactly you want.
• you’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 don’t know how it’s possible.

How to create this vision board:Go through each magazine. Tear out images that delight you. Don’t ask why. Just keep going through the magazines. If it’s a picture of a teddy bear that makes you smile, then pull it out. If it’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 you’ll know the answer.

If you don’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 people have NO idea what their boards are about. Sometimes it isn’t until two months later that they eventually understand.

"Opening and Allowing" 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 aren’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.

Model 3: - "Theme"

Do this if -

• it’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, 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" on smaller pages, like a page in your journal.

Things to Remember

• 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. That’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.

Make a Vision Journal

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