Music and Imagery is suitable for people who:
* have anxiety and stress disorders.
* are dealing with emotional blocks.
* are working through major life issues.
* are in a transition phase.
* are dealing with an illness.
* have addictive patterns of behavior.
* are searching for self-identity.
Children who work with Bonny Method Guided Imagery and Music may expect to see the following benefits. If you have particular concerns for your child, please let Linda know in advance so appropriate music and guiding techniques can be employed to further enhance your child's experience.
* Learn to relax and deal with stress.
* Build self-esteem.
* Develop self-awareness, inner listening, and self-understanding.
* Find creative solutions to life challenges.
* Explore new possibilities and creativity.
* Heal past trauma and loss.
* Discover and expand heart qualities (qualities of the spirit).
* Increase physical, mental and emotional well-being and health.
* Expand spiritual awareness.
* Get in touch with emotions.
* Better integrate body, emotions, mind, and spirit.
Some children spend many hours staring at TV, movies, computer games, and commercial advertising. This passive experience is different from the creative and healing experience of discovering the power of one’s own imagery. Through Bonny Method GIM, a child can develop skills of imagery so that what is conceived in inner images and experiences can then be brought into outer form on the screen of life. This is a learned life skill that prepares the child for success.
Fears can be addressed in a safe place where the child is heard and supported in moving through these fears. Fears get bigger when they are suppressed and hidden. The Bonny Method GIM session provides a space where fears can be acknowledged, expressed and faced in a way appropriate to the child’s situation.
Many written accounts of the effectiveness and applications of Bonny Method GIM are found in The Journal of the Association for Music and Imagery, professional periodicals, and resource newsletters.