You are spot on, @bitdollar!

Neurologically, we find actually doing something and imaging doing something almost indistinguishable.

I have found this to be true in the practice of martial arts. Improvement occurs whether visualizing the practice or physically doing the practice.

Ultimately, this will lead to the ability to control your own emotions and trigger the best possible mental state for the task at hand.

This even works with childbirth, enabling the woman to deliver the baby without pain control medications.

This is also why it is so important to avoid bad habits, even in our thoughts. This will strengthen connections and make those habits harder and harder to break.

That makes total sense. I had never really considered this before.

I've upvoted and resteemed this article as one of my daily post promotions for the @mitneb Curation Trail Project. It will be featured in the @mitneb Curation Trail Project Daily Report for 18 JAN 2018.

Cheers!