2. Develop Positive Thought Patterns

Upon studying Silva’s training, Dr. James Motif of the Psychology Department in Hope University, Australia, found that it led to an increase in adherence to moral and ethical standards, positive attitudes to family members and better social self-image. It also led to a decrease in self-criticism.

In addition, Dr. George Desau, in a study on Silva graduates at the Incarnate School for Girls in San Antonio, Texas, found that our curriculum boosted ego strength, helped prevent shyness, increased trust and cooperation among students and led to greater self-assurance and warm-heartedness.

4. Boost Your Creativity

Studies show that creativity is enhanced when functioning at the Alpha level.

Listening to the Silva Life System, you will learn how to enter the Alpha level at will and then to use your creative mind to help you think of solutions to problems, enhance creativity or let inspiration flow.

Silva graduates have used this process to develop patents, start new businesses, or to create works of art, literature and music. Here are some examples:

Bestselling author Richard Bach praised The Silva Method publicly: “Mental discipline and creative visualization are what’s behind the power of the Silva Method,” he said in an article in Harper’s Bazaar magazine. Bach also credits inspiration from The Silva Method as having helped him finish his best-selling book, “Jonathan Livingston Seagull”.

Band leader Doc Severinsen has composed music while at his Alpha level. In a newspaper article, he claimed it helped him connect better with his own spiritual life, and in doing so he became a much better person.

World renowned sculptor Harry Jackson said it brought him the peace of mind he had been searching for.

6. Performance Enhancement for Sports, Career

Dr. Charles Garfield, former NASA researcher and current president of The Performance-Science Institute in Berkeley, California, talks about a startling experiment conducted by Soviet sports scientists.

The study examined the effect of mental training, including visualization, on four groups of world-class athletes just prior to the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. The four groups of elite athletes were divided as follows:

– Group 1: did 100% physical training.

– Group 2: did 75% physical training, 25% mental training.

– Group 3: did 50% physical training, 50% mental training.

– Group 4: did 25% physical training, 75% mental training.

What the researchers found was that group 4—the group with the most mental training—had shown significantly greater improvement than group 3.

Likewise, group 3 showed more improvement than group 2, and group 2 showed more improvement than group 1.

The results were astonishing. Who would expect that athletes training mentally would be able to advance further than their counterparts who were training physically?

Garfield said, “During mental rehearsal, athletes create mental images of the exact movements they want to emulate in their sport. Use of this skill substantially increases the effectiveness of goal-setting, which up until then had been little more than a dull listing procedure.”

With the Silva Life System, you learn to practice such mental rehearsals. The results can be very significant.

8. Intuition

Silva recognizes that everyone is born with intuitive abilities, and that anyone who learns how to manifest these abilities can function at a highly intuitive level. Through our proprietary scientific and time-tested process, you’ll learn how to use your inbuilt psychic abilities in everyday life, and use your “gut feeling” for a happier, more successful and more enlightened life.

A research project conducted by Dr. George Maycock at Appalachian State University in North Carolina demonstrated that students who completed Silva training showed a significant increase in creative and intuitive functioning. Of the 30 students who participated, 25 showed gains in intuitive abilities.

Four of the other five (who did not show improvement) were already functioning in a high intuitive mode before the training. Intuition is valuable for students and adults alike. One researcher found that 70 percent of gifted or high-IQ students were predominantly intuitive, while only 39% of students in regular classes were intuitive.

THE SILVA MEDITATION COLLECTION by Laura Silva Quesada

10 Guided Meditations (Value: $99)

A carefully selected collection of 10 practices you can use depending on what you need that day:

• Morning Meditation — Start your day in a calm, centered state and prepare yourself mentally for the day ahead.
• Short Morning Meditation — A simple guided morning practice to help you begin your day relaxed and focused.
• Evening Meditation — Slow down, let go of the day, and move into a peaceful, deeply relaxed state.
• Short Relaxation Exercise — A quick 10-minute reset to release tension, quiet your mind, and return to a calmer state.
• Long Relaxation Exercise — A deeper guided relaxation for when you want to completely slow down and give yourself more time to unwind.
• The Healer Within — A guided visualization focused on health, wellbeing, and creating a positive inner image of yourself feeling healthy, energized, and strong.
• Gene Activator Room — An immersive mind-body visualization using imagery and focused attention on your body, cells, DNA, and genes functioning in a healthy way.
• Gratitude Exercise — Shift your attention toward appreciation and reconnect with the good that is already present in your life.
• Alpha Sound — Alpha audio to accompany your own meditation, visualization, journaling, or Silva practice.
• Theta Beats — Theta audio for longer periods of deep relaxation, meditation, visualization, and inner work.

From quick 10-minute exercises to immersive hour-long experiences, you can choose the practice that fits what you need and make Silva practice part of your everyday life.