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• August Webinar: What is Imagery’s Answer to Cancer?

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    August 14, 2025
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    4:00 PM

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  What is Imagery’s Answer to Cancer?
  Discover how Guided Imagery and Interactive Guided Imagery℠are currently being used as supportive treatment modalities to assist cancer patients in managing pain, reducing stress, feeling more hopeful, and shortening recovery times. Learn how to introduce Guided Imagery to those with cancer, and become familiar with certain Guided Imagery scripts that cancer patients find particularly beneficial. Lastly, enjoy the opportunity to experience one such comforting and empowering Imagery exercise during the latter half of this webinar. 

  
  

  Presenter Bio: 

  Elena Parsons is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with over 30 years of experience who began working with cancer patients and caregivers through a hospital based cancer counseling program at the start of her career. Elena was drawn to helping cancer patients, in part due to the extensive cancer history within her family. 

  In counseling numerous patients who expressed anguish, anxiety, depression and suffering–whether physical or emotional, Elena began offering Guided Imagery experiences during client sessions. Upon hearing positive responses from her clients and seeing their improved moods and affect, she approached hospital administrators about offering a more in-depth structured Guided Imagery treatment program. With the hospital oncologists’ approval, she began to offer Guided Imagery to pre-surgery patients, along with those undergoing radiation and chemotherapy. Elena also created Guided Imagery support groups for patients and caregivers. 

  After 8 years Elena left this position at the hospital to travel and eventually start a private

  practice specializing in counseling clients with cancer and other chronic illnesses. 

  Elena is a long-time member of Imagery International who is certified in Interactive Guided Imagery (SM) from the Academy for Guided Imagery (AGI). She is also certified as a Holistic Cancer Coach through the Center for the Advancement of Cancer Education, CACE, aka BeatCancer.org.

  Currently Elena is enjoying semi-retirement, spending her time between Florida and Oregan. She continues to work with clients part-time through an online therapy platform.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• DEADLINE: Nominate your Imagery Person of the Year

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    August 30, 2025
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    5:00 PM

  
  

  
  

  2024 Imagery Person of the Year Nomination 

  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScWW2Iz4TWDikTU7BNTIuF4EmuPou12fc2cqYlynWiMQ3zinQ/viewform?usp=sharing
  

  Every year Imagery International honors a very special imagery practitioner who is then celebrated at our Annual Conference.

  IMPORTANT: The IPY award is given for the previous calendar year. Imagery International will present the award to the 2024 Imagery Person of the Year at our 2025 Conference.

  Nominate your choice between July 8 and August 30, 2025

  Please give some thought as to who in our community you believe has contributed in an outstanding or unique way to the field of imagery and nominate your candidate.

  We encourage nominations of people who have not received the award before. Imagery International has offered IPY awards since 2008. Click here to view past recipients.
  

  Simply write a paragraph or two about why you think your candidate should be chosen. Include specific qualities and contributions. Maybe even a story about them comes to mind.

  Click here to submit a nomination online so that your candidate can be considered by the Board of Imagery International for this year's IPY Award. 

  We will accept nominations until August 30, 2025.   

  The II board looks forward to hearing from you and reading about the people you feel have contributed so highly to the field of imagery. 

  Thank you!

  
  

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• Book Group: The Animals of the Four Windows: Integrating Thinking, Feeling, Sensing and Imagery

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    September 09, 2025
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    5:00 PM

  The Animals of the Four Windows: Integrating Thinking, Feeling, Sensing and  Imagery

  
  

  Join us on September 9, 2025, for a discussion of The Animals of the Four Windows: Integrating Thinking, Feeling, Sensing, and Imagery by Eligio Stephen Gallegos, PhD. This insightful book explores how our inner world is shaped by four distinct ways of knowing—thinking, feeling, sensing, and imagery—and how we can bring them into balance for greater wholeness.

  
  

  Gallegos introduces the concept of “The Four Windows” of knowing, and invites us to engage with the symbolic animals that represent each mode of awareness. Through deep imagery and personal exploration, we uncover the wisdom held within us, often beyond the reach of words or logic.

  Whether you are new to deep imagery work or already familiar with Gallegos’ approach, this book offers a powerful lens for understanding yourself and the world. Our discussion will explore key themes, personal insights, and how we might apply these ideas in our own lives.

  
  

  Come ready to reflect, share, and discover how The Animals of the Four Windows can open new pathways of inner knowing. We look forward to seeing you there!

  The Book is available on Amazon at https://a.co/d/azQs4jW

  
  

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• Conference 2025: Awakening and Illuminating Our World with Imagery

  • Start
    October 17, 2025
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    4:00 PM
  • End
    October 19, 2025
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    2:00 PM
  • Location
    Online
  • Registered
    4 registrants

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  Imagery International's 17th Annual Conference takes place from

  October 17 to October 19, 2025.

  
  

  Early Bird Registration Open!
  Available until September 16, 2025

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  2025 Speaker List

  Raphaella Brice
  Artist and “Creative MidWife”
  The Art of MidWifing: Guiding the Unseen into the Seen

  
  

  Joseph Le Page
  Author, Founder and Director of Enchanted Mountain Yoga Center in Brazil, Founder and Director of Integrative Yoga Therapy
  Mudra Practice as a Support for Guided Imagery Work

  
  

  Tori Paul,
  RYT Contemplative and Transpersonal Studies Researcher
  Body as Altar: Creativity as Ritual Inquiry

  
  

  Susanne Hodgins
  Deep Imagery Practitioner
  From Zen to Deep Imagery

  
  

  Juergen Bolz
  Coach and Trainer
  Evolving Deep Imagery: Synchronicity Journeying in Groups

  
  

  Esther Hall
  Facilitator of Transformational Change in Healthcare Systems
  Opening and Connecting: Revealing Internal Systems Through Imagery

  
  

  Laura Caplan, MPH
  Manifesting an Awakened Life, The Role of Imagery in Creating our Future

  
  

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  Important Dates for the 2025 Conference

  1. July1: Early Bird Registration Opens
  2. July 8: Nominations for IPY opens
  3. August 22: Keynote Speaker Announced
  4. August 30: Nominations for IPY closes
  5. September 25: Early Bird Registration Closes
  6. October 17: Conference begins

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• ImagiNews: Submit your writing on the theme of HARVESTING (Gathering the Harvest)

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    November 01, 2025
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    5:00 PM

  
  

  
  

  As the seasons turn, we find ourselves in a time of gathering the harvest—a moment to reflect on what we have cultivated, gathered, and learned. In the next issue of ImagiNews, we invite you to explore the theme of Harvesting: Gathering the Harvest.

  
  

  What fruits have your efforts yielded in your personal or professional journey? What wisdom have you gathered from your work with imagery and visualization? How do we honor and share the abundance that emerges from our experiences?

  
  

  We welcome articles, poetry, reflections, and creative pieces that explore the richness of this theme. Share your insights, stories, and inspirations as we celebrate the cycles of growth and fulfillment.

  
  

  Submission Deadline: November 1, 2025

  Send your work to: editor@imageryinternational.org

  
  

  We look forward to your contributions and the wisdom you have to share!

  
  

  With gratitude,

  the ImagiNews Team

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