Michelle Thomson

Guided visualisation is too distracting for me. I found insight meditation (which is paying attention to whatever sensations are arising in the present moment) works well for me. I have been on 9 day meditation retreats though where I've experienced random visual imagery on two occasions. It was a bit disconcerting the first time but my meditation practice had taught me to simply pay attention and it didn't last more than a few minutes. It also gave me some insight into what it would be like not to be aphantasic - not sure I'd want to have all that busyness in my mind's eye to be honest! Interestingly I too have tinnitus! I have found that I have to be careful when working with sound as the object of my attention. I will explore working the sounds you've suggested.