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Affirmations, or affirmative prayers, are statements or prayers that focus on a positive outcome. The emphasis of this technique is on stating the positive outcome as a fact, as though it were a reality in the present.
Affirmations are said to work regardless of a person's belief system and can be phrased as a form of prayer or, if the person chooses, just as a simple statement.

For example, a person seeking healing from an illness might repeat the affirmative prayer "Thank you ...., I am deeply grateful for the perfect health you have blessed me with." Similarly, a straightforward affirmation might be "My body is in perfect health".

Affirmations are used as a technique in hypnotherapy and have also been made popular by public speakers such as Louise Hay, who has written numerous books about the power of positive thought to effect desired changes in ones