Mental imagery is a “sub-study” or an extension of breathing and physical interdependence.  It affects physical reality through a mental image, and vice-versa.  The student develops the ability to see, in the mind's eye, the kinetic reality of the body's movement as it is impelled from the inside and viewed from the outside.  Thus the student simultaneously experiences and visualizes the exact location of each body part, the direction in which each part travels, the placement of the body's weight in relation to gravity, the use of the breath stream in cooperation with the movement, and the degree of energy expended in the process.  It is with this inner-video that one gains the power to obtain and maintain a physical technique for the control of the body and its weight.  Eventually, one is able to reproduce specific physical sensations without moving and without any outside musical stimuli.  One gains the facility to eliminate all extraneous movements that may interfere with the unity of the physical sensation and the music parameter.

As one reads the rhythm, pitch, and the agogic and dynamic nuance from the printed page, one uses the mind's eye and begins to experience moving through space and time.  The images become an internal experience that foster an understanding for performing the printed page.  Finally, the experience of linking a kinesthetic experience to music becomes second nature.