‘Woman says visualisation helped pain battle’

A woman who had debilitating pain as a teenager credits visualisation techniques with saving her life.

Ulcerative colitis used to leave Maya Raichoora taking 65 pills a day and in "constant agony".

She said visualisation techniques helped her and now she has co-founded a start-up, Remap, which aims to help others.

"It's been life-saving and life-changing, I just wouldn't be here if it wasn't for visualisation," she said.

The 24-year-old said visualisation is like "weightlifting for the brain" and can improve how people "think, feel and perform".

She and co-founder Ben Wainwright started crafting Remap while they were studying at the University of Bristol's Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.