5 ways to develop intuition

“Take the umbrella!” – an “inner voice” is heard when leaving the apartment. You mentally dismiss the “advice”: “But why? The sun is outside.” “But I knew that it would rain,” you remember in the evening, cowering under the torrents of downpour and timidly jumping over puddles. After all, intuition warned … How to accustom yourself to listen and hear it?

Intuition is our innate gift. But it is difficult to hear it if you are distracted by external stimuli and do not take the time to explore your inner world. The quiet voice of intuition is lost when we face a lot of tasks, when a mess of thoughts is in our head, emotions cover us.

But intuition can be trained.

INTUITION LOVES SILENCE

To begin with, it is useful to learn how to stop the internal dialogue. To do this, you can use one of the following methods.

• Written practice. If you can’t get rid of the annoying “word mixer”, start writing down everything that comes to mind. No wonder there is a practice of keeping diaries – this is a kind of psychotherapy. After all, paper can be trusted with something that you can’t tell everyone. Regular practice helps to better understand oneself, express thoughts more clearly, develop creative abilities, and improve concentration.
• Posting. This dynamic meditation is a wonderful way to release obsessive thoughts and repressed feelings. Just open your mouth and start making meaningless sounds, pretending to speak in an unfamiliar language. At the same time, allow the body to move as it wants, allowing yourself to express all the accumulated emotions. After 15-20 minutes of such speaking, the brain will be freed from mental debris.
• Exercise stress. The body is made to move. When the body gets tired and relaxes, the mental flow also becomes less saturated. To stop the internal dialogue, jogging or brisk walking, squats, or even cleaning the apartment will do.
• Spontaneous dancing. With the help of spontaneous movements, you can relieve internal tension, turn off your head, free yourself from negativity, stiffness and insecurity; to relax. Turn on the music you like, close your eyes, turn your attention inward. Try to feel the energy flowing inside. And move the way your body wants.
• Art therapy. Activities such as drawing, modeling, sand therapy help to harmonize the internal state, relieve stress, anxiety, and get rid of internal blocks. Art therapy allows you to tame the “inner dragons”, to establish a connection with the subconscious. Combine all these methods and you will learn to control the flow of thoughts.

THE ART OF ASKING YOURSELF THE RIGHT QUESTIONS

To get the correct answer, you need to ask your intuition a specific question. Avoid vague wording. For example, the question “Can I make a lot of money?” too general. “A lot” is how much? And do you have any ideas about what exactly you are ready to do? It’s better to ask yourself: “Which job should I choose to earn 100 rubles?”

Instead of “Will I get married?” you can formulate a request for intuition like this: “What can I do to find a partner with whom I will be happy?”

INTUITION TRAINING

1st way. Reading information

In a crowded place, choose one person and think about what he does, is interested in what his marital status is, his state of health, what he prefers to eat and drink. Try to understand what emotions he is experiencing now, and even what he is thinking about. Can’t count? Think up! Even if you never know the truth, this exercise will help develop empathy and intuition. And if you hone your intuition on new acquaintances, then you can ask them how true your guesses are. Over time, you will be able to easily tune in to “information channels” and receive reliable data.

2nd way. automatic writing

An excellent technique for gaining direct access to the subconscious. Make sure that nothing distracts you. Tune in to work and mentally address yourself: “My subconscious mind, please help me find the answer to my question.” Write down your question and any answers that come to mind. Don’t edit, don’t reread, just write. Try to feel as if you are just watching your hand. You can write clarifying questions in the process, conduct a dialogue with the unconscious.

3rd way. Conversation with the heart

Not so long ago, scientists found that the heart has its own “brain” (something like an internal nervous system). There is a theory that the “command post” of our consciousness is located in the heart. Close your eyes and imagine for a few minutes that you are breathing through your heart. When you feel peace and love, ask your question and wait for an answer.

4th way. Meditation

This practice calms, relieves stress, redirects attention inward, activates the subconscious. Set yourself the goal of getting information about the near future in meditation in one way or another. Pick something simple to start with. For example, what will you eat for lunch or how will you spend the evening. Then remember what you “saw” in meditation, and compare with what actually happened. So you can learn to distinguish fantasy from the voice of intuition.

5th way. Dream work

We can “order” ourselves dreams with the necessary tips and solutions. Place a pen and paper by the bed in advance. At the moment of falling asleep, give yourself a command: “Today I will have a dream that will tell me the solution to my problem (say which one). I will remember and understand it.” Often, after such a command, a person wakes up in the middle of the night with a ready-made answer. At this moment, you need to write down what you saw in a dream, otherwise in the morning you may no longer remember it. If you still forgot, then repeat the process, and so on until you get the result.

Everyone can develop intuition and find contact with their subconscious. It just takes a little patience, perseverance and practice.