Intuition Boost #1: Meditation

All people are born with natural intuitive ability. Intuition is not just in some of us; it’s in all of us.

But when most people try to use their intuition, they fail. They fail not because it’s so hard or because their intuition doesn’t work. They fail because they make it hard by trying to do too much at once or expecting instantaneous results without building a foundation first.

Today I want to focus on helping you build that foundation with one daily habit that can help you boost your intuition.

(I’ve actually compiled a list of about a dozen things you can do to boost your intuition but I will focus on one at a time.)

Today, we focus on (drum roll, please) MEDITATION.

Meditation is simply quieting the mind. When we quiet our minds, it’s like turning down the volume on interfering noise that could limit our ability to hear the quiet whispers of our intuition. By getting quiet on a regular basis, we set the stage for reliably being able to quiet our minds so we can hear our intuition speak to us.

When left to its own devices, the mind will ramble on and on – some people call it “Monkey Mind.” The trick to meditation is to give the mind something to focus on so that it doesn’t amuse itself and keep itself busy thinking thoughts. That’s why many meditations are about focusing – focusing on breathing or a mantra or a movement or a feeling.

Many people have associated meditation with repeating or chanting the word “OM.” This type of meditation is called Mantra Meditation. Repeating a phrase or sound over and over helps clear the mind of thoughts and open the meditator up to intuitive information. The two Mantras that I like are “om” and or “om namah shivaya.” Om is the primordial sound of the vibration of the Earth and om namah shivaya roughly translates into “I surrender to the guru within me.” Both are wonderful vibrations to connect to!

Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hahn, in his lovely and practical book “Blooming of a Lotus,” offers dozens of meditations that focus the mind on breathing and certain feelings contained within words. He starts with a very simple meditation (Repeating the following phrase as you breathe: Breathing in, I know that I am breathing in. Breathing out, I know that I am breathing out.). through the book, he gradually introduces more and more complex meditations, each one more relaxing and yet uplifting than the one before.

You can also do walking meditations or simply walk in nature for a meditative effect. My daily meditation routine has two parts. First, I ground myself and use my basic energy tools (the ones I teach in my “Opening to Intuition” and “Energy Tools for Pet Lovers” classes) to ground, clear and center myself. Then, I focus on the mantra given to me in my Primordial Sound Meditation class. This practice was created by the Chopra Center and it has transformed my meditation practice from hit or miss to every day anywhere no matter what (unless I forget, which does happen some days!). And after each session, I fee clear, connected and open to intuition and my inner guidance.

There are many ways to meditate. Like most things in life, just connecting to your intention to meditate can help make it happen. Any effort is good and gradually, you will (hopefully) come to value your meditation time as much as I do (or even more!).

Meditation is a practical method for clearing the channels to receive subtle intuitive guidance. Daily meditation cleans the slate anew each day and it can have a cumulative effect on your mind, slowly clearing and quieting it more and more each day.

This clear, quiet mind is the window into your intuitive guidance.