We all want a way to listen completely to our heart space. What is your intuition? To me, it’s that inner knowing, inner wisdom,  a gut feeling, the voice in your head that tells you what to do when you really need it.

It’s the way that God, Spirit and the Universe guide you in a direction for your highest and best good. How your intuition will show up for you may be in many ways. For you it may be a flash of an idea. While there are MORE than five ways to strengthen your intuition, these are a great place to start. 

Honor Your Body

Honor your body. Think water, good food, rest and repeat. Seriously, the first step is starting to strengthen your mind, body, and soul connection with your intuition by drinking water and putting good food into your body. We don’t drink hardly enough water. We drink too much soda, coffee and sugary drinks. Try substituting one sugary drink to water.

When it comes to food, skip the processed junk and fast food. Yes, it’s super convenient. Most of us are still working from home or maybe working from home once or twice a week. Use your blended work and home life to your benefit. If that doesn’t work for you, try meal prepping on Sundays to get ready for the week.

Get your sleep on. Yup, 7-8 hours a night if you listen to the sleep experts. I have a fitbit. I like to play a game to see how much sleep I can get during the week. So far this week, my average sleep hours is 7 hours and 45 mins. Your body needs time to rejuvenate. You can’t listen to your intuition if you are yawning. Take naps if you need too. The best time to take a nap and not screw up your sleep cycle is between 10-2p. Only take a 20-30 minute nap, if it works for cats, it can work for us

Ground

There are many ways to ground. My favorite is getting my bare feet on mama earth. Stand on the earth. Take up some space. For you Yogis, its similar to Mountain Pose. 

I usually stand with my feet a little more than shoulder width apart. Do what makes you feel comfortable. I put my hands to my side and stretched out and active fingers (jazz hands!)

While standing strong on the earth, imagine sending your negative emotions; fear, anger, anxiety into the ground through the right side of your body. Imagine a color for your negative energy. Sometimes for me, it’s a fiery red. The right side of your body is your masculine side.

Then on the left side of the body, imagine drawing energy up from mother earth. The energy is warm, nurturing, and calming. I feel safe and loved. The left side of your body is your feminine side.

When I draw in my energy from Mama Earth, I see the color green. It’s a healing color and the color of the earth.  You can envision any color you want. I imagine this energy is filling up my body and I begin to glow the same color

Journal

I have fought this one for so long. I didn’t really see the point, until I tried it. When I started to journal, my soul began to whisper to me. At first, it was snip-its or single words and short phrases.

Now when I sit down to write, I start writing intuitively. It’s a process called automatic writing. I will write full pages. I began by closing my eyes and letting the pen drift along the page. Full pages I’d write. I let my ego stand aside and let my soul lead.

If journaling is new to you, find a journal with prompts. The prompts will help you focus on a question for your soul to answer. One of my favorite soul questions is: If you knew you couldn’t fail, what would you do? Ask this question and write down the response. Don’t edit yourself, just write it down. Ask this SAME question again. Write down another answer. Keep doing this until you run out of answers.

Devote a few minutes a day to write in your journal. It may be the end of the day or the beginning of your day. Some people like to use the end of the day to sum up how their day went or issues/challenges they dealt with. Either way, morning or night, know whichever way you pick will be the perfect choice for you

If you knew you couldn’t fail, what would you do?

Honor Your Feelings

Feel all the things. At times we can be our own worst enemy by judging ourselves and our feelings. We suppress our feelings. People or society might tell us to stop feeling a certain way.

All of this builds up in our bodies and mind and halts the soul connections. You have the right to feel the way you feel. Some people hate to cry. They will hide their tears and immediately dap the tears away. My mentor told me that tears are the best healing waters. Let the tears fall and don’t try to wipe them away.

When we hide our feelings, we hide ourselves. When we are filled with too many negative emotions like fear, anger and resentment, we aren’t free to be our truest selves. Resentment is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to get sick. Release the feelings and move on.

Always find a way back to love.

Don’t Hate, Meditate

That is one of my favorite cards to pull in my oracle deck from Kyle Gray. You can find this card in his Oracle Deck called Angel Prayers, buy a copy here.

Meditation and journaling were a struggle for me. When I finally stopped resisting, I was amazed by the inner guidance I began to receive. Begin your day with meditation.

First thing before you get out of bed. Check in with your body. Or go on a walk. During your walk don’t think about anything. No talking, just stepping. I’ve found the best meditations are in that sweet spot of 3-10 minutes.

I love guided meditations. Youtube is a great place to find some sweet ones. When I have trouble falling asleep, I will listen to a guided meditation. I feel AMAZING when I wake up the next day.

Try It for 14 Days

Try all of these steps for 14 days and see how the universe opens to you. See how your soul and your intuition begins to speak to you. Tell me in the comments what you think. Let me hear your stories!