Have you ever wondered how to develop YOUR intuition and why you might consider that as a worthwhile exercise?

Have you had that experience when all of a sudden you just had this huge hunch that something is about to happen, and to your surprise, that intuition was correct and the event DID happen?

When you feel strongly about something without logical basis to it, that’s called intuition. It comes in three impressions: clairvoyance or “the third eye”, sensing clearly and feeling through listening.

Clairvoyance is when your eye goes beyond what it can see. This is when you know what is happening somewhere.

Sensing clearly is basically what we refer to as “hunch” or “gut feeling”. This is the times when you are overwhelmed with a feeling and you just can’t explain it and all you can say is “I just know”.

On the other hand, feeling through listening or clairaudience is being able to “listen” between the lines. Intuition also happens at times when a certain sound, whatever it is – be it a car’s honk or a bird’s twitting – brings in an intense feeling for you.

They say only a number of people are gifted with intuition. Astrologers even insist that people born under the Scorpio or Pisces signs are naturally intuitive it almost borders on E.S.P. But studies have been sprouting left and right that proclaim that anyone can develop intuition.

Why the need to develop intuition, you ask? Why not let your emotional and psychological state be as it is?

First and foremost, intuition brings about good communication. It makes you more sensitive to the people around you; it often keeps you from hurting those you love because you are intuitive enough to understand them.

Intuition also makes you much more creative than ever. Intuition means releasing more creative juices for any means of expression. And finally, intuition has a healing power. This healing power is not in the physical sense, but in delving deep into your soul to release any negative energies buried in it.

So… Are you ready to develop your intuition? Here are some ways to unlock this gift:

1. Hypnosis

Oh yes, get yourself hypnotized! Hypnosis is not just watching a pendulum move back and forth :). Perform self-hypnosis or you can work with a hypnotherapist on a program designed to strengthen your intuition.

2. Meditation

Meditating means finding peace in yourself. If your mind and heart are cluttered with too much emotional baggage and hurt,  you wouldn’t be able to quiet down the part of you that eventually initiates a higher level of intuition. There are so many ways to meditate: take a yoga class, or just simply practice some breathing techniques that could bring you straight to Zen.

3. Think positive!

A worry-free, fear-free state could do so much to improve your intuitive ability. By staying positive, you attract good energy that would be able to easily recognize imminent feelings and events.

4.  Just let go

What does this mean? If you are on the brink of making a huge decision, let go of all the outer influences and head to a quiet place where you could find out where the letting go has brought you. Sometimes you just have to listen to the voice within you, and that voice can’t be recognized or heard unless you let go.

5. Never expect

After letting go of the inhibitions and all those things that stop you from thinking and feeling clearly, never expect an answer right away. Never expect that the “hunch” would fall into your lap immediately. Give it a little time then you’d just get surprised that — TA DA! — now you have your answer.

6. Believe in your first impressions

When you see someone for the first time and think that they are a bit too arrogant for your taste, chances are that impression actually holds true. Most of the time, first impressions are brought by intuition.

7. Stay happy!

All you need to be intuitive is to stay happy! Happiness attracts immense power and such power includes intuition. In tapping into your intuition, your motivation needs to be happiness and contentment. Given that premise, intuition will fall to you easily.

Intuition is helpful, because it can lead you to something that cannot be achieved otherwise. A lot of lives have been saved by intuition alone. Decisions are easier done if armed by this gift. Develop intuition now and reap benefits you have never imagined.