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Table Of Content

Introduction

About the Applied Intuition Program

Instructions

What is Intuition?

The Biology of Intuition

The Sources of Intuitive Information

How Intuition Talks to You?

Technique 1: Your Intuitive Compass

Technique 2:  Your Intuitive GPS

Technique 3:  Intuitive Decisions

Technique 4:  The Intuitive Insight Session

Technique 5:  The Neutral Zone

Technique 6:  The Intuitive Dialogue

Technique 7:  The Next Step

Technique 8:  Ask Your Future Self

Technique 9:  Build an Experiment

Technique 10:  Automatic Writing

Technique 11:  Prayer

Technique 12:  Intuitive Affirmations

Technique 13:  EFT

Technique 14:  Ask Your Spirit Guides

Technique 15:  Trust

Technique 16:  Creating a Space

Technique 17:  Art

Technique 18:  Balancing your brain

Technique 19:  Get Physical

Technique 20:  Being alone

Technique 21:  Intuitive reflex

Technique 22:  Using Crystals

Technique 23:  Congratulation Letter

Technique 24: Spinning plates

Technique 25:  Meditate On purpose

Technique 26:  Leap of faith

Technique 27:  The Intuitive Blog

Technique 28:  Tokens

Conclusion

What’s Next?

Applied Intuition Program

25 ways to get your own answer

By Elise Lebeau, M.Sc., Professional Intuitive

Copyright © 2009 by Elise Lebeau.

All rights reserved. The content of this book and its title (The Personal Intuition Program) may not be used, stored, reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means –electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise- in whole or in parts without written permission from the author, except as noted below.

Introduction

I truly stumbled upon my intuitions. But once I discovered what it could do for me, I never went back. It was like having a board of directors with expert advice on everything I ever wanted to know. And best of all, it was always available to me. I have made the best decisions of my life by following my intuition.

But learning how to do this was not always an easy process. In fact, there were times when my journey was so bumpy that I wondered if I had lost along the way. Other times, I knew what to do but I had no idea how to go about doing it. These challenges would leave me feeling frustrated, exhausted and powerless.

I was inspired to write this book as a sort of map, with all the shortcuts and sign posts I have found along the way.

It is my hope that it might be useful to you in making your own journey towards an intuitive life, a shorter, faster and much enjoyable than mine ever was. May be one of the exercises in this book can help you to get past a roadblock or provide greater clarity about the root cause of a problem or help you heal the past and get the courage to move on.

My intuition did all this for me. In short, my life works. In my eyes, there is no greater testimonial of success than happiness in one's life experience. And it is my primary intention that you will find something useful in this book that will contribute to the better of your life experience as well. A sort of bridge that you may use to go from wherever you are and wherever you want to be.

As you will notice, I have not spent a lot of time on the theory of intuition. This book is fundamentally about applied intuition. I have personally used every exercise that I am describing here with great success. And there are so many others that I left out because when I tried them, they did not help me. But, as I did, you will have to play with the exercises, try them out and tweak them too! I don't believe that a single technique can work for everyone...but there is something here that can work for you.

I felt compelled to write about concrete exercise that did not rely on meditation or intuitive journals, the most common intuitive tools I have discussed. When I started exploring my intuition, I truly hated meditation! I found it boring and difficult. It brought me neither joy nor serenity and certainly not clarity! Along the way, I received or designed exercises that helped me to move forward without resorting to these techniques that did not suit me at the time. So if you have tried these other techniques and did not like them, let’s assure that you'll find a wide array of variety in this book.

This material also came to me in waves, coming up at a pace that kept the absorption of all this content very comfortable. I feel this is critical for your comfort as well. I strongly recommend that you take your time while reading this book. There's so much in here that it's easy to get overwhelmed. Spend some time with each exercise, letting it soak in. The more you explore each exercise, the more you'll get out of them.

Finally, I'd like to say how grateful I am, that you are reading this book right now. Learning how to use my intuition changed my life. And there is something deeply fulfilling in the thought that your life might be positively altered as well. That is my wish for you.

About the Applied Intuition Program

The Applied Intuition Program describes 25 techniques that you can use to tap into your intuition. The accompanying exercises are designed to bring forth intuitive insight for novice and seasoned intuitive alike. You can use them to resolve any situation in your life where you feel blocked or confused.

And yet, there are pitfalls along the way, especially to those who are eager and impatient, as I was. Keep an eye out for the quick tips where I mention some of the common mistakes to avoid. And if you ever find that you followed your intuition right into the ditch (it happens to all of us); don't be overly harsh on yourself. Trial and errors are involved in any learning process.

The Applied Intuition Program was designed to help you:

• Trust your Intuition, so you can rely on it to make the best decision.

• Understand your intuition, so you know what it is telling you and what to do about it.

• Train your Intuition to get concrete answers and go beyond fuzzy gut feelings that leave you confused and undecided.

In essence, you are already equipped with everything you need to leverage your intuition. What I'm offering here is simply a list of the techniques that have created great results in my life and the lives of my clients.

Instructions

• Be patient. Learning to use your intuition is not an overnight process. Play with each exercise for 24 hours before moving on to the next one!

• Be aware. Pay attention to how your feel while doing the exercises. If you start to feel bad or tired, it's time to stop and come back later.

• Be selective. Focus on the exercises that feel best to you. They'll bring you the best results!

• Be open minded. Lay your doubts and disbelief aside for now. You might be surprised to find out how much you already know!

• Be playful. It's ok to have fun and tweak the exercises!

Grounding

Before we start with these exercises, I want to touch on a very important topic: Grounding. Grounding refers to a conscious awareness of our immediate physical state of being. The opposite of grounding is distraction. In the Applied Intuition Program, you need to bring your attention to what you are doing, thinking and feeling during each exercise or you'll miss all the information that your intuition is sending you.

We will always start each exercise by using a grounding technique first!

A quick search on the Internet will turn out hundreds of grounding techniques. For better results, find one that you enjoy. To get you started, here is a list of the techniques I use everyday:

• Use a grounding visualization: Visualization is a great way to ask your mind to do something. You just send it an image of what you want and let it take care of all the details. To visualize grounding, just close your eyes imagine that you are growing roots from the bottom of your feet. See the roots as reaching deeper into the earth until you feel connected to the ground.

• Take three deep breaths: We tend to breathe in our upper chest, especially when we are stressed. A deep breath should fill up your upper chest and your belly. Taking several deep breaths pause the flow of your thoughts and make it easier to hear your intuition.

• Wash your hands: Throughout the day, you might be picking up energy from people or objects as you touch them. This foreign energy can create a sort of noise in your energy field and make you more distractible. Washing your hands is a signal to your unconscious mind to clear up energy that is not yours.

• Hold a grounding crystal: Some crystals can help you stay grounded while you are holding them. Take a look at the "Choosing a Crystal" technique to learn how to select a crystal that can serve this purpose.

• Physical Activity: Anything that brings your awareness to your body is inherently grounding. A brisk walk or run will help you focus what is going on within your body and clear your mind for intuitive insights. You can also just stretch your body or have fun with a few jumping jacks!

• Eating: This is a delicious way to stay grounded as long as you pay attention to the food you are eating (remember, it's all about awareness!). Both eating and digesting have grounding effects, so you can enjoy the grounding benefits of this technique for a long time.

Practice

I have experienced great results from every technique presented here. But in order to make progress, you'll need to keep practicing. Every time you try an exercise, you are building momentum, making it easier and easier for you to leverage your intuition in any situation.

I suggest you to make a conscious decision right now to try all the exercises in this program at least once. You will probably enjoy some more than others and along the way you will build your own list of favorites. But trying everything will open up your intuitive horizons.

What is Intuition?

Have you seen these definitions of Intuition?
The sixth sense, the inner voice, the gut feeling, the woman instinct.

But how do you listen to your inner voice or your gut feelings?

What if you don't hear anything?
What if it gives you ambiguous information?
What if it's flat out wrong?

The Applied Intuition Program uses the following definition of intuition:
Intuition is a right brain process that taps into subconscious information to provide guidance in your daily life.

The Biology of Intuition

Our brains have two hemispheres:

• The left side handles concrete factual knowledge.

• The right side handles abstract concepts that are not expressed with words.

When you think about a problem, your left brain offers all the factual information related to this topic. That's been most people stop and make their decision.

But your right brain is also offering relevant information! By reaching in your subconscious mind, you can access a much wider pool of information than just the intellectual, rational facts.

By learning to use your Intuition, you are harnessing the full potential of your mind.

The Sources of Intuitive Information

According to our definition, intuition involves any type of abstract information. These are a great variety of information sources that can be tapped by our intuition.

1. Personal data stored in your unconscious mind, like a book you read a long time ago.

2. Subtle non verbal expressions in other people, like a minute frown.

3. Collective consciousness which refers to the shared beliefs and attitudes which operate as a unifying force within society (ref: Emile Durkheim)

4. Collective unconscious which is an inherited reservoir of the universal and impersonal experiences of our species (ref: Carl Jung)

5. Reading and interpreting magnetic waves (also called "aura" and "energy field") emitted by people, animals and objects.

6. Non-physical beings (such as angels and spirit guides)

7. Divine Will

Some people will tap in every sources of information, while other specializes in a subset of data.

How Intuition Talks to You?

Emotions

I studied Clinical Psychology in college for 5 years. And yet, I was always deeply frustrated at how little we actually know about emotions. In fact, I felt that many academic and clinical theories on emotions were based on the assumption that negative emotions need to be avoided or eradicated. It is as though the human mind was somehow flawed by emotions; an unfortunate mistake in our superbly balanced design.

I simply could not resign myself to the concept that we are all broken or wrong, because we all experience negative emotions at some point. Even the best people will get angry once in a while.

Needless to say, I was both profoundly surprised and delighted when I encountered a completely different explanation for emotions that was a perfect fit for how I described and understood intuition.

I first heard about this theory, that emotions are a very precise source of inner guidance from the teachings of Abraham by Ester and Jerry Hicks (www.Abraham-Hicks.com). They use the term Emotional Compass to describe how our emotions guide us through life, pointing the way towards well being. This is something that deeply resonates with me and has been a central foundation of my work as well.

I consider emotions to be the primary channel of communication for intuition. And although you can also receive intuitive thoughts, which I consider to be a secondary channel, emotions are the most basic form of intuition. You're never without your intuition as long as you can feel emotions.

But if you're like most people, you are probably ignoring it in actuality. What do I mean by that? Did you ever suppress a feeling of anger because you thought that it was a bad emotion? Did you ever feel inspired to buy something, but didn't, because it was a little too expensive? Did you ever feel guilty because you spontaneously did not like someone you just met?

We have all done this, and yet, it constitutes a clear negation of intuition. The emotion is trying to deliver a message. And we're telling it to be quiet. Why? Because we don't understand the message, so we kill the messenger.
It does take a while to wrap our minds around the concept of negative emotions, like anger and revenge, are our intuitive allies. And that they sign posts of pointing us towards the solution we're looking for. Yet, they are just that.

Here's how it works, in all of its divine simplicity:

• You feel a positive emotion from your intuition when your thoughts, words and actions are leading you towards what you want.

• You feel a negative emotion from your intuition when your thoughts, words and actions are leading you away from what you want or if there is a better, easier path that you could be taking.

(Ref: Inspired by the Teaching of Abraham)

With these simple instructions, you can start to lead an intuitive life right now just by paying attention to the messages of your intuition (your emotions) and by learning to include the information, in the decisions of your every day life.

I often refer to the term Applied Intuition when I mean the concrete process by which you can receive and integrate intuition in your own life. This book is all about the specific techniques by which you can use Applied Intuition every day.

Thoughts

Although emotions are the most basic form of intuition, it's not the only one. The secondary communication channel for intuition is, of course, fully formed thoughts. In addition to feeling emotions that provide inner guidance, you can also get novel ideas or specific answers to a question. Intuitive thoughts have a unique quality that differentiates them from your regular thinking processes.

While you can start to live an intuitive life right now by understanding how your emotions guide you and it will take time and practice to master intuitive thoughts. It's more difficult to separate intuitive thoughts from regular thoughts. It's also common to accidently distort intuitive thoughts so that they diverge from their original meaning. But with practice, you will be able to sort this all out so that communication with your intuition is more effective and efficient. The exercises in the Applied Intuition Program explore both emotions and thoughts as a source of intuitive guidance.

Technique 1: Your Intuitive Compass

The concept

As discussed in the section how your intuition talks to you, emotions are your primary source of intuitive information.  But unless you know how this communication process works, you're probably ignoring your most critical intuitive guidance.

Your intuition uses emotions to provide two types of information:

1) Direction

An emotion that feels better means you are going towards what you want.

An emotion that feels worse means you are going away from what you want.

2) Intensity

High intensity emotions tell you that you are going quickly towards what you want.

Low intensity emotions tell you that you are going slowly towards what you want.

For example, when you feel totally excited about a new project, you are quickly moving in the right direction. And when you feel totally depressed about a new project, you are quickly moving in the wrong direction.

In this program, we will use the Emotional Zone System© to easily organize emotional information.

ZONE 1

Inspiration

Appreciation

Excitement

Optimism

Hopefulness

Contentment

Positive Momentum

ZONE 3

Anger

Revenge

Jealousy

Blame

ZONE 2

Worried

Doubt

Disappointed

Frustrated

Impatient

Bored

Negative Momentum

Zone 4 contains paralyzing negative emotions.
Zone 3 contains explosive negative emotions.
Zone 2 contains mild negative emotions.
Zone 1 contains positive emotions.

We typically assume that emotions in Zone 2, 3 and 4 are all negative and should be avoided at all costs. When in fact, as long as you are moving up towards Zone 1, you are going in the right way.  So an emotion of anger (Zone 3) that pulls you up from an emotion of guilt (Zone 4) is a signal from your intuition that you are on the right track!

You have probably been socialized to repress or ignore powerful negative emotions such as anger, thus rendering your emotional compass completely useless.  What good is a compass if it is unable to point south because that is deemed as a "bad" direction?

Your ability to honestly feel emotions (without judging them!) is critical to the intuitive process. So we need to reset your emotional compass.

The exercise

1. Start with a quick Grounding Exercise

• Use a grounding visualization: Visualization is a great way to ask your mind to do something. You just send it an image of what you want and let it take care of all the details. To visualize grounding, just close your eyes imagine that you are growing roots from the bottom of your feet. See the roots as reaching deeper into the earth until you feel connected to the ground.

• Take three deep breaths: We tend to breathe in our upper chest, especially when we are stressed. A deep breath should fill up your upper chest and your belly. Taking several deep breaths pause the flow of your thoughts and make it easier to hear your intuition.

• Wash your hands: Throughout the day, you might be picking up energy from people or objects as you touch them. This foreign energy can create a sort of noise in your energy field and make you more distractible. Washing your hands is a signal to your unconscious mind to clear up energy that is not yours.

• Hold a grounding crystal: Some crystals can help you stay grounded while you are holding them. Take a look at the "Choosing a Crystal" technique to learn how to select a crystal that can serve this purpose.

• Physical Activity: Anything that brings your awareness to your body is inherently grounding. A brisk walk or run will help you focus what is going on within your body and clear your mind for intuitive insights. You can also just stretch your body or have fun with a few jumping jacks!

• Eating: This is a delicious way to stay grounded as long as you pay attention to the food you are eating (remember, it's all about awareness!). Both eating and digesting have grounding effects, so you can enjoy the grounding benefits of this technique for a long time.

2. Take a moment to think of a topic for which you'd like to receive intuitive insights:

2. Close your eyes and imagine the worst possible outcome for this desire (for example, you want to make more money but a huge bill comes in and you have to declare bankruptcy. Write it down. Notice how you feel. Which Emotional Zone© is that?

2. Now Imagine the best possible outcome for this desire (for example, you want to make more money at work but instead you win lottery!). Notice how you feel. Which Emotional Zone© is that?

Can you feel that wide range of emotional information? That's where everything starts. When you are unsure what to do next and you want to tap into your intuition, pay attention to how you feel as you think about the situation!

5. [OPTIONAL] For the next 24 hours, pause during the day to check what Emotional Zone you are currently in. Are you going up towards Zone 1?

Intuitive Tip

This exercise will require a lot of practice. It takes some time to first be aware of how you feel and then notice if you're going up or down the Emotional Zone System©. Don't feel discouraged if it takes you a while to get the hang of it.

Technique 2:  Your Intuitive GPS

The concept

Although it's nice to have an Intuitive Compass in the form of emotions, we often want something more specific than "Yes, you are going in the right direction". While we're driving along on our intuitive journey, we'd like to get some turn by turn directions for the shortest like we get from a GPS (Global Positioning System) when we're driving a car.

Your intuition can do that too! But you need to know how to ask your intuition for such directions. Here the basic requirements when asking for intuitive insights:

• Be very clear about what you want. The most common cause of confusing intuitive answers is asking confusing questions!

• Sort out your own regular thoughts from your intuitive insights. If you don't know how to your own thoughts from the thoughts you receive from your intuition, you might act on ideas that were not intuitive at all.

• Recognize and Minimize Distortion. Distortion is a process by which your intuitive insights get twisted and deformed (usually by fears or negative beliefs) so that you misunderstand what your intuition is telling you. Distortion is the most common problem for novice intuitive.

We will address these three important requirements in Techniques 2, 4 and 5!

The exercise

We all tend to think that we know what we want. For example, most people are pretty clear that they want more money. And yet, having more money might not at all make them happier.

Consider the situation of Janet who wanted to make more money at her work so that she could go on exciting vacations. So she worked hard to get a promotion that came with a large pay raise. But it also came with more responsibilities and stress. It became very difficult for her to take vacation at all and when she did leave work, she was so tired and worried that she could not longer enjoy her travel. Ooops!

When I say that you need to be clear about what you want, I especially mean that you need to clarify what you want to experience (i.e. what you will feel when you reach your goal) while leaving all the details of how and when entirely up to your intuition. That is the best way to get a crystal clear answer to your question.

So if your intuition is like a GPS, it needs to know two things in order to lay out a route for you.
1) Where are you now?
2) Where do you want to go?

With this information, your intuition can very clearly show you the next steps towards your destination!

1. Start with a quick Grounding Exercise

2. Choose a topic on which you'd like to receive intuitive insight, for example "Money"

3. Describe how it feels right now. Do not censor yourself! It's ok to blame others, be angry or frustrated. For example, "I am struggling and I feel very scared."

2. Describe what you want to experience on this topic (i.e. how you want to feel when you reach your goal). For example, "I would like to make more money so I can feel safe".

2. How you feel right now is your origin?
How you want to feel is your destination?

Now your intuition will be able to give you very specific directions on how to achieve this!
This is the very best way to get clear answers from your intuition for answers:
Make sure you know exactly what you want!

Technique 3:  Intuitive Decisions

The concept

Sometimes we get caught into a sort of mental ping pong match where we keep bouncing back and forth, not able to make a decision. We might replay all the arguments, facts and advice that we have about a situation but nothing clear comes out of this information.

Making an intuitive decision is not like being psychic. A psychic is someone who typically predicts the future. That has very little to do with intuition. In fact, although I am a professional intuitive, I am not psychic at all.

An intuitive decision does not mean that you know what the future outcome will be, but it does mean that you are following the best path that is available to you right now.

Quick Tip
Sometimes the "best path" can be a changing thing. Your intuition might tell you that decision A is better on Monday, but by Tuesday you start to lean more towards decision B. Don't be dismayed by that. The "best path" is changing simply because you are changing as well.

Your intuition is never wrong. But it is always adapting. So the fact that you receive change in intuitive insight is perfectly normal. It does not mean that what you got on Monday was wrong. It does mean that since then things have changed and there is now a better answer!

The exercise

I use this exercise often to make Intuitive Decisions (i.e. identifying which decision feels best).
Inspired by "Creating Money: Attracting Abundance" by Sanaya Roman

1. Start with a quick Grounding Exercise

2. Choose a topic on which you'd like to receive intuitive insight, for example "Money"

2. Describe how it feels right now. Do not censor yourself! It's ok to blame others, be angry or frustrated. For example, "I am struggling and I feel very scared."

2. Describe what you want to experience on this topic (i.e. how you want to feel when you reach your goal). For example, "I would like to make more money so I can feel safe".

2. List two alternatives that you could choose to resolve this situation.   For example: going to the party or staying home, getting a job or not getting a job, staying in a relationship or leaving.  If there are more than two, compare them in opposing pairs until you find the best one.

2. Close your eyes and open your hands, palms up

2. In your left hand, briefly visualize holding the first option (like staying home).   In your right hand, imagine that you are holding the second option (like going to the party).

2. Immediately pay attention to how you feel when you focus on your left hand. On a scale of 1(feels really bad) to 10 (feels really good), how does that hand feel?

2. Now pay attention to how you feel when you focus on your right hand. On a scale of 1(feels really bad) to 10 (feels really good), how does that hand feel?

2. The hand that feels better is holding the best option!

Technique 4:  The Intuitive Insight Session

The concept

It can be very difficult for inexperienced intuitive to sort out their regular thought process from their intuitive thoughts.

In order to make this process easier to learn, I like to use very clear steps to make the sorting almost unnecessary.  When you are within an Intuitive Insight session, everything is from your intuition.

The exercise

The Intuitive Insight Session Protocol is a set of steps that you can use to receive intuitive thoughts about a certain topic.

1. Start with a quick Grounding Exercise

2. Start the session. Find a way that you can clearly set the beginning of your Intuitive Insight Session.  This is how you tell your mind to quiet your regular thought process and open up to intuitive insights.

Here are some suggestions on how to do this:

• Burn incense

• Light a candle

• Say out loud "I am opening to receive intuition"

Describe the method you have chosen to start your session

3. Choose a topic on which you'd like to receive intuitive insight, for example "Money"

3. Describe how it feels right now. Do not censor yourself! It's ok to blame others, be angry or frustrated. For example, "I am struggling and I feel very scared."

3. Describe what you want to experience on this topic (i.e. how you want to feel when you reach your goal). For example, "I would like to make more money so I can feel safe".

Quick Tip
Avoid asking when something will happen. Remember that your intuition provides inner guidance on the best path towards what you want. It does not predict the future!

6. Ask your intuition for guidance by verbalizing your request.  Don’t be shy about saying it over loud, with a strong confident voice!  Too often we skip this step without realizing that it leaves the door open to our left brain (the rational mind) to answer, rather than our right brain (the intuitive mind).  Your intuitive mind is your ally; it wants to give you what you ask…but you have to ask!

6. Trust your insights. Once you're in your Intuitive Insight Session, it's time to trust the process. Whatever comes to you is relevant, even if that might not be obvious at the time. Sometimes we realize days or weeks later what a particular insight was all about!

PS: If you feel that trusting the process is hard for you, try the exercise on Trust.

8. Take notes. If you're new to this, taking notes would be really helpful for a very biological reason. When we tap into our right brain, we walk away from highly language based concepts which is the left brain’s domain.  But most of the things we remember are based on language.
So it's very easy to forget the result of an Intuitive Insight Session. In fact, you might find that you don't remember anything at all about it once you're done! Think of all the great insights you might be wasting just because you forgot them!

9. Close the session. Until you're ready to move seamlessly between your left and right brain, it's best to have a clear end to the session so you don't end up with brain fog. This is especially true if you need to go to work or drive a car!

Technique 5:  The Neutral Zone

The concept

We tend to ask for intuitive guidance on situation that is currently emotionally distressing.
After all, if everything is fine then you probably don't need help!

But if you are filled with fear or anger, it will be very difficult to feel the emotional shift that accompanies guidance through emotions. You might also accidently distort the guidance you'd receive from intuitive thoughts because you're too upset to hear them clearly.

So it's really important to be able to clean the slate before you start asking for intuitive guidance. We always want to be as neutral as possible at the beginning of each exercise.

The exercise

1. Describe a situation that is upsetting to your right now. It can be happening now or something you remember from the past.

2. Rate how you feel on a scale of 1 (completely neutral) to 10 (very upset)

3. Think about something that leaves you completely indifferent, such as a spoon or a glass of water. Pick something that is easy to visualize for you. Keep thinking about it for a few moments to see how much you can lower your rating.

4. Rate how you feel on a scale of 1 (completely neutral) to 10 (very upset)

Quick Tip
Throughout this program, practice going back to your neutral space every time you want to tap into your intuition, especially if the topic is very upsetting to you. Pretty soon it will be a reflex and you won't have to even think about it!

Technique 6:  The Intuitive Dialogue

The concept

A long time ago, a client asked me what it felt like to be receiving intuitive information.  It looked to her like a mysterious process.  I remember saying: “It feels like I’m talking to myself”.  Indeed, if I talk out loud during an Intuitive Thought session, it sounds like a dialogue where one voice asks questions and another answers them.

In the beginning, we tend to feel awkward when we connect with our intuition.  It might feel foreign or strange to get such amazingly useful answer, just from the simple exercises presented here.  And yet, there is nothing more natural.

I use this exercise for people who want to feel more comfortable with the process of intuition.  Talking feels very natural to us, so it eases the mind into a deeper acceptance of intuitive insights.

The exercise

This exercise is easier if you have a partner.  You can work with a friend or you can also register to my online intuitive community and ask someone on the forum to be your partner via email (visit EliseLebeau.com for more details)

Have you ever seen someone playing both sides of a chess game? If you don’t have a partner, that’s exactly what you’ll do!  You (or your partner) will be asking question so that you can respond as if it was a conversation.  But the question will be designed to tap into your intuition.

1. Start with a quick Grounding Exercise

2. Choose a topic on which you'd like to receive intuitive insight, for example "Money"

3. Describe how it feels right now. Do not censor yourself! It's ok to blame others, be angry or frustrated. For example, "I am struggling and I feel very scared."

2. Describe what you want to experience on this topic (i.e. how you want to feel when you reach your goal). For example, "I would like to make more money so I can feel safe".

2. If you have a partner, give them this list and ask them to email you the first question, as if you were just having a regular conversation via email.  If you are working alone, send yourself an email with the question in it.  It’s important to make this feel as part of a conversation.  So don’t just do it in your head.

2. When you receive the question, just answer it with whatever comes to your mind.  Like if a friend had asked you this about their life and you were just giving your opinion.  If you are comfortable with your partner, it also helps to have them ask details about the answer.  Even if they don’t know what this is all about, they ask questions like “Can you give more details on this part” or “Is there an easier way to do this”.  Your partner should leave the questions fairly vague, so as to leave you a lot of room to fill in the gaps.  If you don’t want to email the answer to your partner (because it’s private), just ask them to send you the next question.

2. When you’re done with all your questions, put it all together the questions and answers.  In the beginning, there might be just 10% of the answers that are truly coming from your intuition.  But once your mind starts to accept this as being natural, you’ll jump up very quickly to purely intuitive answers.

Technique 7:  The Next Step

The concept

What if, on your first day of grade school, your teacher had said:   "You'll need to read 732 books to get your college. Here they all are. You better get started right away".

Doesn't that sound overwhelming and discouraging?

Your intuition will never deliver more information than you can comfortably handle.   It will show you the next few steps, not all the gory details of how and when you'll get there.

The good news is that no matter how far you're going, you can get started right now by discovering the next baby step!

The exercise

1. Start with a quick Grounding Exercise

2. Choose a topic on which you'd like to receive intuitive insight, for example "Money"

3. Describe how it feels right now. Do not censor yourself! It's ok to blame others, be angry or frustrated. For example, "I am struggling and I feel very scared."

4. Describe what you want to experience on this topic (i.e. how you want to feel when you reach your goal). For example, "I would like to make more money so I can feel safe".

5. There are probably several steps involved before you can reach your goal. Make a list of the major events or answer that you need before you can reach your goal.

6. Take the first step that needs to happen and make a list of the intermediate steps involved:

7. If this next step is small and manageable, choose to do it today.   If it still feels big and overwhelming, keep slicing and dicing into smaller parts until you have something manageable that you can do today.

For example: If you want a new job, pick up the paper today and look at the classified to see what's out there.  If you want to win a large sum of money, buy a lottery ticket.  If you want to meet a life partner, make a list of the top 5 qualities you would like this person to have.

The goal here is not to be exhaustive but you get start today with the very next step.

Technique 8:  Ask Your Future Self

The concept
The greatest obstacle in accessing intuition is our own rational mind. It has all kinds of objections to just “knowing” without being to explain how or when. We’ve learned to believe that intuition is weird, unreliable, scary or just plain wrong. These limiting beliefs are constantly playing in your mind, like an endless tape of reasons why you cannot be more intuitive.

And yet, once released from these beliefs, the mind will accept intuition readily, as it is such a natural state of being. I vividly remember when accessing my own intuition felt like I was going crazy. And yet, it is second nature to me now. I spend every moment of my conscious life soaked in intuitive thought.

There are many techniques that can be used to release or at least suspend limiting beliefs so that your own mind will grant you permission to access your intuition. This exercise uses imagination to achieve this goal.

The exercise

This exercise was inspired by Sanaya Roman’s "Taking a quantum " meditation tape (orindaben.com).

1. Start with a quick Grounding Exercise

2. Choose a topic on which you'd like to receive intuitive insight, for example "Money"

3. Describe how it feels right now. Do not censor yourself! It's ok to blame others, be angry or frustrated. For example, "I am struggling and I feel very scared."

4. Describe what you want to experience on this topic (i.e. how you want to feel when you reach your goal). For example, "I would like to make more money so I can feel safe".

5. Find a position that is comfortable for your body. If you mediate, use your meditation position.

2. Close your eyes and take a deep breath.

2. Imagine that we are moving forward in time. It’s one year from now. You have long since received an answer to your intuitive request. You have reached your goal and your mind is at peace about this situation. Take your time. Let your mind ease into this new place of intuitive knowing.

2. Now that you know all this, turn back in time and see your old self, the one who doesn’t know the answer yet, who is still struggling with the situation. S/he is sitting in your chair right now, just as you are. Get a clear picture of this.

2. What would you say to this old self to help it along the way? Do you have suggestion? An intuitive insight? Do you see something obvious that s/he can do to feel better and make progress?

2. When you are ready, open your eyes. I suggest that you take notes about your insights, as the mind will go back to its limiting beliefs fairly soon and you’ll probably forget what you just saw.

Technique 9:  Build an Experiment

The concept

What if you spent weeks or months asking questions to your intuition, only to realize that it’s not really what you wanted?  For example, you’ve asked your intuition about going on a trip to Europe. You finally get the opportunity but when you get there, you miss being home after the first few days...

This exercise is really fun because it gives you a chance to experiment without having to spend too much time or effort on a specific request.  It also gives you a chance to upgrade it as you discover even better options.

The exercise

1. Start with a quick Grounding Exercise

2. Choose a topic on which you'd like to receive intuitive insight, for example "Money"

3. Describe how it feels right now. Do not censor yourself! It's ok to blame others, be angry or frustrated. For example, "I am struggling and I feel very scared."

4. Describe what you want to experience on this topic (i.e. how you want to feel when you reach your goal). For example, "I would like to make more money so I can feel safe".

5. Is there something in your life right now, or easily available to you, that would allow you to make that this is really what you want?

For example, if you want to tour Europe for 2 months with an essence of experiencing new cultures, organize a weekend outing where you go to a new place that is closer to home (like a different state or province).  Now this is not like Europe but it’s also much easier to do right now.

6. Take notes!  Since this is an experiment, it’s critical that you pay attention to how it feels along the way so that you can draw conclusion and draw parallels about your request.

For example, do you like planning the trip? Do you like driving to the location?  Do you enjoy the food there?  How does it feel to meet new people, even if it’s just at the local grocery store?  Explore every aspect of your experiment!

Technique 10:  Automatic Writing

The concept

Our rational, left brain can become a tyrant when it comes to monopolizing our awareness. It’s hard to hear your intuition when you’re focused on grocery lists and schedules for the kids.

Automatic writing is a technique that puts the left brain on hold while you open the door to your intuitive, right brain.

The exercise

1. Start with a quick Grounding Exercise

2. Choose a topic on which you'd like to receive intuitive insight, for example "Money"

3. Describe how it feels right now. Do not censor yourself! It's ok to blame others, be angry or frustrated. For example, "I am struggling and I feel very scared."

4. Describe what you want to experience on this topic (i.e. how you want to feel when you reach your goal). For example, "I would like to make more money so I can feel safe".

5. Start with a single, blank sheet of paper that you’ll throw away when you’re done.

2. Think of this like brain storming in a meeting to find a good slogan or a new product name. You’re trying to just get ideas out without judging them or asking them to fulfill your request (hence the throwing away when you’re done).  Just start writing words that come to your mind.  Do not try to make full sentences.  As soon as a word pops in your head, write it down.

2. Keep writing everything that comes to your mind until you start to feel blank, where your thoughts are slowing down.  This can take anywhere from 60 seconds to several minutes. So take your time and keep going if you’re not sure.

2. When you feel done, read what you just wrote as if it was related to your topic. There's a gem in there...can you find it?

2. Throw away the paper when you’re done!

Quick Tip
This exercise is similar to draining a clogged pipe. We’re just trying to get things moving out of the right brain and onto the paper. It doesn’t matter if what comes out if not useful right now. We just want to clean the pipe!

Technique 11:  Prayer

The concept

This program has been designed to fit within your own belief system and not be tied to any particular faith or religion. And yet, prayer is a common denominator when it comes to spiritual practices. As such, I am assuming that you are comfortable with prayer.

NOTE: If you don’t feel good about praying, skip this exercise.

In this exercise, we’ll use pray to release our intuitive request to a higher power.  I use the word Divine Will when I speak of my higher power.  Feel free to substitute the name you prefer.

The exercise

1. Start with a quick Grounding Exercise

2. Choose a topic on which you'd like to receive intuitive insight, for example "Money"

3. Describe how it feels right now. Do not censor yourself! It's ok to blame others, be angry or frustrated. For example, "I am struggling and I feel very scared."

4. Describe what you want to experience on this topic (i.e. how you want to feel when you reach your goal). For example, "I would like to make more money so I can feel safe".

5. Prayer has a sacred nature that is deeply ingrained in our collective consciousness (see the Sources of Intuitive Information for more details about this source of intuition).  As such, it is important to acknowledge the sacredness of prayer with an opening ritual. Some people like to kneel, light a candle, retreat in a secluded location, cover or bow their head, light incense, etc.  Choose something that feels good to you.

2. Give thanks to Divine Will for being with you right now, available to a deeper connection.

2. Describe your intuitive request: your goal, why you want this, what answer you are seeking, where you want to be in your life.  If it helps you, write your prayer here:

3. Open your hands, palms up and say out loud: “I release my request to you” and raise your hands up.

2. Conclude your prayer with a closing ritual, such as extinguishing your candle or getting up.

Technique 12:  Intuitive Affirmations

Using affirmations is a simple way to slowly train your mind to adopt new, more proactive beliefs. After all a belief is only a thought that has been repeated over and over again!

If you've tried affirmations in the past and did not find them effective, don't worry!
In this program, you will learn a new, comprehensive protocol that make your affirmations work every time!

Intuitive Affirmations Protocol (just read it for now)

• Step 1: Select a topic
what do you want to upgrade or enhance? How do you want to reprogram your mind?
Affirmations are positive statements about what you want.

• Step 2: Climb the Levels
Repeat your affirmation (out loud is preferable at first) for each level until you feel better or at least 3 repetitions.

• Level I: "Wouldn't it be nice to [insert topic]"

• Level II: "I am open to [insert topic]"

• Level III: "I am ready to [insert topic]"

• Level IV: "I am choosing to [insert topic]"

Tip: If you start to feel bad while saying a level, STOP! That means you have gone as far as you can for today! Think of this like exercising at the gym: you never want to push so hard that you tear a muscle. Just come back tomorrow and you'll be amazed at how quickly you can move up all 4 levels!

• Step 3: Release everything else
Now completes your Intuitive Affirmations with: "And I release everything else"
Say it until you feel better or at least 3 repetitions.

I suggest you to work with affirmations for a few days. I will be suggesting a new one for you regularly in the following exercises.

The exercise

Let's experience your first Intuitive Affirmation!

Intuitive Affirmation

• Step 1: Today's topic is
"I easily connect to my intuition"

• Step 2: Climb the Levels
Close your eyes and repeat each affirmation at least 3 repetitions
Tip: If you start to feel bad while saying a level, STOP! That means you have gone as far as you can for today!

• Level I: "Wouldn't it be nice to connect easily to my intuition" (repeat 3 times)

• Level II: "I am open to connect easily to my intuition " (repeat 3 times)

• Level III: "I am ready to connect easily to my intuition" (repeat 3 times)

• Level IV: "I am choosing to connect easily to my intuition" (repeat 3 times)

• Step 3: Release everything else
Now completes your Intuitive Affirmations with: "And I release everything else" (repeat 3 times).

Technique 13:  EFT

The concept

So you probably figure out that anything that makes you feel better is a message from your intuition, confirming that you are going the right way (see Technique 1). Energy Work describes all sorts of techniques that affect your energy field and can quickly help you to move up to the next Emotional Zones.

1. I'd like to introduce you to a technique called EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique).

Don't worry if you don't know this technique. I have made a coaching video that is easy to follow.

And if you have tried EFT before and felt it didn't work...I have a surprise for you! As you probably know, the power of EFT depends heavily on the script, meaning the words that you are using to reprogram your mind with a positive affirmation. In this video, you'll see me using Intuitive Affirmations (we'll talk about them later on in the program) and a progressive setup that makes a HUGE difference in the results you'll feel. So give it a try!

You can find my EFT video on intuition at this url:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2juFm4NUBV8

Technique 14:  Ask Your Spirit Guides

The concept

Spirit Guides are non physical beings that accompany you throughout your life. Think of them as your personal counselors. They are always available when you call upon them.
PS: If you don't feel comfortable with the concept of Spirit Guides, skip this exercise.

I've included Spirit Guides in this program about intuition because I consider them a source of intuitive information, meaning that they can provide a perspective of deep wisdom that can guide you in your decisions. Just like intuition, they cannot tell you what to do and they typically do not predict the future.

Everything you have learnt about your intuition will be helpful when you connect to your spirit guides, as they communicate with you through vibration. Your rational left brain then interprets this vibration information and you might receive an emotion, an image, physical sensations or fully form thoughts.

The exercise

A session with your Spirit Guides is structured exactly like and Intuitive Thought session except for an additional step at the beginning.

1. Your mind already knows how to selectively connect to your Spirit Guides. You just need to tell it to do so. This is often called setting an intention.

2. You can do this by saying out loud “I am calling upon my Spirit Guides”. They will feel your request and be instantly available to you.

3. Follow the Intuitive Insight Session instructions to get answers directly from your Spirit Guides!

PS: I know you'll probably doubt that you are actually hearing your Spirit Guides in the beginning. You're more likely to think you are making stuff up...That's perfectly normal. I suggest that you complete the exercise on Trust before you do a session with your Spirit Guides, if you feel this way.

If you want more in-depth information about your Spirit Guides, I strongly recommend the book:
"Opening to Chanel" by Sanaya Roman.

Technique 15:  Trust

The concept

Trust is a fundamental intuitive skill because everything else is built upon it. When you trust your intuition…

• You are confident that you are on the right path even if nothing seems to be changing right now.

• You are comfortable taking action based on your intuitive insights.

• You can navigate a difficult situation even if you don't see all the details on how to solve it.

• You are naturally patient because you know the answer is coming

Did you ever notice that the root cause of impatience is not time ("When will I get there") but trust ("Will I ever get there").  We get impatient where we're worried that we might never reach our goal. In these cases, it's more productive to solve the root cause of the problem by working on trust than by trying to speed things up which tends to make things worse by taking even longer.

The exercise

In this exercise, we are using EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) which is a very powerful way to reprogram your brain. It combines positive affirmations with tapping on key acupuncture points to relax the body. Your mind absorbs thoughts better when your body is relaxed!

In my work with EFT, I use an Intuitive Affirmation to make it easier for the mind to accept the new thought pattern.  We start with statements that the mind can easily accept while building up towards a stronger, more positive thought pattern.

This EFT video is about trusting your intuition. You can find it at this url!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJrs1emhgAM

Technique 16:  Creating a Space

The concept

It's a lot easier to listen to your intuition in a quiet setting that facilities the transition to focus on your right (intuitive) brain. Although experienced intuitive can "turn on" their intuition at anytime, a more novice person will find it easier to create a special space for their intuitive sessions.

The exercise

Is there a space, either in your house or close by, where you feel quieter, more at peace and more connected to you? If not, it's time to create such a space! I recommend reading up on Feng Shui to get a nice energy flow going and isolating a spot "just for you".

PS: In a busy household, you might not be able to get a whole room dedicated to this purpose. That's all right! When I am at work, I actually use the women's shower stall in the restroom! It's a nice enclosed space and it works perfectly when I want to connect to my intuition. So you might pick the corner of your bedroom, a downstairs bathroom or even the laundry room! Just start small and work your way up.

Technique 17:  Art

The concept

Intuition is mostly a right brain process and so is art!  Color, textures and abstract forms stir up our creative mind and activate our intuition.  This is a great way to have fun while consciously opening the door to intuitive insight.

If you’re a professional artist or tend to be a perfectionist, make sure that you’re doing a form of art that does not dominantly engage your left brain.  For example, working on art that you intend to sell might triggers so many thoughts about money that you’re not really achieving your goal here.

If you are trying to achieve a “finished” piece that you can hand in your living room, your left brain might kick and start running a commentary on how you should use more green to match the color of your couch.  Again, that would defeat the purpose.

The best frame of mind is to approach an art project just intending to have fun with it.

The exercise

When you want to get answers from your intuition, tickle your creativity with art.  It will open the door for the answers you’re looking for a little bit wider.  Make sure you clarify what you want from your intuition first!

1. Start with a quick Grounding Exercise

2. Choose a topic on which you'd like to receive intuitive insight, for example "Money"

3. Describe how it feels right now. Do not censor yourself! It's ok to blame others, be angry or frustrated. For example, "I am struggling and I feel very scared."

4. Describe what you want to experience on this topic (i.e. how you want to feel when you reach your goal). For example, "I would like to make more money so I can feel safe".

5. Do you have a hobby? Spend some time working on your latest project.  If not, this is a great opportunity to discover what interests you when it comes to creativity! Keep in mind that art is a very wide category.  It can include simple activities such as cooking, redecorating, drawing and painting.

List some artistic activities that you might enjoy:

Quick Tip
To make sure that you keep the right brain engaged during your art activities, try something that relies on your sense of touch (like clay), smell (like making soap), vision (with vivid colors) or taste (like cooking). Try not to take it too seriously, so as not to put undue pressure on yourself. I like going in the kid’s section of craft store and selecting a premade art kit. They’re fun, easy and you won’t be trying to turn your work into something too serious!>

Technique 18:  Balancing your brain

The concept

When you think about something, it fires up electrical impulses in your brain. These impulses follow a pattern, called a neuron pathway.  The first time you think about something, it forms the pattern. Through repetition, this pattern is reinforced until it automatically gets fired up as soon as you think about this topic.

For most things in life, this is greatly beneficial process. Learning how to walk was hard at first. Aren't you glad you now have an automatic pattern that fires up when you decide to stand up?  But this automated process can also be in the way of your intuitive insights.

For example, let’s say you are experiencing money problems.  Every time you think about money, all kinds of belief come tumbling down in your mind: it’s hard to make money; you’re not good with money; there’s no way to fix this money problem; you are doomed to be poor; etc. Now there’s a thought pattern that is obviously not beneficial.  In fact, this can turn into obsessive thinking were you just go over and over the same useless arguments in your head.

By using bi-lateral brain stimulation, we are encouraging your brain to rebalance itself and interrupt the habitual neuron pathway. Once you're free from this "thinking rut", you have now opened the door to new intuitive insights!

The exercise

1. Start with a quick Grounding Exercise

2. Choose a topic on which you'd like to receive intuitive insight, for example "Money"

3. Describe how it feels right now. Do not censor yourself! It's ok to blame others, be angry or frustrated. For example, "I am struggling and I feel very scared."

4. Describe what you want to experience on this topic (i.e. how you want to feel when you reach your goal). For example, "I would like to make more money so I can feel safe".

5. Briefly think about the negative thought pattern that you would like to release (30 seconds or less).

2. Find something you can use to cover your left eye for five minutes (a scarf works well!)

2. Move the eye patch to your right eye for another five minutes.

2. Take a moment to clear your mind and open up to new intuitive insights. Write down what comes to your mind?

Quick Tip
Please restrict your activities while you are doing this. It's a VERY powerful process! Since it affects your spatial perception, it can also alter your sense of balance. So sit down and relax while you do this!

Technique 19:  Get Physical

The concept

Physical activity is very grounding (see the Prerequisite section for more on grounding).  Unless you’re really not paying attention, it instantly makes you aware of your body.  It can also bring forth intuitive insight if the activity involves a bi-lateral brain stimulation (alternating right and left muscles) like walking or running.

As we discussed in the section called What is Intuition? And in the Balancing your Brain Technique, bringing balance between the left and right brain opens the door to intuitive insights.

The exercise

1. Start with a quick Grounding Exercise

2. Choose a topic on which you'd like to receive intuitive insight, for example "Money"

3. Describe how it feels right now. Do not censor yourself! It's ok to blame others, be angry or frustrated. For example, "I am struggling and I feel very scared."

4. Describe what you want to experience on this topic (i.e. how you want to feel when you reach your goal). For example, "I would like to make more money so I can feel safe".

5. Well, exercise is the exercise!  Try going on a walk while focusing on the left/right movements of your body.  You can swing your arms to really emphasize it.  Don’t listen to music or talk to someone on the phone.  Try just walking, running or climbing on the elliptical trainer at the gym.

Quick Tip
I would suggest you to take notes when you’re done. We often forget our best intuitive insight shortly after having them if they don’t get anchored in our left brain by using language. What a waste!

Technique 20:  Being alone

The concept

Being intuitive involves a particular type of sensitivity.  In the beginning, we’re just raising our ability to sense our own inner guidance.  But this typically evolves into being sensitive to other people as well.  Although this is a delightful skill to have, it can be problematic if you’re trying to focus on your inner world but you are constantly distracted by the demands of your outer world.

As your sensitivity increased, being constantly surrounded by people makes it much more difficult to hear your intuition.

The exercise

1. This one is simple: make sure you spend time completely alone and preferably physically away from other people.  Although you are probably not aware of this, we can all sense the presence of others through the magnetic field emitted by the human body.  So a cabin in the woods or a house on the beach is a great place to be alone.

Walking in the forest is also great, since there are typically a lot less people there.  If you can’t get away from long, try driving in your car on a deserted highway!

Technique 21:  Intuitive reflex

The concept

This exercise comes from the field of psychology in which I studied for many years.  It’s surprisingly easy to program the mind to create an association between two things that were initially unrelated.  For example, you might start to think about your favorite ice cream when you hear the familiar song that vendors play from their tracks.  This concept is called a Pavlovian reflex (Pavlov, 1927).

We can leverage this sort of reflex by creating an association between a physical trigger and an emotional state of receiving.

The exercise

1. First, you need to relax your body (for example, take a few deep breaths). Relaxation is the quickest way to move towards an emotional state favorable to receiving.

2. Think of something that you received recently. It doesn't have to be big. Maybe you were even expecting it, like a paycheck. Or it was brief, like someone paying you a compliment. But you did get it and it felt good

3. Identify how it feels in your body and emotions when you get something you want (i.e. expansion in chest, feeling giddy, smiling, etc)

4. While you are aware of how it feels to receive, firmly push your middle finger against your thumb (see picture) and say out loud: 'Receiving'

5. Repeat Step 4 at least three times.

6. Take a deep breath to reset your mind

Throughout the upcoming days, put yourself into receiving mode frequently by pushing your middle finger against your thumb and say the word 'Receiving' in your mind to trigger your receiving state.  We want this to become a reflex!

Technique 22:  Using Crystals

The concept

Crystals are often use for metaphysical purposes.  They have a magnetic field that emits a much grounded vibration. Humans are able to pick up on these vibrations, some people more strongly than others.  A crystal’s vibration can become a positive influence by encouraging your own vibration to align with it (this is similar to the concept of entrainment in physics).

Entrainment: the process whereby two interacting oscillating systems, which have different periods when they function independently, assume the same period (Wikipedia.com).

Did you ever hear of these hypnotic tapes that people play at a very low volume while they sleep?  Even right now, your own mind is playing a sort of tape that includes all your beliefs about this topic.

Crystals work in a similar way, but they use their magnetic field to help train your body and mind by surrounding you with a steady vibration.  Your own body, sensing that vibration, instantly starts to respond it.

Most people who want to use crystals have a particular purpose in mind. Although some families of minerals are more likely to yield the desired result, not all specimens from the same family have similar properties. Additionally, not everyone reacts the same way when exposed to a crystal.

The exercise

In this exercise, we’ll be identifying a crystal that will line up your energy with your specific purpose.

1. Start with a quick Grounding Exercise

2. Choose a topic on which you'd like to receive intuitive insight, for example "Money"

3. Describe how it feels right now. Do not censor yourself! It's ok to blame others, be angry or frustrated. For example, "I am struggling and I feel very scared."

4. Describe what you want to experience on this topic (i.e. how you want to feel when you reach your goal). For example, "I would like to make more money so I can feel safe".

5. Take a look at crystals around you. Either online (as long as you're looking at the actual crystal you will get, not just a "similar item") or in a store.

2. Notice the crystals that you find interesting.  It might be the color, or something you read about them, or their price.  Just make a note of which one’s catch your eye.

2. Now we need to narrow it down a little more. Hold each crystal in your hand and walk away from the other ones so it's easier to focus on just this one. If you're shopping online, imagine holding it in your hand.

2. State your purpose: for example, "I want to increase my financial abundance".  Always state your purpose in an affirmative sentence (i.e.  Don’t use: "I don’t want to be poor"). Affirmative sentences allow the flow of energy while negative sentences trigger resistances. Close your eyes while you state your purpose so you can focus inward.

2. When you're holding the best crystal for your purpose, you will get a really good feeling (light, tingly, happy, smiling, good memories come to mind, laughing are all good).  That’s the one!

Quick Tip
Like everything else in like, you will eventually outgrow your crystals. Meaning that you have moved on to new goals and your crystals might not be aligned with you anymore. You will notice this change if a crystal starts to feel “bad”. There’s nothing wrong with your crystal! It’s just that you are not aligned with it anymore, so your intuition is letting you know that it’s time to let it go… I often give or sell crystals that I have outgrown, so that they may serve other people as well.

Technique 23:  Congratulation Letter

The concept

The rational mind like to have proof that something is real before it puts any weight behind it.  For example, if you got an email or letter saying that you just won one million dollars, you probably won’t do anything about it.  It’s not real for your rational mind because there is no proof that this is actually true.

So what would it take to change your mind, in the event that you did get a real check in the mail?  What if the check came from someone you know? What if it was issued from a real bank, not just some random name you have never heard of?  What if the amount was something you might expect as a gift from that person?

Somewhere along the way, your rational mind will decide that this is “for real” and you will actually start making plans to go cash that check!  In that moment, you are in a receiving state of mind.

The exercise

The Congratulation Letter tries to stretch your rational mind towards receiving what you want by making it feel real.

Imagine that your intuition has answered your question.  Now, write to someone you know about your success!

For example: Hi Sarah!  I am so excited about my new car.  I had been turning in circles for months but now there it is, parked in my driveway!  Do you want to go out to a celebration dinner on Friday?  I'll pick you up!

Quick Tip
you don’t have to actually send the letter. You can just keep it in your desk. It’s the act of writing it that makes it real.

Technique 24: Spinning plates

The concept

My 5 year old son and I, planted a flower seed recently.  We got a pot and a bag of soil; we dug a little whole in the dirt and put the seed in it.  When we were done watering it, my son pulled up a chair and sat down to look at the seed.  When I asked him what he was doing, he said he was “waiting for the flower to come out”.

An intuitive request is just like a seed: it needs time to grow.  It won’t come any faster if you stare at it, or ask it over and over again.  In fact, staying in the asking mode will actually push the answer away (see the Receiving Techniques topic).

Our intuition knows the greater perspective of our request.  And it will deliver the answer at exactly the right time.  The best thing you can do is to get out of the way.

The exercise

Our minds typically don’t take it kindly, when asked to just wait.  We want to feel like we’re moving forward (see the exercise of Tokens for a great way to do this).  But once our work is done, we need to move on.  This is a great exercise to move on without leaving the mind with nothing to do.

1.   Pick a completely different topic for a brand new topic that you have not been thinking about recently.  Write it down.

2.   For the next 48 hours, work exclusively on receiving intuitive insights about this new request and leave your previous alone.

There’s also an interesting side effect to this exercise.  People who are just starting to explore their intuition tend to ask about the most complicated, pervasive and difficult situation of their life.  This makes their first experience more likely to be frustrating and discouraging, as it might take a few weeks or years to get that big of a topic figured out!

But when you switch to a different topic, it is suddenly much easier.  So the answers come more readily.  And then when it pours, it rains!  By successfully receiving a great answer to an easier topic, you are more likely to receive intuitive insights about your tougher one.  It’s a delightful domino effect!  Use this exercise whenever you feel stuck!

Technique 25:  Meditate On purpose

The concept

It can be very difficult to sort out your intuitive thoughts from your regular left brain thoughts.  With practice, you’ll be able to tell them apart readily.  But in the beginning, it helps to create a mental space that is left empty on purpose, so your intuition can use it to communicate with you.

The exercise

In this exercise, we actually want to meditate with a purpose.

1. Start with a quick Grounding Exercise

2. Choose a topic on which you'd like to receive intuitive insight, for example "Money"

3. Describe how it feels right now. Do not censor yourself! It's ok to blame others, be angry or frustrated. For example, "I am struggling and I feel very scared."

4. Describe what you want to experience on this topic (i.e. how you want to feel when you reach your goal). For example, "I would like to make more money so I can feel safe".

5. Choose a meditation technique that feels interesting to you.  Whether it’s breathing deeply, looking at a candle, yoga, visualization or following a guided meditation.  The technique itself is entirely up to you.  Keep in mind that you can find suggestions on my support web site at http://eliselebeau.ning.com.

2. Unless you’re experienced with meditation, keep it short.  We only need to create an empty space in your mind.  Two to five minutes is sufficient.  If you are experienced with meditation, go in your meditative state as deep as you normally would.

2. With your mind being blank from the meditation, read your intuitive request again.  Just read it and hold it in your mind.  Do not try to force an answer.  Maybe nothing will come to you just now.  That’s perfectly normal.  It probably needs to slowly bubble up to your consciousness, going through the different levels of awareness.

But the sheer act of actually asking your question while your mind was clear and quiet might give you dramatically different results than if you ask the same question while you’re at work sitting at your desk!

Technique 26:  Leap of faith

The concept

As a general rule, baby steps are much more comfortable than leaps of faith.  But there are times where we just feel ready for a big change.  We just want to jump in with both feet and follow our deeper wisdom.  I don’t suggest you do this exercise unless you feel called to it.  It’s also a good idea to use the Trust techniques before you try this one.

In a leap of faith, we are surrendering completely to Divine Will or the very highest source of intuition available to you.  It can be scary and yet liberating at the same time.  As we relinquish control over how and when things will happen, we open ourselves to totally unexpected solutions.

The exercise

A mantra is a short sentence that is repeated over and over again.  In this exercise, you will focus your conscious thoughts on a mantra for the next 24 hours.  You will repeat, over and over in your mind:  “I surrender to the higher will.  Please show me the way”.

In this case, we’re asking Divine Will or your own higher power to take over and lay the steps before us.   Notice that we’re not asking when it will happen and we’re not specifying what we’re asking for specifically.  We’re leaving all the details up to our higher intuition.

That’s why this technique requires a lot of courage and trust: you have to be ready to give it all up and let things fall into place.

Quick Tip
How many times can you repeat your mantra? Buddhist monks aspire to repeat their spiritual mantra up to one million times a day. But, if you loose track and forget to repeat your mantra while you order your latte, just come back to it whenever you remember to do so!

Technique 27:  The Intuitive Blog

The concept

You’ve probably heard most professional intuitive recommend keeping a journal. An intuitive journal offers many benefits in intuition development:

• You can see how far you have come when you read past entries.

• Some intuitive requests take longer to unfold.  Writing in a journal can help you track your actual intuitive success over long periods of time.  This is great for the projects that might be considered as failures, if you do not give them enough time to evolve and mature.

• Intuitive thoughts are typically fleeting thoughts. You might have a great idea and the shower but you forget it as soon as you step out.  What a waste of great intuitive insight if you don’t write them down.

• You can share your intuitive insights with others if you’re keeping an online journal.  It’s great to have feedback and support from an Intuitive community

The exercise

Start your own intuitive journal!  As you can see, the Intuition Program is not solely based on keeping an intuitive journal.  But it is a very useful exercise.  But make sure that whatever you use to keep notes feels fun to you.  It should never be a chore!

Quick Tip
Since I spend a lot of time on my computer, my own intuitive journals ended up online. So my “intuitive journal” became an Intuitive Blog (i.e. an abbreviation for “web log”)! You can get your own free intuitive blog on my support web site at http://eliselebeau.ning.com

Technique 28:  Tokens

The concept

Following your Intuition is a process that builds over time.  So it's important to get validation and encouragement along the way.  A token is like a trail sign that tells you're on the right path. It typically has some of the essences that you're asking for.

For example, if you're working on financial abundance, you might get a $10 gift card.  If you want to find a mate, you might meet an awesome friend of the opposite sex.

Tokens ARE NOT

• Consolation prizes because you cannot have what you want.

• Substitutions because what you want are not good for you.

• A sign that your intuitive skills are inadequate.

Tokens ARE

• Telling you that you are going the right way.

• Showing you a smaller version of what you want so you can see if you really like.

The exercise

1. Start with a quick Grounding Exercise

2. Choose a topic on which you'd like to receive intuitive insight, for example "Money"

3. Describe how it feels right now. Do not censor yourself! It's ok to blame others, be angry or frustrated. For example, "I am struggling and I feel very scared."

4. Describe what you want to experience on this topic (i.e. how you want to feel when you reach your goal). For example, "I would like to make more money so I can feel safe".

5. For at least the next 3 days (you can keep going until you reach your goal!), look for tokens, sign of progress that relate to your request.  Try to find something every day.  It can be small coincidences, a phone call from a friend, a gift card, a new idea.  Anything that brings you closer to your request.  Write them in your intuitive journal or blog!

Conclusion

Exploring your intuition is a life long journey. And I don’t mean that it takes that long because it’s hard to master! On the contrary, even with the simplest exercise, you can get phenomenal results very quickly.

But it seems that once you leverage your intuitive skills to accomplish a worthy goal, another one comes along that takes you to an even grander and more fulfilling level of mastery! It’s like a never ending Christmas eve where you keep opening new gift over and over again.

I know it’s always annoying when someone says: “You have to be patient”. I know it annoyed me to no end, especially when I was dealing with painful situations. The fact remains that making progress is an accomplishment in itself. Yes, some day you’ll be so much better at this.

What you can already accomplish now is enough. It’s a whole and complete experience. Indeed, you know that you are already intuitive. And it is my wish that you will celebrate this accomplishment, while also probably feeing annoyed that it’s not going faster…But that’s all right too.

What’s Next?

These are other programs I have created to help you along your intuitive journeys:

The Empath Survival Program© FREE: Master your Empath skills

The Intuitive Healing Program© FREE: Hear and Heal your physical body

The Intuitive Weight Program©: Heal your relationship with your body to lose weight intuitively

The Abundance Program©: Create spiritual and financial abundance in your life!

The Career Intuition Program©: Leverage your intuition in your current job

The Business Intuition Program©: Intuitive training for small business owners

The Helping Soul Program©: Learn how to give professional intuitive consultations

For more details, visit my web site: www.EliseLebeau.com.