5 Steps to start listening to your intuition | Aya Jøgensen

5 Steps to start listening to your intuition

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Sometimes it can be easy to find ourselves in a place where we really don’t know what to do. Life can be challenging at times. But even though you might feel lost, there is a part of you who knows the next move even if you are not aware of it. Trust me. 

Intuition, inner guidance, higher self, inner wisdom, gut feeling, spiritual guidance, there are so many words for this sense of knowing. In this post, I will give you my favorite tools to get into contact with it. 

What does intuition mean? 

I remember a time in my life where I wasn’t even aware that I had something such as intuition. That I actually had a sense of inner knowing within me. It almost felt impossible for me to make an independent decision. I was constantly seeking the approval of others. I was so extremely afraid that If I didn’t get this approval, people would judge me and I wouldn’t be accepted. 

But all of that changed pretty radically when I heard a spiritual teacher saying the following sentence: “The answers you need to know are inside of you. “

 This became the beginning of a brand-new relationship to my intuition.  

Why is intuition important? 

If we don’t learn to turn inwards and listen to ourselves it’ll be very hard to navigate life and to live a life that’s in alignment with our desires, our needs, and our values. 

If we don’t turn into our inner guidance, it will also be very easy for us to just be thrown around by life because we have no idea where we truly want to go.

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What intuition feels like? 

It’s our inner knowing that allows us to be calm amid stressful circumstances and be grounded in love or a vision of something we want to achieve even when we have no physical proof for it yet. 

Some spiritual teachers say that God is inside of us. In some way, I believe that is true. That there is a loving and knowing power inside of all of us. We just have to know how to access this part of ourselves. A more religious way of putting this is: I believe that we can all access God or a higher consciousness if we learn how to be still enough to listen.

 

Intuition vs. logic

I’m NOT saying to forsake all logic. I think sometimes our wisdom lies in a sweet spot between our emotions and our sense of logic. However, if we always start to see our problems from the logical point of view, we might miss out on so many answers from our intuition that can be of great benefit to us.

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Your inner guidance system is like a muscle, the more you use it, the stronger it gets. 

When we start practicing turning inwards, it might not be so easy to begin with and we might not always be able to separate intuition from thoughts or other parts of ourselves that want our attention. An example of this could be to intuitively feel what we really want but then feeling extremely fearful or shameful about it. The fear and the shame turn down the volume of the intuition very quickly 

This is sometimes why we might need some loving support outside of ourselves to help us become our own allies and to make us feel safe enough to listen inwards by attuning to our emotions. 

Therefore, practice the steps below and your intuition will get stronger and stronger. 

Here are 5 ways to start accessing your intuition:  

Slow down :

This is perhaps the most important thing. It’s very hard to hear our internal guidance if we are stressed out.  

There are many ways of doing this. Walks in nature, meditation, yoga or running, or other forms of exercise for some people. The most important thing is that you start to slow down enough to turn down the noise from the outside world and up for what you are feeling and sensing.

Focus on your breath: 

Start by becoming aware of your breath. Our breath can calm us down and regulate our nervous system.  

Whenever you feel triggered or caught up in a difficult emotion, practice slowing down and just breathe. It sounds counter-intuitive. If we feel triggered or stressed out, the last thing we feel like is slowing down. But taking the time for this saves us so much time in the long run because we can continue our day with much more clarity and peace of mind afterward, 

You can find some of my favorite breathing exercises on this blog post 

Become aware of your thoughts:  

Our fearful thoughts, beliefs, and trauma reactions are often some of the things that get in the way of us being able to tune into our personal truth and hear it clearly, so the more you are able to “clean these things up,” so to say, the more you will be able to hear the guidance of your true nature. 

Start to become aware of your thoughts, your stories, and your triggers. Simply start by witnessing your thoughts. What you are aware of, and what you cannot be consumed by. 

Go a step further and start to write your unpleasant thoughts and believes down and start to question them 

I can recommend a process called “the work” by Byron Katie for doing so. 

You can find her framework here : 

https://thework.com/ 

 

 

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Another way of doing a deep dive into questioning and transforming limiting belief is through therapy and NLP. If you are not familiar with the term NLP you can read more about it here : 

https://ayajorgensen.com/what-is-nlp-coaching/ 

In NLP we have several models that are designed to transform limiting beliefs into beliefs that support us. If you are curious you are always welcome to contact me to hear more about it and how we can work together in transforming limiting beliefs into supporting ones instead.

Become aware that you are connected. 

One of my favorite teachers Chris Coursey shares this concept that inside of our brain there is a relational circuit. When the circuit is on we feel joyful and relational. We want to connect with people around us. This so-called circuit is also connected to whether or not we feel connected with God or a higher consciousness.  

There are several steps to turning this relational circuit on and one of them is appreciation. So it’s a very good thing to think of some things, situations, or people you appreciate to feel more connected with God/love before trying to connect to your intuition. 

By the way, you can watch this YouTube video: Chris Coursey’s version of asking for guidance. I find it truly amazing and have used it quite a few times myself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlRaY8fXs5g&ab_channel=ChrisCoursey-THRIVEtoday 

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 Ask for guidance: 

I think most of us know the feeling of turning to a good and trusted person and asking for advice. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that in my point of view. It’s a strength to have good and trusted people around and to have their point of view too. However, I want you to practice to find this good and trusted person within yourself.

Because no one, no matter how clever they are, will know more about you than yourself. So, instead of to turning to a friend, practice going inwards and asking the question you want to know.

Conclusion:

Have fun strengthening your relationship with your intuition and remember that this should be an enjoyable process. The answers that you get should feel good and right to you. If they feel disturbing or upsetting, it’s very likely that these are your fears talking and not your intuition. 

And if you need some more support on this, try downloading my free clarity meditation that is designed to do exactly this. You can access it here: 

 What’s your relationship with your intuition and do you have a favorite way of accessing it?

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