The Journey 2008 Newsletters Archive

This year's theme is self-love

April 2008, Trusting Your Instincts & Intuition

Have you ever noticed that life appears simple for animals? That’s because unlike humans they don’t over think things. They live by their God given instincts, the same instincts/gut feelings that you and I naturally have. They are feeling based and have no logical reason it’s just a matter of something feels right or wrong – trust those feelings.

You use your gut feelings more than you may be aware of such as when you walk into a room and the air feels thick, when something doesn’t feels off to you or when you just know something and yet there’s no logical way that you should know it. These are all instances of your instincts kicking in.

Many of us learned as children not to trust our instincts. For example if you sensed your mother was sad and you asked her if she was, only to be told that there was nothing wrong. Your mother was probably trying to protect you instead it was a sign that you couldn’t trust your gut feelings. As we grow up and our life fills with more people we tend to experience these situations more and more as the people around us hide their feelings in order to maintain their privacy. This enables us to slow but surely lose confidence in our senses.

Through the years I have discovered that when I don’t follow my gut feelings I always end up in a situation that I’m uncomfortable or unhappy with. Learning to trust yourself is a must in being loving to your self. Here are a few simple suggestions to help you gain trust:

1. When you have a decision to make sit down in a comfortable chair, close your eyes and take a few deep breaths. Now tell yourself one choice you have for that decision, say it three times while putting your focus on your body – what physical sensation comes up? Is it a comfortable sensation? Does it feel right or wrong? Repeat this with all your choices and follow the one that feels the best to you.

2. Make an intuition list. Each time you have a gut feeling right it down on the list. Then write down what action you took in following it. When you can write down the outcome of the situation. As this list grows you should see that following your senses works for you 100% of the time. If you it didn’t there is a good chance you mixed your thoughts in with your feelings. To learn more about this see the next suggestion.

3. There is a great and easy to read book called “Developing Intuition” by Shakti Gawain. It’s a book I like referring to over and over again in my own life.

Life can be a loving and exciting experience when we get out of heads and live in our hearts by following our instincts and intuition. It helps be our authentic selves and be true to ourselves. When you live a life that’s true to you self-love just happens.





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