Brandon - Intuition for Beginners: Easy Ways to Awaken Your Natural Abilities

Llewellyn Publications

Woodbury, Minnesota

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Intuition for Beginners: Easy Ways to Awaken Your Natural Abilities 2013 by Diane Brandon.

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First e-book edition 2013

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Acknowledgments

This book represents the culmination of many years of teaching and research, and many people have been part of that process.

Id like to thank all my clients and students over the years. They have, by and large, been so pleasant to work with and have given me many wonderful insights and warmth, while enlarging my own knowledge and awareness of the ins and outs of intuition. I owe them a huge debt for their willingness to work with me and for all that I have gained from our work.

Close friends have also been supportive of my process and have my whole-hearted gratitude as well. Id like to especially thank two good friends, Kathlyn Bushnell and Theresa Waltermeyer, who have walked the path of writing this book along with me by listening to my concerns and making suggestions.

I would like to thank everyone at Llewellyn for their belief in this book and assistance in its preparation, including Angela Wix, Andrea Neff, and Andy Belmas.

My hope is that all the effort put into the creation of this book may be fruitful for those who read it.

contents

: Are You Intuitive?

: Your Basic 411 on Intuition

: Myths about Intuition and Potential Pitfalls

: How Do You Access Your Intuition?

: Meditation Exercises to Enter an Intuitive State

: Beginner Exercises to Develop Your Intuition

: Working with Your Intuitive Information

: Cultivating and Growing Your Intuition

: Refining Your Intuition with Advanced and Additional Exercises

: Additional Recommendations, Cautions, and Tips

: Working with Your Dreams

There are things so deep and complex that only intuition can reach it in our stage of development as human beings.

john astin

introduction

I ntuition can be a wonderful addition to your life. It is truly a many-splendored thing that will grace your life in a variety of ways because it can provide so many different benefits. If youre spiritually oriented, you can derive even more benefits from it, as it can help you tap into source (God, the Divine, the universe, the seat of all knowledge, etc.) and strengthen your spiritual connection.

Even though using your intuition can be hugely advantageous, it may seem out of reach at times for some people. The truth is that many people would like to use their intuition more to enrich their lives, but they just dont know how to go about doing so. This book will help you recognize your intuition, learn about its ins and outs, and develop and apply it to situations in your life.

My Story

Im a firm believer in intuition and its many gifts. Ive been working professionally with my intuition since 1992 as an Integrative Intuitive Counselor (integrative because I bring additional modalities into my work with clients). I have had many repeat clients and have been fortunate enough to consistently receive positive feedback on my abilities.

Even though working with my intuition has gone very well for me, the truth is that my intuitive ability came completely out of left field. I had always been fascinated by intuition and been deeply spiritual, but I certainly had never seen myself as intuitive. In fact, being intuitive or working with intuition was the furthest thing from my mind. Boy, was I surprised when I started working with mine! It opened a whole new world for me, which was even more surprising since it was so unexpected. Initially, after beginning to work with my intuition, I struggled, since intuition had previously seemed so foreign to me and I wasnt at all sure of what I was doing. However, I kept consistently receiving positive feedback from clients. So even though I had never seen myself as intuitive, I apparently was, which dumbfounded me.

Because my intuition had never been part of my self-definition or self-image, and because Ive always had a need to understand things, I felt driven to figure out what intuition was and learn more about its uses and benefits. Through working with my own intuition, teaching it to others, observing my students, and conducting my own research, I started on a quest to understand the inner workings of intuition the best I could.

I now feel that I have a much firmer grasp of intuition than I originally did. Ive been teaching intuitive techniques to others in workshops, seminars, and classes since 1996, and I love seeing others light up as they experience tapping into their intuition at will, often consciously for the first time. My growing understanding of intuition as a faculty has enabled me to become a better teacher. To my delight, Ive seen student after student access their intuition and begin to gain confidence in their innate abilities.