Why Your Gut Feeling Is Almost Never Wrong by Jo Shipley

We all know about the importance of trusting our intuition, but how many of us actually listen when our body is trying to communicate with us?

I know that every sensation, every gut feeling, and every feeling of expansion or contraction in my body provides information about whether I am moving towards or away from what is good for me. Many of us are taught to ignore these messages and instead rely solely on logic, other people’s opinions, or what society tells us we should do. Alternatively, we often have so much mind clutter that we cannot hear these signals clearly or acknowledge them when they appear.

This came to head for me when I intuitively just ‘knew’ things in my workplace. It did not go down well in my logical thinking, data-driven, system-led team. I can ‘feel it in my waters’ or ‘God told me’ was not on the list of acceptable reasons. Hence, I was ignored, made to doubt myself and accused of making decisions without proper analysis and justification.

Of course, this made me feel powerless and totally shut down. It wasn’t until I stepped out of that environment and learnt to trust my intuitive decision-making process to, agreeably to seismically unshakable levels, that I was able to stand my ground.

What Is Intuition?

We are all like radio receivers, capable of picking up an incredible range of energetic and spiritual information from the world around us.

Sometimes intuition arrives as a thought from nowhere, sometimes it is a strong feeling in your body, a knowing you simply cannot explain, or an overwhelming feeling that something is either completely right or completely wrong. Goosebumps are often a wonderful signal.

Using Your Third Eye Chakra and Crown Chakra to Connect With Your Higher Self

In energetic terms, the third eye chakra is responsible for inner vision and symbolic insight (clairvoyance). The crown chakra connects us to higher consciousness and a sense of divine knowing through our connection to Source, God or the Universe.

Our Higher Self, the non-physical aspect of ourselves that remains connected to Source/God, continually supports us with intuitive guidance – but do we listen? I often hear it explained that the Higher Self stands on top of a mountain and can see the entire landscape, while our physical self walks through the valley below only able to see a few steps ahead.

Trust Your Gut Feeling

The solar plexus chakra (the energy centre below the rib cage) processes emotional information through the body before the conscious mind has had time to analyse it – hence a ‘gut feeling’.

It provides an immediate somatic response about the emotional atmosphere, intentions and emotional state of other people, and whether a situation feels safe or threatening.

Butterflies, a sinking feeling or excitement are often your nervous system’s way of telling you what is happening before your conscious mind has worked out what is going on.

Receiving Intuition From An Energetic Perspective

When our chakra energy centres are open and balanced, communication with our intuition becomes much clearer. When they become blocked through fear, limiting beliefs, conditioning or emotional wounds, the universe’s signals become harder to pick up.

By doing the inner work, clearing your energetic field and maintaining a balanced and aligned energy system is the simplest way to be more open to receiving intuitive guidance.

How to Strengthen Your Intuition

Intuition becomes stronger when the whole energetic system is coherent, the body feels safe, the heart is open and the mind is clear enough to ‘hear’ the guidance.

Try improving your intuition with these simple practices.

• Meditate each day to reduce your mental clutter.
• Listen to your heart to determine what feels loving and true.
• Learn to trust your gut feelings before applying fear-based thinking.
• Ask your body questions and notice the response.

If you would like to learn more about how to strengthen your intuition, balance your chakras or deepen your connection with your Higher Self, I’d love to help. Please get in touch.

If you’d like support working through any emotional and physical issues using energy-healing practices, I would love to work with you 1:1 in my Canberra therapy rooms.

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