~ May 2012 ~

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"TIPS FOR AWAKENING INTUITION"
INSIGHT TO ACTION COACHING
WAKING DOWN IN MUTUALITY
WRITING FROM THE SOUL
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"TIPS FOR AWAKENING INTUITION"

 

 

Boundless wisdom is such a rich aspect of who we are. This infinite stream of knowing is available at all times to supply us with unlimited guidance and insights. Here are some tips to assist you in accessing your wisdom.  

  1. Become clear about the value of intuition in your life, and have the intention to awaken your knowing. It's helpful in this regard to make a list of ways that your life will be enhanced if you deepen your connection to intuition. For example, "My decision-making and problem-solving abilities will improve. I'll feel confident because I'll rely on my own authority more often."
  2. Explore your past and current relationship to intuition. Reflect on questions, such as: What does the word intuition mean to me? What messages did I receive from family, school, religion, or other sources? When have I followed my inner knowing? What were the results? What were some instances in which I went against my intuition? What were the results? What are the ways I receive intuitive messages, hunches, or insights? Is this knowing in my body, do I get "gut feelings," see images, get sparks of recognition, or do I just know things? What keeps me from trusting my intuition?
  3. Be willing to make mistakes. Trial and error is part of this learning. As with the development of any skill, there will be successes and failures until you are stabilized in your knowing. Even then, you may find that when you're tired or aren't feeling well, or a particular question or issue is highly charged for you, your attunement to your wisdom may not be as clear as at other times.
  4. Practice embodied presence. When you are in the Now - all here and open to the truth of the moment - you have access to a larger field of knowing than your everyday awareness. No longer solely perceiving through a mental lens, your senses come alive, you become aware of sensations in your body, and you're receptive to subtle energies and impressions. As you move through the day, notice when you leave the present and gently choose to return to the Now again and again.
  5. Tune in to your body, feelings, and awareness in all kinds of situations, beginning to discern what you're "picking up" about people and places. Do you experience an openness in your chest or warmth in your limbs when you're in the presence of someone you like, perhaps someone you believe to be honest and kind? Begin to notice how different people affect you. What do you sense when you're in a room where there is hostility or where there is ease and laughter? Do you get any messages when you're driving, for example, what to avoid or where a parking place might be? Listen to your body when you go into a movie theater, asking yourself whether or not you'll like the film; then, afterwards, see if you were right or not. You can do the same thing before eating or going to visit friends or family. Whenever you get a hunch or insight, write it down. Make notes about accurate "hits," as well as hunches you ignored or found were mistaken.
  6. Pause many times throughout the day. Here and there, slow down, perhaps briefly stop what you are doing, and turn your attention to the spaces between words, thoughts, and activities. Rest there for a moment and open yourself to the knowing that resides just below conscious awareness. At times, pose questions to your wisdom, then relax and listen or look as wisdom responds to your question.
  7. Enter the flow state, in which you gain access to universal rhythms and energies, through creative expression. Pick up a paintbrush, do some free writing, or play the guitar, and notice how you shift out of the reasoning mind and into nonlinear states of being.
  8. When you receive intuitive guidance, evaluate the information with your powers of reason and discernment, as you would the advice received from any source. Consider the information and make sure you are clear about the messages you're getting in the context of your whole range of options. Ask yourself, "Is this advice truly wise? Is it really in my best interests? Does it make sense to me? Is it reasonable?"

I hope that you enjoy this process of coming into greater alignment with the infinite wisdom that is at your core. You will be opening doors that will enrich your life and the lives of those around you in so many wonderful ways. 

 
INSIGHT TO ACTION COACHING
  
INSIGHT TO ACTION COACHING phone or in-person coaching can help you:
  • Achieve your personal and professional goals
  • Navigate through periods of transition
  • Develop strengths and seed potentials
  • Find your purpose and passion
  • Overcome blocks and limiting patterns
  • Quiet the voice of the Inner Critic
  • Access inner knowing for decision-making and clarity about your goals and life direction
  • Ignite and sustain your creativity 
  • Create action steps that generate tangible results

I specialize in helping clients overcome blocks of all kinds and translate ideas and visions into concrete action.  Fees for individual sessions are based on a sliding scale.  A coaching package is available, as well.

Contact me if you'd like a FREE CONSULTATION

(415) 721-0766 or susannewest888@yahoo.com.

Daisy

 

 
WAKING DOWN IN MUTUALITY
Individual Sessions and Sittings
 
Waking Down in Mutuality is an integrated, whole-being spirituality that includes body, mind, feelings, and spirit.  In this work you embrace your humanity and your divinity. Spirit is not seen as separate from the body or our world.  Our full humanness is experienced as sacred, as is all of life.   

 

I offer phone or in-person individual sessions, a 45 minute FREE Introductory Session, and sittings in San Rafael and Berkeley, California. 

 

SITTINGS

 

*A 10 minute period of silent meditation

 

*Gazing Meditation - Being to Being meeting, in which the teacher briefly connects with each participant through eye contact

 

*Personal Sharing Time - Each person who wants to, takes time to share.  This can include speaking about what is currently important to you in your spiritual life, sharing an "edge" or area of exploration, or asking questions.

 

Sittings in San Rafael (contact me for address)

  

Sunday, May 27, 2012 

10:30 am - 1:30 pm

  

Sittings in Berkeley  2218 Prince St.

  

Date TBA

7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

 

Fee for Sittings: $20    

 

INDIVIDUAL SESSIONS

FREE 45 minute Introductory Session

One hour phone or in-person sessions

Sliding scale of $55-$75/hour

  

Contact me to reserve spaces for sittings susannewest888@yahoo.com or

(415) 721-0766.

 

For more information about Waking Down in Mutuality, see www.wakingdown.org

 

 

 

 
WRITING FROM THE SOUL
Writing for Creative Expression and Spiritual Growth
  
In this ongoing, drop-in group you will learn processes to free your imagination, develop ease and confidence in writing, cultivate your unique writing voice, and overcome blocks to writing.

San Rafael, CA (Call for address)
Alternate Thursdays
7:30 - 9:30 pm

All levels of experience and all types of writing are welcome


INDIVIDUAL COACHING SESSIONS (phone or in-person) to assist you in any or all stages of the writing process:
  • Start, develop, and/or complete writing projects
  • Learn how to ignite and sustain motivation
  • Overcome writer's block
  • Discover your natural writing voice
  • Develop confidence and ease in writing
  • Create attainable short and long term goals
A FREE CONSULTATION is available. You can contact me at susannewest888@yahoo.com or (415) 721-0766.

 

 

For information or to sign up for courses or free consultations, contact me at susannewest888@yahoo.com or (415)721-0766. 

Click here to visit my website if you'd like to learn more about my phone or in-person Insight to Action Coaching, Waking Down in Mutuality, Writing from the Soul Programs, or The Soul of Caregiving. 

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