3 Simple Intuition Exercises to Help You Grow Your Intuitive Ability

We all enjoy it when a hunch or gut feeling pays off, so here are some simple how to develop your intuition exercises. If we learn to connect with intuition, we can begin to rely on hunches a lot more often – and have some fun with it, too.

What Is Intuition or Inner Guidance?

Intuition is often described as inner knowing, a quiet awareness, a gut feeling, or a sense of guidance from something wiser and more expansive than the conscious mind.

We all have intuitive moments from time to time. Perhaps it’s a sudden hunch, an inner nudge, or a feeling that turns out to be right.

But how do we connect with this inner guidance in a more consistent and meaningful way?

That’s where developing your intuition comes in.

How to Connect With Intuition in the Body

Our intuition isn’t just in the mind; it lives in the whole body.

The easiest place to begin is by noticing your natural sensitivity.

Most of us have felt the back of our neck prickle when someone’s staring at us. I’ve noticed this a lot, especially when my dachshund used to stare at me, trying to get my attention!

Scientifically, this sense is called Directional Scopaesthesia, studied by biologist Dr. Rupert Sheldrake, who explored how our perception extends beyond traditional senses.

It shows that we can sense other people’s presence without seeing them—a clear reminder that intuition is a full-body experience.

Are Clairs Real?

Are the “Clairs” Real?

In intuitive and psychic work, you may hear about the eight Clairs (from the French clair, meaning “clear”).

Each one describes a different way we receive intuitive information:

• Clairvoyance — clear seeing (inner or outer visions)
• Clairaudience — clear hearing (voices, thoughts, or inner words)
• Clairsentience — clear feeling (emotions or sensations that aren’t your own)
• Claircognizance — clear knowing (a sudden, full-body certainty)
• Clairgustance — clear tasting (tasting something not physically present)
• Clairalience — clear smelling (sensing scents that aren’t physically there)
• Clairtangency — clear touch (receiving impressions by holding an object)
• Clairempathy — clear emotion (feeling others’ emotions as your own).

As I’ve deepened my own intuitive work, I’ve found that clairaudience—hearing inner guidance—comes first for me, often followed by clairvoyance.

These experiences remind me that intuition uses the entire body as an instrument, not just the mind or “third eye.”

Human Design and Its Connection to Intuition

In Human Design, we can see how intuition operates through our unique energy configuration—our active gates, chakras, and centers.

For example, I have Gate 2: the Gate of Receptivity active in my Self Center. This means that part of my identity naturally receives inner knowledge that can’t always be explained logically.

If you’d like to see what this looks like in your own chart, you can ask me for a free chart and report, and explore which gates and centers are active.

Those with an open Spleen Center, like I have, often experience heightened intuition.

The spleen acts as an energetic scanner—it can sense emotions, fears, and energies in a room almost instantly.

This sensitivity can be a gift or, at times, overwhelming. It’s why grounding and discernment are so important—learning to tell what’s yours from what belongs to someone else.

Working with a system like Human Design can offer valuable insight into how your intuition expresses itself uniquely through your energy field.

How to Develop Your Intuition: Simple Exercises

1. The Mailbox/Post Box Exercise

Imagine what has arrived in your mailbox or PO Box today.

Is the parcel you’ve been waiting for there?  Is the mailbox empty, or does it have something inside?

What does ‘fullness’ or ’emptiness’ feel like to you intuitively and how could you apply this knowledge to this exercise?

Perhaps you ‘see’ your mail at a distance, or ‘hear’ a voice telling you about it?

Write down your intuitive hunches and then go and check the mail. Repeat for a week and see if your accuracy improves.

2. The Phone Intuition Exercise

Before you look at your phone, try guessing who’s calling or who might call next.

Pay attention to the thoughts or feelings you have just before it rings. Sometimes you’ll think of the person moments before, or you’ll catch a quick image, word, or emotion connected to them.

Other times, your thought might relate to the topic of the call instead.

This is one of my favorite exercises because so many people have experienced it spontaneously.

By journaling and reflecting, you’ll begin to recognize the subtle patterns of how intuition speaks to you.

3. The Three ‘3’s Exercise

Notice when something appears in threes.

Did you see three butterflies today? (I did!). What does that mean to you intuitively? For me, butterflies are a sign from loved ones who have passed.

Maybe a friend mentions the same book, supplement, or idea three times. When that happens, pay attention—synchronicity is nudging you to take notice.

Sometimes, the meaning only becomes clear later, when you look back and connect the dots.

For example, years ago, while house-hunting, my Guides kept showing me birds at the entrance of the home.

I assumed it meant a neighborhood with a bird name. Years later, I realized the mailbox outside had two eagle emblems—twin birds!

The message was literal, but the timing took a while to unfold.

Improve your intuition with Akashic Records readings

One way to grow your psychic ability is to begin to work with your Akashic Records. This expands the connection to your Soul through your Higher Self (aka your intuition).

If you are interested in an Akashic Records Reading, I always recommend starting with the Soul Star Reading.

This reading gives you 3 different immersive experiences of the Akashic Records: –

1. Connecting with your Divine Soul Blueprint (Soul-level gifts, talents, abilities).
2. Hearing about a Past Life that contains a karmic pattern ready for clearing (you’ll recognize this pattern in your present life).
3. Recognizing and clearing present life blocks and restrictions.

If you’d like to know about the different readings I offer on this site, start here>>

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