A guest post from Janet Hovde, a gifted artist, intuitive and healer. A big thank you for sharing herself with us. Please be sure to check out her site.
I love working with people, individually or in groups, to develop their intuition, or access to Inner Wisdom. It’s fun to help them to identify the ways in which they receive intuitive information. It may be through any of their senses. Some people have movies unfold on a screen in their mind. Some people hear answers, which they need to discern from their thoughts, or “what I want the answer to be.” Some clients smell roses or other flowers during times of healing (without the flowers being in their physical environment). A change in body temperature may signify the presence of a loved one who has passed on. The body may tighten or move away from options that are less desirable, and may soften or feel expansive when better options are presented. Emotions can alert us to dangerous situations.
Noticing current intuition styles, setting the intention to use intuition more often, and practicing the use of intuition all help improve access to Inner Wisdom. And it is a good idea to practice on small things (door number one or door number two?) before tackling the big things.
A fun way to practice intuition is to notice what is showing up in nature. In The Healing, author Jonathan Odell’s character states, “When you got a question, first be silent. Look around you. Let creation speak the truth to you.” The other morning, when I walked by the window, a hummingbird flew into and out of my view twice. I don’t see hummingbirds very often, so I decided to do a web search for “hummingbird animal totem.” Websites about animal totems give traditional meanings associated with different animals (in native cultures, etc.). From one website comes this sentence: “Hummingbird comes when we need to spend time soaking in the love of nature so we can learn how to integrate joy into our lives.” What are the animals showing up in your life? If you look up their animal totem information, do you find nuggets of wisdom that apply to your life today?
You are invited to consider joining my Inner Wisdom workshop coming up on October 6-7. See Janet’s class offerings for details.
Please share this post with your peeps. 
gives me hummingbird joy
just reading along
and soaking in all of this
goodness:)
thanks for sharing so much of the beauty
you find and are,
Jennifer
I’m so glad you stopped by and shared your poetic words:) Her post is quite joyful!
Michele, Thank you so much for inviting me to be your guest post-er, and for your kind words. It is lovely to be in this expanding community of light-filled individuals!
I’m so glad you were able to do this! I love your post and the timing was absolutely perfect!
Beautiful post Janet! I also try to encourage and open people up to the “free” messages and signs in nature. Slow our minds and allow our senses to awaken….to the messages all around us. Thanks for what you do in our world!
So glad you stopped by, Val. Janet is definitely a kindred spirit!
“When you got a question, first be silent. Look around you. Let creation speak the truth to you.” Such a great reminder… I have been finding myself listening more and allowing the answers to come. It’s always there when we are silent.
I love the messages that the animals bring for us. This summer for me it was the snake that appeared a few times in my life.
Great blog post… and wonderful work you are doing in helping others awaken to all these amazing gifts. xo
In the silence is where the answers always lie. Great reminder!