Learning to develop your intuition is somewhat like learning to understand a foreign language to which you had never been exposed.When you pay attention to the signals your intuition is sending you, you'll discover that you also understand your intuition much more easily.  As time goes by, you begin to understand when your intuition is telling you something and what that means you should do.Eventually, your intuition can even sound as real as somebody talking to you.

Paying attention, practicing, and a genuine desire is all that is required to develop your intuition.  You do not need to have any super psychic abilities or expensive private formal training.  Your personal intuition zone is actually growing stronger simply because you are putting forth the effort to read this article.  You are already giving your intuition a dose of the attention and focus required to hone the skill.

There are a few good practices you can put into place when trying to develop your intuition.  One is to start spending time with no external distractions.For example, you can turn off your cell phone and radio while going to work.Take a moment to consciously attempt to hear your intuition.  Try to quiet your negative or random thoughts and only hear things that have that seem to well from something deeper.Another way to confirm or deny your intuitive hunches is to write them down and then look back upon them at a later point in time.

When you “hear” your intuition, it may come in forms much more than hearing a voice inside you that tells you some piece of information in words.Your intuition communicates with you in many different ways.When you hear a song in your head and later on the radio, or perhaps smell something that isn't around, or even have an unexpected craving for a food you've never eaten before, these all can be signs that your intuition is trying to get your attention. 

Remain open and receptive when your intuition directs you to do something, but does not tell you why.When the time is right, your intuition will tell you way.  Often the reason why does not immediately become clear even when one day you understand completely.  Trust your intuition and never tell yourself “I told you so!” again.

That same intuitive hunch, that inner feeling that stopped me from going ahead with wrong decisions (or helped me make correct ones), is why I have been able to avoid some financial mistakes simply by being aware of and listening my intuition, my sixth sense, my gut feeling deep inside me.

(Though it is relevant to note, I recently have had some financial challenges… and I suspect it’s because I wasn’t listening to my intuition and only made decisions with my rational mind. It takes two to tango, but I was trying to tango only with my mind)

Tangents aside, I must say though that it hasn’t been an easy ride for me. I mean, how can you know exactly what is right or wrong? It’s almost like a war between mind and heart. I have heard the line ‘the heart has its reasons which reason knows not of’ but who was ‘I’ to believe in such thoughts? I was after all just trying to make some money. Taking risks came with the field, and at the time I didn’t think this necessarily meant I had to listen to my illogical, irrational, intuitive mind to guide me. Weren’t the numbers and research enough?

Apparently not…

One day it dawned on me that it was this intuition was actually guiding me towards the right path. It wasn’t logical, but it felt right. If you’ve had intuitive experiences, then you probably understand exactly what I’m talking about.

Anyway, one thing that can be a really big help is to keep an intuition diary and write down any intuitive impressions that come to you. In my case, I kept it mostly in my head and shared it occasionally with others. (In hindsight, writing these intuitive insights down would have provided me a better foundation to work with.)

Anyway, my intuitive hunches came from dreams, thoughts, and sensations I had or felt throughout my days. And of course occasionally I had those sudden ‘bolts of lightning’ kinds of awareness. Those were a kind of instantaneous insight.

Over time I had a thorough idea about the accuracy of my awakened intuition. My intuition had a few favorite ways of communicating with me. I don’t know if that was unique to me. But it made me aware that I was awakening a very important ability within myself. Each entry I made was reviewed almost every month. My intuitive experiences have become a new way of helping me learn more about the world around me.

For years I floundered with trial and error, trying different techniques and approaches. So far that’s been effective, but really slow. It’s taken me nearly a decade to learn what I have about intuition. Part of that was because I didn’t take it seriously enough, and part of it was a lack of information and no true mentor to show me the ropes.

I do believe I’ve now found both the information and mentor, but only time will tell. I’ve been working through The Intuition Zone program from Aine Belton, and along my journey I am journaling about my experiences and review of her program.

If you want to awaken your intuition, then review the resources available and find a mentor or program that resonates with you. We all learn differently, and in my journey I’ve realized how important it is to find people who align with us.

Like Dan Millman says, “There is no one right way. There is only a right way for a specific person, in a specific place, and at a specific point in time.”

Right now, my journey includes The Intuition Zone, so if you’d like to follow along and read my review and experiences with the program then check out my Intuition Zone Review blog. Stop by – I’d love to hear your comments and experiences with developing your own personal intuition zone.