Inner voice

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How to find & recognize your inner voice

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Introduction Have you ever been in a difficult moment where you needed to take an important and quick decision but didn’t have the answer there and then? And did it ever happen to you that in such a situation you suddenly ‘hear’ an answer in your head out of nowhere that leads you out of your predicament? That’s your inner voice The inner voice is that subtle message that you sometimes pick up but feel is coming from somewhere different than your thoughts or the usual internal commentary in your head. It has a different tone and a different purpose.

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Introduction…continued Your inner voice can be your guide, your ally and your friend in need that speaks up in those moments when you really need an answer Your inner voice helps you take wiser decisions and it keeps you in perspective by guiding you in the right direction and giving you information in the form of hints which you would otherwise have missed or overlooked

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How to find your inner voice We don’t find our inner voice but our inner voice finds us What we can do to facilitate this is to open up and tune our ‘internal antenna’ You need to start forming some habits that help you redirect your awareness inwardly – to your feelings, ideas, energies, motivation, etc.  Here are a few things to do:

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1. Spend some more quality time with yourself Quality time alone means shifting your attitude from ‘not being around anyone’ to ‘being with myself’ Take time to listen to yourself, observe and write down your thoughts, feelings and ideas

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2. Disconnect with your devices & connect with yourself again We are getting so connected to things and systems that we are gradually disconnecting from ourselves Put down your phones or whatever and absorb your environment, think, imagine, create in your head

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3. Find time to quiet down your mind Practice daily any activity that helps you achieve this – meditation, yoga, stretching, walking, running, listening to music, cycling, having a warm bath, etc One thing you can do anywhere is observing your breath.  Focus on how your lungs and belly feel as you inhale and exhale.

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4. Learn to feel an answer and not think of an answer This is important, because your inner voice is more connected to your heart channels than your mind Your inner voice is ‘felt’ – it’s not a result of your thinking

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5. Observe your feeling and emotions Be more attentive to what’s going on inside of you If you never pay attention to your inner movements, the chances are that your inner voice would have been rendered a bit dumb Observing your feelings is giving a message to your inner voice that you are listening

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6. Learn to listen more to your inner currents Very often people are used to finding cues and points of reference in other people or in situations around them instead of inside of them Try to observe this happening When you are in doubt, let’s say you lost your way, what do you do first? Do you immediately stop to ask the first passer by or do you try to tune in to your gut feelings first?

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6. Learn to step aside for a while When you are trying to solve a problem instead of trying to think and think about it. Just stop First of all if you are thinking you are closing off the space for other type of ‘messages’ besides thought Secondly, by stepping aside you are sending a message to you inner voice to step in.

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The End Presentation by Gilbert Ross www.soulhiker.com Thank You