Intuitive thinking is a natural ability that we have, it is part of us. It is as if a very smart part of us, or a higher power is offering us information. This information can be to do with our everyday lives. It can be to do on issues that we are dealing with and focusing on in our work. If a person is involved in business and focusing on a business deal, it can be information about that. If the person is a scientist or mathematician the information can be something that moves the research or work further on; it advances the work. A musician can find an idea or music or words coming into their head. An artist might have an image appear. A writer might be on the receiving end of a storyline or a character. The opportunities are endless. Intuitive thinking offers original, creative and timely information. The products of intuitive thinking can sometimes be literally world-changing.

Remember intuitive thinking is a natural process, but it is also one you can become better and better at, which enriches your life and work, and can feel very fulfilling.

Intuitive thinking is not helped by having continual stimulation of continual visuals or continual sounds or noises or voices from phones, videos or TV. These things mask and blot out intuitive thinking.

Intuitive thinking happens when you are not trying to achieve something. It happens when you let go, when you let go of your thoughts, feelings and worries of the mind. Basically it happens when you relax and are having a quiet moment, or at least several minutes worth of quiet moments. That means no phones is best. It is time for you rather than for other people to have priority over your time.

Some people find their mind switches off when they do gardening, or go for a walk in Nature, or knit, or relax in a hot tub, or go for a swim, take time to look at the stars, or simply breathe and lie there and relax.

When people relax their breathing can become easier and their heart rate decreases. Their brain wave state alters. The busy, stressed beta brainwaves decrease, and the slower alpha brain waves become more prevalent. Perhaps the relaxation can go deeper into slow theta brainwaves.

A simple way of achieving more alpha brainwaves is to breathe, and slow and deepen the breathing. A popular form of breathing at the moment is box breathing and this helps massively. I read about it in the early 1980’s and found it great. People these days go for 4 seconds in, hold for 4, breathe out for 4, and stay empty for 4, then again breathe for 4 and so on. In the 80’s we would start with 4 seconds for a minute or so, then go for 5 seconds, then 6, then 7 though that felt difficult. 4 seconds is likely just fine.

Or you can really explore the various forms of yoga breathing which have been tried and tested for a few thousand years. Breathing exercises show up in various old spiritual traditions and have been known about for ages.

If you are not keen on the breathing exercises, try out gardening and so on, so long as it is doing something that suits you, and gives you the relaxation and the mental space for your intuitive thinking to happen.

If you can, make sure to create space in your day for relaxation and your mind to have quiet and switch off.

You don’t need to meditate to achieve intuitive thinking, quiet time will be enough. If you do want to meditate, then this will have an effect of quieting your mind in a way that builds, which is beneficial.

You don’t need to deliberately practice ways of using your intuition on issues for intuitive thinking to happen, as it happens in times when you are mentally quiet. That is when you can notice the information coming to you.

Intuitive thinking can really enrich your life, and end up enriching the lives of others through your creativity.