Practical Intuition: How To Increase Your Clairsentience & Improve Your Wellbeing This Autumn

When intuition is valued and celebrated, life is an enchanted one: the relationship with your true Self and the world becomes kinder. In this article, step by step, we will look at how to rewild yourself to clairsentience.

Intuitive living does not stop you from following your logic, rather, it can enhance the linear reasoning into a more expansive and multi-dimensional manner.

In this previous article, we’ve looked into how different seasons can impact different aspects of your intuition.

Broadly speaking, your intuitive channels include: clear seeing, clear hearing, clear knowing and clear feeling.

Autumn has a unique way to activate our clear feeling (clairsentience).

Autumn is the peak season for the Metal Element in us, which is in charge of connecting us with our most immediate environment through the protective energy (Wei Qi, more about this later) and exchanging values.

In this season, when the Metal Element is working well in you, you may have noticed a heightened awareness when tuning into your life purpose, noticing simple pleasures, and picking up vibes from a place more quickly…You are less likely to suffer from depression or seasonal disorders, and you find ease living in harmony with the external world around you.

Exchanging energies with our environment is in the realm of clairsentience, which is also enhanced in this season.

Your intuitive body is the instrument of clairsentience (clear feeling).

Your intuitive body is on board from the moment you were born even before you’ve developed a conscious mind. From your first breath, all your survival functions are already activated. Your hands and feet move without being told to. You begin to actively see, hear, smell, make sound (cry)…taking the world all in with your senses.

As you grow up, Wei Qi, the protective energy field is formed around you.

When it is healthy, your Wei Qi selectively allows specific energies into your field and gives feedback to your body and neurological system.

Each Autumn, as the temperature drops, Wei Qi works with your immune system, getting more sensitive and active in detecting energies around you:

• :: is this energy friendly or hostile?
• :: which energies are worthy of exchange and which are not?
• :: should this be in or out?

This most natural defense system shields us from external toxic influence, including emotional, climatic, and electro-magnetic invasion.

My understanding is that, in Daoism, the Spirit Animal associated with Wei Qi is the White Tiger. She is fierce, strong, sovereign, powerful, meanwhile sensual, poised and sensitive to her surrounding.

Under the protection and custody of a healthy Wei Qi, our intuitive body is relatively relaxed and at ease, with a good sense of clear feeling to help us follow our divine light and live in alignment of our Higher Self.

There are many benefits that clairsentience can bring into our life:

• effortlessly connecting with all sentient beings as you wish, such as animals and plants
• giving and receiving love more deeply
• appreciation for artistry, poems, and beautiful energy
• learning things quickly (you are not just learning with reasoning but you are absorbing the ocean of knowledge with your entire being), and get pleasure from doing it.
• sometimes a simple joy, often overlooked by others, is all you need to carry on doing something that you love dearly, without too much external fluff

Here are five ways to unlock your clairsentience (clear feeling) and improve your wellbeing.

1. Start a conversation with Nature

Heaven does not speak, it contents itself to produce the seasons and to act continuously by way of its seasonal influxes.

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With the fast paced modern life and culture, many of our instincts and intrinsic capacities have been buried and long forgotten.

Luckily, we always have a connection with the outer world regardless of whether we consciously know it or not. And Nature around us can lend a helping hand to remind us what is also changing inside us as the seasonal wheel is moving.

German forester & author of The Hidden Life of Trees Peter Wohlleben believes that nature is always responding, “Even 1000 year old oaks are able to learn and they give this knowledge to their siblings”.

Although the trees don’t speak in our languages, they surely communicate in the form of energy. If we are willing to pause and listen, we too can find unworded stories, metaphors and healing messages.

In deep Autumn, when we look around the natural world, growth has slowed down, the world is in exhalation. Vitality returns to the underworld, hidden inside the caves and stones, enticing us through the labyrinth, we will find it only when we listen and feel more attentively.

Lead to gold, water to wine, “waste” to value, pain to wisdom…get ready for the season of alchemy.

2. Build your Wei Qi & connect with your White Tiger/Tigress

“I feel too much”, many empaths & highly sensitive people (HSP) say.

When you are consumed by everything around you, it’s difficult to stay in touch with your own emotions. Carrying a lot of emotional weight that doesn’t belong to you is a real struggle.

Gently building and preserving your Wei Qi will help you turn it around.

Wei Qi can help you discern what is allowed to be in your energy, and what is not. With stronger Wei Qi, you will have enough room to get in touch with your true clairsentience.

Here are a few small yet vital things which you can start doing right now:

• :: sufficient fresh air
• :: sustained low-intensity movements throughout the day
• :: explore some Qi Gong practice, especially the ones on the Lung & Colon meridians
• :: use this herb Astragalus (huang qi) in the morning
• :: try Acupuncture and/or TCM rooted massage
• :: keep your stomach warm in the cold seasons, switching to hot tea from iced drinks

If you are too hyper sensitive towards your surrounding and it becomes overwhelming, call upon your White Tiger/Tigress. Respectfully ask her to protect your body, your soul and your emotions from pathogens and negative influence.

Leader of the jungle and the mountain, eloquent and resourceful.

Majestic and fierce, the White Tiger/Tigress is your protector.

3. Pay attention to your sensual pleasures and let them delight you.

In our cells, we have an innate connection with the stars and the elements here on Earth, there is generational wisdom running through our body, which have helped our ancestors survive and flourish.

Campfires, fairy lights, wholesome broth, hammam, woolly wraps…our ancestors instinctively did this anyway.

Modern life’s hustle makes us forget about how intuition feels in our body, but it’s surely still there.

We just need to rewild ourselves a little, return to our natural state of being. How the mainstream culture currently labels us, confines us, often leaves us feeling unseen, unappreciated, disconnected, discouraged and highly stressed out.

Sensuality can be frowned upon by the mainstream culture, yet often it is what is being frowned on that can offer us the medicine we need, make us aware of a warmth, an opening, a release, an insight, a shift, a breakthrough…a welcome returning of a long lost aspect in us.

Many of my clients have been positively surprised by the magnitude of sensuous joy and how much it can bring them back, awakened and alive.

In order to truly trust and open the voice and heart of the Self out into the world, we need to feel the deep support of the body and Earth beneath us.

Spend some dedicated time with your body. Understand what your body needs. Bear in mind that what your body needs in the moment can be very different from what your mind thinks it wants.

Close your eyes and tune out from the external noises.

Ask your body, “Dear body what & where are you drawn to today?”

Your true needs can be more fluid than you previously knew, you may be surprised that what you previously judged is what your being secretly wants to experience.

Even if, for whatever reason, you are not able to fulfil that need right now, acknowledging it alone can lift up some heavy or stale energy.

4. Clairsentience flourishes in an environment which is clutter free and feels comfortable for you.

That’s why many empaths and/or highly sensitive people HSP struggle in large crowds, or a place where there are conflicts and hidden tensions.

It can be too much for your intuitive body to take, process, discern and release…all within a short period of time.

Make an intention and plan to be in an environment that is uplifting for your wellbeing instead.

No need to stress out about a full-blown decluttering. Small is also the big here. Because flow, regardless of the magnitude, is the same energy.

It doesn’t matter if it’s a five minute break, a sorting-out evening or a weekend project, whichever you have, simply get started.

If a full declutter is too much for you right now, break it down. Ask your feeling body, which areas in your work and life are in the most need of better organisation and flow? And follow where your sense is nudging you.

As I am writing this article now, I notice that our tea cupboard can benefit from a re-orgnisation.

I’m a lover of tea, and I’ve collected a lot of them that came in different shapes, bags and sizes, with tins, bags, paper…Granted, I let the clutter accumulate and routinely forgot about what we’ve got, or took a long time to reach to the back corner finding the right one.

We took a trip to get some dividers and containers so that we’ll have a better overview of what we’ve got, and make every single of of them is easily accessible.

We also set up a station for the most drank tea for this season at the visible spot near the kettle, to remind ourselves the importance of pause, breathing, brewing tea and taking time to enjoy it.

Often when we rush through life and neglect our basic needs, we can feel invaded by external energy and miss out on any real gifts that our clairsentience can bring.

However, as you pay attention to your environment, you’ll be able to release some outworn, disruptive energy, and feel more grounded in your body and channel your intuition with greater ease.

5. Engage with your body wisdom

Many researchers suggest that our bodies often know what’s going on before our minds do. The challenge is to respect our bodily wisdom and practise frequently to understand and interpret the clues. Below are some practical suggestions and tips for you to explore.

Tap into your clairsentience

Here is a playful exercise for you to tap into the intuition in your body.

Before rushing into making a decision, ask your body. Start with simple Yes or No questions, such as:

• “Should I accept this request?”,
• “Is now a good time?”
• “Should I visit that place?”
• “Should I stick with the plan?”…

Then designate a spot on the floor of “yes” and “no” respectively, stand on each of them, see how you feel differently.

Notice how your body feels: for instance, do your muscles feel tightening or relaxing? Are you agitated or relieved?

Notice the vibes that your body is sending you. What are your bodily sensations and where they are located?

At this stage, there is no need to dwell on the why yet (as often the information or answer will come to you when you least expect), but simply recognise how you feel and acknowledge your instinctive responses.

Friendly note: Avoid making clairsentience-based decisions when you’re sleep-deprived, angry, or emotionally fraught. However when you do feel this way, check out the following section.

Learn to name your emotions

Sometimes we have overwhelming feelings, but rarely are we given the tools of discerning steps to understand the root and transform the experience.

People at times say that they don’t know what they feel, there is no vocabulary to describe and witness what they are going through.

Like us humans, emotions will also benefit from having a name, being called by that name, which means they are seen, heard, respected and finally released.

Once you feel the feeling, free that feeling by naming it.

Many years ago, when I was healing from trauma. Sometimes, I felt the confusion, hurt, pain was all too intense and consuming to bear. I walked in Nature, carrying a dictionary with me – if I struggled to identify or articulate something going on.

Specificity creates movement. You give a name to it. It becomes a friend, not an enemy.

Try to read energy

Once you get more and more comfortable with your own feeling body, see if you want to do psychometry on some of your own belongings, explore muscle testing or pay more attention to read people’s body language.

A couple of years before I started this website, I practised reading people on my commute.

Initially I was just amazed by how some people can emanate the essence which I recognise from someone else, even when they are in different gender, cultural or race groups. later on I learnt about soul groups, which all make sense.

I thought it was really cool getting to know strangers this way. Everyone vibrates like a music note, some feel very similar, and even if a note is out of tune or not harmonic, there is something uniquely beautiful about that living and breathing being.

As time went on, I could quickly pick up who was under distress, I didn’t want to intrude but I always tried to meet their eyes and smile. You know, sometimes a tiny drop of kindness can be contagious and perhaps that’s all they needed in order to feel seen that day.

I love London, I want people who are working in this city to thrive and find a spot that they can call their own. Although smiling to strangers is considered socially unacceptable or weird in a mega city, I always want to contribute to a more uplifting environment. And I have loved watching people’s faces brighten within seconds right in front my eyes.

As reading energy in general becomes a second nature, the sixth sense will drop in for you more easily and frequently, especially if you’ve been following the previous steps in this article, you will feel that you are more in tuned towards your boundary and wellbeing.

“Follow your nose, you’ll get the answer.”

Back in my financial reporting days in the corporate world, we worked long hours. The schedule was hectic and almost everyday was deadline driven, yet many deliverables were highly dependent on if we would receive the information from various teams.

I remember one day when the quarterly reporting was approaching, we encountered technical difficulties and the contact G was not reachable on that day.

Everyone was anxious and my colleagues were talking about Plan B which required all of us staying overnight to complete the project.

All of sudden, I could smell G’s cologne – just a whiff of it. I thought he’s back in the office. But when I looked around, it simply wasn’t the case. I went to his desk, trying to figure out if the scent was from his belonging. But no trace, no signs.

Just when I thought that I must be so stressed out, another whiff came by.

The team was in discussion and in favour of moving to the contingency plan asap.

“Maybe give it another hour” I slipped out, “G will be back soon.” And oh immediately I regretted saying it at the time.

“Do you know something that we don’t?” “Why at you talking about?”

Palms on face, oh did I know how to spell regret!

I managed to to clam down and cleared my throat, “Well, if we all need to stay here overnight working through one hour or two doesn’t make much difference, doesn’t it? But what if in the next hour, we assume that G would be back and carry on progressing, there is still a chance to go home in time for dinner!”

“Fair enough” “Not bad” “A bit crazy but not the worst”

30 minutes later, that whiff of cologne came back, and it was G in the office…

I don’t know, maybe I was just lucky. Or maybe usually it is worth paying more attention to our surroundings.

Many recent scientific researchers have concluded that animals, insects and plants are smarter than what we give them credit for. They know instinctively what kind of food, climate, temperature and light exposure they need to flourish.

Maybe us humans too have more intelligence than we previously thought, if we pay attention to our internal cues.

Growing Wild

To this day, feeling is still seen in our culture as weak, fragile or dramatic…However, if you follow the guidance in this article, be receptive to your curious mind, your wise body, and your courageous heart, soon your clear feeling (clairsentience) can serve you as a wonderful friend and guide.

In Chinese language, sensitivity is not all seen in the negative light, there are many translations of sensitivity, and one of them is Min Rui 敏锐: meaning perceptive, astute, discerning, responsive, acumen, heighted awareness.

Perhaps we all can benefit from rewilding ourselves a little…

Our natural instinct to explore is frequently disrupted by modern notions. In order to a lead more authentic, fulfilling and deeply connected life, we need to empty that perpetual anxiety and FOMO (fear of missing out).

Learning from plant and animal souls gives me such positive emptiness and inspiration.

Looking at the “flower clock ” – the opening and closing of different petals throughout the day, watching how the animals check out their surroundings, get up, hunt, rest and hibernate, and how they make the most of their gift of primitive sensations, also awakens something in me – both ancient and anew.

In such a boundless feast of Nature, life becomes enchanted again.

Any tensions or trepidations are gone, and in their place I find curiosity in navigating by observing the night sky, listening to the stories of the land I’m standing on, and a peaceful heart that is ready to receive joy.

Over to you

How are you getting on? Feel free to share your experiences or ask a question in the comment section and/or via email: yiye[at]yourlifeexpression[dot]com

With love

Yiye Zhang 章一叶