When the topic of psychic abilities comes into focus, most people think of clairvoyance or clear seeing.  For some reason everyone seems fascinated by the invariable third eye and the psychic sense it imparts. Many people literally see clairvoyance as the most prominent psychic ability. But in helping people develop their psychic abilities, I find that clairsentience or clear feeling is most commonly the first psychic sense to develop in people and often precedes the development of the third eye ability.  In fact people often develop clairsentince without even recognizing it.

Clairsentience is the psychic ability that allows us to perceive energy through feeling  It is governed by the sacral chakra point located just below the naval.  Many people speak of feeling things intuitively such as sensing the traits or emotions of other people.  They also feel spirit energy.  A client of mine said, she had a sense that someone was in the room with her in spirit form.  When I asked her to describe how she sensed that presence, she said, “I felt it.”  She further described the energy as warm and comforting–a loving presence.  She sensed the energy with her clairsentient psychic ability.

People who have developed their clairsentience abilities are also known as empaths.  This can be an issue for people, if they don’t know how to mange clairsentience.  Without psychic shielding, empaths can take in too much energy and have difficulty distinguishing between their own feelings and what they’re feeling from others.  In addition, they can become overwhelmed in crowded situations.  They may appear overly emotional from taking in too much energy of others.  All of this can be managed by learning to balance the sacral chakra and shielding one’s own energy.

In my experience as a teacher of psychic development, I have found that more people are clairsentient than clairvoyant.  In fact, I believe it is the first psychic sense to develop in people. I think because the sense uses the physical body to convey the energy, people dismiss it as a psychic ability.  Clairsentience is a true psychic ability and can help us understand other people and their experiences as well as our own, if we can recognize this ability and use it in a pragmatic way.

Love and light,

Anysia

In the past we’ve mentioned empathic people particularly in the discussion of clairsentience. But just as a review, let’s breifly cover empathic traits.  Empathic people are also know as sensitives.  They have an ability to physically feel the energy of others.  They can sense emotions, pain, and illness of others but they use their own bodies as the vehicle for channeling this energy.  Most empaths do not consciously do this, but they are open to this energy.  There are varying degrees of empathic traits and most people walking the Earth have a degree of empathic intuition. Empathic traits can be helpful but can also be problematic, if one does not learn to regulate the energy from others.

An analogy that I like to use for the explanation for an empath is one involving the cold weather.  If a person goes outside on a very cold day without a winter coat, he will be freezing cold.  If he stays out there too long, he may get sick, or even develop hypothermia.  If an empath goes into a crowded area such as an airport, without psychic shielding his aura, he will feel overwhelmed.  If he stays there for a long period of time, he may feel ill or may even pass out.

Empathic children can often struggle because they take in the energy around them and cannot fully process it.  So, they may bounce off the walls in settings where there are a lot of people or they may retreat into themselves because they feel overwhelmed.  Empathic children are affected when there is too much energy around them.  Careful attention needs to be given to these children and they should be taught some of the exercises to block out the energy in their environments.

Empathic adults can have a similar issue in environments that contain large crowds of people.  They essentially get bombarded by emotions and energies.  These adults need to master the skill of discernment to determine what is their own energy and what they are feeling from others.  This takes some a lot of practice and time.

As a healer, empathic abilities are helpful because they can help the healer physically feel the energy of the client.  This affords the healer an opportunity to physically experience everything the client is going through during the session.  On the flip side, if the physical impressions last longer than a few seconds, they could bother the healer and create distraction during the session. I worked on a client that had very sever anxiety.  Before I began the session, I felt a sense of panic rise in my chest–like I couldn’t breathe.  As I began to work on him, the panic grew worse.  I knew it was not my own, since I did not have any issues with anxiety prior to his arrival.  I asked him if he struggled with anxiety and affirmed that is was a problem for him. I bubbled my energy and asked my guides to block out the impressions from the client during the session.  Then we worked together on the root of his anxiety manifestation.  Since most healers have some degree of empathic characteristics, they should include psychic shielding as part of a daily routine.

People with empathic traits are wonderful gifts because they truly understand how we feel, literally.  They are often the most compassionate people–trying to help others in whatever way possible. Their generous compassionate dispositions can easily be taken advantage of by manipulative people, those who like to create drama, and energy leeches. Empaths need to make sure that they don’t let the feelings of others physically affect them.  They have to employ strategies that protect their auras and regulate the energy they take in from others around them. As empathic people learn to manage and regulate their energy sensitivities,  they can enjoy the world around them and continue to spread their understanding of compassion to others–elevating everyone’s consciousness in the process.

The following is a list of solutions that empathic people can use to manage their sensitivities to the energy of others.  I use the acronym P.E.A.K. to help remember the following exercises.

1. Psychic Shield Before entering populated places cover your aura in light, and protect your energy field by blocking out anything unwanted.  It is imperative for empaths to do this, so they don’t feel overwhelmed and drained in populated places.

2. Engage Your Guides – Ask your guides to block out the impressions from other people.  It may be helpful in a healing session with a client, but you don’t need to feel everyone’s issues.

3. Always Bubble Up – When you bubble your aura, you put a protective layer around it, which limits the affects from energy fields of others.

4. Keep Your Second Chakra Balanced – The second or Sacral chakra is the energy center for clairsentience.  If it is too open, you might be taking in too much energy and feeling overwhelmed. To balance this chakra, place your palm over the area just below your naval and envision a perfect circle filled with warm orange energy.  If the circle is bigger than your palm, resize it with your hand, so it fits perfectly in your palm.  If should be spinning in a clockwise direction.  Leave your palm over this area for a minute to ensure the chakra is balanced.

Love and light,

Anysia

Sometimes people think that a psychic is someone who predicts the future.  This is not entirely true.  A psychic is a person that can perceive energy in a way that transcends the senses–extra sensory perception.  There are several ways to take in energetic information including the following:

Clairvoyance – “clear seeing” – People who are clairvoyant can receive mental images of people, places, or situations using their third eyes located in the center of the forehead rather than their physical eyes.

Clairaudience – “clear hearing” – Those with this ability can receive information from the spirit realm without the use of physical ears.  This is also referred to as mental telepathy, which is the communication of information through thoughts.  Most mediums use this ability.

Clairsentience – “clear feeling” – People with this ability can perceive information and psychic impression through feelings.  They can feel emotions, as well as environmental factors such as heat, cold, though none of those things may be physically present. They are also known as empaths. They are wonderful at walking into a place and knowing exactly what happened.

Clairscent – “clear smelling”- Those who are open to this ability can smell scents without the use of the physical nose.  Often mediums will pick up on a certain perfume or food smell that is connected to a person that has passed.  They use the clairscent ability to relay this information to those on the Earth.

Clairgustance – “clear tasting” – People can taste substances without putting anything into their mouths.

Clairtangency – “clear touching” – Those with this ability can hold an object and pick up on the energetic impressions attached to it.  This is also know as psychometry and is very helpful in cases of missing persons.

Precognition is the ability in which one uses his or her psychic skills to determine future events.  I do not know many people that use their skills consciously in this way.  But I do not some clairvoyants who receive precognitive images, although they are not sure how they do it. The other thing to consider with regard to precognition is the fact that the information in the universe is constantly changing based on our intentions and actions. If we change our thought patterns on what we want to will in our lives, then the information changes and so does our future.  In my own experience, I have received precognitive information from the other side for people on the Earth plane.  In all situations, the information came through as warnings based on the current trends of the living people.  A psychic will only be able to read your current trends and tell you where you are headed based on your intentions.  But once you change your intentions, you also change your future.  I hope you find this information helpful.

Love and light,

Anysia