© Original Mind Productions About the Author Diane Brandon has been working professionally with her intuition as an Integrative Intuitive Counselor since 1992, and she has been teaching others how to access intuitive information on demand since 1996. She also teaches classes and seminars on dreams, personal empowerment, creativity, and listening skills, in addition to wellness classes, and offers corporate consulting. She’s the author of Invisible Blueprints and is a contributing author to The Long Way Around and Speaking Out. Her private work with clients focuses on facilitating personal development and life fulfillment, and she brings dream work, guided meditation, regression, Natural Process healing, and other modalities into her work. She has produced three meditation CDs and hosts a radio show, Naturally Vibrant Living. Born and raised in New Orleans, she has an A.B. from Duke University and did master’s work at the University of North Carolina, in addition to French studies in Geneva, Switzerland. She’s also a professional actor, singer, and voice-over artist. Llewellyn Publications Woodbury, Minnesota Copyright Information Intuition for Beginners: Easy Ways to Awaken Your Natural Abilities © 2013 by Diane Brandon. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any matter whatsoever, including Internet usage, without written permission from Llewellyn Publications, except in the form of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. As the purchaser of this e-book, you are granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on screen. The text may not be otherwise reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, or recorded on any other storage device in any form or by any means. Any unauthorized usage of the text without express written permission of the publisher is a violation of the author’s copyright and is illegal and punishable by law. First e-book edition © 2013 E-book ISBN: 9780738735856 First Edition First Printing, 2013 Cover art: Formal garden: iStockphoto.com/© Prill Mediendesign & Fotografie Cover design by Lisa Novak Edited by Andrea Neff Llewellyn Publications is an imprint of Llewellyn Worldwide Ltd. Llewellyn Publications does not participate in, endorse, or have any authority or responsibility concerning private business arrangements between our authors and the public. Any Internet references contained in this work are current at publication time, but the publisher cannot guarantee that a specific reference will continue or be maintained. Please refer to the publisher’s website for links to current author websites. Llewellyn Publications Llewellyn Worldwide Ltd. 2143 Wooddale Drive Woodbury, MN 55125 www.llewellyn.com Manufactured in the United States of America Acknowledgments This book represents the culmination of many years of teaching and research, and many people have been part of that process. I’d like to thank all my clients and students over the years. They have, by and large, been so pleasant to work with and have given me many wonderful insights and warmth, while enlarging my own knowledge and awareness of the ins and outs of intuition. I owe them a huge debt for their willingness to work with me and for all that I have gained from our work. Close friends have also been supportive of my process and have my whole- hearted gratitude as well. I’d like to especially thank two good friends, Kathlyn Bushnell and Theresa Waltermeyer, who have walked the path of writing this book along with me by listening to my concerns and making suggestions. I would like to thank everyone at Llewellyn for their belief in this book and assistance in its preparation, including Angela Wix, Andrea Neff, and Andy Belmas. My hope is that all the effort put into the creation of this book may be fruitful for those who read it. contents introduction one: Are You Intuitive? two: Your Basic 411 on Intuition three: Myths about Intuition and Potential Pitfalls four: How Do You Access Your Intuition? five: Meditation Exercises to Enter an Intuitive State six: Beginner Exercises to Develop Your Intuition seven: Working with Your Intuitive Information eight: Cultivating and Growing Your Intuition nine: Refining Your Intuition with Advanced and Additional Exercises ten: Additional Recommendations, Cautions, and Tips appendix: Working with Your Dreams Recommended Reading Bibliography There are things so deep and complex that only intuition can reach it in our stage of development as human beings. —john astin