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Dear People,

I recently spoke about the technique of Psychometry in my Dutch Spiritual Column and I've made a Creating Joy Video about it as well. This technique is defined in the dictionary as "divination of facts concerning an object or its owner through contact with or proximity to the object". For many people it's just considered token-reading. So let's discuss this technique for a bit today and try it out for yourself with a small exercise.

What is Psychometry?

The idea behind Psychometry is that energy from the owner will find it's way into objects. The ring you wear, your clothing, etc. etc. they all soak up your energies daily. Large items like your home, your car etc. will  also soak up your energies. So basically everything you surround yourself with is included in this energy exchange. People who are sensitive can read that energy and know things about you and your future. 

Some Psychics that work with Psychometry will ask you to have a token in your home for a few days and then bring it with you to the appointment. Flowers are very popular for that, but another popular way to do psychometry is with photos. 

Why use Psychometry?

If you are already sensitive to energy it makes a lot of sense to try to see if psychometry gives you good results. You can start by honing the skill on your own items, but doing that makes is hard to distinguish between what you already know about yourself and what you are actually sensing. 

Hopefully, you do have items in your home that belong to others. Maybe you have some second hand items, heirlooms or things you borrowed. It's of course easier to use psychometry on items from people you know as it's easier to confirm what you are receiving. I do highly recommend asking for permission if you choose to read an item belong to another living person. Everybody deserves privacy and you never know what information might come true. I know some people are confident that higher power/God/The Universe won't share what you aren't meant to know, but personally, I don't subscribe to that. 

Psychometry Exercise

• Take around 10-15 minutes for this exercise
• Select an item that you want to read 
• Gently close your eyes
• Breathe in and out until you feel comfortable and at peace
• Visualize opening your third eye and affirm that you are willing to listen to your intuition
• Touch the object that you want to read
• Register all the sounds, smells, thoughts, images etc. that come to you 
• Let go of the object
• Gently open your eyes, drink a bit of water and do some grounding 
• If needed, do some cleansing, like washing your hands
  
• Write down your impressions and check them with the owner of the object

Repeat this exercise regularly to see if this spiritual technique comes easily to you or and if you want continue working with psychometry. For some, the impressions can be too much, and than grounding and cleansing becomes very important, for others the difference between what you are imagining and what you are really intuitively receiving can be hard to distinguish and others don't receive any impressions at all.

Don't be discouraged if this isn't the technique for you, there are many spiritual techniques to help us work with our intuition and be in tune with our soul path.

If you want to share your experience with psychometry or my exercises, you can email me, post a comment here on the blog or send me a message on the Facebook Fan Page or on Instagram.

Dear people,

A lot of us have trouble staying connected to our bodies. When you do spiritual work a lot of it is centered around the higher Chakras. That might mean meditation or visualizations or other ways of connecting to your intuition and higher Power (God/The Universe/Heaven etc.). Yet, we are here on earth, in these bodies and they need attention and care too. So that's why today I'm writing about Body Scans - a technique to stay connected to your body. I've also spoken about this technique in my Dutch Column: Spiritueel Moment: Body Scan.

What is a Body Scan?

A body scan sounds like I'm asking you to have an MRI, but actually, it's a technique to help you connect to your body. Generally speaking, there are two ways to do this technique. One way is to connect through your body, most commonly by tensing and releasing your muscles or by placing your hand upon certain body parts. Another option is to visualize and mentally connect to each area of your body. 

Depending on what you are trying to accomplish, one method might be easier or better then the other, but I highly recommend that you get adept in both of them.

Why do a Body Scan?

Life gets busy and when it does, we usually lose connection to our bodies. We rush through things, forget to eat, have less sleep then we should, the ways in which we can neglect or ignore our bodies messages are almost endless. So then we get surprised by a nasty flu or cold, by how tired we are or why we suddenly snap at somebody. 

By doing a body scan regularly, you notice what is happening within your body and thus within yourself. You can make sure that small ailments don't become bigger, find yourself with more energy an a happier and healthier body. Who needs more reason then that?

When to do a Body Scan

You should definitely regularly do a Body Scan. I'd recommend at least once a month and more often if you find yourself disconnected from your body due to chronic illness, stress or other reasons. You can remind yourself to do it on the first Saturday of the month for example.

Exercise: Body Scan with muscles

If you prefer to listen, you can find a Dutch spoken Body Scan in my Dutch Column: Spiritueel Moment: Body Scan. Read the instructions of this exercise thoroughly and then do the scan step by step.

Breathe in with tensing and breathe out with relaxing if you do a Body Scan with your muscles. I wrote this for an upwards flow, but if you want to do a downwards flow, start at the bottom.  

• Find a comfortable place to lay down or sit down 
• Make sure you aren't disturbed for 10-15 minutes
• Gently tense your toes and then relax them
• Move your feet upwards and then relax them
• Gently tense your calves by moving your feet of the floor and then relax them
• Gently tense your upper legs and then relax them
• Gently tense your glutes (buttocks) and then relax them
• Gently tense your stomach and then relax it
• Gently tense your diaphragm and then relax it
• Gently pull up your shoulders and then relax them
• Gently tense your hands into fists and then relax them 
• Gently tense your jaw and then relax it
• Gently raise your eye brows and then relax them 
  
• End the exercise by sitting quietly for a bit and feel the relaxed state of all those muscles
• Drift off into sleep or get up, drink something and continue your day

Exercise: Body Scan with hands

Make sure you place your hands for at least a full breath in and out on each body part. If you feel the need to linger at a certain spot, do so for as long as needed. You might feel warmth or cold as your hands help your energy flow. 

If you can't comfortably put your hands on a certain part, either move that part closer to you (for example: laying down and touching your feet is impossible, unless you bend your knees) or do the parts with intention until you can easily reach. Do not overextend yourself. I wrote this for an downwards flow, but if you want an upwards flow, start at the bottom to reverse this exercise.

• Find a comfortable place to lay down or sit down 
• Make sure you aren't disturbed for 10-15 minutes
• Place your hands on your head 
• Place your hands on your eyes
• Place your hands on your ears
• Place your hands on your jaws/chin
• Place your hands on your throat/neck
  
• Place your hands on your shoulders (by crossing your arms)
• Place your hands on your upper arms
• Place your hands on your lower arms
• Place your hands on each other
• Place your hands on your breast/breasts
• Place your hands on your belly button/solar plexus
  
• Place your hands on your lower belly
• Place your hands on your lower back
• Place your hands on your hips
• Place your hands on your upper legs
• Place your hands on your knees
• Place your hands on your calves/lower legs
• Place your hands on your feet
• End the exercise by setting quietly for a bit
• Run some water over your hands to clear out any old energy
• Drift off into sleep or get up, drink something and continue your day

Exercise: Body Scan with intention

Dear People,

I recently spoke about Pendulums on the radio in my Dutch Spiritual Column, but thought I'd write a blog post about it as well. I did mention using a pendulum in my blog post concerning if I use my gifts to find lost items but I'd like to expand on what you can use this spiritual technique for and how to try it out at home. If you want to know more about this technique you can also listen to me talk about it in my Dutch Column: Spiritueel Moment Pendelen.

Why use a Pendulum?

I find a pendulum to be a very easily accessible spiritual tool. Unlike Tarot or Oracle Cards, most people already own something that they can use as a pendulum. You can use a key chain, a necklace with a pendant or basically anything that has a string and a heavier object on it.

Besides having the tool readily available to most people, the basic Yes/No swings of a pendulum are usually easy to discern. So you can teach somebody how to work with a pendulum in just a few minutes - although it's a lot harder to get consistent good results of course. Practice makes perfect as always.

When working with a pendulum it's also very quick to get answers and it's quick to get several answer in a row. That means that while basic Yes/No questions might not seem very useful to many people, they can be used to narrow down answers fast. For example: Is my phone in the house / Is on the first first floor / is it in my bed room / is it on the floor / hidden in something else etc. etc.

Pendulum Pitfalls

When doing any intuitive work, it's often hard to distinguish between what we want to be true, what we fear to be true and what our intuition is actually telling us. When using a pendulum, it's easy to subconsciously try to influence the result due to our movements. So it's very important to keep your arm and hand steady, so it's actually the pendulum doing the answering and not your own subconscious. I've seen people move their arms/hands and being unaware that they are influencing their results. It helps to watch yourself in a mirror or to close your eyes until you feel a good swing and then check your results.

Another disadvantage of the Pendulum is that it doesn't give much extra information. You need to ask it the right questions to move forward. And if you forget an aspect, you might not get the full picture. For example, if you are asking about job offers and you forget to ask if a better offer is coming, you might choose the best offer available to you that you got answers on. When working with Oracle or Tarot Cards you can easily draw one card for insight and that you missed something and what it is. You can ask your pendulum if you are missing something, but then you'd have to ask a lot of questions to figure out what exactly it is. 

Pendulum Charts

If you want a range of answers fast, you can use a Pendulum Chart. If you have several options, you can put them in a chart and see what your pendulum indicates. If you get a good feel for it, you can make charts with a lot of options in them. I recommend using a circle, so it's easy to use. However, when you are starting, having a chart with 4 quadrants makes it easier to see what answer is being indicated. 

Pendulum Tips

Feel inspired to give it a try? Here are some quick tips to use a pendulum/

• Make sure your position your arm and hand correctly. You can see how I do it in my Creating Joy: Pendulums Video
  
• While it's tempting to give your pendulum a big swing, just waiting patiently while it picks up some speed usually gives the best results.
  
• If you get tired out fast, it often means your pendulum is too heavy - so if you use a necklace, use one with a lighter pendant and if you use a key chain, remove some keys from it.
  
• Make sure you ask first what indicates a yes and what indicates a no. It can be different depending on your pendulum. While it's tempting to think a yes is a vertical direction and a no is a horizontal (as shaking your head no) that is not always the case. 
• Besides using Yes/No indicators you can also create "Maybe yes/Maybe No/Maybe/Unknown. Just name the indicator and see what happens on the pendulum swing. You can see horizontal, vertical, circles, but also diagonals.
  

Pendulum Practice Questions

The best practice questions are those you do not know the answer too, but you can find out easily and quickly. That might mean you ask questions for somebody else (who knows the answers) or you ask questions that have easy to verify answers. So these questions won't give you any super useful information, but do help you practice getting a feel for the pendulum. After you've had a couple of successes, it's much easier to trust your process and ask questions that matter to you and give you new information.

Practice questions:

• How much mail is in my mailbox?
• Will my package be delivered today?
• Do I have an email from X? 
• Will I be rained on today? 
• Will I find a parking spot near X?
  
• Will I receive a phone call from X?
• Will I meet X today?
• Will I have a seat on the bus/tram/subway?
• Did I get a good grade/pass my test?
• Do I fit in my jeans/bikini/shoes?
• Do I have an assignment due this week?
• Will X be in stock at the store?
  

Want to discuss Pendulums or share your experiences? Post a comment here on the blog or send me a message on the Facebook Fan Page or on Instagram. Or listen to my Dutch Column: Spiritueel Moment Pendelen or watch Creating Joy: Pendulums and leave a comment there!

Dear People,

I recently spoke about Remote Viewing in my column on the Radio, but thought I'd write a blog post about it as well. I did mention Remote Viewing in my blog post concerning if I use my gifts to find lost items but I didn't describe what I would actually do. I'm going to write a bit more about this technique today as well as give an exercise so you can try it for yourself. If you want to know more about this technique you can also listen to me talk about it in my Dutch Column: Spiritueel Moment: Remote Viewing.

What is Remote Viewing

Remote Viewing is a technique designed to seek information or impressions about something. Usually a distant or unseen subject, but it can be an object, event, person or location. Some people close their eyes, while others like to keep them open and draw their impressions.

It's been made famous a bit, due to to research by the US Military as well as the CIA. Some people think remote viewing is done by traveling out of body, while others believe it's using a psychic eye. In any case, it's definitely flexes your psychic muscles.

Why would you use Remote Viewing

I guess it's easy to see how you could use remote viewing as a type of spying, but most people use it for lost objects or to just train their psychic skills. For example if you lost your keys, trying to use remote viewing can give you a much better idea of where they might be.  

Using it to practice your psychic skills usually means you'd check basic things that you can easily check later or doing it with a group. I've worked with others in a remote viewing group - we'd check in on a certain member holding a photo - and discuss our impressions together later. It was interesting to see who tuned into what and how close or far we were from our test subject.

Remote Viewing Exercises

Curious how you'd do with remote viewing? Here are two remote viewing exercises so you can give it a try. 

Exercise 1: Remote viewing your Mail

• Take around 5-10 minutes for this exercise
• Make sure you are comfortable and can't be disturbed by your phone etc.
  
• Imagine your mailbox, your doormat or whatever you use to get your mail
• Imagine you opening your third eye (or if you want to try by psychic traveling - imagine floating above your object)
• What can you see? Do you see any mail? Colors of envelops? Notice or hear numbers? Have an idea who they are from? 
• Write down all your impressions, sounds, numbers, colors etc.
  
• Gently open your eyes, drink a bit of water and do some grounding
• Check how you did by going to collect your mail
  

Exercise 2: Remote viewing a photo

• Take around 5-10 minutes for this exercise
• Make sure you are comfortable and can't be disturbed by your phone etc.
  
• Grab a book with photo's or a deck of cards
  
• Close your eyes and randomly open your book (travel books are best!) or draw card from your deck
• Place your hand on your object
  
• Recite your impressions: colors, sounds, numbers, energy, ideas
  
• Open your eyes and see how you did!
  
• Afterwards drink a bit of water and do some grounding

Want to discuss Remote Viewing? Post a comment here on the blog or send me a message on the Facebook Fan Page or on Instagram. Or listen to my Dutch Column: Spiritueel Moment: Remote Viewing and leave a comment there!