Adrianne Skye Encouraging children opportunities to connect with their intuition

Encouraging children opportunities to Connect with their Intuition

ARTICLE ADRIANNE SKYE

I wasn’t brought up spiritual, however was intrigued by mediums, movies on clairvoyancy and the afterlife. At times I felt presences that were of course dismissed due to my limited knowledge of anything past a ‘normal’ natural phenomenon such as ‘wind’ (and I am not talking from the rear end type here).

My extended family on my father’s side were religious and our family often did not align their beliefs, to the point that I grew up with a rather differing view of religion than I have today.

However, as part of my ‘village’, my own personal hamlet, saw me surrounded in my late teens and early twenties, by spiritual souls which caused my curiosity to grow rapidly. Fused with a few chance encounters that could NOT be ousted as ‘wind’ or ‘floorboards’ in this case, I decided to search for greater understanding.

The journey was exciting, with these lessons learnt passed to children for the past 20 years of my teaching career. Although ‘watered down’ for children, respecting each family’s beliefs, the elements on the surface does not depict spirituality, rather demonstrates a natural connection to mother nature and father sky.

Seemingly ‘mindfulness’ was the element I was missing in my early years, as I for one, have never been a soul to sit still. I tried yoga, I even sought meditation classes, but for the life of me, could not rest my mind or body for that matter. At this point the thought of connecting to my guides through meditation or journalling, was seemingly diminishing until I stumbled across an article early 2000, detailing a ‘Sacred Space’ or as named in recent years ‘Sit Spot’.

Like any teaching and learning, I believe that one must experience it first before passing knowledge on. Therefore, I highly recommend adults to first create and experience their own ‘Sacred Space’ as when mentoring younger generations, passion for the experience will flow over into the teaching, inspiring learners. STEPS: • Find a perfect space outside, that can experience all the elements of weather (not under a veranda/ shed). • Shoes off so you are grounding/earthing. • Ensure you can visit your sacred space daily.

You may choose to have multiple (local national park, at the beach) however, frequenting daily I recommend within walking distance. • Consider taking a memoir/journal for notetaking. If using your phone, keep on silent so you can voice note but not be disturbed by calls/messages. • Sit comfortably whether up in a tree fork, on a log/ chair or laying down. • Using your 5 main senses, say to self and do the following: 5 things I see? 4 things I hear? 3 things I touch? 2 things I smell? 1 thing I taste? • A few important notes here; taste doesn’t mean licking the ground (will leave this up to you though) however, I take a big deep breath in and taste the air on my tongue and back of throat; try and seek some different things each time; when touching take note of the temperature/moisture on the Earth; note the change of seasons as you become experienced through your senses.

By focusing on the 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 strategy, we are distracting the mind to focus on the very moment and environment you have immersed yourself in. Allowing this narrowed distraction, simultaneously quietens the mind, thus executing the benefits of mindfulness.

Once we have calmed the mind and heart, our 6th sense is often activated. INTUITION or known as ‘gut instinct’ can clearly appear at the forefront of our minds. If we are open to listening to our bodies, calm and rationale thoughts can present themselves. Through this journey many years ago, I was taught this to be my ‘guides’ talking to me. With children I omit these details of the guides, rather say that your heart is now truly talking to you, your desires are coming to the surface.

So… I challenge you to find your own ‘Sacred Space’ AND teach it to three others (adults and/or children).