Clairsentience Development: Feeling Connected?
Have you ever walked into a room and instantly felt a change in your mood, or perhaps you’ve felt a literal ache in your heart when someone close to you was hurting? If this sounds like you, you might be tapping into an ability known as clairsentience—the psychic sense of feeling.
Today, we’re going to dive into what clairsentience development is all about. We’ll explore not just the reactions emotionally but also the physical symptoms that come with this unique ability that empaths share with psychics and mediums.
By the end of this post, you’ll have a clearer understanding clairsentience development and how to recognize it to enhance your daily life, plus I have a special exercise that I used to help me, and I still use it in my clairsentience development.
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Understanding symptoms of clairsentience
Clairsentice is one of the clairsenses and it involves more than just an emotional gut feeling and more than just intuition.
It’s a heightened form of sensory awareness that manifests both physically and emotionally.
When I first began noticing these symptoms, I didn’t have a name for them. I only knew that certain rooms made me anxious or certain people made me unusually tired without saying a word.
Clairempathy is greatly tied to clairsentience, but this is where I separate them to better hone them individually in my psychic development. Clairsentience to me is more about the way I feel physically because of the influence of other energies that aren’t mine, while clairempathy is more about those emotions hitting me on a deeper soul level.
I guess you could say I was a bit of an uncontrolled empath back then who didn’t have a clue what empath abilities or psychic abilities were. And that’s why I want to share this, because I know there are people out there struggling just like I was.
Quick side story
Let me share a quick story: Last week, I visited a friend who was going through a tough time. The moment I stepped into her house, I felt a heavy weight on my chest, and my energy plummeted.
It wasn’t until later that she shared her feelings of overwhelming sadness.
This wasn’t just empathy; my body was physically mirroring her emotional state.
As I began exploring my clairsentience, balancing my heart and root chakras became crucial.
Initially, my ability to sense reactions to emotions felt overwhelming. Strengthening my heart chakra deepened my emotional connections without overwhelm while fortifying my root chakra kept me grounded to my own body and it’s experiences.
I had to learn a bit about my own energy to connect the dots, like what my chakras and aura really were. Heart chakra crystals like rose quartz and root chakra crystals like red jasper helped stabilized and enriched my clairsentience development experiences, making them manageable and meaningful as I honed my clairsentient abilities.
Oh, and root charka affirmations, I can’t forget about those wonderful little additions, they help a lot too.
15 Signs You Might Be a Clairsentient ( Empath )
Think about the times you’ve felt physical reactions in response to places, people, or emotions. I’m guessing you have a list by now if you’re here. Don’t worry I did too.
It doesn’t matter if you identify as an empath or intuitive, either way, we’re all here to sort through these signs and see which ones resonate with your soul
So which one’s hit home for you?
- Heightened Sensitivity: You are extremely sensitive to the emotions and energies around you, often feeling overwhelmed in crowded places or during intense emotional discussions.
- Physical Sensations: You experience unexplained physical sensations correlated with other people’s emotions or physical pains, such as a sudden stomach ache, headache, or shivers when someone else is stressed, in pain, or excited. Sometimes, you might have the same pain in the same exact spot.
- Emotional Reactions to Locations: Your body may react emotionally to specific locations without reason. For example, you might feel the sensations of joy, sadness, or anxiety upon entering certain rooms or buildings.
- Absorbing Others’ Emotions: You often absorb the sensations of others’ emotions, feeling sad when others are sad or happy when others are happy as if their emotions are your own.
- Strong Gut Feelings: You frequently have strong gut reactions about people, places, or situations that later prove accurate, guiding your interactions and decisions.
- Physical Responses to Environment: You may feel a change in temperature, tingling, or other physical sensations in response to different environments or emotional shifts in the room.
- Unexplained Fatigue: You feel inexplicably tired after spending time in large groups or after interacting with someone who is emotionally demanding as if carrying the weight of their emotions.
- Knowing Without Knowing Why: You often just “know” things about people or situations without having any factual basis for this knowledge, relying instead on the feelings these evoke in you. This is why clairsentience is also connected to your claircogniance in some ways.
- Affected by Media More Than Others: Movies, news stories, or personal accounts that are emotionally charged might affect you more deeply than they seem to affect others, often to the point of needing to avoid them.
- Distinguishing Lies from Truth: You can often tell when someone is lying or hiding their true feelings, even if they are saying all the right things. Their energy and subtle cues give them away to you.
- Discomfort Around Inauthenticity: You are uncomfortable around people who are not being genuine or who are being deceitful. You can sense the incongruence between their words and their energies.
- Affected by Natural Disasters or Global Events: You may feel emotional or physical pain connected to events happening far away or to large groups of people, even if you are not directly impacted by these events.
- Natural Mediator: You naturally mediate disputes because you can understand and articulate the emotional perspectives of all parties involved. You can feel the other person’s viewpoint in your body.
- Drawn to Healing Professions: You are drawn to professions or roles where you can help others heal, whether physically, emotionally, or spiritually because you naturally tune into what others need to heal.
- Sensitive to Spirits or Otherworldly Presences: You might feel the presence of spirits or other entities, physically sensing their emotions and intentions.
Recognizing these signs is the first step in harnessing your clairsentient abilities and your clairsentience development.
Developing your clairsentient abilities
Recognizing intuitive feelings was my first step in clairsentience development. When I began, these feelings often showed up as gut instincts, random emotional shifts, physical sensations like a flutter in my stomach, or simply a strong sense of ‘just knowing’ something without understanding why.
At first, I found it hard to differentiate these sensations from ordinary feelings. But as I paid closer attention and started jotting down when and where these feelings occurred, I began to notice patterns.
These subtle cues often gave me unique insights into situations and people that weren’t apparent on the surface.
By acknowledging and trusting these feelings, I gradually learned to rely on this inner guidance with much more confidence in my clairsenitent development.
This process wasn’t just about building a skill; it was about learning to trust a deeper part of myself and allowing it to guide me.
To enhance your clairsentience, start by tuning into your own body:
- Practice mindfulness and meditation to better recognize and differentiate your phyiscal feeling from those you pick up from others.
- Engage in activities like yoga or tai chi to increase body awareness and control, helping you manage and interpret your sensitivities.
- Create a peaceful space at home where you can retreat, recharge, and reflect on your experiences without external pressures.
Clairsentient Exercise: Emotional Mapping
This emotional mapping exercise helps develop your clairsentient abilities by tuning into and identifying the emotions and energies in different environments. I’m not sure who came up with it but it’s a technique I’ve used to refine my sensitivity and better understand the ways my environment impacts me emotionally and physically during my clairsentience devleopment.
What You’ll Need:
- A notebook or digital app for journaling
- A quiet moment before entering various environments
Steps to follow in emotional mapping:
Preparation: Before you enter a new environment—be it a café, a friend’s house, a public park, or even a different room in your own home—take a few moments to center yourself. Close your eyes, take deep breaths, and clear your mind.
This grounding helps set a neutral emotional baseline, making it easier to detect changes.
Entering the Environment: Walk into the space with an open mind and heart. As you cross the threshold, tune into any changes in your body or emotions. Do you feel a tension in your chest?
A lightness in your belly? Maybe a sudden headache or a wave of calm?
Emotional Mapping: Spend a few minutes in the environment, walking around if possible. Notice how different areas make you feel.
I remember the first time I performed this exercise in a local library; near the entrance, I felt anxious and tense, but as I moved towards the back where it was quieter and surrounded by nature through the windows, a soothing calmness enveloped me.
Journaling the Experience: Find a place to sit and jot down what you felt in each area and your overall impressions of the space. Be as specific as possible—describe the physical sensations, any emotional shifts, and thoughts that crossed your mind.
For instance, near the café’s counter, the bustling noise made me feel jittery, while the back corner booth gave a sense of seclusion and peace.
Reflection and Analysis: Later, review your notes and reflect on the experience. Was there a particular area that made you feel particularly good or uncomfortable? Why do you think that was?
During my early clairsentience development practices, I realized I was particularly sensitive to areas with high foot traffic, likely because of the swirling mix of energies.
Repeat and Compare: Conduct this exercise in various settings to build a broader understanding of how different environments affect you. Over time, you’ll start noticing patterns and better manage your reactions and energy levels in response to them.
Tips for Success:
- Be patient with yourself. Developing clairsentience is like strengthening a muscle—it takes time and practice.
- If you’re feeling overwhelmed, step back and ground yourself again. Overloading your senses can lead to fatigue.
- Use protective techniques, such as visualizing a shield around you, if you know you’re going into a particularly charged environment.
This exercise not only enhanced my clairsentient skills but also taught me how to navigate the world without feeling constantly overwhelmed by the energies around me. It’s been an invaluable part of my journey, and I hope it aids you in yours as well!
Deepening emotional intelligence
When I started clairsentience development, I quickly realized the importance of emotional intelligence in this journey.
At first, understanding and managing my own emotions seemed like a challenge, but it became very needed to figure out if it was my feelings or external energies I was sensing in my body.
By focusing on enhancing my emotional intelligence, I was not only able to better understand myself but also the subtle emotional cues my body was picking up around me.
This deeper connection to both my inner world and the energies surrounding me significantly enriched my clairsentience abilities.
Am I an expert now on this, no. Not at all, but do I better understand myself and the messages that I get from spirit? Yes. Definitely yes!
Let’s break down two key areas that really helped me enhance my emotional intelligence:
Self-awareness in action:
- This was all about tuning into my feelings and recognizing their origins. Was the sudden sadness ( heart drop ) mine, or was I picking it up from someone else in the room? Keeping a journal helped a lot, as it allowed me to track my emotions and their triggers, making it easier to identify patterns.
Self-regulation! Yes, please:
- Learning to manage the physical side of my emotions was equally important. It wasn’t enough to just feel everything intensely; I had to learn how to calm the intense body sensations of those emotions so they wouldn’t overwhelm me. Techniques like mindful breathing and meditation became daily tools that helped me regulate these intense feelings. And yes, of course, journaling, but mine were more like mind dumps, that I had to purge it all out to release what wasn’t mine.
By developing these aspects of emotional intelligence, I paved the way for a more profound understanding and utilization of my clairsentience development of my abilities. It turned out to be a transformative process that not only enhanced my psychic skills but also improved my personal growth and emotional resilience.
Learning different ways to manage my emotions was huge.
Integrating clairsentience into your daily life
Use your clairsentience to your advantage:
- Before making decisions, check in with your physical and emotional responses—they can provide guidance that goes beyond logic.
- Set boundaries to protect yourself from emotional overload, especially in high-stress environments or with highly emotional individuals.
Overcoming challenges
Like any skill, clairsentience development comes with its challenges. And empaths buckle up because you FEEL things so hard that you might find it very difficult to separate your physical feelings from those you sense from others.
But this can help you identify all those patterns and triggers, making it easier to deal with and utilize your empath and or intuitive abilities effectively.
At times, the intensity of these sensations felt overwhelming for me, which of course led to moments of doubt and confusion about my abilities. It was through a lot of practice and reflection that I started to discern and validate these experiences.
Setting aside time for grounding, meditation and journaling became my sanctuary for understanding and managing these sensations. Eventually, I built confidence in my clairsentient abilities, learning to embrace and harness them as powerful tools for navigating my environment and relationships.
That’s not to say you couldn’t do it much quicker than me, we all have our own timing.
This process taught me patience and the importance of trusting my inner voice, even when the path seemed mucked up.
Accepting the uniqueness of your Path
In developing my clairsentience, I had to learn that my path was uniquely mine. It was easy to fall into the trap of comparing my experiences with others who seemed to have more dramatic insights or stronger intuitive abilities.
But, I did eventually realize that embracing the uniqueness of my own journey was what made me take leaps and bounds in my development of this skill.
So please adapt to this piece of advice early and remember that each person’s clairsentient abilities manifest differently and at different times. This nugget helped me appreciate and accept the distinctiveness of my own path, without the pressure of comparing it to others.
And trust me, the comparison trap is very real.
And through my clairsentience development, I learned to cherish and nurture my unique gifts, recognizing that they were a huge part of who I am.
As you develop your clairsentience, remember that your experiences are uniquely yours. Whether your intuitive insights are subtle nudges or strong emotional waves that break you out in sweats, each one is valuable and significant.
Embrace the beauty of your path, knowing that it’s perfectly tailored to your personal growth and understanding.
Beginner Mediums and learning clairsentience
I want to add here that clairsentience Development has been a pivotal part of my journey as a budding medium. This ability to feel and interpret subtle energies and emotional vibrations from the spirit world helps bridge the gap between the physical and spiritual world.
I learned to trust these sensations and emotional cues, which were crucial for delivering meaningful and comforting messages to those seeking connections with loved ones who have passed.
Here’s some real quick examples of some of the Clairsentient messages that have come through for me: Feeling my left-hand hold on to a wooden fence as my right-hand tips the bridge of a hat on my head, or the feel of a metal microphone stand swinging along with my body, and the pure excitement and adrenaline racing through me, making me sweat a bit as I got hot.
Remember, clairsentience more about the physical side, the physical sensations, clairempathy is where its all about the emotions.
For me, it wasn’t just about sensing these energies; it was about understanding and conveying the deep emotional context behind them. This skill has deepened my empathy and enhanced my effectiveness as a medium, making each session a profound experience for both me and my sitters.
FAQ Clairsentience development: Feeling more connected
What is clairsentience?
Clairsentience, often referred to as “clear feeling,” is a form of psychic sensitivity where individuals can experience and feel the effects of emotions, energies, or physical sensations of others or their surroundings.
As a beginner, distinguishing my own emotions from external ones was a challenge, but recognizing that sudden, unexplained feelings could be clairsentient perceptions was a breakthrough. It meant I didn’t have to continue to feel like a raging ball of chaos and I didn’t have to carry what wasn’t mine.
How did you realize you were clairsentient?
My realization came gradually. Initially, I thought I was just overly sensitive or empathetic. I’d walk into rooms and feel emotions that didn’t belong to me.
Over time, especially after experiencing consistent physical reactions like tension or stomach flutters around certain people or in specific places, it clicked that these were not just random feelings but a deeper sensory connection to the world around me in my clairsentience development.
Can anyone develop clairsentience?
Yes, I believe all people have some innate level of psychic ability, though the degree can vary. Clairsentience can be developed with practice, awareness, and, importantly, an openness to receiving these types of sensations.
Simple exercises like the Emotional Mapping I described above can help you become more attuned to their clairsentient abilities.
What are some common signs of clairsentience?
Common signs include feeling physical sensations tied to others’ emotions, experiencing sudden mood shifts influenced by external environments, or having gut feelings about people or situations that later prove accurate.
Personally, frequent headaches or feeling unexpectedly drained were early indicators that I was absorbing external energies.
How do you protect yourself from other people’s negative energies?
Learning to shield myself was crucial. I use visualization techniques where I imagine a bubble or shield of light around me that blocks out unwanted energies.
It’s also important to ground yourself regularly, either through meditation, spending time in nature, or through physical activities like yoga, which help clear and reset your energy.
What should I do if I feel overwhelmed by my clairsentience?
Feeling overwhelmed is common, especially as you start to open up to these new sensations in your clairsentience development. I found that setting strong boundaries, both physically and emotionally, helped manage this.
Regular grounding and cleansing rituals, like salt baths or smudging with sage, can also cleanse your aura.
Remember, it’s okay to step back and take a break if the sensations become too intense.
Are there any tools to enhance clairsentient abilities?
Yes, many clairsentients find tools like crystals, meditation apps, energy protecting practices or affirmations helpful.
Crystals like amethyst or black tourmaline are great for protection and grounding.
Meditation helps in developing focus and control over your feelings, and tarot can offer insights that help interpret your experiences in your clairsentience development.
How has developing your clairsentience impacted your daily life?
My clairsentience development has deeply enriched my relationships and decision-making process. Understanding and feeling others’ emotions deeply allows for more empathetic interactions. Plus it gave me a better relationship with my sitters crossed over loved ones.
It’s also empowered me to trust my instincts more, which has been invaluable in both personal and professional settings.
In Closing
As we wrap up our exploration of clairsentience, it’s important to remember that understanding and developing this psychic ability can significantly enhance your interactions and decision-making by providing deep insights into the emotional and physical landscapes around us.
It’s a journey of self-discovery that can take you to profound connections and a richer, more empathetic experience of the world.
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