Soft Spirituality

I’ve been doing psychic readings for other people for about 6 years now. It’s something that I’ve practiced A LOT, but when I was first starting out I really wasn’t sure how to find my own style. I did have a coach (who is the best), but even with her help I still had to work out on my own what works best for me. My hope is that if you’re wanting to learn how to do psychic readings for yourself or others this post gives you some ideas to start practicing.

Before I start though, I do want to make a note that you should only attempt to read someone who has consented to the reading. Also, it’s ok if you’re not in a place where you feel safe or ready to do your own readings, there’s no need to rush :). Finally, if you’re wanting to do readings to give someone(s) SPECIFIC advice, I’d recommend you hold off on the reading – while we can go into a reading hoping to touch on a certain topic I don’t believe it’s a good practice to go in with a plan for the guidance you’re going to give, instead we should be open to receive what’s coming through and not what our ego is wanting to tell someone.

With all of that said, let’s start.

How I track what’s coming up during a reading:

Before you get started you might want to decide what why you’re going to send the message to the person you’re giving a reading for or if you’re doing the reading for yourself you still might want to find a way to record what came up since you might not remember everything that came up while you were doing the reading. When I do readings for other people I almost always type in steam of consciousness whatever is being sent through. But here’s some ideas:

• Write in a journal exactly what’s coming up
• Type in stream of consciousness
• Record yourself repeating the information you’re receiving
• Take short notes
• OR if you’re doing the reading in person you can just explain what you’re getting and allow them to ask questions after each segment of guidance you receive

Steps for a reading:

Everyone is going to do readings differently, but I’m going to walk you through my exact process. If any of these steps don’t resonate, feel free to skip. As with everything, take what works, tweak what needs tweaking, and leave the rest. This is just a process to figure out what feels right for your flavor of doing readings.

1. Find a place to do your reading. I go to a certain spot in my house, settle in, and then I have a specific song I play for all of my readings.
2. Then take some time to notice your physical body. Note what is coming up for you. What sensations are you feeling? You want to make sure there’s separation between YOUR experience/body and what’s coming up as guidance for the person you’re reading.
3. Clear your mind and take some cleansing breaths to release whatever you were feeling before.
4. Let go of any notions of how this reading should go and empty yourself of your thoughts.
5. Do an opening ritual – prayer, call in the best and highest good of all involved, protection (if that’s something that worries you – but I have a general intention that only safe things come through)
6. Go into your heart space or your mind’s eye. I picture myself in a field of my heart space to begin and I allow myself to fully be in that space.
7. Call in your guides and the guides of the person you’re reading. I call in the same two guides every reading I do and I have them over my left shoulder the entire time I’m doing a reading. Ask them to send you guidance for the person you’re reading and support you as you relay the messages.
8. Notice what comes up – colors, feelings, sensations, thoughts, anything. No thought is wrong (unless it feels wrong lol, then redirect your guides to help stay in a safe space).
9. Record what’s coming up from the method you picked earlier.
10. Once you’ve recorded everything and the reading feels complete thank you guides and the guides of the person you’re reading (and any other guides that might have shown up).
11. Finally, close the space with a closing ritual (sending gratitude for the session, disconnecting yourself from the person you’re reading, leaving your heart space and coming back to your physical reality).

Tips:

1. Don’t overthink. It’s ok if what you’re saying doesn’t resonate with the person. You’re practicing and once it clicks for you, you’ll know how receiving a message will feel.
2. Don’t question UNLESS what is coming through feels harmful and unsafe to you or would be harmful to share with the person you’re reading for. Ask to see this information in a different way. If it’s still coming up and feels off, discard it.
3. Remember you are just the messenger, it is not your job to tell people what to do or receive the information. Pass the information as you received it. You don’t know how it’ll be interpreted for the person.
4. It does take practice and it’s ok if you don’t get 100% of things right. You’re learning how to do this and you’re figuring out what feels true as you’re receiving information. It takes time to understand what is your body speaking about YOUR experiences and when it is your intuition giving you messages to pass on

I am wishing you so much luck on this journey! Once you learn how you best receive messages it is sooo much fun to connect with other people through offering readings to help them on their own journey.

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