Throughout our lives, we all have our own personal helpers that nudge us in the right direction. They whisper their guidance to us in moments of silence and lend us strength when we most need it. These advocates are our Spirit Guides and Angels. They have been with us since the beginning and their main purpose is to help guide us along our path. 

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Who are Your Spirit Guides

We have many different types of guides and Angels that we can call on to help us with the various areas of our lives. Some guides are with us from birth, others are only with us to accomplish specific tasks and then move on. 

They can help us with personal growth, healing, to guide us along our spiritual path, to help us find forgiveness or even lead us to find things that we have lost. All we have to do is learn how to ask for their help and listen to the reply.

Some of these guides have lived a human existence and have chosen to serve as a guide this time around. They will often choose to help family or friends that they have left behind. They also tend to help those that are going through similar life experiences as the ones they had.

There are others guides, however, that have never been on our plain of existence. Angels are one example of this. For them, their purpose is to guide us along your journey. With Spirit Guides, it is important for us to reach out and ask them for help. Angels on the other hand, do not need our permission. They will intervene when they believe it is necessary, usually when it involve our safety or wellbeing.

Your Spirit Guide’s Purpose

Unfortunately, many of us don’t bother to interact with our spirit guides. Even if we do in fact believe we have them, we don’t listen to them and we don’t ask them for help. Part of this may be simply that we don’t know how. However, for some of us, it has more to do with the fact that we can’t fathom that a spirit guide or angel would want to make time for us and our earthly problems.

Can you imagine walking into a Hair Salon and then telling the stylists that you don’t want to bother them with your unruly hair? That you realize they are busy and don’t have time to cut your hair, that they must have better things to do. That you are not worthy of their time. 

Isn’t that absolutely ridiculous? Yet that is exactly what you are doing when you don’t ask your guides for their help. Their purpose is to guide you. They are waiting for you to ask for their help and are probably getting a little bored waiting.

For many of the angels, their soul purpose is to guide humans in their earthly journeys. Spirit guides that have had a human existence, on the other hand, often have soul contracts. They have agreed to spend this lifetime guiding you. Not only to further your spiritual journey, but also their own. 

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How Do You Connect With Your Spirit Guide

Know Your Own Spirit First

Before we can connect with our guides, we must first connect with our own spirit. We must be able to recognize and feel our own energy before we will be able to perceive that of our guides.

As human beings, we are more than flesh and bone. We are energy beings, we have a spirit. Our spirit is the spark that connects us to the Universe. 

To become more aware of your spirit, pay attention to the things you love. Do you love being creative or dancing? Does music make your soul sing? Maybe it’s spending time in nature or taking care of children. Figure out what to feed your spirit and practice listening to it.

The more you pay attention to your own spirit, the more you will become aware of not only your spirit, but the spirit of others as well. This will also help you become more open and aware of your guides.  So pay attention and trust what you feel.

Be Present

To connect with your guides it is also important to be present. Your guides communicate with you in the here and now. If you are dwelling on the past or worrying about the future, you will miss their message. 

Practice being present. 

• Pay attention to your surroundings
• Practise breathing exercises
• Meditate on a regular basis

Introducing Yourself to Your Spirit Guide

To meet your Spirit Guide, you simply have to say hello. Find a quiet time when you won’t be disturbed and just introduce yourself. Pay attention to the energy around you. Ask your guide it’s name and trust what comes to you. 

We often try to convince ourselves that what we’re getting is just our imagination and then we dismiss it. The thing is, our imagination is exactly how our guides and angels communicate to us. They speak to us through our imagination. 

Your guides come through in a way that will make sense to you. That is why it is so easy to believe we are just making it up. Our guides use language and symbols that are familiar to us. 

So if you ask your guide it’s name and the name Biff keeps coming through, then trust that your guides name is Biff. Maybe your guide is aware that Biff is a name often associated with a tough muscle bound dude. One that no one can get through. Knowing this, your guide wants you to understand that it is there to protect you and feels that name will communicate this message to you. So stop trying to convince yourself you’re making things up and just TRUST!

How to Work With Your Spirit Guides

To connect with your guides, the very first thing you need to do is to be open to that connection and open to receiving their guidance. When you ask your guides for help, but don’t really believe that they are going to give it, you won’t receive the message. If you ask your guides for help then continually ignore their advice, they are going to stop giving it. Our actions will tell them that we really aren’t interested in their counsel.

Just like the people you meet, the guides you meet may not always have the highest vibration. That is why it is alway good when calling upon your guides for help to ask for only guides of the highest truth and compassion. 

Once you are aware of where it is that you need guidance, let it go. Your guides are a part of your life. They know what and where your struggles are. Once you ask for their help, stop thinking about it. Just go about your day, trusting that they are on it. 

To receive guidance you need to have a high vibration. If you are dwelling on your problems, you are lowering your vibration and will have a difficult time hearing your guides. 

You can learn more about Raising Your Vibrations Here

Another way we lower our vibration and tune out our guides is by clinging to judgement and resentment. If you truly want to build a relationship with your guides, you have to let go of all judgement, both towards yourself and others. You also must be able to forgive yourself and forgive others. 

Read more about How to Forgive Here

Our guides are there to help, but don’t expect them to do all the work. They will point you in the right direction, but it is up to you to actually follow through. If you expect them to fix everything for you, you will be disappointed. 

We all have the power to take control of your own lives and make it what we want it to be. If we act. Like a victim, we will remain a victim and there is nothing our guides can do to help. However, if we take back our power, our guides will show us everything we need to know.

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Ways to Reach Out to Your Guides

There are many different ways to work with your guides. One of my favourite ways is to write to them. 

You’ll need something to write with, a pen and a notebook / paper is best. However, if writing with pen and paper really doesn’t work for you typing it out on your phone is fine. 

First sit quietly and centre yourself. Then write out your question for your guides. When you feel the answer, write it out. It is important not to censor yourself. Try free flow writing here. Basically don’t think, just keep writing until it feels complete. Then you can read it back to yourself and ask for any clarification you need.

Another way to reach out to your guides is by simply talking out loud to them. I chat with mine throughout the day. Asking for guidance, help to making my day run smoother or even sending them off to protect my kids. Most importantly, I thank them for all their help. 

Our guides appreciate gratitude, so don’t forget to thank them. They also do not like when we demand their help. Ask nicely, you’ll get better results.

How Do You Know if it is Your Guides?

This may be one of the most difficult things, when working with your guides. How do you know it’s your guides and not just your imagination. Like I said earlier, your guides speak to you through your imagination, but if you are still uncertain, try this: When something comes through, ask yourself if this is advice you would normally give yourself. If the answer is no, then you can be fairly certain that it has come from your guides.

Another way to know if the advice is coming from your guides, is that it will feel right. That’s not to say it won’t be scary and out of your comfort zone, but in your heart it will feel good.

Build a Report With Your Spirit Guides

Ask your guides for help as often as possible. This will help build your report with them. You can ask them to help you find a parking spot or a lost item. You can ask them to give you courage when stepping out of your  comfort zone or to help you with a creative project. If you are having trouble with your health, you can ask them for guidance. You can even call on them when you feel out of sorts and are looking for a little comfort. 

Another way to build report with your guides is to ask them throughout the day if there is anything they would like you to know. Then just take a moment to be still and listen. The answer may not come right away, but if there is anything your guides would like you to know, the answer will come.

The more we connect with our guides, the stronger our relationship with them will become. Connect with them throughout the day everyday, even if it’s just to say thank you!

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