Exploring the 'Claires': Unveiling Your Psychic Gifts
As we deepen our spiritual journeys, many of us begin to notice intuitive gifts unfolding within us. These gifts, often referred to as the "Claires," represent different ways we receive intuitive or psychic information. Understanding them can help us embrace and strengthen our unique abilities and, if we are in a healing field such a Reiki, it can offer a richer experience to those we are working with.
Here’s a closer look at four of the most commonly experienced ‘Claires’:
Clairvoyance – ‘Clear Seeing’
This gift allows us to receive information through mental images or visions. If you’ve ever “seen” a person, place, or object in your mind’s eye that wasn’t physically present, you’ve experienced clairvoyance. This might appear as vivid pictures, subtle colours, or abstract shapes. Many Reiki practitioners also notice visual cues like light or energy patterns during sessions.
Clairsentience – ‘Clear Feeling’
Clairsentience is the ability to sense emotions, energies, or vibrations on an emotional or physical level. This is a common experience in Reiki, where sensations like warmth, tingling, or even coldness in the hands or body can guide us during energy work. Clairsentients are often highly empathetic and sensitive to the emotional or energetic state of others—this is one of the reasons many of you feel called to healing work.
Claircognisance – ‘Clear Knowing’
Have you ever just known something without being able to explain how? That’s claircognisance—a sudden insight, clear thought or deep understanding that seems to come out of nowhere. It’s a beautiful gift that helps us trust our inner wisdom and intuition, even when logic can’t explain it.
Clairaudience – ‘Clear Hearing’
This gift allows us to receive messages through auditory perception. You might hear words, sounds, or even music that others don’t. For some, clairaudience begins subtly, like a ringing in the ears or an inner voice distinct from their own. While this gift can feel a little unsettling at first, it’s simply another way energy communicates with us.
I tend to receive most of my intuitive information through clairvoyance, clairsentience, and claircognisance. Clairaudience, on the other hand, still challenges me - it often manifests as a sharp pain in my ear rather than clear messages. I’m working on making peace with it because, like all energy flows, it’s just another part of this beautiful journey.
Have you noticed any of the "Claires" showing up in your life? Let me know in the comments below!
Next time, I’ll dive into some of the lesser-known intuitive gifts.💫
With love and light
Gwen x
