When you first start developing your psychic abilities, start small.

It may sound cliched, but it's a bit like learning to walk before you start to run.

When you take small steps, you'll be encouraged as you'll notice how your psychic abilities are growing.

If you've ever started to think about someone and then they phone you out of the blue, that's something to note down in your journal. And something to work on re-creating.

The more of these "coincidences" you start to notice, the more you'll get.

Belief is a strong part of being psychic. If you believe you don't have psychic powers, they will hide from you. But if you embrace them, you'll develop your powers in next to no time.

Visualization exercises are also well worth performing on a regular basis. Simply relax (meditation will help here) and allow pictures and images to float into your mind. Start simply and then move up to focusing on other things (such a picture in a book) as you begin to develop your powers.

Initially, just get a sense of the picture. The more you practice, the better you'll get. But don't beat yourself up if you can't create a masterpiece in your mind the first time you try to visualize something!

Once you start to notice things happening and get a sense of pictures with your visualizations, it's time to accelerate the process and get hold of a course to further develop your psychic abilities.

One of the best psychic courses I've found is this one. It comes with comprehensive exercises to bring forward your psychic powers in leaps and bounds. They also supply a meditation session, relaxation music and lots of other goodies to help you on your way. If you've ever struggled to learn psychic powers from a book, this is definitely for you.

Like any skill, psychic abilities take time to develop.

You can help the process in a number of ways and begin to awaken the psychic powers that are within you.

• Learn to relax. With our hectic modern life, this is almost a lost art in itself. Take time out for yourself and relax - try deep breathing, listening to relaxing music or consider taking up meditation.


• Release any blockages you may have. These can often be quite subtle beliefs but clearing these blockages is a great way to opening up your mind and will help in many ways, not just psychic ones.


• Believe in yourself! If necessary, re-phrase any statements you make about using your psychic powers so they're positive. So turn phrases round from "I'll never be any good at this" to "When I master this, I'll have boundless opportunities".


• Always practice when you're unlikely to be disturbed. Set aside some quiet time, switch off your cell phone and make sure you're left in peace to practice. This personal "chill" time will help you relax as well as with developing your psychic abilities.


• Get hold of a good psychic development course like this one to hold you by the hand as you develop your skills.