Review: Meditations for Psychic Development by Chandra Parkinson

If you are interested in learning more about how to strengthen your psychic abilities, Chandra Parkinson's book may be for you. Meditations for Psychic Development: Practical Exercises to Awaken Your Sixth Sense gives the reader an opportunity to learn more about their abilities and provides easy-to-implement meditation exercises to increase those abilities. The first section of the book covers the basics the author thinks the reader needs to know and understand in order to reach their fullest potential. There is a short introduction explaining how everyone is psychic to some degree and how to create a mindset that will nurture your psychic growth. The fundamentals of meditation and psychic work are also addressed, but only on a surface level. A quiz is provided to help readers determine how they best receive psychic information through one or more of the "clairs" (clairvoyance, clairsentience, clairaudience, and claircognizance). There are specific meditations that align with each of these clairs provided, as well as questions for journaling and reflecting on the reader's experiences. Then, the chakras are explained briefly and meditations for opening the third eye, enhancing your intuition, and grounding yourself for protection are included.

The next section of the book goes into more advanced forms of receiving and connecting with psychic messages. Meditations that address auras, spirit guides, mediumships, nature, and your higher self are included in this section. Like in the previous section, each meditation includes prompts for journaling and reflection.

Personally, to make these meditations work for me, I recorded myself reading them aloud and played them back as a guided meditation. Some people might be able to just read the meditations first and then go through the exercise on their own, but I was not successful using this book in that way. Of the meditations I did try, I felt the immediate benefits of a slower heartrate, and a calm, clear mind. It's too soon for me to say whether or not these exercises have increased my psychic abilities yet, but with continued practice, I'm hopeful. All of these meditations were easy to do and even those who have never meditated before should be able to complete them. I appreciated the addition of the journaling prompts because it allows me to track my progress as I do the meditations more and more.

Overall, this is a great beginner book for those interested in strengthening their psychic skills. I can't guarantee the exercises actually increase psychic ability, but I can say that I felt all the usual benefits from sitting down and meditating. So it's definitely not a waste of time and worth checking out if this is something that interests you.

My Rating: ★★★★☆

At the time of this post, this title is set to be released on August 8th, 2021.

*Thanks to the author, Llewellyn Worldwide, and Netgalley for providing me with a digital ARC in exchange for an honest review!