How to Ask Your Intuition a “Yes” or “No” Question

Learning how your intuition work is a life-long journey, because everyone’s intuition is slightly different and the way we interpret answers is too.

Nevertheless, there are common ways that we can receive and interpret messages, in order to make more informed decisions in our lives.

This is a question I get all the time in my 1-1 sessions with clients, how exactly do I feel a yes or no answer from my intuition? That is what I want to discuss in today’s blog.

Trusting your gut feelings

When working with our gut feelings, instincts and intuition, we have to allow some space for making mistakes or interpreting something ‘wrong’.

Yes, we can be wrong about what our intuition is saying, we all have biases and experiences that shape the way we take in information.

More broadly, increasing our intuition doesn’t mean that we’ll be correct all of the time – and that isn’t the goal anyway. The goal is to create a loving and supportive relationship with our higher self.

When we want a yes or no question, we’re often trying to make a decision that has a lot riding on it. To take on that new job, proceed with that relationship, move countries.

It’s important to remain flexible even when a question does ask for a yes or no, and know that even if we are slightly off-base we can still trust ourselves to work with what we’ve got.

Inner Oracle: How to get a “yes” or “no” answer from your intuition

Asking your intuition a yes or no question is surprisingly difficult at first. The way you phrase the question is everything. Often we’ll do so in a way that just causes more confusion.

A question like ‘Should I take on this job?’ may just fill us with anxiety or nothing distinguishable at all, and we continue to be unsure of what to do.

I have found simply expecting a yes or no answer doesn’t really work. You have to ask in a way where you’re looking for direct resonance or dissonance.

Using this example of starting a new job, rather than asking a question straight up, instead make a statement!

Get into a meditation, calm the body and mind, and then state what it is you want input on as an action.

Example: I am working as a teacher.

I am living in Canada.

I am in a relationship with _____

Your intuition is going to respond directly to that statement. You then have to figure out if the response means ‘yes’ or ‘no’ for you, as it varies ever so slightly for everyone.

In general yeses will feel light, they feel expansive and you remain in a state of calm. You want to be as calm as possible before stating your question, so that you can spot the shift immediately.

In general no’s feel restrictive, you will quite literally feel tension and heaviness in the body, and like someone is rushing you towards something.

I assume if you’re on this page you’ve had some difficulty getting the answer you want from your intuition, so I hope this reframe is helpful.

Of course, sometimes our intuition is just very direct and clear and will answer with a simple ‘yes’ or ‘no’ right away. I get these sorts of responses all the time. They are so simple in that way, you can’t really ignore them.

To know an answer really is from your intuition, you do want to check how smoothly is comes through. Your intuition has nothing to prove to you – it’s not looking to comfort or impress you. And so, the answer will tend to be very straightforward and clear-cut.

Sometimes we’re getting a very simple answer that is more than sufficient, but our ego-mind is asking for more and more. At that point we’re not talking about a lack of intuition, but a lack of trust!

There are only so many signs and answers we can receive, before we just have to take action on the strongest impression.

Don’t be silly, but also don’t overthink yourself into oblivious. Sometimes the simple answer, the one that comes without any resistance or big appearance, is the right one.