Every child has an inherent intuitive ability that brings forth the right thought at the right moment and helps take the right decision or action. This ability has to be nurtured with time and due to stress, it tends to blur or deplete. Every invention or great idea originates from the intuitive space. Meditation and super brain yoga taught in The Art of Living’s Prajñā Yoga program for the age group 5 to 18 years take care of this faculty of the brain. This program further helps to activate, nurture and preserve this sixth sense. The knowledge that descends from intuition is considered more reliable than intellectual and sensory perception.
Here is a list of 7 simple games that can help improve intuition.
1. Guess what’s in my fist –
Take a number of things or different types of small objects like coins or marbles. Take both your hands behind your back and divide the things and make fists. Now show the fists and ask the child to guess what is in the right and the left fists. Guessing the probability and trying to read your mind activates the child’s intuitive ability. 
In fact, this game encourages the child to give quick and spontaneous replies. Spontaneity is the bedrock of intuition. Intellectual games are IQ-building exercises while such simple games are for the ability that lies beyond logical thinking. Though logic is what they begin with when they think, the more unpredictable the outcome of the game is, the more it would take them into the cognitive realm of wonder.
2. Hide & Seek - This ancient household game is an all-time universal favorite of children. It creates more alertness in the spy. They again try to guess and use logical thinking in their search initially, but as the game progresses, there is a need to go beyond the information given by the senses and analyzed by the intellect, so as to discover the new hideouts of the players. A slight fear of being caught by the spy also keeps the level of awareness high, thus sharpening their sensory perception as well.
3. Treasure hunt - This game is similar to hide & seek but is very exciting and gives a greater sense of achievement. After finding the first object of the hidden treasure, the child’s motivation goes higher and they become more inquisitive, which propels the guesswork.
4. Guessing the end or the beginning or the middle of a story
In this game, you have to tell incomplete stories and ask the child to guess what happened before or after. This would enhance creative thinking and imagination, which are essential tools for keeping intuitive power intact.
5. Guess the name of the personality
Think about a famous personality and allow your child to ask 5 or 10 questions in order to guess the person you are thinking about. As the child tries to read your mind, he/she resorts to the pool of general knowledge acquired so far. So you have to keep in mind the scope of your child’s knowledge when you think of a person. Success in guessing the name encourages the child and boosts their confidence. It also raises curiosity about the world around us.
6. Amazing facts
To expand the horizon of your child, you can show some amazing facts and images to the child which is unknown to him/her so far. They have to take a wild guess, which leads them to tap knowledge beyond the intellect. This acts as a learning tool also.
7. New languages game
Make your child familiar with new languages. Children have amazing language acquisition abilities. Showing videos in foreign or other regional languages and asking them to guess what the person is saying and which language is being spoken, helps the child to intuitively understand the different sounds, rhythms, and intonations of languages. The video is a good input for this game, as the child gets enough hints to guess the language.
Children love to play games that challenge their brain because their brain is developing just like their body. They have the intuitive ability but they are not aware of it. By making them play such games, you make them aware of this ability which they can consciously tap when required.
Help your child develop intuitive abilities in the Prajñā Yoga program.
Written by Dr. Rajni Sharma, Faculty, The Art of Living
