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Ask Your Guides: Calling in Your Divine Support System for Help with Everything in Life
We’re all spiritual beings with a spiritual support system on the Other Side that oversees and helps guide our lives from the moment we’re born to the moment we leave our physical bodies and return to Spirit. Not knowing this fact is a severe handicap, as the Universe is designed to care for and nurture all its creatures and help make our life’s journey easier and more successful. When we learn how to connect with our angelic guides, our lives naturally fall into a pattern of ease and flow during which we grow our souls, fulfill our life’s purpose, and make our time on Earth endlessly entertaining.
This fascinating and inspirational book by Sonia Choquette provides all the information you need to help you connect with your spirit guides so that you can enjoy all the love, abundance, and joy you’re entitled to.
This fascinating and inspirational book by Sonia Choquette provides all the information you need to help you connect with your spirit guides so that you can enjoy all the love, abundance, and joy you’re entitled to.
224 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 1, 2005
About the author
Sonia Choquette
146 books512 followersGlobal author and speaker, Sonia Choquette is a highly regarded expert in the field of intuition. She is a world-renowned intuitive guide and spiritual teacher.
Author of 27 New York Times or International best sellers, her books have been published in 37 languages and 40 countries and have been read by over one million people.
Sonia’s work has been featured on Hay House radio, Oprah radio, Inc., ABC, FOX, Shape, Gaiam, and Wall Street Journal Live. Her teachings have attracted the love and admiration of social media followers across youtube, instagram, facebook and on her intuition-themed podcast "It's All Related", which she co-hosts with her daughters, Sonia & Sabrina Tully.
Sonia currently resides in France, and enjoys bringing all of her intuitive experience and human understanding to help her global audience reconnect with their Spirit, Guides, and inner vibes. Her mission is to help others feel whole by using all of their senses to create a life that is intuitively guided, empowered, authentic, and meaningful.
Author of 27 New York Times or International best sellers, her books have been published in 37 languages and 40 countries and have been read by over one million people.
Sonia’s work has been featured on Hay House radio, Oprah radio, Inc., ABC, FOX, Shape, Gaiam, and Wall Street Journal Live. Her teachings have attracted the love and admiration of social media followers across youtube, instagram, facebook and on her intuition-themed podcast "It's All Related", which she co-hosts with her daughters, Sonia & Sabrina Tully.
Sonia currently resides in France, and enjoys bringing all of her intuitive experience and human understanding to help her global audience reconnect with their Spirit, Guides, and inner vibes. Her mission is to help others feel whole by using all of their senses to create a life that is intuitively guided, empowered, authentic, and meaningful.
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October 1, 2010
An enlightening book that reminds you that you are not alone in this world, or beyond. There are spiritual guides to help you. Having grown up as a Hindu, the spiritual guides reminded me of Hindu gods and goddesses. This is a philosophy that is rarely talked about in the west....so I applaud Choquette for writing about this.
October 15, 2015
One of the 'perfect' books to read that you may appreciate the simplicity of connecting with your Guides and Archangels. Enjoy the read, you'll love it. Guaranteed ♥
April 15, 2008
How many times have you had that little nagging feeling about something and ignored it only to regret it later? Too many times to count? Me too...
I'm not sure why we tend to ignore our intuition. We know that each time we do, we're going to end up unhappy. I guess following our intuition seems like such a big leap of faith, especially when the actions seem to push us towards being honestly ourselves and following our bliss. The thought of being completely happy, the ability to trust our inner guidance, and the understanding that intuition is actually a form of divine guidance may be difficult to fully accept.
Ask Your Guides helps makes the transition a lot easier. From a very young age, the author learned to nurture her intuition and welcome divine guidance in all its forms. Not only has she learned to listen to that little voice but she has become proactive in seeking out appropriate resources that guide and help smooth the bumps of daily life. Ask Your Guides shows the reader how they too can learn these skills.
I'm not sure why we tend to ignore our intuition. We know that each time we do, we're going to end up unhappy. I guess following our intuition seems like such a big leap of faith, especially when the actions seem to push us towards being honestly ourselves and following our bliss. The thought of being completely happy, the ability to trust our inner guidance, and the understanding that intuition is actually a form of divine guidance may be difficult to fully accept.
Ask Your Guides helps makes the transition a lot easier. From a very young age, the author learned to nurture her intuition and welcome divine guidance in all its forms. Not only has she learned to listen to that little voice but she has become proactive in seeking out appropriate resources that guide and help smooth the bumps of daily life. Ask Your Guides shows the reader how they too can learn these skills.
December 30, 2014
I really like the idea of this book, but I found it too much about her personal experiences and after a while I started to think this is just crazy. I mean fairies, water fairies, air fairies, the fairies that find your missing keys; It just became silly after a while. It was not a book I can credit for adding anything to my spitituality, it was interesting, but not life changing.
October 27, 2011
This book was so meaningful to me. I read this at a time when I was lost and really needed something in my life to help me feel that there was something more out there. The style of writing really spoke to me and it drew me in so readily and I was drawn to the very real world way in which Sonia spoke. The message wasn't overly "Religious" yet spoke to the very spiritual nature in me which was crying out to be massaged with a little love and reminder that it was all going to be okay.
December 14, 2010
This book is amazing, I am going to be buying it as soon as I can!
"Move away from fear as your root energy and embrace love in it's place." (p.174).
May 24, 2009
One of my new favorite books. Choquette is down-to-earth and matter-of-fact and encouraging.
July 23, 2015
This is the first book I´ve read by Sonia Choquette, and it will hopefully not be the last.
It is written simply and clearly and is easy-to-read. Sonia tells us of her own guides and experiences with them and those of her clients.
Sonia was lucky to be born to a mother who talked to her guides constantly and informed her of the many guides who were assigned to watch over, help, protect, and teach her throughout her lifetime.
The first important thing to do is leave a free period of perhaps 20 minutes open every week, and perhaps later every day, where you answer to no-one but yourself. During this time you should allow yourself to pursue a beloved interest such as playing the piano, spending time in the garden, or simply daydreaming. When you do this, your spirit will guide you to more and more of what nurtures and feeds you.
There´s a chapter about guardian angels – our personal bodyguards, and how we should talk out loud to them when we can and ask them to do various things for us.
We´re told how to invoke the Archangels by chanting their names in a songlike manner. Sonia tells us about the seven Archangels – Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel, Raguel, Sariel, and Remiel (though actually I have heard elsewhere that there are more).
Michael, archangel number one, is the patron of protection and love. Gabriel, No, 2, calms your doubts and boosts your confidence, Raphael is in charge of healing and also inspires your creativity. Uriel has a grounded vibration, is the messenger that brings warnings, and is the patron of music. Raguel is a sort of police officer, and can help you to get your children to behave! Sariel keeps things in order, and Remiel is the angel of hope, and also greets us at death´s door and escorts us to heaven. When he shows up, “the vibrations of fear, stress and drams that come with facing death give way to absolute peace and calm”.
We may call for help on the Ministry of Angels, which has infinite departments, such as parking, computers, shopping, healing and so forth. We can put them on whatever assignment we undertake. Just believe and call for help.
We can call on our spirit guides when we need them. They can´t serve us without our permission. Most have lived at least one life on Earth; Sonia tells us that people generally have access to up to 33 guides at any given time!
A good way of connecting to our guides is writing to them at a specific quiet time of your day. State your problem and ask for guidance.
This book contains many exciting chapters. A “negative” feature of it for me was the apparently infinite numbers of guides and angels of various sorts available, so I have difficulty in distinguishing between them.
We are introduced to the various types of nature spirits and a group of spirit guides known as “runners”. I´d never heard of the latter before, but they are “handy guides for all situations”, and the first ones you may want to invoke for help.
Sonia recounts various stories of how she and others are helped in miraculous ways by these runners. They find lost things, save seats in planes, and turn up parking spaces, etc. It´s important to thank your runners.
There are helpers, healer guides, teacher guides, animal guides, joy guides and light beings.
We also learn about contacting our guides through oracles, such as tarot cards. We must not repeat. a question just because we didn´t like the first answer. If we´re spiritually immature and don´t take the answers we get seriously, the cards will be “possessed by low-level energies that mock you”.
Different oracles tend to attract different types of guides.
There is an important chapter about negative entities. You may pick these up in a public place, or if you have a weak aura owing to addiction of any sort. High-vibration guides are calm and loving and don´t tell you what to do. Low-vibration guides are pushy, bossy and negative and harass you into doing what they want, Really, they have no power, and can be easily dismissed by firmly asking them to leave and sending them into the light.
I have been trying to connect with my guides for years with no success, but after reading this delightful book, I feel much more confident about linking to my guides and angels. Now I´ve met with a hermit-like guide who wears a hood and says his name is “Eremit” (a Danish word for “hermit”) – I´m a bit of a hermit, myself. Also, when giving a Reiki healing, I contacted a healing guide called Michael, who advised me to flow water through the four bodies (physical, emotional, mental and spiritual) of the person I was healing. I had never ever done this before, and would never have thought of it, so I know I must have had contact with a guide.
Even before I had read this book, I had often had help from angels on journeys, for instance, when I´d asked them to accompany me on these. Also, I´m frequently assisted by may “household deva” It has helped me with opening difficult tins and packages, coconuts, etc; sometimes I have struggled for an hour or so, before asking for help, whereupon the matter is solved instantly.
Also, I am assisted by a computer deva or devas, sometimes with miraculous results. Once I worked for hours to change the picture on my computer screen, following various sets of complicated instructions which never worked, until exasperation set in, and I shouted for help. Then I suddenly saw a link that said “change computer screen”, or the like, and pressed it, whereupon my screen changed to the desired picture, which I still have.
But, as regards this book, it is easy-to read, inspiring, and will help you, above all, trust and know that you have not only access to the angels, but all these various helping guides. I now KNOW that I have guides and can alwys get help.
I absolutely recommend that you purchase this book, You will not regret it. I will now be ordering other books by this inspiring author.
It is written simply and clearly and is easy-to-read. Sonia tells us of her own guides and experiences with them and those of her clients.
Sonia was lucky to be born to a mother who talked to her guides constantly and informed her of the many guides who were assigned to watch over, help, protect, and teach her throughout her lifetime.
The first important thing to do is leave a free period of perhaps 20 minutes open every week, and perhaps later every day, where you answer to no-one but yourself. During this time you should allow yourself to pursue a beloved interest such as playing the piano, spending time in the garden, or simply daydreaming. When you do this, your spirit will guide you to more and more of what nurtures and feeds you.
There´s a chapter about guardian angels – our personal bodyguards, and how we should talk out loud to them when we can and ask them to do various things for us.
We´re told how to invoke the Archangels by chanting their names in a songlike manner. Sonia tells us about the seven Archangels – Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel, Raguel, Sariel, and Remiel (though actually I have heard elsewhere that there are more).
Michael, archangel number one, is the patron of protection and love. Gabriel, No, 2, calms your doubts and boosts your confidence, Raphael is in charge of healing and also inspires your creativity. Uriel has a grounded vibration, is the messenger that brings warnings, and is the patron of music. Raguel is a sort of police officer, and can help you to get your children to behave! Sariel keeps things in order, and Remiel is the angel of hope, and also greets us at death´s door and escorts us to heaven. When he shows up, “the vibrations of fear, stress and drams that come with facing death give way to absolute peace and calm”.
We may call for help on the Ministry of Angels, which has infinite departments, such as parking, computers, shopping, healing and so forth. We can put them on whatever assignment we undertake. Just believe and call for help.
We can call on our spirit guides when we need them. They can´t serve us without our permission. Most have lived at least one life on Earth; Sonia tells us that people generally have access to up to 33 guides at any given time!
A good way of connecting to our guides is writing to them at a specific quiet time of your day. State your problem and ask for guidance.
This book contains many exciting chapters. A “negative” feature of it for me was the apparently infinite numbers of guides and angels of various sorts available, so I have difficulty in distinguishing between them.
We are introduced to the various types of nature spirits and a group of spirit guides known as “runners”. I´d never heard of the latter before, but they are “handy guides for all situations”, and the first ones you may want to invoke for help.
Sonia recounts various stories of how she and others are helped in miraculous ways by these runners. They find lost things, save seats in planes, and turn up parking spaces, etc. It´s important to thank your runners.
There are helpers, healer guides, teacher guides, animal guides, joy guides and light beings.
We also learn about contacting our guides through oracles, such as tarot cards. We must not repeat. a question just because we didn´t like the first answer. If we´re spiritually immature and don´t take the answers we get seriously, the cards will be “possessed by low-level energies that mock you”.
Different oracles tend to attract different types of guides.
There is an important chapter about negative entities. You may pick these up in a public place, or if you have a weak aura owing to addiction of any sort. High-vibration guides are calm and loving and don´t tell you what to do. Low-vibration guides are pushy, bossy and negative and harass you into doing what they want, Really, they have no power, and can be easily dismissed by firmly asking them to leave and sending them into the light.
I have been trying to connect with my guides for years with no success, but after reading this delightful book, I feel much more confident about linking to my guides and angels. Now I´ve met with a hermit-like guide who wears a hood and says his name is “Eremit” (a Danish word for “hermit”) – I´m a bit of a hermit, myself. Also, when giving a Reiki healing, I contacted a healing guide called Michael, who advised me to flow water through the four bodies (physical, emotional, mental and spiritual) of the person I was healing. I had never ever done this before, and would never have thought of it, so I know I must have had contact with a guide.
Even before I had read this book, I had often had help from angels on journeys, for instance, when I´d asked them to accompany me on these. Also, I´m frequently assisted by may “household deva” It has helped me with opening difficult tins and packages, coconuts, etc; sometimes I have struggled for an hour or so, before asking for help, whereupon the matter is solved instantly.
Also, I am assisted by a computer deva or devas, sometimes with miraculous results. Once I worked for hours to change the picture on my computer screen, following various sets of complicated instructions which never worked, until exasperation set in, and I shouted for help. Then I suddenly saw a link that said “change computer screen”, or the like, and pressed it, whereupon my screen changed to the desired picture, which I still have.
But, as regards this book, it is easy-to read, inspiring, and will help you, above all, trust and know that you have not only access to the angels, but all these various helping guides. I now KNOW that I have guides and can alwys get help.
I absolutely recommend that you purchase this book, You will not regret it. I will now be ordering other books by this inspiring author.
August 25, 2013
I so enjoyed this book. Its time for people to start believing in more than the physical world.
I personally know a lot of people all over the world that read Sonia's books and many like hers. She has a unique and sweet way she presents herself to others. She is genuine and knows who she is. When we learn who our guides are we learn how strong of beings we really are and that we are always protected and guided. We can be guided by our soul and our guides if we just allow it.
I personally know a lot of people all over the world that read Sonia's books and many like hers. She has a unique and sweet way she presents herself to others. She is genuine and knows who she is. When we learn who our guides are we learn how strong of beings we really are and that we are always protected and guided. We can be guided by our soul and our guides if we just allow it.
November 13, 2015
Good book
Pretty dope. I've had this book for a year at least and while I've been skeptical I finally finished today , after stopping and starting again. Detailed and helped me out for a bit, the second half was what really helped me especially when talking about higher self and the ego mind.
Pretty dope. I've had this book for a year at least and while I've been skeptical I finally finished today , after stopping and starting again. Detailed and helped me out for a bit, the second half was what really helped me especially when talking about higher self and the ego mind.
March 18, 2024
HIGHLIGHTS:
1. HOW GUIDES WORK:
- Pay attention to how your guides work.
2. PERMISSION TO GUIDES:
- Give your Guides the freedom to work on your behalf at all times by asking them to stay on permanent assignment.
3. BE HAPPY:
- The best way to appreciate your blessings.
4. SPEAK MORE TO GET RESPONSE:
- The more you speak to your Guides, the more they respond.
5. ASK & THANK:
- Must be willing to follow instincts without hesitation and be flexible.
6. ALERT:
- Warn you when personal choice could cause harm, alert to environmental problems.
7. GREATEST PURPOSE:
- teach us to open our hearts and see the world and ourselves with love, to recognize that we’re all one family with many colors.
8. BE SELF:
- Be willing to be uniquely yourself.
9. INSPIRED IDEA:
- Inspire you with a concept whose time has come, but if you ignore it, it will be taken to another open-minded soul who will accept and use it.
10. ATTENTION:
- Every message that catches your attention has meaning.
- “Show me my best options.”
- The more receptive you are, the more you can expect it to work to communicate between you’re guides.
- Guides will point out the best possible way to fulfill your path and purpose and make day-to-day life easier.
- You decide to follow.
2021 REVISED EDITION:
1. What is the name of your spirit (for now)?
- What my spirit needs is…
2. Identify activities that clear your mind and help you be in the present. This helps you get in contact with spirits.
3. Angels protect our bodies. Comfort us in grief by soothing our souls.
4. Chant in the name of the archangel you are requesting for a specific need.
5. Ask the “Ministry of Angels”: deliverers of goodness. Swift vibration. Put your angels on it whenever I need help.
- open heart and say “help!”
- Please oversee all that I do. Make it easy, magical, and filled with gifts. Thank you.”
- Ask them to stay on permanently. Give thanks when you see the fruits of their work.
6. Notice the vibration of different Angels.
- Thank them out loud. Name the things you are grateful for.
- Thank them in advance.
7. The spirit continues after the body does: Losing the fear of death can help us live our lives to the fullest.
8. Being unreceptive to guidance is the greatest obstacle to communicating w/ Guides.
1. Be open to ALL guidance.
2. Expect guidance.
3. Trust the guidance. Speak the guidance out loud. Feeling relief when hearing the truth.
4. Act on guidance.
1. HOW GUIDES WORK:
- Pay attention to how your guides work.
2. PERMISSION TO GUIDES:
- Give your Guides the freedom to work on your behalf at all times by asking them to stay on permanent assignment.
3. BE HAPPY:
- The best way to appreciate your blessings.
4. SPEAK MORE TO GET RESPONSE:
- The more you speak to your Guides, the more they respond.
5. ASK & THANK:
- Must be willing to follow instincts without hesitation and be flexible.
6. ALERT:
- Warn you when personal choice could cause harm, alert to environmental problems.
7. GREATEST PURPOSE:
- teach us to open our hearts and see the world and ourselves with love, to recognize that we’re all one family with many colors.
8. BE SELF:
- Be willing to be uniquely yourself.
9. INSPIRED IDEA:
- Inspire you with a concept whose time has come, but if you ignore it, it will be taken to another open-minded soul who will accept and use it.
10. ATTENTION:
- Every message that catches your attention has meaning.
- “Show me my best options.”
- The more receptive you are, the more you can expect it to work to communicate between you’re guides.
- Guides will point out the best possible way to fulfill your path and purpose and make day-to-day life easier.
- You decide to follow.
2021 REVISED EDITION:
1. What is the name of your spirit (for now)?
- What my spirit needs is…
2. Identify activities that clear your mind and help you be in the present. This helps you get in contact with spirits.
3. Angels protect our bodies. Comfort us in grief by soothing our souls.
4. Chant in the name of the archangel you are requesting for a specific need.
5. Ask the “Ministry of Angels”: deliverers of goodness. Swift vibration. Put your angels on it whenever I need help.
- open heart and say “help!”
- Please oversee all that I do. Make it easy, magical, and filled with gifts. Thank you.”
- Ask them to stay on permanently. Give thanks when you see the fruits of their work.
6. Notice the vibration of different Angels.
- Thank them out loud. Name the things you are grateful for.
- Thank them in advance.
7. The spirit continues after the body does: Losing the fear of death can help us live our lives to the fullest.
8. Being unreceptive to guidance is the greatest obstacle to communicating w/ Guides.
1. Be open to ALL guidance.
2. Expect guidance.
3. Trust the guidance. Speak the guidance out loud. Feeling relief when hearing the truth.
4. Act on guidance.
September 28, 2021
I consider myself a spiritual person but this book was alienating in a few ways:
It completely ignores how systematic oppression plays a very important role on people's life choices and spiritual lives.
There were a few paragraphs sprinkled throughout that were racist and tone deaf. Speaking of native American or aboriginal peoples as spirits from the past or helpers is such a toxic rhetoric from the American new age scene that needs to be checked and talked about as needed.
There were so many types of spirits, guides, and angels that in the end I lost track who to call for what, so maybe just stick to your Higher Self as a case manager and hopefully they can hook you up with the right guide.
As someone who uses herbs for astro magic or psychic / spiritual cleansing, the elemental guides made much more sense.
There were too many stories, it felt like an infomercial.
Lastly, if you check this book from your local library, cleanse it before bringing it to your space - other people's energy and spirits can travel through objects!
It completely ignores how systematic oppression plays a very important role on people's life choices and spiritual lives.
There were a few paragraphs sprinkled throughout that were racist and tone deaf. Speaking of native American or aboriginal peoples as spirits from the past or helpers is such a toxic rhetoric from the American new age scene that needs to be checked and talked about as needed.
There were so many types of spirits, guides, and angels that in the end I lost track who to call for what, so maybe just stick to your Higher Self as a case manager and hopefully they can hook you up with the right guide.
As someone who uses herbs for astro magic or psychic / spiritual cleansing, the elemental guides made much more sense.
There were too many stories, it felt like an infomercial.
Lastly, if you check this book from your local library, cleanse it before bringing it to your space - other people's energy and spirits can travel through objects!
April 14, 2012
Listened to the audio version every a.m. on my way to work and it truely centered and calmed me, helped me to think differently about guides and even notice little "signs." Liek anything, it takes practice to find and connect with your guides and I've been working on my creative green guide, Meadow. She comforts and inspires me like a walk in nature. Sonia's stories sometimes seem a bit far-fetched, but maybe that's my 5th sensory mind talking!
February 4, 2018
This is the first book on the subject of spirit guides that I have ever read. I was surprised at the detail. I didn’t expect there to be so many different levels and types of guides, and as a socially introverted person it kind of overwhelmed me. That’s too many guides! I can’t have that many at once! One spirit guide is good for me— 3, tops. I can’t handle spirit crowds. Interesting book, though. Lots to think about and try.
February 24, 2010
I really found this book to be profound and useful! I've read it a couple of times, and both times I got information that I've put to use in my life. I'm a big fan of Sonia Choquette for the way she writes in a way that reaches out and touches the reader for practical application and understanding.
January 30, 2011
i thought that this book was intreasting and full with useful information that i will use again and again
i would reccomend this book to any one who is beging their surch and are intreasted with guides
i would reccomend this book to any one who is beging their surch and are intreasted with guides
June 18, 2012
This book gives me some insight and a lot of valuable information on how to connect with my guides as well as how to use my gift of sight. I'm quite intuitive and enjoy learning more about the gift I have.
April 2, 2018
We are immortal spirits going on in this mortal human form and we all need greater help from the greats; those from the other world.
This spiritual book is quite helpful and I appreciate how it's well sorted.
Recommended for those looking for spiritual books.
This spiritual book is quite helpful and I appreciate how it's well sorted.
Recommended for those looking for spiritual books.
June 22, 2009
Awesome book! The best I've read out there on the many different types of guides we have to work with and how to communicate with them.
March 12, 2012
If you're into the metaphysical, this one is great. Pretty much changed my life.
January 18, 2017
This was one of the perfect reads which translated the tips, tricks to connect with your guides & angels to lead happier life. Just be receptive and apply no logic. Absolutely amazing read.
March 21, 2019
Ask Your Guides was the most informative spiritual book I’ve ever read. There must be something super powerful about it because it took me a year to buy it and four months to read it. I was super hyped, got halfway through and then just put it down. I packed it when I traveled. I walked past it every day. I read several other books. Then my angels got active, and I finished it as a show of gratitude. The delay was abnormal for me. I always read one book at a time.
There’s something convicting about the book without it being preachy. There’s no shaming, no shoulds, just some really practical advice for how to access your help when you need it and when you simply desire it. I know people who live this way, who are in constant communication with their guides. I admire them. I ask them to talk to my guides for me, but I didn’t know how easy it could be for me to access them myself. I also didn’t know how many of them there were. There are ministries of angels, guardian angels, archangels, ancestral guides, spirit guides, healer guides, teacher guides, animal guides, light beings, runners, helpers, nature spirits, and more.
When I say there were practical access strategies, I mean it—language for prayers, instructions for letter writing, steps for visualization, directions for drawings. She’s not pontificating. She wants to help you access your guides. This book is show and prove with story after story of guides coming to her, her family, and her friends' aid.
Whether following her exact steps or not, that concept of a coterie of spiritual companions was really affirming. Maybe the reason it took me so long to return to the book is because I can’t be the same after finishing it. I can’t complain about the same things. I can’t lament about loneliness. I can’t be inactive about my destiny any more. Now I know there are forces out there acting on my behalf or rather, waiting for my request to activate them on my behalf. This book is certainly not the stuff they teach you in Sunday School or in yoga. It’s an accountability thing beyond any other spiritual path I’ve previously encountered.
The only parts that didn’t resonate with me were the oracles. I’m not hating, it just didn’t speak to me. I also disagreed with her take on negative entities. They’re not as benign as she suggests, but other than that, Ask Your Guides will likely be my reference for a long time. It’s not like I read it and memorized the specializations of each of the guides, but that’s the beauty of it. Once read through, the reader now knows how to fish. And that skill is valuable for a lifetime.
There’s something convicting about the book without it being preachy. There’s no shaming, no shoulds, just some really practical advice for how to access your help when you need it and when you simply desire it. I know people who live this way, who are in constant communication with their guides. I admire them. I ask them to talk to my guides for me, but I didn’t know how easy it could be for me to access them myself. I also didn’t know how many of them there were. There are ministries of angels, guardian angels, archangels, ancestral guides, spirit guides, healer guides, teacher guides, animal guides, light beings, runners, helpers, nature spirits, and more.
When I say there were practical access strategies, I mean it—language for prayers, instructions for letter writing, steps for visualization, directions for drawings. She’s not pontificating. She wants to help you access your guides. This book is show and prove with story after story of guides coming to her, her family, and her friends' aid.
Whether following her exact steps or not, that concept of a coterie of spiritual companions was really affirming. Maybe the reason it took me so long to return to the book is because I can’t be the same after finishing it. I can’t complain about the same things. I can’t lament about loneliness. I can’t be inactive about my destiny any more. Now I know there are forces out there acting on my behalf or rather, waiting for my request to activate them on my behalf. This book is certainly not the stuff they teach you in Sunday School or in yoga. It’s an accountability thing beyond any other spiritual path I’ve previously encountered.
The only parts that didn’t resonate with me were the oracles. I’m not hating, it just didn’t speak to me. I also disagreed with her take on negative entities. They’re not as benign as she suggests, but other than that, Ask Your Guides will likely be my reference for a long time. It’s not like I read it and memorized the specializations of each of the guides, but that’s the beauty of it. Once read through, the reader now knows how to fish. And that skill is valuable for a lifetime.
August 19, 2018
Having read Ask Your Guides, I can see why Sonia Choquette has gained such a following for her work. Eloquent, articulate and informative, she has a similar air to Lorna Byrne in that she has no agenda except getting the message out there that we’re all loved, protected and can live a far better life if we’d only listen to our guides and angels.
Where Sonia stands out is in the attention she encourages to ourselves. In spiritual circles, you hear a lot that you must learn to love yourself. What doesn’t often get mentioned is to love and nurture your spirit. This book begins with awareness not only that you are spirit but actually of your spirit and how to discover what makes it thrive.
She takes us through types of guide, angel and entity in quite a lot of detail for a relatively short book. It can’t be all that short, because it’s going to take me ages to edit my notes down to anything like an eco-friendly printing size, or maybe it’s just that packed with useful information. The training aspect is very gentle and easily accepted. No mind boggling concepts or drill sergeant approaches, just a gradual mind opening process, and that’s the real key to developing awareness. I’d call it effortless, but that’s not quite the right word. She even reminds every now and then that it does take effort. Perhaps easy-going is a better description. Enjoyable effort.
There are some great analogies that stick in my mind - “Like a road map, your guides can show you the way, but they won’t drive the car,” and “Just as watching an exercise video won’t give you abs of steel, knowing about your guides and wanting to be guided isn’t enough.” And there were moments where I laughed out loud too, especially among the personal experiences Choquette gives in every chapter. Watch out for the one in the chapter about Runners, my personal favourite!
Where Sonia stands out is in the attention she encourages to ourselves. In spiritual circles, you hear a lot that you must learn to love yourself. What doesn’t often get mentioned is to love and nurture your spirit. This book begins with awareness not only that you are spirit but actually of your spirit and how to discover what makes it thrive.
She takes us through types of guide, angel and entity in quite a lot of detail for a relatively short book. It can’t be all that short, because it’s going to take me ages to edit my notes down to anything like an eco-friendly printing size, or maybe it’s just that packed with useful information. The training aspect is very gentle and easily accepted. No mind boggling concepts or drill sergeant approaches, just a gradual mind opening process, and that’s the real key to developing awareness. I’d call it effortless, but that’s not quite the right word. She even reminds every now and then that it does take effort. Perhaps easy-going is a better description. Enjoyable effort.
There are some great analogies that stick in my mind - “Like a road map, your guides can show you the way, but they won’t drive the car,” and “Just as watching an exercise video won’t give you abs of steel, knowing about your guides and wanting to be guided isn’t enough.” And there were moments where I laughed out loud too, especially among the personal experiences Choquette gives in every chapter. Watch out for the one in the chapter about Runners, my personal favourite!
October 6, 2009
I am only a little way in to this book, but I'm liking it. It is not for the woo-woo averse, as it does talk about angels, etc.
What I'm liking about it is that she starts out by saying that to get in touch with the spirit world, you have to first get in touch with your own spirit - by doing the things your spirit loves, the things that make you feel happy and playful and light and good. (Because that lighter/higher vibration gets you on a closer plane to spirit entities.) Just reading this I felt affirmed in a couple of things that I enjoy but don't let myself do because it seems 'silly' or are 'pointless'. Or I do them but I don't let myself enjoy them. Somehow saying 'this is what my spirit likes to do' makes it a little less personal too. As in: heck, it's silly, but you know those spirits...who knows why they like things? It lets me get out of judgment. I'm really used to judging myself, but I wouldn't want to judge my *spirit*. It's just a mental trick but it helped free up some lightness inside me.
Update: I didn't really finish the book...I got stuck on the chapter that said that she asked her angels to help her and they fixed her car. I couldn't get past the physicality of that. Hmmm. An angel with a wrench?
What I'm liking about it is that she starts out by saying that to get in touch with the spirit world, you have to first get in touch with your own spirit - by doing the things your spirit loves, the things that make you feel happy and playful and light and good. (Because that lighter/higher vibration gets you on a closer plane to spirit entities.) Just reading this I felt affirmed in a couple of things that I enjoy but don't let myself do because it seems 'silly' or are 'pointless'. Or I do them but I don't let myself enjoy them. Somehow saying 'this is what my spirit likes to do' makes it a little less personal too. As in: heck, it's silly, but you know those spirits...who knows why they like things? It lets me get out of judgment. I'm really used to judging myself, but I wouldn't want to judge my *spirit*. It's just a mental trick but it helped free up some lightness inside me.
Update: I didn't really finish the book...I got stuck on the chapter that said that she asked her angels to help her and they fixed her car. I couldn't get past the physicality of that. Hmmm. An angel with a wrench?
August 14, 2022
As I continue on my journey into exploring spirituality, I stumbled across Sonia Choquette's book Ask Your Guides. If you've ever been curious about angles and guides, this book is a great introduction. Sonia believes that each of us has a whole host of angles and guides ready and willing to help us out if we knew to ask. Parts of the book resonated with me and there were parts that I just couldn't get into, hence the middle of the road rating.
Sonia provides many examples of how guides have helped in her own life and stories she's heard from friends and clients. Naturally, I had to give some of the suggestions a try. I used the advice on how to find a parking spot several times with no trouble finding ones, even at busy times and in locations I've never been before. Coincidence? I don't think so. Was it guides helping or did I somehow tap into the unified field of potential? I'm not sure. Either way I plan to keep experimenting and see what happens.
Sonia provides many examples of how guides have helped in her own life and stories she's heard from friends and clients. Naturally, I had to give some of the suggestions a try. I used the advice on how to find a parking spot several times with no trouble finding ones, even at busy times and in locations I've never been before. Coincidence? I don't think so. Was it guides helping or did I somehow tap into the unified field of potential? I'm not sure. Either way I plan to keep experimenting and see what happens.
April 5, 2016
Another book from 6th sensory expert Sonia Choquette. In this book Sonia provides guidance regarding how to connect with and ask for assistance from your spirit guides. Some people also call them guardian angels, but Sonia says we can ask any spirit guides or angels for help. She explains the different types of spirit guides and recommends methods for requesting their assistance. You can ask your personal guardian angels for help or groups of angels assigned to specific roles. You can ask them for assistance with anything, including daily tasks, to help you be more happy, effective and efficient.
July 4, 2018
Fantastic book! I’ve let 2 of my friends borrow it so far. It has so much information in it and breaks it down in a way that you can understand and don’t feel stupid. It’s understanding and gentle and it has little tips and activity type things that you can try too. It’s helped me a ton. I very highly recommend it to anyone feeling lost and not knowing where to start. This was one of the books I bought at the begging of my journey a few years ago and it helped me get through and understand a lot of words and meanings and things that were happening and how to talk to my guides and all about the different types of guides there are.
September 2, 2014
Absolutely LOVE Sonia Choquette. Her style of writing is as if she were sitting next to me holding a wonderful spiritually intelligent conversation. I have read this book twice and do need a copy for my personal go-to collection. I have read several of her books and am on to my next one already. She has been instrumental on my spiritual journey. She speaks matter-of-factly, is easy to understand and teaches you the ropes. I highly recommend this book as well as all of the others in her collection. Bravo, Sonia! You did it again.
October 21, 2016
Very enjoyable book. Sonia always offers excellent guidance through her books. Sonia shows us how we can connect with our Angels and Guides in this comforting book. She also uses real life examples of people who have been helped by Angels. I found these stories to be quite fascinating.
I have been using her suggestions for connecting with Angels and Guides for some time now. I have had some amazing results. Being able to connect with your Divine support system is an amazing resource. Highly recommended.
I have been using her suggestions for connecting with Angels and Guides for some time now. I have had some amazing results. Being able to connect with your Divine support system is an amazing resource. Highly recommended.
January 3, 2021
This was very exciting and interesting to read. There are many activities within the book and I enjoyed getting creative and exploring my spiritual side and connections through drawing, writing, and meditations. This will stay on my bedside table for continuous reference. I look forward to reading more by Sonia Choquette.
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