Remote viewing is the name for the psychic ability that allows you to see places, people and objects without using any of the regular five senses. This means that even though you wouldn't see or hear those things by proximity, you can train your own latent psychic abilities to perceive certain things even without you being there in person.

However, remote viewing is not the same as having an out of body experience. An out of body experience, also called 'astral travel,' is where you travel in spirit form directly to the place or event you're viewing.

Remote viewing lets you as the psychic use your psychic powers to seek out what you want to find. It's a form of psychic dowsing. You as the remote viewer are using a kind of ESP to find what you're looking for.

Everyone is born with forms of latent psychic abilities that were never developed when we were children. In much the same way as we're taught to walk and talk in whatever language our parents spoke, if our parents had known how to access their own psychic abilities, they would have taught us these things too. Without that training, the ability remains dormant until you train it to emerge.

Imagine having the capacity and skill to be able to simply 'see' your children at a moments notice and know that they're safe even if you're not there physically with them. This can give you security and peace of mind that is simply invaluable.

Remote viewing is different than other kinds of psychic abilities because anyone can learn how to do remote viewing. In fact, remote viewing has been studied among non-psychic people, and it's been shown that once these people could be put into a trancelike state that was sufficient enough, they could indeed do remote viewing exercises and be very accurate with them.

Try these steps to remote viewing on your own:

*Sit down in a quiet place and in a comfortable chair. Make sure you're not distracted by anything like noises, lights, hunger, or other discomfort.

*Breathe slowly and deeply through your nose, relaxing as you do so. You may find your breathing easier to manage if you lightly press your tongue to your mouth's roof. This will also help curb any tendencies you may have to yawn during this part of the process.

*You should allow yourself to sink deeper and deeper into your relaxation. As you go into a light trance, you need to have a strong conviction or belief that you really are able to see people or places that you've never encountered physically.

*Start your remote viewing exercise by targeting something simple, so that you can show yourself you indeed are capable of this psychic ability. Perhaps you could 'place' yourself standing in front of your own currently relaxed self, with your standing self looking backward at your relaxed self. This can be difficult at first, but continue to patiently perform this exercise. Before long, you should be able to see yourself from this objective angle, as others see you. This is wonderfully surprising.

*Once you've got this first remote viewing exercise down, practice doing remote viewing that's a little bit more distant. Choose a distant but very familiar location you know very well, such as a friend or family member's home. Now, take a look around this location. Are there toys on the floor that weren't there the last time you were there? Are there books on the coffee table that weren't there the last time you were there? Choose something that's out of place or different from what you saw when you were physically there. As soon as you can, call your friend or family member and ask him or her to confirm what you saw. Being told you've had accurate results reinforces your belief in yourself that you can truly do remote viewing.

You can also change this exercise so that you include a friend or family member who is nearer you physically. Have this friend or family member sit in another room out of your line of sight and repeat some type of simple movement, like waving a hand, twirling a lock of hair, and so on. Relax and train your mind's eye on the action being performed, utilizing remote viewing to do so. After you've completed the exercise, ask your friend or family member to confirm or refute what your results were.

One positive side effect to spending time practicing remote viewing is that you may find yourself much more adept at getting into a relaxed state as you do so. The relaxed state you put yourself into when you practice remote viewing is very much like the trancelike relaxation people are put into when they are put under hypnosis. Contrary to popular belief, hypnosis is a state where you are very alert and aware of what's going on around you, but you are also very relaxed. This state of extreme relaxation and alertness at the same time makes it much easier to get in touch with your subconscious mind.

If you are new to tapping into your psychic abilities, you can access them much more easily by your subconscious. The more you work on getting good at your remote viewing techniques, the better you'll get at them.