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, there should be a distinction, here. Remote viewing is not the same as an out of body experience. Doing astral travel, or having an out of body experience, is actually where you travel in spirit form to view a place or an event 'in person,' not in your physical body, but with your spirit.

When you practice remote viewing, you are practicing a form of psychic dowsing. You're using your psychic power to see a particular location, person, etc., within your mind's eye. That is, you are using a kind of ESP to locate and view 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.

If you had the ability to reach out and realize that your kids are safe while they're away, wouldn't that give you an amazing feeling of relief? There are many beneficial reasons to learn how to open your mind the right way and use remote viewing to give you some peace of mind.

The great part about remote viewing is that, unlike some other forms of psychic ability, anyone is able to learn the techniques. Independent studies have shown that lots of non-psychic people are able to learn how to slip into a trance-like state and then begin remote viewing with great success.

Here are some basic remote viewing exercises for you to try:

*Sit quietly in a comfortable chair and close your eyes. Make sure there are no distractions like noises, uncomfortable bodily feelings like hunger, etc. You want to be able to focus your entire attention on the exercise.

*Allow your body to release all tension and relax. When your eyes are closed, you might feel the urge to yawn. Try pressing your tongue lightly against the roof of your mouth and breathe through your nose. You'll find the urge to yawn vanishes and you'll find it much easier to control your breathing

*Be willing to suspend any disbelief in remote viewing at least for the time being. Being willing to believe that remote viewing is indeed possible is a big part of any success you will have doing it. As you fall into an ever more deeply relaxed state, remind yourself that you are indeed capable of viewing places, events or people that you cannot physically see with your eyes at the present moment.

*Try something simple to get you started. For example, you could see yourself in your mind's eye as though you were standing in front of yourself in your relaxed state and looking back toward this relaxed self. It can be hard at first to allow your mind to see yourself in this manner, but with patience, you can do so. When you do achieve success and see yourself in this angle as others also truly see you, it will be a very pleasant and wonderful surprise for you.

*Once you've mastered viewing yourself from this type of remote perspective, broaden the perspective of your remote viewing eye and try to see something a little farther away that is nonetheless a location you are very familiar with. Perhaps you can remotely view a familiar location such as a friend's or family member's home. As you scan around the room, take note of things that are distinctively out of place or otherwise not 'as usual,' such as books on the coffee table or dishes in the sink. When you can, call a friend or family member and confirm what you saw in your remote viewing. It's important that you do this, because affirming your accuracy will help cement just how capable you are of remote viewing. It's also a testament to what your mind really can do once you challenge it a little bit.

You can change these remote-viewing exercises once you practice enough so that you can include another person nearby you. This will give you more varied feedback and will also further attest to your accuracy. It will also give you results much more quickly. For example, instead of viewing people or places you want to see from a more remote location, have a friend sit in another room and repeat some kind of physical motion, like twirling hair, or waving a hand at you. Use remote viewing to try to see what your friend is doing and then have him or her give the results when you finish with this exercise.

You may also find that once you've spent some time practicing remote viewing techniques, it's much easier to get into a relaxed state than it has been previously. That's because this is very much like the 'trancelike' state people can access when they are being hypnotized. Under hypnosis, you are still very much awake, but your body is very relaxed and you are much more easily able to tap into your subconscious mind.

It's much more easy to access your psychic abilities through your subconscious mind, and the more you practice remote viewing, the better you will be at it.