Who Are Spirit Guides and How to Communicate with Them
- Meli Guidance EN
- Jul 4
- 6 min read
Updated: 6 days ago
Discover how your soul guides support you… and how to connect with them
From Fear to Trust: How I Learned to Channel My Spirit Guides
At the very beginning of my spiritual journey, I was nervous about communicating with my soul guides. I was afraid I was making it all up, doing it "wrong," or not being receptive enough. Like many people, I believed that channeling was only for mediums born with a gift.
But the more I got to know the invisible world, the more I realized that this form of communication was natural… and even destined. Guides have been part of our journey from the start. And once I understood how they worked, a dialogue gently began. First through sensations and synchronicities… then through clear, confident, and comforting messages.
In the lines that follow, I share what I wish I’d known from the beginning: who spirit guides really are, how they support us day-to-day, and how you too can learn to recognize their spiritual messages and start channeling.
Who Are Your Soul Guides?
Spirit guides are light beings who accompany your soul through its earthly incarnations. Contrary to popular belief, they are not external entities coming to control you or make decisions on your behalf (you always have free will), but rather devoted allies deeply connected to you since the beginning.
Some have been with you since the birth of your soul and your very first incarnation. Others come into your life for a specific time or mission. But their role is always the same: to help you move forward, heal, and remember who you are.
If you’ve ever felt curious about your soul plan (aka your soul's blueprint)—why you chose this life, the lessons you came to experience, or the gifts that live within you—a personalized Akashic Records reading can offer deep clarity and insight.
The Different Types of Soul Guides
There are several types of soul guides, depending on their role, vibration, and origin. Each person is naturally more receptive to certain types of guides: some feel a strong connection to angels, others to ancestors, deities, or nature spirits.
Here’s an overview of the main categories:
Teacher Guides & Specialized Guides
These are advanced soul guides who support you throughout your earthly path. Some have been with you forever, like a main teacher. Others appear to help you with a specific theme: love, career, communication, grounding, healing… Each guide has a unique vibration and area of expertise.
Angels & Archangels
Angels are beings of light dedicated to protection, peace, and healing. They are usually never incarnated. Archangels, like Michael or Raphael, operate on a broader scale. Personally, I often called on Archangel Michael when I was starting out, to feel safe while channeling. And it was Archangel Gabriel, the guide of communication, who naturally came forward in connection with my expression mission.
Ancestors & Deceased Loved Ones
It’s common for a deceased loved one to temporarily become a guide. I myself felt the presence of my grandfather after his passing—a loving support during important moments. These guides from the astral plane know us intimately and know exactly how to encourage us.
Ascended Masters
These are spiritual beings like Jesus, Mary, Buddha, Merlin, or Kuan Yin who lived on Earth and, after completing their cycle of incarnations, devoted themselves to serving humanity. They offer universal guidance on forgiveness, wisdom, compassion, magic, and spiritual evolution.
Spirit Animals
Spirit animals represent symbolic forces (courage, gentleness, discernment…). Their presence is very common in channeling, especially for people connected to nature. An animal may accompany you during a particular period or challenge. If you’re new to animal spirit guides, I recommend using The Spirit Animal Oracle.
Elementals
Elemental spirits—such as gnomes (earth), water dragons (water), sylphs (air), and phoenixes (fire)—are powerful in balancing your energy and strengthening your connection to life. They often appear intuitively in nature, dreams, or meditation. You can learn how to communicate with elementals here, and you can also perform energy healing with them. If you’ve ever wondered who’s walking alongside you on your path, an Akashic letter from your spirit guides or a personalized à-la-carte Akashic reading can gently reveal which guides are most present in your life right now.
How to Know Which Guide to Call On
No need to remember everything or try to call on the "right" guide at all costs. Simply ask for help from “my loving soul guides” and let them decide who steps forward. What matters is your intention, not the form.
You can say: “I ask my loving soul guides to support me with clarity, love, and safety.”
It’s this heart-centered openness that creates the link—not mental precision.
Why Your Guides Want to Communicate With You
Before each incarnation, you co-created a soul plan with your main teaching guide. But once you arrived on Earth, like everyone, you passed through the veil of reincarnation amnesia. That’s normal—otherwise, how could you truly live, learn, and choose?
Fortunately, your soul guides are still there, behind the scenes. Their role is to send you signs, reminders, and spiritual messages to help you stay aligned.
I remember a time when I was completely lost. I had just left a secure job without knowing what was next. That’s when the synchronicities started: lucid dreams, people saying exactly what I needed to hear… and one word that kept appearing everywhere: channeling. My guides were showing me a path I could no longer ignore.
7 Signs a Guide Is Sending You a Message
Wondering if a spirit guide is trying to reach out?
I break down the subtle signs to look for in my article on Brainz Magazine. 👉 Read the full article
How to Start Communicating With Your Guides
You don't need to be an expert or see auras to channel your guides. The key is presence, intention, practice, and trust.
Here is a simple method that I teach in my online channeling course:
Create a sacred space: soft lighting, incense, stones, calm music...
Ask an open-ended question (e.g., What do I need to know today?)
Receive whatever comes: images, words, sensations, vibrations... even if they are vague.
Write down everything you perceive in a journal.
Each channel is different: some hear (clairaudience), others feel (clairsentience), see (clairvoyance) or know without understanding how (claircognizance). All are valid. Over time, you’ll begin to notice patterns and build confidence in your intuitive channel. And if you’d like gentle structure and support as you deepen this connection, you can always join my self-paced Channeling Course for guided practices and step-by-step tools.
Is It Just Your Imagination… or a True Spiritual Message?
In the beginning, I doubted a lot. I thought I was making it all up. So to tell the difference between the mental chatter and the true messages from my spirit team, I played a "game" that I called: Imagination VS Intuition.
This helped me tremendously! Confirmations began to appear—and I received messages I could never have come up with on my own.
Here’s a helpful chart (a sneak peek from my Channeling Cheat Sheet):
Channeled Message | Mental Thought / Ego |
Comes quickly, naturally | You have to think about it |
Brings a sense of peace | Leaves doubt or tension |
Includes unusual words or images | Echoes your own thoughts |
Comes with external signs | Has no confirmation |
Inspires, uplifts, recenters | Confusing, flattering, or anxiety-inducing |
🗝 Practice, validate, repeat. Channeling is like a muscle.
Resources to Go Further
You don’t have to walk this invisible path alone. Here’s what I’ve created to support you:
Free Channeling Cheat Sheet
A visual guide to help you recognize a true channeled message and practice with confidence.
The MAMA Technique – PDF Guide
My signature method for receiving clear spiritual messages with ease. This guide walks you through the MAMA steps to build trust in your own channeling process—especially helpful if you tend to overthink or second-guess.
Channeling Spirit Guides – Level 1 Course
A complete online course you can take at your own pace to:
• Discover your intuitive channels (the 4 clairs)
• Receive messages with clarity
• Build a safe and solid channeling practice
Personalized Akashic Reading
Receive direct messages from your spirit guides through a channeled session. Ideal if you’re looking for clarity, reassurance, or targeted guidance.
Meli Guidance is a certified advanced Akashic records practitioner, a past-life psychic and a channelling coach. She is also trained in oracle cards and tarot readings. Her specialty is helping people grow by reconnecting them with their soul’s purpose and life missions. She believes that by remembering our past lives and seeing what our life plan is for our current incarnation, we can achieve our future self’s highest potential. In addition to channelling spirit guides for people from all over the world in English and French, she offers online courses and coaching sessions to anyone who wishes to develop their ability to communicate with the invisible world.
Instagram @meliguidance
YouTube @meliguidance
