The Light Beside You — Recognizing the Presence of Your Spirit Guides

ZC Admin
Oct 16
3 min read

I’ve felt spirit around me for as long as I can remember.Sometimes it’s a subtle change in the air, other times it’s a full-bodied knowing—the temperature drops, the space thickens, even the feeling of presence right beside or behind me, and I can feel the room listening.

The Light Beside You — Recognizing the Presence of Your Spirit Guides

One of the most memorable moments where spirit was so close and whole happened when I was pregnant with my son, Merlin. I hadn’t yet felt connected to the life forming inside me. Then, one day during meditation, a presence filled the corner of the room —a gentle giant, plump luminous and kind (I could not see him with my eyes, just the knowing feeling). It didn’t speak; it simply was. I called my cousin Sky right after, excitedly letting her know "I think one of my spirit guides is a giant!" Days later, when I felt the spark of connection to the baby, I knew: it was the same being, the same frequency. That giant was Merlin before he arrived.

Another memory lives from more than ten years ago, when I was doing angelic work with the being we call Raphael. His arrival was unmistakable: the air grew dense and electric, the light turned emerald, and my whole body buzzed with the work Raph was doing on me. Since then, I can recognize Raphael instantly. The moment that frequency brushes against mine, I know he’s near, I know what work he is performing. We became familiar, comrades, and companions.

These moments taught me that our guides, angels, and ancestors each carry their own energetic signature—a vibration, a tone, a colour, a temperature, a feeling. Once we learn those signatures, we move beyond belief into relationship.We can name who is present, understand what they bring, and call on them intentionally—just as we would reach for the right friend in the right moment.

Why Recognition of Spirit Guides Matters

Many of us sense energy but don’t yet have the vocabulary to interpret it. We feel warmth on the right side, a flutter near the heart, a sudden peace—but we dismiss it, unsure of what it means. Recognition turns those subtle sensations into conversation. It transforms spirituality from “something happening to me” into “someone I know.”

That’s the heart of this work: familiarity. Becoming fluent in the language of your council of light.

The Meditation

To help you begin, I created The Light Beside You: A Meditation for Spirit-Guide Recognition—a gentle, heart-opening session available now on Insight Timer, Youtube and on this website.

In this meditation, you’ll:

Ground in safety and love.
Invite familiar presences to step forward.
Learn to feel the difference between one guide’s frequency and another.
Begin building your own “library of light”—a living memory of the energies that walk with you.

It’s not about imagination or forcing visions; it’s about allowing the body and heart to remember what they already know.

The Deeper Journey

This practice is the opening doorway to my upcoming 21-day program, The Council of Light, an in-depth journey into spirit-guide recognition and relationship. Over three phases you’ll learn to:

Discern energetic signatures.
Identify your guardian, healer, and ancestral allies.
Call specific guides for specific purposes.
Integrate their guidance into daily life with clarity and gratitude.

It’s the program I always wished existed—the one that teaches us not just that we’re guided, but how to know who is guiding us. The program will arrive in November.