Listening for Guidance

One of my favorite teachers, Erich Schiffman, describes Yoga as being about listening for guidance from the universe, and daring to do what you are prompted to do. I agree completely with this, and it corresponds to the thread about "allowing." The difficulty I always have is with understanding what the guidance is and following it -- in as much as I am a body person, I am also very much a head person; that head will take over so quickly it will...well, make your head spin! The thing is, intuition is often subtle and I'll start to analyze it and doubt it and efectively kill it pretty quickly. However, I think the antidote to this is to simply stay clear -- i.e., keep practicing and keep asking and, as Erich says, really WANT to know -- and the guidance will keep coming. And then following becomes a matter of courage and faith. So, meditation -- getting still and quiet and going within -- is indispensable. I've got some big questions out there, and I'm trying to be patient as I wait for the response.