Intrapersonal intelligence is the ability to understand yourself, your strengths, weaknesses, moods, desires, and intentions. Sample skills are understanding how one is similar to or different from others, reminding oneself to do something, knowing about oneself as a language learner, and knowing how to handle one's feelings.

The form of learning activities is related to a personal feeling or inner experience. To be specific, it may involve: being alone; complex guided imagery; emotional processing; focusing/concentration skills; higher-order reasoning; 'find out about yourself practices; meta-cognitive practices; silent reflection methods; telling about feelings; telling about thinking; thinking strategies and discovering and uncovering.