Inner Child Meditation: A Journey Of Compassion And Truth

This track is a gentle journey inward, guiding you to meet yourself in this moment, with honesty and grace. It's an invitation to embrace the full presence of your adult self, connect with your past, and affirm the worthiness that has always been within you.

Transcript

My name is Caitlin Grant and I'm going to be guiding you through an inner child healing meditation. You're going to want to find a comfortable place that you can sit uninterrupted with some sense of quiet and safety around you. We're going to begin by finding a comfortable position. You may be seated or lying down for this meditation. Just find a posture that feels the most supportive and nourishing for your body. Maybe have a glass of water nearby, A journal, Anything that you need to feel more safe and comfortable. So finding your seat, Finding your spine, Allowing yourself to settle in, Making any adjustments so that your body feels fully at ease, Fully present. Take a deep breath in, Slowly let it out. Repeating this several times, Just allowing yourself to become present with the sound of your breath, With the sensation of your breath moving into your body and back out into the world, Allowing your eyes to blink closed or to come into a gentle gaze down the bridge of your nose. Breathing in, Letting it go. Unclench your jaw, Relax your tongue, Your cheeks, Your forehead. Lowering your shoulders down away from your ears, Relax your arms, Release the fists, Softening your hands, Opening the hips, Allowing the legs and the feet to grow heavy, Giving in to gravity, Just sinking into the floor. Noticing that as you put awareness on these different muscles and areas of the body, You can invite them to melt into deeper relaxation. Keeping the awareness on the body, Just noticing if there's any thoughts that are coming into the mind, Noticing the way the mind really wants to be a part of this process, And just pushing those thoughts over to the side. Say thank you, Not right now. Bring into view your childhood self. Create a mental image in the mind's eye of this little you. Doesn't matter what age, Just a younger self. Staying with the breath, Patiently allowing this vision of yourself to become clear and crisp. Picture your face, Notice your eyes, Your posture, Maybe even your outfit. Taking some time to really notice this version of you. Notice this child, Their expressions, Their personality, Their demeanor. This beautiful observation, Not from a place of judgment, Fully from a place of curiosity, Of intrigue. Gently breathing, Staying in your body. It's allowing any sensations to be present, Allowing any emotions to exist and arise within. Maybe even noticing what feelings the body language of this young child be communicating to you. What message can be read in their eyes, In the way that they're holding themselves, In their posture, In their positioning. Noticing with an open heart, Staying with your breath, Listening carefully. Can you hear something? What do you hear? What do you sense? What do you feel? Staying present with your breath as you take all of this in. Now I want you to imagine that there is a bubble on one side of her. This bubble is sort of ominous and dark, Translucent. As you look closer at it, You're able to recognize that it actually contains snapshots and videos and photographs of so much of the sadness and the pain and the fear from these younger years of your life. Many adverse experiences live inside of this bubble. Just noticing how this affects your body, Noticing any of the sensations that come up. Allowing a hand to come over your heart if there is any sense of overwhelm. Remembering that it's okay to feel emotions about what you may see and remember that this bubble is bringing up for you. Maybe you're simply just seeing the emotions floating in this bubble and feeling their heaviness, Feeling the disappointment, The rejection, The fear, The abandonment. This incredible little human has experienced so much and many of these experiences have created stories in their mind. Maybe they're believing that they're not good enough. Maybe the story is, I am unlovable. I don't matter. People are not trustworthy. I am not worthy. Whatever the story is, It's taking a moment to hear the words, To feel the emotions with it. Taking a deep cleansing breath in and as you exhale, Release the heaviness, Release the weight that these stories hold and reach out to this little version of you and embrace yourself. Embrace them in your arms, Holding them close with love and compassion. Telling them whatever it is that they need to hear. Giving them the words and the love and the affirmation and the connection that they didn't receive in these younger experiences and watch as this dark smoky bubble begins to disappear little by little as you love them, Hug them, Hold them tight, Believe the words coming out of their mouths, Accept them. Watching the stories evaporate, Coming back to your breath, Coming back to the awareness of your body in the present moment. Honoring and noticing how you feel in your present current adult body. Allowing any of the emotions to flow through and giving yourself that same sense of compassion that you are able to provide to this younger version of yourself. You are loved, You are seen, You are heard, You are amazing, You are worthy. Adding in any other words that you need to hear that your heart longs to feel. Breathing that in, Releasing any of the heaviness, Any of the pain. Now taking a step back, We're going to bring this younger version of you back into your mind's eye. Calling back this beautiful little human and now we're going to imagine a bubble on the opposite side of them. Big and bright, This creativity. Noticing already how different the sensations are in your body. Noticing this bubble versus the bubble that was dark. Seeing flashes of happy memories, Seeing photos and moments of this childlike joy from your childhood. Seeing and feeling the emotions that would be floating within it, The lightness, The imagination, The laughter, The joy and possibility. Taking a big breath in, Letting it go and just sitting back and drinking it all in. Visualizing yourself and this younger child version of you running around together. Maybe you're holding hands, You're running through the forest, You're laughing until your belly hurts. You are full of joy, Full of light and really bring your attention on to this younger self. Notice how they light up, Notice how the smile comes across their face, Notice how much they love to play and to be imaginative and to laugh and be silly. That younger self is here with you. That younger self is you. Noticing what sensations are present in your body bringing your attention, Your awareness to your breath. Allowing your inhale to be full, Opening the heart, Allowing your exhale to release any of the weight, Any of the heaviness that may still be lingering here. Inviting in the sense of love and calm throughout your entire body. Giving yourself a gentle squeeze, Repeating any of the words and affirmations that you heard and resonated with from earlier in this meditation. Maybe even taking a moment to journal some of the things that you noticed. How did it feel to envision this inner child? What did they look like? What were they feeling? What was their posture and their body language like? And how did some of that energy morph as you envisioned this connection with them, As you envisioned yourself telling them how loved they were and wrapping your arms around them and engaging in play and fun and joy. Remembering to be very gentle and compassionate with yourself as you journal and connect with this inner child, This younger part of yourself. Just honoring that there is a lot of tenderness, There could be a lot of emotions that came to the surface in this practice. Allow all of the emotions to be present. If you feel sadness, Let yourself cry. If you feel grief, Let yourself move through it. If you feel anger, Let those words come out of your mouth onto the pages or into a pillow. Knowing that anything that comes to the surface is here because it's ready to be seen and to be acknowledged and to be moved through. Most importantly, Stay with your breath and remember you are so amazing. You are so loved. You are so worthy. Thank you so much for engaging in this practice with me today.