Many of us carry childhood wounds which continue to impact our lives into adulthood.
Actively working to purge the pain we endured as children can be intense but enormously beneficial,
Helping us to experience true happiness and reach our full potential.
Meditation is a really wonderful way to work towards letting go of pain,
While inviting peace into your life in its place.
If you're completely new to meditation or inner child healing,
Please don't feel overwhelmed.
Anyone can follow this meditation and benefit from it.
You simply need to be open minded and ready to embrace the technique.
This meditation is designed specifically to facilitate the process of inner child connection,
And to offer a cathartic cleansing of historic trauma or pain.
You can use this meditation regularly or whenever you feel the need or desire to connect with your inner child,
To feel whole,
Complete and at peace.
Begin by finding a comfortable position.
Close your eyes and notice any areas of discomfort.
Take the time to make adjustments to your body so you can feel fully at ease.
Take a deep breath in.
Slowly exhale.
Repeat several times,
Emptying your mind with each exhalation as you return your breathing to its normal rhythm.
Let your eyes grow heavy.
Unclench your jaw.
Relax your tongue,
Your cheeks,
Even your forehead.
Lower your shoulders.
Relax your arms.
Unfurl your fists and soften your hands.
Open your pelvis and your legs and feel your feet grow heavier as they sink into the floor.
Pause here and enjoy the sensations as you feel your body continue to melt into deeper relaxation.
Now think of your childhood self.
Create a mental image in your mind's eye of that little girl or boy.
Be patient as you allow the vision to become more crisp.
Picture the face.
Focus on the eyes,
The mouth,
The posture.
Take some time to observe this child and their expressions.
Notice the child's demeanor.
What feelings might his or her body language be conveying?
What messages can you read in the eyes and the line of the mouth,
The set of the shoulders?
Now listen carefully.
What do you hear?
What do you smell?
What do you feel?
Pause while you take this all in.
Now imagine a bubble beside the child.
The bubble is dark and inside the bubbles are frames from the moments in your life which have caused pain.
You see them play one after the other.
The bubble is sinister.
It is threatening and hostile.
Like it has taken on a life of its own outside of the memories playing within.
Floating around the frames of memories are the dark feelings evoked by the painful moments they portray.
You see loneliness,
Fear,
Guilt,
Rejection,
Disappointment.
All of the bad feelings that have weighed heavy,
Crushing your inner peace for too long.
You see how the child is deeply affected by this dark bubble and how the bubble creates core beliefs that the child will carry into adulthood.
I am not good enough.
I am not important.
I am bad.
I am not worthy of love.
Allow yourself to accept that these beliefs are understandable but are just a reaction to those moments of pain.
They do not reflect reality.
Consider how you would respond to this child if they were not you.
But a living,
Breathing girl or boy of the same age experiencing those things leading to the same heartbreaking beliefs.
Allow yourself to feel the gentle kindness and affection you would naturally extend to a child experiencing these situations,
Feelings and beliefs.
Embrace the compassion ignited within you.
Breathe it in.
Reach for the child and enfold them in your arms.
Hold them without judgment.
Take a deep cleansing breath in,
Radiating your compassion towards this child.
Watch them as they see your love,
Protection,
Acceptance of them and their dark bubble.
Then,
As you exhale,
Blow the bubble away from the child.
Observe how the child changes.
Watch the difference in their posture as the weight of the bubble lifts and they begin to experience the positive feelings associated with feeling accepted and acceptable,
Loved and lovable.
Now imagine a new bubble forming beside the child.
It's your job to fill this bubble with new,
Happy memories and positive beliefs for them,
For you.
One by one,
Fill the new bubble with new frames of joyful moments from childhood,
Of feelings of pleasure and fun.
Watch the bubble grow and notice the beautiful colors portraying happiness,
Lightness,
Playfulness,
Creativity,
Imagination and love.
Add a few positive affirmations to the bubble for the child.
Core beliefs that will anchor them to you in the future.
Encourage the child to explore their playfulness,
To dance.
These are the things you once felt and were able to enjoy.
Remember it.
Breathe it in.
Pause and allow yourself to experience the feelings associated with childhood innocence.
Breathe deeply and hold out your arms to once more embrace this wonderful,
Precious child.
Feel their love suffuse and flood through you as you remember you are one and the same.
Feel yourself reconnect with your inner child as you reach a state of harmony that has evaded you for so long.
Pause and breathe.
As you experience profound inner peace and calm.
Stay here for as long as it feels good.
And when you are ready,
You can slowly return to the present moment.
Pause and breathe.
Pause and breathe.
