My friend,
You actually do have a loving inner voice.
It's the one you give outwards when you speak words of love and care and kindness to those around you.
It's the one that when given in words helps you lift you up.
Says you have done enough.
Rest now.
Even when a thousand other voices are telling you not to.
It's the loving voice that gives you courage and support in doing hard things or getting through hard times.
The one that encourages you and softens the blows.
It's the loving voice that gives you strength and confidence to move forward or permission to pause and let yourself be.
It's the one that soothes you.
And the one that chooses you and your happiness,
Your truth,
Your freedom from pain.
And it wants the things for you that you dearly want for yourself.
And it loves every part of you even the parts that sometimes you find hard to think about or feel It is a boundless love and it has a voice.
It's always with you even when you don't hear it or don't believe it or don't trust it.
It loves you even so.
Because it sees you.
And it knows you.
It sees your hurting places and your healing places with equal love.
Unconditionally.
Your inner love has a voice that cannot be anything but love.
And it flows with the energy of love which is a very special heartwarming,
Healing and transforming energy.
So we're going to turn towards it now.
My friend let yourself listen to this loving voice and receive its energy so you can absorb all the love that it's sending you in this very moment.
You never know what might happen when you do.
So here's a practice.
Which you can do anytime.
By creating a quiet space for yourself and taking slow,
Soft breaths into your belly and your chest Let's begin gently.
Feel yourself settling and your body releasing to its support.
Feel that you have space to be exactly as you are and to soften.
To relax a little.
And settle.
And you can close your eyes or by all means keep them open with a nice soft gaze.
Doing this together,
Let's take a deep breath in through our nose.
Allow your belly to expand.
And then exhale slowly through your mouth.
All the way out to the last drop.
When you breathe again in through your nose.
Belly expands.
And then the exhale comes slowly through your mouth in a sigh.
Know this breathing is calming your nervous system and signaling safety to your whole being.
It is safe for you to receive this love.
And now you can continue just to take natural,
Soft,
Loving belly breaths.
Let your breath find its own rhythm.
Softening your face.
And your shoulders.
Softening all of you.
And giving your body a chance to relax.
And then feel into your heart.
Right there in the centre of your chest how it is warmed by your breathing there.
The rise and fall of your breath in your heart space nourishing it.
Letting its love flow.
You might take your hand there to really feel and remember.
All that love.
Hearts are made of love.
And now let your heart speak into your whole being.
This is what it is saying.
With your inner loving voice.
I love you.
I believe in you.
I will take care of you.
Breathing in.
Breathing out replenishing from that love and that care and that wisdom.
Listening.
I will take care of you physically,
Emotionally and spiritually.
You are safe.
You have the resources and the capacity to live,
Love and be safe in the world.
Soften completely and relax into this love.
And keep returning your awareness to your heart and its energy.
And the sensations inside it in your chest.
And remember you can return here whenever you want to be in this field of inner love and security.
So when you're ready.
Beginning to answer the call to return.
Carried by this love,
Bringing it with you,
It's going nowhere.
Letting your body guide you back with stretching or wriggling.
Awakening your eyes again to the outside.
Turning your head slowly to look around and take in the shapes,
The colours.
Textures of life again.
And staying connected to that.
That alertness as you return.
Feel how your body is now.
How your feelings are now,
Just for a moment,
Check in.
Take delight in anything new that feels good or interesting.
And take that forward with you.
You're taking forward by remembering that inside you is a loving presence and it has a voice.
Use it.
