Being Delighted In

Expressed delight is a factor that contributes to Secure Attachment in children. To feel delighted in by attachment figures helps us to feel our inherent worth and experience closeness. This short meditation invites you to visualize being delighted in by imaginal Perfect Nurturers, repatterning Insecure Attachment traits.

Transcript

Push the crown of the head up towards the ceiling now start settling in now go ahead and take a super deep breath in and exhale once again super deep breath in and exhale then once again super deep breath in and exhale okay good now float back to childhood you find yourself in a totally safe place to grow up totally ideal in every way and now imagine perfect nurturers these are caregivers that are perfectly suited to you and your needs and do not base them on your actual parents and now you see them from a distance and even from a distance you can see their friendliness their goodness their trustworthiness now go ahead and get a sense for that also see how these perfect nurturers are totally safe good and now imagine that they come close and there is this quality of sweetness and friendliness that just fills the room at seeing you they just can't help but smile sweetly and of course you are their child these perfect nurturers love you and now really take that in you are a source of happiness good and now they come even closer to you and once again you see their happiness their ease and now specifically you can see that their happiness has to do with you they're so proud of you and they're so happy to be with you I really feel that in the very core of your being that's right really taking that in also there's this quality of levity ease lightness and even playfulness now the way that these perfect nurturers express this delight in you is not subtle it is completely obvious and now really take that in that's right keep going and now feel what it's like to be the source of happiness for these perfect nurturers and feel how that remaps your model of yourself I'm the kind of person that creates joy and happiness in others I am a delight good now make a deep impression on that really feel into that good good now I'll count from five to one when I get to one you'll be awake and present in the room settled in the experience five four three two one awake and present in the room settled in the experience

Reviews

I've never done a visualisation like that. It felt strange but lovely to be delighted in!