Experiencing Your Inner Child's Needs

In this meditation we will reflect on the children we were with an emphasis on the needs we had in our early years. We will reconnect with what life was like for us back then, and then be invited to meet our inner child and respond to them with the care they need.

Transcript

Okay, So sitting up straight, Pushing the crown of the head up towards the ceiling, Starting to settle in. Let's just take one really, Really deep breath and retain the breath. Lengthen the breath below the navel, And exhale, And extend the length of the exhale. Here we're going to investigate the vulnerable child mode or the needs of the inner child. Bring up an image, Either imaginal or real, Of yourself as a child. Then there's a series of inquiries we'll do. So first off, Check in with yourself. What feelings come up for you when you see this picture of yourself as a child? What thoughts come up for you as an adult when you see, As an adult now, When you look back at your vulnerable child self? What's this like in the body? What's this like in the mind? And now let's think about the vulnerable child. So what were their feelings at the time? How did your vulnerable child self view the world? What thoughts were present or that you would imagine that were present for you as a child? What do you imagine it would have been like as a child in terms of like just the body? Like what physical sensations would have come up in the body? What memories come up? What needs went unmet? Why don't you now, As your good parent self, Enter those scenes of unmet needs and go ahead and meet those needs now for your child self? Okay, I've been reshaped the scene. You keep meeting your child's needs. You tell them exactly what you need to tell them. You encourage them in just the right way, Physically comforting them, Attuning, Keeping them safe and protected. That's right. Keep going. Really see how these unmet needs really caused undue, Unnecessary suffering. How the suffering was real. And now we'll move on into our adult lives. So see how in a certain way you have similar needs now as an adult as you did as a child. You can see yourself moving through life, Getting those needs met. You can have the perfect nurturer supporting you. You can have other figures, Real life friends, Family supporting you. You can see all of your needs as valid and then as getting met in your life going forward. Okay, Good, Really making a deep impression of all of this. Okay, Good. Now 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. You can present in the room, Settled in the experience.

Reviews

Wow, that was very deep. Especially the part where you were like. Look at your adult needs and see what you’re not getting. I love that.

This meditation was deeply helpful with meeting needs both in the pressent and past to feel connected and loved as a young
Child. Thank you.

This really helped me connect and reparent. I’ll revisit.

Loved it. When you can really connect, this meditation does signicant healing work. Beautiful.