As we land in the seated position in our royal seat,
As though we are to meet a royal guest,
We sit in a regal posture,
The straight spine,
Slightly lifted chest,
Tucked chin,
Lifting the head up towards the heavens,
Natural flow of the breath,
First I would like you to geo-locate yourself on the earth,
As though you are just outside of the earth looking in,
Notice what continent you're in,
Notice what country,
What state,
What town,
What city,
See your home,
The room you're sitting in,
Geo-locate yourself in the universe,
Right now in this moment,
And as you land,
Notice the sounds that you hear,
Any sound,
All the sounds,
Bring hyper-focused awareness to the sounds,
Notice the sub-sounds,
Notice the energy in the room or space that you are in,
The density of the energy of the air,
See if you can feel into the space that you are in,
See if you can feel into the feeling of gravity,
The temperature of the air on your skin,
The energy of all the beings who have passed through that space,
Energy in the air,
As you feel into the energy of the space,
Scan your body from the top of your head to the tips of your toes,
Feel into the density of your body,
The temperature,
The tightness,
The openness,
Tension,
Relaxation,
Feel the warmth of your body,
Feel the pulsing of your body,
The physical sensations of every part of your body all at once,
And now feel into the emotional state that you are in,
What feeling tones,
Notice the subtlety of your emotional state and layers,
Focus first on the left nostril and then on the right nostril,
Notice the temperature of the air as it comes into both nostrils,
And the change of temperature as it exits the nostrils,
Notice the subtlety of which nostril is dominant,
Open,
Takes in more air,
The sensation of the air hitting the brain or caressing the tops of the lips as you exhale,
As you bring single pointed focus to all the sensations in the nose and the nostril,
Our journey begins,
And what I would like you to do is to imagine that you are walking down a street,
Not any street,
It is the street that you grew up on,
It is your childhood street,
And you're walking,
And as you're walking down this street,
I want you to call into your mind's eye a recent moment that you were triggered,
Challenged emotionally,
That you felt some degree of disharmony,
Conflict,
And name that feeling down the street,
Remember the recent conflict or challenge,
Name the feeling that you felt during the confrontation,
During the event,
And keep walking down the street,
Eventually you arrive to your home,
Your childhood home,
The birthplace of your life,
Your emotional life,
And as you walk to the front door of that home,
You take a deep breath in,
You grab the handle of your childhood home,
The door of your childhood home,
And you walk into the house,
You walk into the main room,
And you see yourself there,
Sitting on the floor,
Or the couch,
As a child,
And this child is carrying the exact same feeling as you were carrying just the other day in your confrontation,
This child is carrying the exact same feeling tone and emotional state as you felt during the conflict,
During the event,
Look at yourself,
Notice the details of how you looked,
Notice what age you are,
Notice the facial expressions,
The body language,
Eyes move,
How the emotional state affects the physiology of this young child,
I want you to approach this child and say hello,
Engage with this child and ask him what's going on,
Ask her how are you doing,
Ask the child to tell you how they feel,
See if you can commune with this child,
See if you can listen and see the truth of why they feel this way,
Now ask the child what happened,
Tell me,
I want to hear from you,
I'm here now,
I want to hear from you,
I see you,
Please tell me what happened,
Please tell me why you feel this way,
It's okay,
I'm sorry I have ignored you for so long,
I'm sorry I haven't paid attention to you,
You mean so much to me and I made a mistake,
I was scared but I'm here now,
Why do you feel this way,
What happened,
What's going on with you and listen,
Listen to the child speak,
Listen to the words in between the lines,
To the subtleties and as the child speaks,
You can ask another question,
It might sound like is there anything else you'd like to share,
Is there anything more you'd like to show I am here to listen,
I am here to hear you,
To see you,
To sit with you through these emotions,
Is there anything more you want me to see or feel or hear and take that in,
Now ask the child,
What do you need from me,
What do you need from me now that I'm here,
Tell me child,
How can I be there for you,
How can I love you,
What do you need to hear from me,
What are the words that you need me to say,
What are the words that you need to hear,
Take in those words and tell the child what he or she needs to hear,
Tell them what they need to hear,
Give them the love that they need and deserve in this moment through your words and your tone and your presence of being and as you fill them with love,
As you fill them with kindness,
As you fill them with joy,
As you fill them with your presence,
Your adult loving parent presence of unconditional love and acceptance,
Sit the child on your lap and ask them permission to tell them a new story,
Can I tell you a new story about what happened,
Can I share with you a different perspective,
Something that may be more fun,
More true and more supportive for you and with their permission,
I want you to put the memory of what happened to that child on a television screen in front of the child,
A small TV screen and that scene,
That event,
The image of what happened to put the child in that feeling tone is now playing on that screen but this time you can edit the movie,
You can make it more colorful or more gray,
Black and white,
You can change the outfits of the characters,
You can throw funny hats or costumes on each one,
Make them really big or really small,
You have the power to reinterpret the memory so that the child is now looking at it with wonder,
Curiosity,
Confusion maybe,
More interest,
Maybe even some humor and as the child watches the screen of what happened,
This memory readapted,
Reenacted on the TV screen,
Tell the child the truth,
Whisper in their ear about why this happened,
What this really means,
How this was actually beneficial to their life,
How this was not their fault,
Educate the child and tell the child a new interpretation,
A purposeful interpretation,
A true interpretation that removes all responsibility from their shoulders,
That allows them to see clearly what happened,
That it's not their fault,
Tell the child what the child needs to know,
To thrive,
To learn from this lesson,
To use this memory as a resource and now look at the TV screen and see that everything's changed,
This is just another scene in a movie,
You get to watch it,
Appreciate it and let it go and so as you turn off the TV and look your child in their eyes,
Before leaving tell them,
I am here now,
It's okay to feel however you feel,
I will not leave you,
I will not abandon you,
With you,
Forever proud of you,
I am going to come back and visit you and play with you and be with you and teach you everything that I know and as much as I can,
I love you I love you so much,
Hug your child,
This being,
This is just the beginning of a lifelong beautiful relationship and friendship,
A stewardship,
A parenting,
Parenting of yourself,
As you squeeze them tight,
Say goodbye,
Walk out of the door of your parent's home and walk down the street,
One foot in front of the other,
One foot in front of the other,
One foot in front of the other and as you walk back here,
You feel lighter,
More clear,
More aware,
More connected to a lightness in the air,
All these parts are with you,
They co-exist as many trees and animals exist in the forest,
As many stars that exist in the sky,
All of our parts are to exist,
To be seen,
Exhale fully,
Inhale,
Exhale fully and exhale,
Welcome back.
