Quality Time With Your Inner Child

In this 20-minute guided meditation/visualization, I will be walking you through an exercise to spend some quality time with a younger version of yourself. We have this myth that older people hold all the wisdom. But, children often have access to great wisdom as well -- especially, when they are you.

Let's find out together if there's anything your younger self would like to share with you today.

Transcript

Good morning and welcome to the artist morning.

My name is Darius and I am so grateful you and I get this time together.

Our practice today will be an inner child guided meditation and guided visualization.

We will be traveling through time and space and connecting with a version of yourself from the past with the intentions of deepening our relationship,

Our support systems,

Our love with ourselves.

Let's begin our meditation.

If your eyes are open,

I'd like to invite you to close them now as we begin to go inwards together.

Let's go nice and slow,

Giving ourselves a chance to land in our seats,

Land in this moment.

Wherever you're coming from,

Whatever energy,

Whatever's happening in your life,

We've got a few minutes together.

Sacred time for just you.

Taking a moment to connect with your breath.

Follow it from the tips of your tongue,

From your nostrils down your throat,

Into your lungs,

Into your heart,

Down into your belly.

Allowing a gentle calm to work its way into your system,

Into your body,

Into your breath.

Melting away any tension,

Allowing your shoulders to gently drop towards the floor.

And maybe if you're open to it,

Trying on a little baby smile on your face to see how that feels.

Now I'd like to take us on a little journey together.

I want you to imagine there are a hundred versions of yourself in front of you.

On the far,

Far left is you at age zero in your mother's belly.

In the far,

Far right is you at age 99.

Don't overthink it,

You're obviously older.

And in the middle,

A spectrum of you.

Age one,

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five,

So on and so on.

This is your cosmic family of selves.

This is your cosmic family of selves.

And let's not forget you now,

Observing all of these beautiful humans.

Now I'd like us to zoom in to the portion on the left from age zero to ten.

And there is one version of yourself that chooses to step forward towards you.

Again,

Don't overthink this,

You can come back to this meditation at any time.

There's one version from zero to ten that steps forward.

How old are they?

Notice what their hair looks like.

Notice the texture of their skin,

The softness.

Notice what they're wearing.

And I'd like to ask you if you're open to step forward towards this version.

The two of you are now standing directly in front of each other.

And there are two seats across from each other and you both sit down.

And you take a moment to look into this version of yourself.

Look into their eyes.

What do you see?

This meditation is really simple,

We're just making some space for you and you to spend a little bit of quality time together.

There is a good chance that this version of you stepped forward because there is a little bit of care and attention that they are seeking from you.

Are you open to giving them your attention?

Are you open to giving this younger version of yourself your care?

If you are open,

I'd like to ask you to place both your hands,

Palms up in front of you and in front of them,

An invitation for them to place their hands on yours and for you to make contact.

And maybe they take you up on this invitation and maybe they don't,

Both options are okay.

If they do,

Can you feel their little hands in yours?

If they do,

Do you see their eyes change as you make physical contact?

Is there something you'd like to share with this younger version of yourself?

Energetically,

Just through the transmission of your energy.

Is there a secret message you want to send to them through your eyes to theirs,

Through your heart to theirs?

If so,

I'd like to ask you to do so now.

Bravo,

Dear artist.

I'm proud of you,

Both of you.

Now the illusion is that older people hold all the wisdom,

But we're smarter than that.

We know that children often have access to tremendous wisdom as well.

Is there a message your younger self would like to share with you?

Is there some guidance,

Some support,

Some love your inner child would like to share with you now?

Just listen.

Maybe it's words,

Maybe it's just energy,

Maybe it's a dance move.

I'm going to stay quiet for the rest of the meditation and let the two of you explore together.

Well done,

You two.

Wherever you and this younger version of yourself went together,

Explored together,

Played together,

I'm so grateful that all of us got some time this morning.

Before we close our meditation,

Maybe share a little gratitude with this version of yourself.

Now the two of you don't need to part ways.

If you'd like,

You can continue connecting and continue the conversation in our journaling component of The Artist Morning today.

I'm going to put 20 minutes on the clock and allow you or you and your inner child to express,

Explore through private,

Personal journaling.

You're catching us on a replay,

Perhaps on insight timer.

Of course you can do the same.

Put some time on your clock and see what's here and ready to be expressed through you.

Thank you for meditating with me.

My name is Darius and I will see you next time.

Reviews

This was an incredible experience!! This was just what I needed this morning. I didn’t have the easiest of childhoods, being the older sibling to a brother with cerebral palsy forced me to grow up much differently than my peers. But, connecting with my younger self really put things in perspective and I really needed this. After my brother passed away last year, I lost my way a bit. Thank you so much for giving me this opportunity. Blessings to you!

Dear Darius you have jest a bautivoul voice danke you what your are and what you give to the world! ❤️ big hug Michael

Love love love! 😄🥹 this what such a healing experience. Thank you so much for sharing your magic with the world 🫶🏽

That was lovely 🥰
It made me smile, shed tears and laugh, all at the same time!
Thanks for sharing your beautiful voice & wisdom 🙏🏼

What a beautiful meditation Darius! Thank you 🙏🏻

Another beautiful guided exploration. Thank you, Darius. ♥️🙏🏽✨

I have done other meditations to connect with my inner child and have always been led to me at age 8. Today I was able to visit with my 5 year old self and she had such different energy and wisdom to share with me. We had a powerful experience getting acquainted with each other and playing together and we are looking forward to spending more time together. Thank you, once again, for a magical meditation experience Darius.

I am so thankful 🙏
This was a pshypotherapy I needed 😅🤗❤
Phenomenal 🤍

I saw my 8 year old self. She is in braids Mami made the day before, she is wearing a t shirt and hot pink capris and no shoes. There is a light graze on her arm from when she fell off the bike. She told me she liked exploring, and creating stories in her mind. Keep creating💛

So beautiful. I have never connected with my inner child so powerfully. Thank you for bringing us together.

One of the most powerful meditations I've ever listened to. Thank you!❤️🙏

What a wonderful journey Of joy and self-discovery and affirmation of my true me. What peace and joy.

Thank you.

We are both grateful to you and this beautiful meditation. Blessings x

Exactly what I needed this morning. Thanks you, Darius! 🙏🏼

I cried the moment you spoke Darius 😅. Your meditations and guidance always crack me wide open ♥️.
My little self that came forward was 5. And she is super adorable, spunky, curious and has such strength for being so tiny.
Her message to me was to be happy, find joy in play and laughter. The energetic message for us both is to remember we are loved 🥰, to love ourselves and believe deeply in ourselves.

Thank you 😊, as always I loved this journey this morning ✨💫✨🌈🌸

I had to cry so much throughout this meditation. Thank you 🧘‍♀️

Amazing! I felt so much love during. I hugged myself😃🧡🧡🧡🙏🏽

What an incredible meditation! I instantly met the version of me I’ve been doing so much work to connect with, it was beautiful and peaceful although I couldn’t stop crying, I could feel myself right at my inner core and the pain that came with me, such an amazing release and reconnection. Thank you, so much for making that a possibility. From me now and 6 year old me 🌟 I feel home, a little more together 🙏🏼🤍

Darius has an intoxicating voice and energy. And I can feel Darius actively holding space for us. I love meditation with Darius.

A visit with a younger me at a challenging time of life. Everything is OK. 🙏