Get comfortable sitting down with your feet planted on the ground and your back supported.
Close your eyes.
Take a deep breath and as you exhale relax your body.
Take another deep breath in and as you exhale relax your body deeper and deeper.
Take another deep breath and as you exhale imagine relaxing your body as completely as you can.
Your whole body is now completely relaxed.
Take another deep breath and as you exhale relax your mind.
Let your thoughts float away.
Let your mind come into stillness and quiet.
Take another deep breath and as you exhale imagine moving your awareness into a deep quiet place inside of you.
Imagine now that you are walking down a beautiful path to your inner sanctuary.
And as you walk down the path you feel more and more relaxed,
Centered and comfortable.
You enter your sanctuary and sense and feel the beauty and comfort of the nature all around you.
Take a few moments to get in touch with the sanctuary to remember some of the details about this place.
Imagine you are walking around the sanctuary noticing various plants and animals,
Feeling the sun and the breeze and a little way off in the distance you become aware of a small child walking towards you.
As you get closer you notice that this child is you when you were young.
A beautiful little girl.
Slowly move towards this girl and as you get closer notice how she is dressed,
What she looks like,
The expressions on her face.
Allow yourself to sense how she is feeling emotionally.
Approach the little girl and make contact in whatever way you sense would be appropriate right now.
Ask the child if there is anything she wants to tell you or wants to communicate to you.
Allow yourself to receive whatever she wants to communicate.
Now ask the girl what she needs most from you,
Right now or in your life in general.
Listen to what she has to tell you,
Whether it's in words or in any other ways.
Allow your inner child to guide you in the appropriate way to be with her.
Whether playing together or simply sitting close and holding each other.
The child has a special gift to give you.
Allow yourself now to receive the gift that she has for you.
Let your inner child know that you want to be in contact and that you will be there for her as much as you can from now on.
Complete your time together for right now in whatever way feels good to both of you.
Assure the girl that you are always available to her and always be there to protect and to love her.
After you said goodbye,
Walk up the path out of the sanctuary and notice how you feel.
Feel yourself alive,
Filled with energy,
Balanced and centered.
Become aware of your body in the room now and when you feel ready,
Take a deep breath in and as you exhale,
Open your eyes gently and come back into the room.
Let yourself observe how you feel in this moment and thank yourself for doing this meditation to connect with your inner child.
