Sit comfortably.
Adjust your body so that your back and head are supported.
Close your eyes and take a deep,
Clearing breath.
Breathe in relaxation with your in-breath and breathe out any discomfort,
Tiredness,
Or stress with your exhalation.
With each cycle of breathing,
Breathe in relaxation and breathe out the rest.
With each breath,
You become more and more relaxed.
Imagine that you are in a safe and beautiful place.
You are surrounded by beauty and positive energy.
You feel at home and protected.
Look around you and take in the surroundings.
Notice the colors and textures.
Breathe in the air as you notice the temperature and the fragrances.
Notice the time of day and the quality of lighting and shadow around you.
Listen to the sounds around you.
Take it all in.
You feel supported by this special place.
You are safe.
You find a place to sit a while.
As you relax,
You invite your inner child to join you.
Notice your inner child.
How old is your inner child?
What is he wearing?
What is the expression of your inner child's face?
What is his body posture?
What is it expressing?
What is your inner child's state of being?
As you observe your inner child,
What do you perceive that he needs?
Imagine your father standing in front of your inner child.
Notice how he is dressed,
His facial expression and his body posture.
What does your father's state of being communicate to the child?
How does your inner child feel standing with his father?
Where in the inner child's body or in your body do you feel the response to your father?
What do you feel?
What does the response communicate to you about the relationship you share?
Standing with your father is your father's inner child,
Who is about the same age as your inner child.
Notice your father's inner child's dress,
His facial expression and his body posture.
What does this child's state of being communicate?
What does he need?
Standing with your father's inner child is his father,
Who is your grandfather.
Imagine that your grandfather has all of the awareness,
Skills and resources to parent and lovingly support your father's inner child.
Imagine that your father's inner child has his needs met appropriately,
Lovingly and consistently.
Notice how your father's inner child responds.
Your father's inner child begins to grow up.
As he develops,
His needs are met appropriately,
Lovingly and consistently,
Day after day,
Week after week and month after month.
He grows into a man.
He is a man who experiences his wholeness and in his wholeness he has plenty of love and attention and wisdom to share.
And as an adult,
He is present,
Giving and engaged as a parent.
Your father's inner child has grown into a new,
Healthy,
Loving inner father for your inner child.
Your new inner father has the time,
Skills and resources to meet your inner child's needs.
Notice your inner child standing with his new inner father.
Notice your inner child's facial expression and body posture.
What is your inner child experiencing now?
From this moment on,
Whenever your inner child needs attention,
Protection,
Holding,
Appropriate boundaries and love,
Your inner father is present and engaged in parenting.
And as you think back to your father's inner child and any past,
Unmet needs,
You can hold a new level of perception.
How do you feel towards your father now?
You understand more about how he grew into the father he became.
You make a place in your heart where your inner child and your newly healed,
Whole and self-actualized inner father live.
This place is where they relate and respond to each other from an experience of wholeness and healing for your inner child.
Your inner child's needs can now be supported and met in loving,
Appropriate and consistent ways.
