Hello,
Jan Bond here from Body,
Mind,
Spirit Wellness.
Welcome now to our meditation today.
This meditation is to heal our inner child.
Today,
The journey we're going to take is to the winter festival,
Sugar Hollow.
And by doing this,
We take our inner child with us.
Go ahead now,
Make your body comfortable.
Make sure that your knees and your head have got support.
And do whatever it takes for you to completely release into your meditation.
Feel softness from whatever it is that supports you,
Especially around the neck and the back of your head.
Put your arms in a place where your shoulders can be released backwards and your arms and hands feel free.
Now,
Feel what your body is currently experiencing,
The whole body.
And that means your entire back and all the way down to the buttocks.
And then coming to the front body,
Into your chest perhaps.
Experience how your chest feels.
And then down to your stomach,
Hips.
Just how comfortable is your body feeling right now?
Deeply,
Let your body go.
Then check your face and your head.
How soft are the muscles from your face?
Starting with the neck and the jaw and moving into your mouth.
Just stick your tongue between your upper and lower teeth and that unlocks into the back of the jaw.
Then release your tongue and it will find its way into a relaxed state,
Into the back of your mouth.
Then just check your cheeks,
Eyes,
Forehead.
Freely allowing these muscles to completely soften,
To free up and it brings a real gentleness to your being.
This relaxation will encourage deep peacefulness.
Signal to your body with a nice deep breath now.
So in through the nose and then breathe out.
And it certainly is a time now for you to let go.
That might bring about a reaction to yawn and that's fine too.
And then allow your breath to soften.
Just allow your breath to flow all the way through you.
Softly deepening down.
Allow the legs,
Feet and toes to also feel the benefit of having allowed the release all the way through your body.
Softening and deepening.
Allowing.
Allow your mind now to journey,
A magical journey to a place that has the name of Sugar Hollow.
You now find yourself on a train.
The train is going.
There are sights and smells and anticipation inside the train.
This train has a certain magical peculiarity.
Its only journey is to Sugar Hollow.
It's an historic place,
A secret place where others have tried to find yet mysteriously,
It only appears in the middle of the year.
Sugar Hollow is a cozy village.
It's nestled in the Blue Mountains.
And it's said that once a year,
This mystical place holds what is called a winter festival.
Where those who visit find that anything can happen at this special winter place.
Just check your breath again,
Just for a moment.
And feel the breath has become slow and rhythmical.
Feel that your body too has allowed itself to shift down.
So journey with me now.
Through your healing imagination.
A fact not known by many,
Except those who venture into their imaginative healing powers.
And it's going to show us that we can bring about our own special powers,
Powers of healing.
There are many traveling on the train.
On this journey.
We know where they're going because the train only goes to Sugar Hollow.
There's an overriding sense of excitement in the carriages.
Excitement for what is to come when our train arrives.
You can feel the train weaving and swaying on its way to its destination.
When you look around,
You can see the excitement and happiness on others' faces.
You stay deeply relaxed,
Wonderfully calm.
However,
You still feel that peaceful excitement.
A small child is also on the train.
She's alone.
You notice that she's quietly finding her way alongside to you.
She too looks happy and excited.
Her eyes sparkle,
And she seems to know what is to come.
She finds her way to the seat right next to you as the carriages gently sway.
You may also be aware that your body relaxes more and more with the train's movements.
Does it feel now that the train's movements and sounds appear to be slowing down,
Getting slower and slower still?
Just as you become more and more relaxed,
People are preparing themselves and getting ready.
Then you look out the window,
And the train eventually stops.
It is actually dark outside,
Nighttime.
You've arrived at the magical sugar hollow.
Excitement erupts into chatter throughout the carriages.
There are bright orange and golden glows of light that light up the night sky from the village.
People move.
The small girl now stands by your side.
Then,
As you look down at yourself and the small girl,
You notice that you're both fully clothed in warm winter clothes.
The girl looks up at you before you leave the train.
She seems so familiar to you.
You really do feel that somehow you know this girl,
And she appears to want to be right there next to you.
And she reaches for your hand to hold.
This action seems natural.
It is natural.
Just feel that small,
Soft hand,
So real in yours.
As you both descend the steps from the train onto the platform,
It begins to dawn on you the energy from the girl,
That small child.
And you look at her and look at her clearly.
And that familiarity and that feeling of fondness,
Love,
If you will,
That you are actually holding the hand of the younger you as a small child.
And it does feel,
As you stand there on the platform,
That the girl's hand is holding you.
Her hand seems to melt into yours.
It feels completely comfortable to be with her,
Helping your small inner self,
The young girl within.
Look along the platform.
Everyone seems to know where they're going.
Look,
Everything is just magical in the orange and golden lit night.
A wonderful village,
Sugar Hollow.
A winter magical festival for all of us,
Including your child within,
Especially the child within.
For you,
Me,
And everyone.
Interestingly,
You just know where to go next.
Your feet take you.
Your mind also knows where to take you.
This quaint mountain village is alive.
There are smells,
There are lights,
There are sounds and there are sights.
Especially now,
As soft,
Pure white flakes have begun to flush through the air.
The trees are shuddered down from the night sky.
And as you move along,
Snow crunches under your feet.
And yet,
The marks are quickly covered in fresh falls of snow.
Your face feels the cold.
Yet you feel exhilarated and excited.
You'll soon be a part of this winter festival.
It is already busy with people,
Crowds around the stores.
All sorts of things are going on.
There's beautiful music.
It floats.
It's all around you.
Where is it coming from?
Is it coming from the air?
From the ground,
Perhaps.
It doesn't seem to be coming from any particular place.
It just floats all around you in the air.
Who knows where the music is coming from?
Every step,
Your inner child bubbles with happiness.
And well-being.
Everyone here at the festival is nurturing and honoring their inner child.
Enjoying and realizing that only magic rules here.
You and your inner child just soak it all in.
The delicious smells drifting along the air,
The spiced drinks,
All sorts of other wonderful sensations hits your senses.
And you are alive and you're happy.
And you feel every bit,
The small child wonderment of it all.
Little puffs of your breath rise into the crisp cold air as you discover the otherworldliness of this amazing space.
There's a cottage right ahead of you.
It is aglow with tiny little colored lights.
And when you get close to it,
It's amazing sight because there above the entrance,
Sitting on top of the roof is a large golden angel.
Wings,
Flowing robes.
And a resplendent smile on its face.
This is dusk and dawn.
Doesn't it all surprise you and your inner child because you're so happy and so excited by everything?
Why wouldn't there be an angel on top of the roof?
Anything can happen in this place.
Then feel yourself climb three steps to the front door.
You just know what to do.
And as you reach to turn the handle and push the door open,
You may now be aware that your inner child has melted right into your inner being.
And then and there as you step into the cottage,
A resolve is made by you.
To be far more sharing and loving and thoughtful to your younger you.
To continually care and be aware to completely nurture all of you.
Past,
Present and the future.
She is,
After all,
The most precious being that in fact has led you to this moment in your life.
So then,
As you enjoy the warmth,
The love,
The comfort and brightness of a lovely fire,
Just allow yourself to settle in and perhaps even to be a little bit more open and perhaps show some gratitude to the universe for the gift of life,
The gift of you.
And at this moment in this space,
There is only you and your inner child.
Nurture you always.
And that nurtures that inner child.
Somehow,
Once again,
You do know this place.
And whenever you feel that life is getting out of balance,
Then a trip to Sugar Hollow is required.
For your inner child,
Your inner you,
To once again find the magic,
To hear the heavenly music,
Which is always present here.
And to find once again that your spirit flows as you feel mesmerized and lulled into complete peacefulness.
You reassure yourself that that golden angel is still above you,
Caring and guarding you.
You stay at Sugar Hollow until it weaves its magic,
Until it shows you to believe in yourself,
To believe in love.
So snuggle in and allow the small child to relax and curl up,
Up into your chest for comfort and assurance.
Magic has worked.
And the very next thing that you're aware of is you're waking up.
And you're back on the train,
Gently swaying and rocking your way back to your current time and space.
You feel complete.
You feel assured.
You feel filled up with love.
So begin now to be aware of your body and your breath.
You are here right now.
And there's a wonderful feeling of having completed who you are right now for your journey into the future.
And you're here.
Stretching softly,
Making your breath slightly stronger.
And just begin by getting some movement into your legs and body.
Namaste,
Everyone.
Blessings to you and your inner self.
Have a wonderful day.
