Hello and welcome to this Inner Child Meditation.
This meditation is designed for you to visit your younger self and show him or her some love,
Affection and compassion.
It is recommended that you allow 15 to 20 minutes for this meditation.
It's 10 to 15 minutes for the meditation itself and then maybe 5 to 10 minutes to reflect and journal on the journey.
Let us begin.
I'd like you to get yourself into a comfortable position and just slowly and gently begin to close your eyes and allow yourself to become comfortable and relaxed.
When you're ready,
I'd like you to take a deep breath in through your nose and out through your mouth.
Breathe in through your nose and release through your mouth.
Breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth.
Just allow any thoughts that come to your mind,
Just allow them to come,
Allow them to go.
Just stay focused on breathing in through your nose and out through your mouth.
Now what I'd like you to do is take a deep breath in through your nose for 4 seconds,
Hold for a further 4 seconds and release for a count of 5 seconds.
Do that again,
So in for a count of 4,
Hold for a count of 4 and release for a count of 5.
One last time,
Breathing in for a count of 4,
Hold for a count of 4 and releasing for a count of 5.
Just allow yourself to relax for a moment,
Allow your breath to naturally come back to its natural flow.
What I'd like you to do is I'd like you to visualise yourself at the age of between 8 and 10 years old.
Actually try and visualise yourself back at that age.
I'd like you to visualise yourself either at school,
In the playground,
At your grandparents house or your family house.
I just want you to visualise yourself in your natural element,
Whatever you may have been doing at that age,
Whether you were playing,
Playing with your toys,
Painting,
Playing up an instrument,
Playing sports,
Whatever you would have been doing at between 8 and 10 years old and just watch yourself in that element,
In that moment.
Your younger self hasn't noticed you yet,
You're just watching your younger self in his or her moment.
Now what I'd like you to do is I would like you to slowly start walking towards your younger self.
Your younger self hasn't noticed you yet,
But you're just slowly walking towards them.
And as you're walking towards your younger self,
You notice that he or she looks up and finally notices you.
And you notice your younger self has a big smile on his or her face as he or she sees you.
And then you notice your younger self starts running towards you.
And as you get closer to your younger self,
I would like you to open your arms and embrace your younger self and give him or her a very big hug.
I'd like you to ask your younger self how he or she is.
Tell your younger self that you've missed them.
Tell your younger self that you love them.
What I'd like you to do is for the next few moments,
Just spend some time with your younger self.
Hold your younger self's hand.
Just spend some time with your younger self.
Now what I'd like you to do is I'd like you to ask your younger self for some advice.
I'd like you to ask your younger self what he or she would love you to start doing that you stopped doing as you got older.
Maybe there was a fear of judgement as you grew older,
Lack of self-belief,
Lack of self-worth.
Whatever it may be,
I would like you to ask your younger self what he or she would love for you to start doing again.
I'd like you to thank your younger self for sharing that information with you.
Now I'd like you to tell your younger self something that he or she needs to hear.
It could be that you love her.
It could be that everything will be okay.
It could be that whatever your current situation is now in the younger self won't be that situation forever.
It could be things get better.
Just show your younger self some love,
Encouragement and compassion.
And now as it's time to leave your younger self,
I'd like you to give your younger self another big hug.
I'd like you to tell your younger self that you love him or her,
That you've missed him or her very much.
I want you to make a promise to your younger self if you can.
I'd like you to,
If possible,
Promise your younger self that you'll come back and visit him or her again soon.
And if possible,
I would also like you to promise your younger self that whatever he or she asked you to start doing again that you had stopped,
That you will try your hardest to do that thing again.
Tell your younger self that you love him or her,
You miss them,
You're proud of them and that you'll see them soon.
Now what I'd like you to do is bring your attention back to your breath.
I'd like you to breathe in positivity and release negativity.
Breathe in self-love and breathe out self-hate.
I'd like you to breathe in courage and breathe out any fear.
Just allow yourself to breathe in your natural state,
Just slowly coming back to the present moment.
And when you're ready,
In your own time,
Just start slowly coming back to the present moment.
Just bringing your attention back to the present,
Bringing your mind back to the present moment.
Just focusing on the breath.
And when you're ready,
In your own time,
You may open your eyes.
Thank you for joining me on this meditation and visiting your younger self.
Thank you for allowing me on this journey with you.
Feel free to visit your younger self as often as you need to.
Thank you.
Have a beautiful day.
Bye.
