Welcome to this guided meditation.
My name is Angela and I will be taking you on a journey of connecting with your inner child.
Let's start by slowing down and getting into the present moment.
Take a breath.
Slowly breathing in,
Relaxation,
Holding for three,
One,
Two,
Three,
And exhaling tension.
Letting yourself get into the room,
Feeling your feet on the ground,
Feeling the air against your face,
Noticing what your body's doing,
Movement,
Sensations,
Tension,
Tightness.
And just let yourself reconnect to your breath you're having right now.
If it's anger,
Pain,
Fear,
Shame,
Guilt,
Joy,
Passion,
Love,
Just noticing what you're experiencing right now emotionally and connecting it to that part of your body.
Notice the sensation of guilt in your stomach.
Maybe you're holding onto anger in your shoulders.
Just notice where you're at,
Really connect with that part of your body.
And letting yourself drift into a place of identifying how old you feel right now.
Try to stay away from identifying your chronological age,
Which is your current age,
And just get connected with that feeling in your body and your emotion.
And drifting back into a time when you were a little one,
Your inner child,
And when you first remember feeling that emotion or that sensation in your body.
Maybe when you were younger,
You had headaches or stomach aches or a sense of lightness in your body.
Whatever it is,
How old do I feel in this moment?
Is it age three?
Is it six?
Is it 14?
Identify that number.
Let yourself just go back and float back into that time when you were that age.
We're just gonna reconnect with that inner child.
Try to get a good look at that little one's face,
At their expression.
Is there sadness?
Is there joy?
Is there flat affect,
No expression?
Is there fear in that little one's eyes?
Is there shame?
Really connect with that feeling you're having in your body,
In your emotions today,
And what you see on the face of your inner child in your mind's eye.
Notice how that inner child is sitting or standing.
Notice their posture.
Notice movement,
If there's anxiety,
If there's stress and tension,
Tightness.
If there's a sense of spontaneity and freedom.
Just pay attention and just let yourself see that inner child in your mind's eye as clearly as possible.
Pay attention to where that little one is.
If that little one is in the bedroom,
In a safe space,
In a space that felt insecure,
Outside and open,
Let yourself get familiar with where that little one is.
Maybe remember a photo that was taken and letting that allow you to connect with that inner child if the memory is a challenge.
And redirecting your attention to your body in this moment and what your feeling is right now.
If it's the same,
If it's shifted,
Maybe you notice a difference in your mood as you reconnect with that part of yourself.
Letting yourself just notice and identify that feeling you're having right now physically in your body and emotionally as you hold that inner child in your mind's eye.
Looking yourself,
What did I need at that age?
What did I need at that age?
And just breathing for a moment,
Letting yourself really connect with what you needed to hear or maybe what you needed to have done differently.
Maybe you needed something from those around you or maybe you needed safety,
Nurturance,
And allowing yourself to notice what am I needing today that I also needed as that inner child.
Really connecting with that space of nurturance and knowing that it is today my job to take care of that inner child.
That the job of a parent is to nurture,
Is to affirm,
And to set limits.
So breathing through that as you picture that inner child and what it would be like to nurture,
To take care of,
To help feel safe.
And are you doing that?
How do you take care of or neglect that part of yourself today?
Do you engage in trauma repetition where you automatically parent yourself the same way that you were parented in the past that was unhealthy or unsafe or destructive?
Do you have a chance for emotionally corrective experiences where you can really slow down and break those automatic patterns?
Where you can let yourself not self-sabotage?
Where you can heal,
Where you can validate yourself and really paying attention to how you take care of yourself?
And recognizing affirmations that they're part of the way that you take care of your internal self-talk,
That you allow yourself to recognize your strengths and to normalize and validate your own feelings without depending on anyone outside of you to validate them for you.
That you can allow yourself to set limits when necessary.
That when you're engaging in behaviors that are not conducive for your life balance and health,
That you kindly and lovingly set boundaries and limits,
That unconditional love is always there for that little one.
Now holding that image of your inner child in your mind's eye,
Taking a deep breath in,
Holding for three,
One,
Two,
Three,
And exhaling out.
Allowing yourself to stay connected with this little one as you go through your day and placing that child in your heart,
That it's your job to take care of that little one in the most nurturing,
Loving way.
Thank you for listening.
