Welcome to your parent,
You who are shining your light into the next generations.
This meditation is for you to support you as you deepen your acceptance of your teen or young adult child.
Welcome.
Please settle yourself in.
Get into a comfortable position.
Adjust what needs to be adjusted.
Find a place of ease right now.
And let us begin with three gentle,
Slow breaths.
Allow your senses to draw inward now and allow your body to begin to surrender to gravity.
Any spots of tension sinking,
Eyelids falling,
Breath deepening.
As thoughts appear,
As they will,
There's no need to engage with them or to push them away.
Let them be there waiting for you when you finish your meditation.
And whatever emotions arise,
Allow them to float into a cloud of gentleness,
A place to rest for a little while.
So that you can be fully here,
Present right now,
In this moment,
In this time,
Here with yourself and your desire for more acceptance towards your teen,
Teenager or young adult child.
Breathe gently.
Sinking further inwards to your heart.
Taking a step towards spirit.
Welcoming the divine God,
Great spirit,
The source,
Whatever,
Whoever holds and guides you.
Welcome that presence and support as you enter further into meditation.
And now,
Imagine yourself in a place in nature that is gentle and beautiful.
Picture yourself safe and comfortable there and finding a place to sit down that feels just right.
And there,
In your comfortable spot,
Allow yourself to notice the sky and the light that comes from it.
Imagine a beam of light shining down on you from the sun or the stars.
It lights the area around you and shines on the top of your head.
The light washes down all for you.
Golden,
Smooth,
Beautiful.
It enters the top of your head and flows into you.
Gentle light sinking into your being,
Filling you,
Filling your skull and then down through your neck,
Throat,
Down into your collarbone,
Your spine,
Out into your shoulders.
Loving golden light filling you,
Surrounding you,
Merging with your body and your being.
The light fills your chest,
Swirling gently around your lungs and your heart.
The light drifts down through your vital organs and into your belly and your place of deep knowing.
The light shines throughout your body,
Expanding your cells,
Illuminating crevices and corners and loosening a few bits.
Notice what's being released now.
What is ready to be let go of,
Particularly with respect to your child.
Allow the light to clear these for you.
No need to analyze or regret.
Only breathe and welcome the cleansing that's taking place.
Trust this perfect timing.
Create space within you.
Allow more light to come in,
More acceptance of just what is in this moment.
Breathe gently.
And as those worries and objections evaporate into the air,
Sink into the earth.
Notice the new space that is opening up within you.
And breathe fresh oxygen into those spaces.
Fresh pure molecules of air.
Fresh love settling in you.
Sense how the oxygenated light grows and flows.
Sense how it expands with each breath throughout your body.
Sense it expanding bit by bit out and out around you into a golden sphere of light.
The light that you are.
The love that you are.
And dear one,
Now bring your child into your awareness.
And allow them to sit across from you in this safe,
Comfortable place.
And let yourself see another beam of light shining down on them.
Golden radiant light.
Pure love.
Pure life shining down on them,
Surrounding them,
Supporting them.
And now you say,
I love you.
I see your light.
I love your light.
I see the light that you are.
And I accept the life that you are.
I embrace the light that you are.
I love you.
I have faith in what life is offering you and in what life is offering me.
I am walking beside you on my own path as you are walking on yours,
Wherever it leads you.
I love you.
I don't know what spirit intends for you.
And sometimes I don't feel comfortable about the terrain you traverse.
But I trust that you are guided and held on your journey.
I am breathing more air into my body.
I am welcoming more light,
More support,
More trust,
And more love.
I am here.
This is how it is.
I accept that this is your life journey.
And now,
Dear one,
Allow yourself to sense how your spheres of light,
You and your child's,
Are merged and yet separate.
And bask here for a moment in the radiance of what you share right now in this moment.
Such light and beauty here.
Pure love between a parent and a child.
Golden.
And then,
When you're ready,
Give your child a big smile as they get up to leave.
For now,
Going off into what's next for them today.
Take a few more breaths of this delicious divine air and express any gratitude for this spot.
And this time before you leave.
Acknowledge the guides,
Angels,
Ancestors and energies that have supported you today,
Knowing that they are always available for you.
You are a parent.
You are made for this beautiful,
Messy,
Most sacred work.
You are light and love.
Gradually,
There's still time.
Gradually,
Bring yourself back down the trail to here and now,
Slowly,
Slowly and gently let your senses begin to turn outward again.
Begin by sensing your physical body,
Perhaps the soles of your feet or the ridges of your fingertips.
The rise and fall of your chest,
Your organs and bones.
Take your time here.
And when you are ready,
Begin to open your eyes a bit and take in your immediate surroundings.
The smoothness of a surface,
The color of your shirt.
Touch your arms or legs.
Feel your face.
Run your fingers through your hair.
You are here in this world as a parent to this child.
You are the one,
The light and love that nourishes them.
The arms that feel like home.
The smile that encourages you in this body,
In this house,
Here,
In this life.
Dear parent,
Go with peace into the rest of your day.
