Thank you for showing up for yourself and for this practice.
Take a deep breath and allow yourself to arrive just as you are.
Let your shoulders soften.
Let the muscles around your eyes and jaw release.
This is your space,
Your sanctuary.
A quiet loving pause to meet the part of you that waits.
Breathe deeply.
Release completely.
There's nothing you need to figure out right now.
Nothing to fix.
Only a gentle remembering.
A reconnection to the child within you.
Your first truth.
Your first knowing.
Allow your breath to guide you as you inhale,
Expanding.
As you exhale,
Softening.
Allow each breath to be an invitation to come home to yourself.
Breathe deeply.
Release completely.
Now imagine yourself as a child.
Whatever age arises,
Trust it.
Maybe you see a young face.
Maybe it's just a sense or a feeling.
Maybe they're hiding.
Maybe they're unsure.
That's okay.
Let them be exactly as they are.
Take a moment to whisper to them softly.
I see you.
I hear you.
I am with you now.
Notice what shifts in you when you offer them that presence.
They don't need you to be perfect.
They just need to know you're not leaving.
Breathe deeply.
Release completely.
Let yourself feel into what this younger you needed.
And maybe they needed more tenderness,
More protection,
More play.
Maybe they needed someone to say,
You didn't deserve that.
That wasn't your fault.
Allow yourself to offer them that now.
With your breath.
With your presence.
You might feel emotion rise.
And that's okay.
Tears,
Tightness,
Warmth.
It's all welcome.
This is healing.
This is self-love in motion.
Breathe deeply.
Release completely.
Now,
Place a hand over your heart or wherever your body needs comfort.
Allow your hand to be an anchor.
Allow it to say,
I am here.
Feel your breath rise and fall beneath it.
You are holding the child you once were.
And still are.
Let yourself whisper.
You are good.
You are lovable.
You are safe with me now.
Breathe deeply.
Release completely.
If shame arises,
The old whispers of not enough.
Allow your wiser self to step in now.
Let them say with kindness,
You are always enough.
You still are.
No need to rush.
No pressure to fix.
Just presence.
Just love.
Breathe deeply.
Release completely.
Allow your body to soften into this connection.
Let the child within you know they no longer need to carry this alone.
You are here.
Feel the wisdom in your breath.
Feel the compassion in your hands.
Feel the sacredness of returning to yourself.
Breathe deeply.
Release completely.
Thank your inner child for trusting you.
You can return to them anytime.
They are never far.
You carry them in your breath,
Your tenderness,
Your truth.
And you,
Dear one,
You are whole.
Even with your ache,
Even with your story,
You are whole.
Allow this knowing to root deeply within you.
I am enough.
I am healing.
I am home.
When you are ready,
Gently open your eyes.
Allow this to be a new beginning,
Quiet,
Grounded,
And kind.
You are not alone.
We see you.
We are with you.
Breathe deeply.
Release completely.