Welcome to your Mother Wounds meditation.
I invite you to get in a comfortable position and take some deep belly breaths.
This guided meditation will be a little different than the rest.
Normally music hugs my words to provide some added peace for you.
But for this one,
I've chosen silence,
Just my voice.
And even my voice will be far and few in between.
Because as many of us unfortunately know,
Mother Wounds can form from neglect,
Being unheard and unseen.
And so for this meditation,
I invite stillness,
Silence,
And offer this space to hear your inner voice without any distraction.
Some of us had mothers who were physically present but emotionally absent.
Mothers who never gave us the approval,
Acceptance,
And love that we so deeply desired.
Mothers who couldn't nourish us or nurture us the way that we needed because they were barely able to nurture themselves.
The sad truth is that there are numerous wounds that can arise related to the mother.
And they can continue to play out long after we've moved from under her roof.
After all,
She was our first home.
She showed us what home means,
What it looks like,
And how it feels.
For some of us,
Home wasn't safe.
And so we're left trying to build new homes on broken foundation.
Some of us yearned to find home in other people.
We grew up to mother everyone around us.
We became mothers to our friends,
Our lovers,
Our pets and children,
And sometimes even our mothers.
We mothered hoping to get mothered in return.
And so sometimes we also seek mothers in our friends,
Our lovers,
And even our children,
And are left with nothing in return.
Sometimes we need to mourn the mother we deserved but never received and answer the call to be the mother to ourselves.
We can hold deep love and reverence for the sacred feminine who sacrificed her body for our survival.
The woman who ushered us into this world from the spiritual planes.
The woman who did her best to keep us alive even if she was drowning.
And still we can also hold the truth that sometimes this same woman caused us pain.
Perhaps she did the best she could and still fell short in some ways.
Your compassion for your mother is admirable but notice how it may still neglect the child within you.
Sometimes we are quick to fill the gaps and blanks with excuses to help bridge two seemingly contradicting truths.
I invite you to leave these gaps open and instead of running to your mother's aid,
Change course and run to the child within you.
That's who needs your protection now.
That's who craves your attention.
They've been waiting for you.
Ask them how they're feeling,
What they need,
And how you can support them.
Take a moment to reconnect with that version of yourself and finally hear what is begging to be heard.
When you're ready,
Affirm to your inner child that you will always keep a line of communication open.
That you will check in daily and prioritize their needs.
Gently hug yourself.
Forgive yourself for what you didn't know.
And if you feel inclined,
Forgive your mother and let go of all of the resentment,
Bitterness,
And anger.
If you're not ready to forgive her yet,
That's okay too.
Because honoring your needs is part of mothering yourself.
And now is the time to honor yourself and mother yourself the way you always deserved.
