Welcome.
Thank you for joining me today as I guide you to meet your inner child for the first time.
Please get comfortable and relax.
Take a few nice deep breaths in through your nose and exhale with a sigh through the mouth.
If it feels good to bring sound to your exhale,
Please do so.
Notice the breath going in and out of the body and on each exhale,
Release the past.
Anything before this moment,
Allow each in breath to bring you more fully anchored into this present moment and each out breath to release any moment before now.
Scan your body quickly now.
With your mind's eye,
Start at the top of your head and just do a mental scan of your physical body and if there's anywhere you're holding stress or tension,
Relax and release.
Surrendering more deeply into the space that you are sitting or laying in.
Allow your body to be held.
Check in with your shoulders,
Your elbows,
Wrists,
Lower back,
Hips,
Knees,
Ankles and feet and see if you can relax a little bit more in those areas of the body.
And now scan the energy in the body with your mind's eye just noticing how does the energy feel?
Are there any areas where you feel heaviness or tension in the energy?
Perhaps in the heart center,
The abdomen,
The lower belly,
In the throat or head,
Just wherever your attention is drawn.
And this is not an evaluation,
Just an observation.
So just observe and breathe into those spaces.
Notice your mind and your thoughts as if your thoughts are leaves floating on the top of a river.
The current of water carrying them downstream.
Let the thoughts pass in and out of your mind.
And anytime you notice that you follow your thought downstream,
When you notice,
Take a breath in and come back to center.
And do this without judgment.
And now I would like you to let your mind take you back to your childhood to the safest place from your childhood memories.
And whatever images come,
Whatever scenes come,
Just trust this is exactly what you need right now.
So bringing into your mind's eye a place,
A scene where you can see yourself as a child.
And you as you are here and now,
An adult.
Just imagine you're standing on the edge of the scene,
Taking in the surroundings,
Noticing what is this place?
It could be anything.
Maybe it's your room at home.
Maybe it's outside,
A playground in your backyard,
A friend's house.
Wherever your heart takes you,
Where you feel a sense of safety.
And if you don't have that experience that you can recall from childhood,
Just trust what you see here and now.
Take in the details of this environment.
And then notice yourself as a child there and what you are doing.
What are you wearing?
How old are you?
Are you alone?
Are there any childhood friends or siblings there?
Are you playing with a favorite toy?
Just notice.
Your inner child may or may not even notice that you're there yet.
And that's okay.
You may want to take a seat nearby and just watch yourself.
Notice if you have any feelings come up and allow those to be.
And it's important when we start interacting with our inner child that we always ask permission from the child to do so.
So if it feels good to you,
You can get your child's attention,
Saying hello or waving,
Whatever works for you.
And see how they respond.
Ask them how they're doing.
And if it feels right,
Ask if you can move a little bit closer.
Sometimes the child may not want to have anything to do with you.
And that's okay.
You can love them from afar at this time.
Or perhaps you can start a small dialogue.
Ask any questions that might come to mind about their day,
About school.
And if it feels right,
You can ask for a more closer interaction.
You can ask yourself as a child,
May I hold your hand?
May I pat your head?
If you would like to interact with your child in this way,
These are good places to start.
And if they say yes,
Then gently take the child's hand and just feel that precious hand in your own.
And look into the child's eyes with loving compassion,
Flowing love to yourself as a child.
If you can pat the head of the child,
Do so very gently stroking the hair.
The child may want to talk or there may be no words.
There's no right or wrong here.
If at any point the child does not want to interact,
Then that's okay.
You can spend this time just observing in whatever way the child feels comfortable interacting or you just witnessing what they're doing.
But you might want to ask if the child wants a hug or wants to sit on your lap.
Or maybe even if you're on a bench sitting next to you,
Trust whatever comes as part of this process for you.
And just be love.
Be like the sun that just shines love,
That is love.
Regardless of what the child is doing,
Just be that loving energy,
Loving unconditionally this beautiful child.
Ask the child if they want to tell you anything,
If they have a message.
Just receive whatever that may be.
And likewise,
If you have a message you would like to tell yourself as a child,
You can ask if they would like to hear that.
And now tell the child that it's time to go for now and that you will be back to visit again if they would like.
And you can say goodbye in whatever way is comfortable for your inner child.
Maybe it's just a wave or maybe even a hug.
And if you do hug your child,
Just do so very gently like they're a baby bird.
Don't smother them with too tight of a hug.
Just very gentle and loving.
And as you release the embrace or the handshake or the pat on the head,
Tell the child thank you.
Thank you for letting me come to visit today.
And if it feels right,
You can tell them that you love them.
And say goodbye for now.
So long.
See you later.
See you soon.
And now let your mind come back to this present moment,
The deep breath in through the nose.
Feeling grateful for this experience today.
Wiggle your fingers and toes.
Come back to your body in this moment.
And if it feels right,
You can give yourself a hug now by wrapping your arms around your own chest and body and just giving yourself an embrace.
Loving yourself for who you are in this moment now.
And knowing that the inner child is also receiving this hug.
And when you're ready,
You can gently allow your eyes to float open and just sit for a moment before going back into the rest of your day to integrate this process.
You may have a journal handy and want to write.
You may even want to try writing with your non dominant hand.
Thank you for joining in this meditation today.
Namaste.
