Hello and welcome to this inner child healing meditation.
My name is Courtney Bergens and I am happy to be able to guide you to reconnecting to your inner child so that you can show up more fully as the adult human being that you are.
I want you to find a comfortable position perhaps sitting on the floor also lying in a bed will work wonderfully for this particular exercise.
And I want you to bring your body into a space of stillness.
As you sit there or lie there I want you to begin to take some deep breaths to create space for yourself and your inner child that we will be revisiting.
Inner child work is sometimes daunting to people because it brings up past memories,
Experiences and feelings that we have tried so readily to disconnect from.
But the truth is there is no way to disconnect from our feelings and our experiences of the past.
In fact our physical body holds the emotions and experiences of our past and stores them in our cells and in our tissues.
In order for us to truly be able to create healing for ourselves,
Our lineage and our legacy it is important for us to go back into these moments of time and to offer comfort and healing to our younger self based upon the information that we now have.
In this guided meditation we will do exactly that.
As you're continuing your deep breathing I want you to connect to the child that is inside of you.
Bring a face to that young boy or young girl.
If it is hard for you to imagine what you look like as a child bring forth the energy of that being.
As you either sit comforted in your space or lying there I want you to draw this child into you and just hold them.
If you need a more concrete or tangible way of connecting with them,
If you're laying down in a bed go ahead and draw your knees into your belly and wrap your arms around your legs and hold them there.
If you're sitting go ahead and wrap your arms around yourself as if you are holding someone in your lap.
Continue to breathe.
I want you to be mindful of the emotion that is showing up presently.
Is there anger?
Is there sadness?
Is there worry?
Is there grief?
Is there frustration?
Pay attention to the emotion that shows up.
Observe it.
Don't question it.
In this space we want to affirm that whatever you are feeling is valid.
As you sit with this child I ask you to begin to offer yourself some words of wisdom and words of comfort.
If you're feeling sadness,
Validate the sadness,
Support it,
Honor it and provide comfort.
Provide the words or the touch that you would need in that moment to make yourself feel okay.
If it is anger,
Sit with that anger.
Know that it is valid.
Be able to begin to peel back the layers of the anger.
Is it anger or is it sadness underneath that?
A lot of times anger shows up because our boundaries or our safety and security is being threatened.
It's a fear-based emotion so offer safety to your inner child.
Perhaps safety was not provided when you were younger but you as your adult self are offering the safety you needed when you were a child.
If it is worry or frustration,
Help your younger child process their emotions.
What has your inner child worried?
What has them anxious?
How can you be of help sorting through these emotions?
If you need a moment to pause the recording you can do so and sit here with these emotions.
If you're ready to move forward,
Let's begin to send love,
Immense love from yourself to your younger child.
You are now the being that is responsible for protecting and for healing and for loving the little you in the way that you were never loved or protected or healed.
Honor the truth that perhaps you did not get what you needed in your childhood but you are fully committed to showing up for yourself in this present moment.
Send that child love and let them know that you are here for them from this point forward.
They are in fact your baby and you will be here to offer all the love,
The support,
The guidance and the protection that you deserve.
Take a moment to take a deep inhale through your nose and blow it out through your mouth.
Go ahead and take one more deep inhale through your nose and blow it out through your mouth.
If you're still holding yourself,
Give yourself one big last deep embrace,
Holding yourself in that child for this brave work that you're doing and signifying that your words are true.
I thank you for joining me in this practice and I am excited to watch you and your child grow together so you can show up more fully.
