Welcome,
You made it and I'm so so happy to be your guide from here in the forest arms where I'm sat on a log in the middle of the forest and so you might hear some sounds,
Some rustling and some tweeting.
I never know what's going to come and the invitation is to just gently allow yourself to arrive.
You don't need to be anything other than what you are right now.
Take a moment to find stillness in whatever shape your body wants to be in.
Seated or lying down.
You can have your eyes open or closed or you can lower your gaze.
Choose what feels kind.
And I want to invite you to begin deepening your breath.
Inhaling through the nose and exhaling gently through the mouth.
That's it and again inhaling through the nose and exhaling through the mouth.
And really letting gravity hold you.
You deserve to be held.
Let your weight rest fully into the support beneath you.
You're not required to carry or fix anything in this space.
This is time to come home to yourself and to meet a part of you who has never stopped waiting.
And so bringing your awareness slowly into your body and you can begin to scan gently like warm water flowing from your feet upwards.
Feeling your toes,
Your feet.
Feeling the space around your ankles.
And really dropping down into the lower half of your body.
Noticing your legs.
Any sensation or tightness or warmth or numbness even just witnessing.
And you can even give your legs and your thighs a bit of a squeeze,
You know,
Just to have that sense of,
Yeah,
This is me in my body,
In my legs.
And now your hips.
Feeling your hips.
Again you might want to just touch them.
Noticing your belly.
Sometimes as women we hold our tension in our belly and we grip.
So yeah,
The suggestion is just to gently let your belly be a little bit more jelly.
Just as much as you can in this moment.
Allowing your belly to rise and fall with your breath.
And now bringing your attention to your chest.
Center of your heart space.
And if it feels right,
Place one hand over your beautiful tender heart,
Maybe even both.
And as you breathe,
Just feeling the rhythm in your heart.
Noticing without needing to change anything.
What's the quality in your heart space today?
And now softly shifting your awareness to a more tender place inside.
That part of you who remembers before language,
Before armor,
Before any expectation.
She lives here and you're almost ready to meet her.
So just beginning to imagine yourself in your mind's eye,
Slowly walking towards a place that feels just right for this meeting with your inner child.
It might be a quiet clearing in a forest like this one,
Where light pours through the trees like honey on your skin.
Or perhaps it's a windblown cliff edge where sea and sky hold each other without any need to explain anything.
Let the place find you.
And notice what surrounds you.
The colors.
The textures.
The light.
The scent.
Just allowing this place to become more vivid in your mind's eye.
Noticing what you can hear.
And what does the ground feel like beneath your feet?
What sounds move within you?
This place exists inside you.
And let yourself be fully there now.
And as you gradually begin to bring your whole self into this place,
Up ahead you notice a figure.
Small.
Familiar.
She doesn't run to you and she doesn't hide.
She's simply waiting.
This is the part of you who has always been there.
Your inner child.
Take your time as you walk closer.
There's no rush.
There's no goal.
Only presence.
And notice how it feels inside of you right now to be approaching this little one.
As you draw near,
Begin to notice everything about her.
How old is she?
What is she wearing?
And if you can notice,
What's the look in her eyes?
What is she doing?
Is she playing?
Drawing?
Watching?
Is she still?
And as you begin to observe this dear little one,
Just checking in with your own body,
What's staring in you as you see her?
And remembering to let your breath stay nice and slow.
And let the emotion,
Whatever it is,
Be welcomed.
If you feel any little judgments creeping in,
Any disconnection,
Just gently allowing that to pass.
And then coming back into this precious encounter.
If it feels safe,
You can either sit or kneel down a short distance away from her.
No pressure here,
Just letting her feel your nearness,
Not your expectation.
And you might gently whisper inside of yourself,
I see you.
You don't have to say anything.
I'm here.
And after a few breaths together,
You may softly offer,
What do you need little one?
And let the question land,
Give her some space to show you.
Let her show you through words,
Through silence,
Through a feeling or a gesture.
Through her eyes.
And maybe she doesn't know yet what she needs,
And that's okay.
You can say,
You don't have to know,
I'll keep showing up.
Even in quiet and even in uncertainty.
You are reconnecting something sacred here.
This little one was always waiting,
And now you're here for her,
And that's huge.
As this first meeting begins to soften and settle,
Gently prepare to leave this inner landscape,
Knowing you can return whenever you choose.
And you might offer your inner child a little parting phrase,
You know,
Something simple like,
Thank you for being here.
Or I'm learning how to listen to you.
I'll come back.
And if it feels okay for you both,
You might even want to hold her little hand or just touch her cheek or give her an embrace,
Whatever feels right for you both.
Noticing how that feels.
And beginning to walk back the way you came.
Through the forest or across the rocks or through the wild grass.
And begin to feel your awareness shifting back to your physical body,
To your breath,
To the space around you now.
You can gently wiggle your fingers and your toes,
Bringing a bit of life back into the body.
Allowing your face to soften.
And only when you're ready,
Slowly opening your eyes.
And before you jump back into doing mode,
Just resting for a few moments here.
So letting what just unfolded settle in your nervous system.
This is the beginning of something whole.
Thank you for showing up for your little one today.
Much love.
