Welcome.
Before we do this short emotional check-in with your inner child today,
Perhaps you could take a moment or two now to allow yourself to become comfortable.
Just taking note of the sounds around you.
Feeling your body breathing in this present time.
Deepening your in-breath.
Resourcing and calming yourself enough to be deeply present for your inner child.
Feeling the adult part of you grounding into the Earth for support.
Feeling solid.
Stable.
Secure.
Sensing yourself being in just the right place at just the right time to contact a younger part of you that needs your attention today.
And in this relaxed,
Safe,
And stable space,
Continue to breathe deeply.
Taking this opportunity to become aware of something that you experienced earlier in your life as a child.
Just inviting,
Just letting something bubble up from your subconscious.
Warmly inviting a younger version of yourself to come up today so that you can offer it your kind attention for a few minutes.
You might get a cognitive memory or perhaps you will just have a feeling come up in your body.
As often,
Memories from earlier childhood are just feeling based.
So you don't have to search for a concrete memory if it does not feel right.
It might be helpful to just scan your body for what feeling or sensation wants your attention right now.
And so perhaps if it feels right,
You could just locate where there is an uncomfortable sensation in your body.
Perhaps a part of your body is feeling numb or tight,
Scared or tentative.
Perhaps it is upset in some way.
So just choose and note a place in your body that feels uncomfortable,
That wants your kind attention right now.
And place all of your love and your care right there.
You might note the size of this uncomfortable sensation.
You might notice how much space it takes up in your body.
You might notice if this sensation in your body has a color,
A gesture that it wants you to make.
Or perhaps this uncomfortable sensation in your body is showing up for you in pictures.
Or perhaps it is saying some random or spontaneous words,
Almost like poetry.
Whatever comes up,
I'm going to invite you to just be with it for a two-minute silent meditation.
For a beautiful period of kindness in your day.
Or you can just compassionately be with an uncomfortable place in your body.
Sensing this place in you that perhaps feels younger.
And whatever you are feeling today,
Just be with that part of you that needs your unconditionally loving presence right now.
And closely and compassionately stay with this uncomfortable sensation in your body,
Even as it moves and shifts and changes location.
Just follow this uncomfortable sensation with kindness.
And your two-minute silent meditation begins now.
And now I encourage you to accept that it is perfectly fine for this younger part of you to feel this way.
Still breathing love and acceptance into whatever you are feeling.
Witnessing how your inner child emotions often shift and change as you pay attention to them.
And you can even ask the sensations in your body,
What do you need?
And then follow through on what you hear.
And you can set aside time every day to compassionately hold the emotions of your inner child.
Sensing into what you need to do to care for yourself better.
Taking care of your inner child in this way,
Each and every day.
And knowing when your inner child is taken care of on a daily basis,
You will be able to cope with your daily life as an adult in clearer and more peaceful ways.
Feeling stronger and stronger each and every day as you set aside time to take care of the younger parts of yourself.
And in a few moments,
When you are ready,
You can allow your eyes to gently open.
Taking with you this tender feeling of self-acceptance that you have given yourself today.
Welcome back.
