Welcome,
My name is Anja also known as ShaktiLiveDeep,
I am a Somatic Psychotherapist,
Kundalini Yoga and Mindfulness Healer as well as Spiritual Teacher.
I am going to invite you today to embark on a healing journey and to reconnect with and heal your inner child.
Before we begin,
Please know that for some of you this guided meditation might bring some unresolved pain from a past.
We are going to acknowledge and recognize the past wounds in order to transform them into compassion and deep,
Deep love.
We are going to bring healing to your internal pain.
Let's begin our meditation.
I invite you to find a comfortable position and if your eyes are still open,
Please close them or gently look down,
Take a deep breath in,
Hold and exhale slowly.
With each breath,
Notice your belly expanding.
With each breath,
Notice your chest moving.
Maybe relax your shoulders,
Your chin,
Take deep conscious breaths,
Sense your whole body.
Notice warmth or coldness within you,
Slow,
Gentle,
Precious breath and now think about a recent situation that was unpleasant for you,
That triggered you.
Ask yourself,
Do I want to engage in self-exploration,
Giving yourself permission?
If the answer is no,
Honor that and allow yourself to just observe.
Inhale through the nose,
Exhale slowly,
Gentle,
Precious breath and now again think of a trigger.
Take a deep breath and exhale slowly.
It might help to ask yourself when you think of experience of a trigger,
What do you believe about yourself when this is happening to you?
That you are worthy,
That you feel rejected,
Not understood,
Not seen,
That you feel unlovable,
Not seen or something else.
Which belief connects the best with experience of a trigger you chose?
Breathing even more deeply and exhaling slowly,
Notice what's present in your body and connect to your earliest memory of having felt or experienced those beliefs,
A memory before the age of 12,
Sense if there are any images,
Sensations or feelings before the age of 12.
Breathing precious breath,
Keep breathing,
Don't go searching for a memory,
Trust the first memory that comes is the one that is calling for our love and tenderness.
Make sure the memory is the specific one you remember,
Not the one you were told.
As it comes to you,
Tilt your head down a little bit,
Allow wisdom of the body to be.
Recall the scene as much detail as possible,
Who was there,
What was said,
The room,
The space,
Maybe smells,
Maybe looks on people's faces or one person,
What they were wearing and focus on emotions,
I share some of them,
Did you feel scared or sad,
Embarrassed,
Mad,
Did you tell anyone what happened,
How you felt,
If no one,
What is the reason you did not,
What did you already learned about your environment,
What did you make this mean about you,
If you did tell someone,
What happened then,
Keep breathing precious breath and now imagine a safe warm place,
Imagine a place where you feel safe,
Maybe it's a room filled with a soft light,
An ocean,
A forest or a garden blooming with flowers,
This is your safe place,
In this calm safe place visualize a path,
As you walk this path up ahead you see a figure,
As you come closer you recognize this younger as your younger self,
Notice how your body feels,
Notice how the child looks,
What child self is wearing and most importantly how the child feels and now ask that child what vulnerable needs at that time,
What child needed,
I share some,
That they need comfort,
Validation,
Protection,
Compassion,
Understanding,
Patience,
Encouragement,
Love,
Celebration and listen carefully,
I might share their joys,
Their fears or their dreams,
Use your imagination to bring the healing to the inner child,
Right now it's a moment of reconnection,
Imagine your child self in your heart,
They are safe there in your heart,
Precious breath keep breathing,
See them there or feel them there,
Do they know you there?
Is there anything that they want to show you?
Is there anything they want you to know about themselves?
Take a moment to tend to them in a way meets the needs they needed to have met,
For example you might speak loving words of reassurance to them while placing hands in your heart,
Perhaps I'm here for you or I understand,
I'm so sorry or simply hold them with protection and love,
Now sense your child and promise that you will always be there for them,
Embrace them in a warm loving light,
Feel the connection,
Feel your body,
Feel your inner child and simply say you are not alone,
You are there with the child now and forever and watch the child's face,
What is the expression on their face,
Notice how your body responds,
Watch the child's expression as it changes if it changes,
Sense your breath,
Sense your body,
Precious breath and take a moment to reflect on how perception of needs might have changed,
Maybe there is some shift within you,
Any perception even to those who triggered you of a situation,
As we're coming slowly to the end,
Take a deeper breath in as comfortable for you,
Gently exhale,
Thanking that part of you for showing up,
Whatever way feel serious to you,
Express gratitude to this part in your own words right now,
Breath in from beginning to end,
All the way out,
Breath in,
Hold and gently exhale,
Slowly bring awareness back to the present to open your eyes very gently when you're ready,
Bring back with you the love and the promises and words you shared with your inner child,
Today you took a significant step toward healing,
Remember this journey is ongoing,
Whenever you feel lost or sudden,
Remember that your inner child is there needing your love and care,
Making this meditation a regular practice to ensure that you are always in touch with and nurturing that part of you,
I thank you all for your openness and participation,
Let's carry forward with peace,
Compassion into our daily lives.
