Hi friends and welcome to this meditation.
In this session we'll be inviting a connection with the voice of our inner child.
We'll begin to tune in to our inner landscape and perhaps hear and heal some parts of ourselves that we've denied or neglected for a long time.
You see the only way to heal our past pain is to allow ourselves to integrate the part of us from which it was created and the part that is now running the pain story from behind the scenes.
The part of our past self that is carrying the wound and the story to protect it.
Before we start I invite you to reflect on a source of pain or upset that you would like to focus on for this meditation.
Maybe a story that has been present or a false belief you may have identified and feel ready to explore.
Remember we don't need to force ourselves into painful recollections so allow only what you feel safe to explore while acknowledging that some safe discomfort may be a natural part of the healing process.
So let's get started.
I invite you to find a comfortable upright posture.
You can lie down but as we are working with a process of awareness we're usually better supported by assuming a comfortable upright posture if that's available to you.
Let your eyes gently close and let's start by taking three deep conscious breaths.
Drawing the breath into the belly and the chest and on the exhale resting a little more deeply into your posture.
Inhale deeply and relax on the exhale.
Relaxing,
Awake and alert.
Now let your breath return to its natural depth and rhythm as we bring awareness to the space in front of your closed eyes.
Here it's like a field of darkness perhaps with some muted shapes or colors.
Just resting your attention there and allowing your eyes and small eye muscles to relax.
Let's now notice if there are any sounds coming to you from outside or from inside the room.
There's no need to label,
Judge or chase these sounds.
Simply noticing and allowing them to bring your attention to the present moment.
Now moving our awareness to the breath.
Can you notice the feeling of the breath as it moves over your nostrils?
Noticing the slight movement of your chest and your belly,
Rising with the in-breath,
Sinking with the out-breath.
Perhaps there's even a subtle sound of the breath.
Simply noticing and resting your awareness there.
Now as we rest in this open spacious awareness,
I invite you to recall that story,
Emotion or limiting belief.
Briefly allow yourself to see how it is affecting your life,
Your happiness and consider whether you're ready to resolve it.
With this in mind,
I invite you now to gently tune in to that younger version of yourself.
This may arise as an image of the inner child,
As your mind may drift back in time,
Connecting with this younger version of yourself.
There is no right or wrong age,
It's whatever arises for you.
Just allow that version of yourself to come forward.
This is the part of you that can relate to the emotion or the limiting belief that we identified earlier.
And just notice this part of yourself for a moment.
What is present for you?
What is present for them?
How do they feel and how do you feel with them?
As you sit with each other,
Perhaps you ask your younger self if there is anything that they want you to know.
Is there anything that they need to share with you?
Anything that you need to understand in order for them to feel safe?
In order for healing to be available?
Gently invite this conversation.
As you ask these questions,
How can you hold compassion,
Love and kindness for this younger version of you?
Perhaps you will need to reassure your inner child that you're ready to see and hear them,
It's been so long.
Whatever is needed in this moment,
Hold the space for connection.
As this younger self starts to feel safe,
They begin to tell you what he or she needed back then and what they now need from you in order to become whole again,
In order to feel safe and loved.
Now consider what is it that you can offer in order to heal the pain,
Fear or hurt that has kept this part of yourself hidden and separate all this time.
Perhaps you promised them that you will always try to listen to them now when they need your support or compassion.
Perhaps you can reassure them that now you're an adult,
You won't leave them again,
That you won't ignore or reject them.
Perhaps it's just a simple loving embrace.
As you sit in this space with your inner child,
Reflecting on past hurt that we couldn't process at the time,
Allow the conversation to be what it needs to be.
Allow your inner child and present self to surrender,
To trust each other and invite a new level of connection and integration,
Inviting these two parts to become whole.
I will leave you to connect for a few moments and you will hear my voice again very soon.
As we start to return from this meditation,
I want you to know that what we have here is an ongoing process,
An ongoing conversation between parts of ourselves.
There may be many such parts of the inner child that have been fragmented or suppressed in order for our ego self to feel safe.
In order to define ourselves and our world in a way that we feel we can control.
With this process,
I also invite you to deepen into the vulnerability that may arise and in future practices to hold yourself in love and compassion,
To have the courage to lean in,
The courage to feel the parts that are perhaps less easy to see or experience.
So stay with this process as long as you choose and if you feel complete,
Start to take a deeper breath or two.
Gently move your fingers and toes and when you are ready you can open your eyes.
Remember to use your journal to support the clearing and integration process for anything that came up and do this meditation as often as you feel.
Also remember that if you would like deeper support to move through these processes,
Please do get in touch.
You don't have to do this alone.
Thank you so much for allowing me to guide you through this process today.
Namaste
