Find a position you can sustain comfortably.
Whether you are sitting up or laying down,
Whether your eyes are open or closed,
Listen to what your body needs in this moment to relax and be comfortable.
As we begin,
Simply notice where your breath is.
Notice where your breath is going and where your breath originates without judgment.
If you're breathing through your belly or from your chest,
See if you can trace the pathway of your breath as your breath moves through your whole body,
From the top of your head to the tips of your toes,
Expanding with every inhale and contracting with every exhale,
Always returning to yourself with every exhale.
Our breath expanding and contracting just as the life contracts and expands around us.
We are the microcosm of the macrocosm.
Bring your awareness into your heart space,
Noticing how it is to bring your awareness to your heart,
This physical emotional space.
Notice how your breath connects with your heart,
Breathing from your belly to your chest and from your chest to your belly,
Allowing your body to rise and fall.
Notice what it's like to be here in your heart,
What feelings might be coming up for you here,
What emotions reside here in your heart space.
There's no judgment for what we find here.
There is no good or bad emotion.
All of your feelings are you and they are good.
We invite your feelings to share with you their purpose,
What message these feelings have for you,
Why they are here.
Whether you are feeling joy or gratitude or sorrow or grief,
Frustration or anger,
We invite all emotions to the table.
Take a few moments to visualize the emotions that are held in your heart sitting in front of you,
All orderly,
All taking turns,
But what would they have to say?
What does grief have to say to you?
What does gratitude have to say to you?
What does your anger have to say to you?
Take these next few moments to listen to your emotions.
Offer gratitude to your feelings for sharing the space with you,
Feeling the lightness of your heart that comes after listening,
After connection.
Our relationship with ourselves is just like any other relationship,
Requiring listening,
Time,
Space,
Connection.
Visualize now yourself being transported to the safest place.
Whether this place is real or imaginal,
You are there now.
Notice the quality of your safe place.
If you are inside or outside,
If there's a body of water,
If there is a forest,
If you are alone or if there are people here in your safe space,
People who you feel safe with.
Notice if it's daytime or evening.
Notice if you are sitting or laying down.
Notice what safety feels like in your body.
How do you know you feel safe?
Take a few moments to relax into this feeling of felt safety.
You are fully safe here and now.
Even if you weren't safe before,
Here you are fully safe.
Invite now your inner child to be with you in this space.
Whatever age your inner child appears to you is the age of your inner child.
We don't need to contrive or strive.
If they came as an eight-year-old,
They're eight.
If they're 12,
They're 12.
If they're three,
They're three.
Whatever age your inner child has appeared before you now is them.
Invite them to sit with you,
To lay with you,
To stand with you.
Make eye contact with them.
If it feels right,
You can reach your hands out towards them,
But you don't have to.
Invite your inner child to share if there has anything that's been left unsaid.
If there is anything they need to share with you,
You are here to listen.
So listen.
When your inner child is complete in their share,
You can share with them what you need to say to them.
Ask one more to your inner child if there is anything they need to say.
You are here now to listen.
What they have to say is important.
Keeping your inner child in front of you,
We're going to be doing the Ho'oponopono,
Hawaiian meditation practice.
This meditation means to set things right,
To put things in order.
This is to tie up any loose ends with your inner child.
You can repeat after me,
Either out loud or in your head,
Speaking directly to your inner child.
I'm sorry.
Please forgive me.
Thank you.
I love you.
I'm sorry.
Please forgive me.
Thank you.
I love you.
I'm sorry.
Please forgive me.
Thank you.
I love you.
I'm sorry.
Please forgive me.
Thank you.
I love you.
I'm sorry.
Please forgive me.
Thank you.
I love you.
I'm sorry.
Please forgive me.
Thank you.
I love you.
I'm sorry.
Please forgive me.
Thank you.
I love you.
I'm sorry.
Please forgive me.
Thank you.
I love you.
I love you.
Allow these words to keep resonating between you.
Feel the connection between you and your inner child.
Grow with trust and with love.
Know that love is an infinite resource that you can share with them any time.
Make a commitment now to your inner child how you will connect with them regularly,
When you will be back here to see them.
It could be when you are driving,
While you're making your coffee in the morning,
You'll talk to them,
Or you'll commit to buying a coloring book and coloring with them.
It's important our inner child knows they won't be left behind.
We will not forget about them because they are important.
You are important.
And before you leave your inner child today,
Remind them love is an infinite resource.
Knowing that you can come back here to your safe space any time to visit with your inner child.
Let your inner child know that you will protect them and keep them safe.
You are here with them and for them.
Feel this knowing settle into your heart space as you return from your safe space into your physical body.
Returning to the linear space of here and now,
Time and space,
Feeling your breath in your body,
Noticing the expansion that compassion can bring.
Feel your body expand with every inhale and contract with every exhale,
Your body always returning to yourself,
Contracting and expanding as life contracts and expands around you.
Feel your breath move through your whole body,
From the top of your head to the tips of your toes.
Feel yourself here in your body,
Noticing how it feels to have connected to your inner child.
Knowing you can connect with them any time.
Love is an infinite resource.
