Healing and Loving Your Inner Child

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0:39over to StevenWebb.uk. You are awesome. Settle in and enjoy the meditation. I won't disturb you

0:47after the meditation

0:54yeah This is a powerful meditation as we cannot go back and change the past. We cannot

1:02rewrite the story. We cannot change the experience. What we can do is rewrite how we feel about it

1:10and we can kind of change the way the mind sees it

1:16and we can make sure that the memories and experiences of the past don't affect us as much in the

1:22future. If we can just feel the love, And feel what it's like to receive the love. That's one

1:30of the hardest things is receiving the love.

1:34We're going to visualize going into a comfortable room and sit on a comfortable chair and then we're going to

1:43imagine our younger selves with us and we'll project the love from ourselves onto them and then we'll become them

1:51for a little bit and then we'll ask some questions of what it's like to receive love. And what it's

1:57like to be that child in a loving world. And then we'll return back to yourself now.

2:05And the reason why I set the scene slightly is because sometimes things can come up. I just want you

2:12to know that everything is okay. And we're in a safe environment and we're everything is well in this moment.

2:20And whatever comes up, just allow it to be.

2:33Firstly, we'll sit back and relax and we'll just give that narrator in your mind a little time off for

2:39the moment.

2:42There is nothing that needs to be done in this moment

2:49As we bring the awareness to I'm breathing in and I'm breathing out. You

2:56don't need to do anything with the breath. Just be aware of each breath in and be aware of each

3:01breath out and

3:04all the little nuances with the breath.

3:10As you breathe in, imagine you're breathing in calmness. As

3:15you breathe out, imagine you're relaxing a little more each time.

3:22Breathing in calm, breathing out relax

3:28And we're going to go from the top of the head to the right down to our toes and just

3:33relaxing the muscles as we go. And remember, relaxing isn't something you do. You cannot force anything to relax. It's

3:41just allowing it to relax and giving it permission. So

3:45we do this start by just giving your forehead and your face permission to relax. Breathing in calm. Breathing out

3:53relax

3:55And behind your eyes and your cheeks and

3:59your jaw and your neck.

4:02Just allowing it to soften and inviting each muscle to relax and let go of any tension.

4:10Moving down through the shoulders, through your elbows, now for your hands.

4:15Down through your torso, down

4:19your back, your

4:21belly and your bum and your knees. Down your legs.

4:26Just allowing it to relax each time with each out breath.

4:33We're just equaling the pressure between the external world and the internal world. And

4:39there's nothing needs to be done in this moment.

4:42You don't even need to get involved in your breath. Just allow your breath to be what it is.

4:58Now as you breathe in, calm and breathe out relaxed Slowly allow every muscle in your body from your head

5:05to your toes. In one big wave, just to relax and let go one more time.

5:12Everything is well in this moment. This moment has everything it needs.

5:36So now that we're completely relaxed, bring your awareness to your heart centre.

5:42And imagine a room in your heart. This room that you're able to climb down into the

5:51room has everything you need to feel safe and comfortable.

5:58There is a comfortable chair, some bookcases, nice

6:04pictures on the wall of your choice.

6:08It's decorated and everything is exactly the way you would want in your perfect room.

6:19As you walk over to the comfortable chair, you sit down and feel completely relaxed, settling

6:27in.

6:32Then you notice that there's a younger version of yourself there with you.

6:39It's such a time in your life when you needed the people around you and you needed the love and

6:45the support.

6:52They have no idea that you are the older version of them.

6:57You are just someone that is calm, loving and wise. Someone that they really appreciate having in their

7:05lives.

7:07Someone they can trust, they can feel comfortable with and someone they can rely on.

7:16You are both interacting, talking and telling stories to each other and listening and

7:24perhaps you're laughing and joking.

7:28You're just enjoying each other's company.

7:45You enjoy your younger self's company. You become aware of how much love you feel for your younger self and

7:51how much you care about your younger self.

7:56And there's this growing love and light within you, within your heart, growing in expanding With

8:04each moment of realising how much your younger self means to you.

8:12And with each awareness of your breath, it grows and expands. And eventually it includes your younger self,

8:21filling up the room.

8:32Your younger self is completely unaware of this happening. They just feel loved, safe and understood.

8:41As you continue to listen and share stories with them.

8:54Now imagine swapping position You becoming your younger self. In the presence of this older, wiser,

9:02loving, calm person.

9:28You are feeling very much loved and feeling safe and secure. Very much understood and accepted in this moment.

9:43What does it feel like to be completely accepted?

10:04What does it feel like to receive this love?

10:22What does it feel like to be completely yourself?

10:40Imagine as your younger self with everything you needed to develop in a healthy, confident and loving way.

11:10Now bring your awareness back to who you are now sat in the comfortable chair.

11:26What does it feel like to be loving your younger self?

11:43What does it feel like to see your younger self growing in a healthy, loving way?

11:58Now bring your awareness back to being your younger self.

12:09What is it like to receive this love from this amazing older person with you?

12:24What is it like knowing that you can grow up, knowing that you will always be loved and cared about

12:29and understood?

12:42Now bring your awareness back to being yourself now sat in the comfortable chair.

12:54And imagine your younger self merging with you. But this time, that younger self has all the love,

13:01acceptance and understanding. And all the love they need as if they always had it.

13:15Imagine what it feels like to have your inner child completely healed and been able to receive and give the

13:23love that they always deserved.

13:37As you bring your awareness back to your breath and we leave the room and become more aware of the

13:43sounds going on outside of you, my voice and the room you're in.

13:49Imagine your life today. And in the weeks ahead and even the years in the future. Knowing that the

13:56whole self, including your inner child, is loved and understood and healed.

14:14That's where you bring this meditation to the rest of the day. Bringing your awareness to your breath in the

14:19room you're in. Gently open your eyes. Stick out your arms. Shake them off a little bit.

14:27Take a deep breath with some extra energy and smile while radiating all the love you have from within

14:34between yourself and your younger self and the rest of the world

14:41just want to tell you, you are enough and you are love. Namaste.