Beautiful meditation "Inner child"

2024 Author: Miguel Ramacey | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 06:11

The problem of healing the inner child is considered one of the central not only by psychologists, but also by experts in various spiritual practices. Solving the problems associated with this element of the structure of the human psyche contributes not only to personal growth, but also to improving the quality of life in general. Meditation to meet the inner child is an effective way to solve this problem.

Who is called the inner child

The inner child is a concept used in popular psychology and spiritual healing to refer to the childish aspect of the human psyche. It is often viewed as an independent entity, so it can be viewed subjectively.

Exploring the concept of the inner child can be helpful in addressing the remaining effects of childhood experiences into adulthood. Traumatic events, habits, and wrong ideas from childhood often stay with a person. The reasonscurrent behaviors are retrieved from emotional memory and even from experience accumulated at the unconscious level.

Working with the inner child

Meditation, nurturing and healing any problem can have global implications for life. This work is considered one of the main stages in the 12-step programs aimed at recovery from addiction, abuse, trauma or post-traumatic stress disorder. For contacting the inner child, meditations can have a variety of variations.

The Inner Child is also called the Divine Child, the Wonder Child, and some therapists call it the True Self.

Guided meditation

Meditation for meeting the inner child is based on visualization. You need to imagine yourself going to a magical rainforest. First, approach the old cottage. You go to the veranda and meet the higher self first. Your higher self provides confidence, guidance, support, and wisdom. Knowing that you are safe and secure gives you the confidence to communicate those feelings to others.

Then you will meet your inner child. Try to be as close to him as possible. When you give love to a child, you give love to yourself. By raising him, you are raising your true self.

In a meditative state you spend a few minutes just sitting with your inner child. Some children may cry andthey just want to be hugged. Others may ask for clarification on events that once frightened them or were incomprehensible. Others just need to play. This part of the meditation is unique to each person and will be exactly what you need.

This guided meditation allows you to create a special connection between your higher self, your self and your inner child. This is very important for inner balance, natural joy in daily activities, relationships and spiritual growth.

First steps based on visualization

Before beginning this meditation, it is necessary for the inner child to make sure that the most suitable conditions have been created to provide him with a sense of security and comfort. For this, a secluded place in which you yourself feel comfortable is well suited. You may want to bring a blanket, a toy, or something else that will make your child feel welcome. Any suitable outdoor or indoor location can be used for the session.

There are some important things to keep in mind when doing this inner child meditation for the first time. In some cases, despite the fact that for most people their inner child is completely unfamiliar and they have never encountered it, the first attempt at meditation will be very simple. The child is waiting and wants to communicate with you. But, as a rule, in such a situation, it is difficult for a child to trust an adult, so patience is necessary. The child may behave with restraintuntil he realizes that you really need to connect with him and that you are able to show responsibility.

When doing this meditation, trust what happens. If the child is a little reserved or indecisive, just give him time. Meditation should be done regularly. This will make the contact between you stronger and more joyful.

During the time you do this meditation, many different sides of the child may come to light. The important thing here is to trust what you see and feel.

Settle down, sitting or lying down. When performing sitting meditation, it is necessary to take such a position that the back has a constant support, which allows you to confidently maintain a straight body position. You can lie on your back in a comfortable position. The eyes must be closed. It is necessary to alternate deep breaths and exhalations. With each exhalation, the body should relax more and more. After several such cycles, you need to inhale again, at the moment of exhalation, imagine that the body is completely relaxed.
During the next cycle of deep inhalations and exhalations, imagine the mind relaxing. Take one last deep breath, and as you exhale, relax your mind. At the same time, all thoughts must be dispelled and the mind plunged into silence. On the last cycle, while exhaling, you need to move your consciousness to a hidden, quiet place inside you.
Then you need to imagine the path to your inner sanctuary and walk along it, focusing on feelings of relaxation, peace, comfort. Having reached this place, feel its beauty and comfort.
Spend a few minutes remembering some details about this place. Enjoy what's there. Mentally walk around this place, paying attention to plants and animals, feel how the sun warms or the wind blows. You will feel that there is a small child at some distance from you. Start walking towards him, see or feel if this child is a boy or a girl, how old is he and what is he doing.
Go to the child slowly. When you get close, take a closer look at his appearance. Try to feel what emotions the child is feeling. Approach him and try to establish contact with him. For this, any method suitable for this moment, in your opinion, will do.
Try to ask him if he wants to tell you something. This can be done with words or in some other way.
Then you can ask him what you need the most. As in the present moment, so in life in general.
Stay with him for a while. Let him do what he wants: play or just sit around.
The child will give you a special gift that is meant just for you. Feel free to accept it. Keep being with him. Try to convey to him that you want to contact him as often as possible.
End your meditation at this point, even if you both had a very good time together. Both of you have the right to choose. The child may want to stay there, in this safe place for him, and youYou can continue to meet with him. He can also leave with you. He himself must choose the method most suitable for him at this moment. And he can always choose a new one afterwards.

Stages of healing

There is a simple and powerful meditation that will help heal your inner child, as a person's overall well-being, confidence and self-esteem depend on his condition.

The process of healing the inner child includes six steps:

Trust. In order for the inner child to come out of hiding, it must believe in you. He needs an ally to support him.
Check. It is necessary to recognize the fact that the times when you were shamed, ignored or used by your parents, really hurt your soul. The parents weren't bad, they were just unhappy kids.
Shock and anger. If all this shocks you, that's good. It's okay to be angry, even if what was done to you was unintentional. You must be angry if you want to heal your early inner child.
Sorrow. After anger comes pain and sadness. If you were a victim, then you must mourn the betrayal. It can be frustrating to miss what could have been - dreams and aspirations, as well as unfulfilled development needs.
Remorse. When people grieve over something, they may feel remorse. For example, due to the fact that it was not possible to spend more time with the deceased. But as you mourn childhood, you must help your inner child see that nothing could have happened otherwise.
Loneliness. Feelings of loneliness or shame cause sadness. When parents shame their children, they feel that they are bad, and this shame leads to loneliness. Since the inner child feels defective, he must hide his true self with his adapted, false self. He then begins to identify with his false self. His true self remains lonely and isolated.

It's hard to stay at this level of shame and loneliness; but when people become aware of these feelings, they find a way out of this situation by beginning to perceive their true self.

Louise Hay Method

Through visualization techniques, a safe environment is created so that one can forgive others and love the child within oneself. The heart of Louise Hay's meditation on healing the inner child is forgiveness. It is sincere forgiveness that allows you to find love. It means inner freedom. Louise Hay's Inner Child Healing Meditation helps you understand not only the child within you, but also your parents. The inner child depends on your love and approval, which you yourself may not have received when you were a child.

Helpful to use affirmations for meditation for the inner child from Louise Hay:

I acknowledge my inner child.

I give my inner child hope, love and care.

I heal and happily bless my inner child.

I let my inner child play, be mebe carefree and happy.

My inner child helps me appreciate the beauty of life. And it really is.