Meditation/Guided Imagery To Begin To Embrace Your Lost Inner Child
Adapted From John Bradshaw, Specialist In ACA Issues
Sit in an upright position. Relax and focus your breathing. . . Spend a few minutes becoming mindful of breathing. . . Be aware of the air as you breathe it in and as you breathe it out. . . Notice the difference in the air as it comes in and as it goes out. Focus on that difference. . . (one minute).
Now imagine that you're walking down a long flight of stairs. Walk down slowly as I count down from ten. Ten. . . (ten second~) Nine. . . (ten seconds) Eight. . . (ten seconds), etc. When you reach the bottom of the stairs, turn left and walk down a long corridor with doors on your right and doors on your left. Each door has a colored symbol on it . . . (one minute).
As you look toward the end of the corridor there is a force field of light. . . Walk through it and
Go back through time to a street where you lived before you were seven-years-old. Walk down that street to the house you lived in. Look at the house. Notice the roof, the color of the house and the windows and doors. . . See a small child come out the front door. . . How is the child dressed? What color are the child's shoes? Walk over to the child. . . Tell him that you are from his future. . .
Tell him/her that you know better than anyone what s/he has been through. . . His suffering, his abandonment. . . his shame. . . Tell him that of all the people he will ever know you are the only one he will never lose. Now ask him if he is willing to go home with you. . . If not, tell him you will visit him tomorrow.
If he is willing to go with you, take him by the hand and start walking away. . . As you walk away see your mom and dad come out on the porch. Wave goodbye to them. Look over your shoulder as you continue walking away and see them getting smaller and smaller until they are completely gone. . .
Turn the comer and see your Higher Power and your much cherished friends waiting for you. Embrace all your friends and allow your Higher Power to come into your heart. . . Now walk away and promise your child you will meet him for five minutes each day. Pick an exact time. Commit to that time. Hold your child in your hand and let him shrink to the size of your hand. Place him in your heart. . .
Now walk to some beautiful outdoor place. . . Stand in the middle of that place and reflect on the experience you just had. . . Get a sense of communion within yourself, with your Higher Power and with all things. . . Now look up in the sky; see the purple white clouds form the number five. . . See the five become a four. . . and be aware of your feet and legs. . . See the four become a three. . . Feel the life in your stomach and in your arms. See the three become a two; feel the life in your hands, your face, your whole body. Know that you are about to become fully awake-able to do all things with your fully awake mind-see the two become a one and be fully awake, remembering the experience. . . .
I encourage you to get an early photo of yourself. Preferably a photo of you before you were seven years old. I suggest you put it in your wallet or purse. Put the picture on your desk so that you can be reminded of this child that lives in you.
Much data supports that the child lives within us in a fully developed stage. This child is the most vital and spontaneous part of us and needs to be integrated into our life.
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