Healing and Hypnotherapy Volume 4, Issue - 8, 1 February 2020 | Page 9

How to do a meditation journey:
Connecting to your inner child through meditation is a passive process:
simply breathe deeply, relax, allow yourself to witness your thoughts, and
ask your question. For example, you might like to ask, “Dear inner child,
when was the first time I experienced trauma in my life?”
Allow yourself to witness the thoughts that rise and fall within your mind.
Your inner child may or may not decide to reveal the answer to you.
Remember to be patient, loving and accepting. If your inner child doesn’t
want to reveal the answer, embrace that. It’s important that your inner child
feels safe, secure, and ready.
You might like to repeat your question every now and then if nothing of
significance arises inside of your mind. This process could take anywhere
from a couple of minutes to 1 hour or more.
Tips — In order to do the inner child meditation journey, you’ll need to have
experience meditating. Learning to witness your thoughts can take a lot of
practice, so if you’re not used to meditating, you might struggle with this
technique.
How to do a visualisation journey:
A more active way to connect with your inner child and earlier life traumas is
through visualisation.
To connect with your inner child through visualisation, you must create a
“power place” or safe place. To do this you must visualise a beautiful
garden, or any type of place in which you feel safe, empowered and whole.
After entering your power place, you can then invite your inner child to
speak with you.
Here are a few steps:
• Relax, close your eyes and breathe deeply.
• Imagine you’re walking down a staircase.
• At the bottom of the staircase is your power place, or safe place. In
this place you feel strong, safe and supported.
• Spend a bit of time in your power place. Soak it in. What does it look
like, smell like and sound like?
• After you have acquainted yourself with your power place, imagine
that your younger self has entered, perhaps through a door or
waterfall.
• Hug your younger self and make them feel home.
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