Healing and Hypnotherapy Volume - 4, issue 9 1 March 2020 | Page 39

2. Use an  induction technique  (explored in the previous section) to create a
lucid dream.
3.  Once lucid, continuously repeat your affirmation or ask your question. Be
receptive and sensitive to the dream, and flow with where it takes
you.  Detach yourself from expectations of what may happen or should
happen. Remain as open as possible. You may like to do some introspection
and journal about your experience upon waking up.
5. Lucid dreaming can help you heal your inner child …
Your inner child is your original self – the very first version of ‘you’ that
entered into this world. S/he carries so much wisdom, joy, curiosity, and
creativity. But at the same time, your inner child can also be at the root of
your unresolved grief, anger, addictions, anxiety, and loneliness.
Lucid dreaming is an ideal inner child work technique for meeting, embracing,
and healing your wounded inner child.
Here’s a simple lucid dreaming exercise for healing your inner child:
1. Before going to bed and throughout the day, think about your intention to
meet your inner child in your dreams. Focus on your intention constantly.
2. Use an induction technique (explored in the previous section) to create a
lucid dream.
3. Once lucid, navigate your dream to the place that feels safe, warm, and
comforting. This may be a childhood house, a magical forest, a boat in a calm
ocean, a rocking chair in front of a woodfire, etc.
4. Request out loud to speak to your inner child. Be gentle and understand
that your inner child may be too shy to meet you (in which case you can move
on and do something else). Alternatively, your inner child may appear but
might be disguised as a baby animal, elf, fairy, or other creature. You can