Healing the inner child is not always an easy thing to do. Everyone has things they wished they would have said or were able to experience and change throughout their childhood or would have loved to live through. Despite all of this, bringing that inner child to life and having those memories are still possible. Through working with and healing the inner child, the childlike part that’s inside of you can still have the life her or she always dreamed about. To feel fulfilled and at peace with that chapter in your life is one of the greatest feelings ever.
What is the Inner Child?
The inner child in the nutshell is your child like part of yourself before puberty filled with memories and small aspects that you displayed as a kid. It’s your childlike self that rarely anyone gets to see before you grew into adulthood.
How Do I Get Intouch With My Inner Child?
Getting in touch or in tuned with your inner childlike self is not a hard thing to do or master. From personal experience, one of the best ways to get in touch with your childlike self is through meditation.
Meditation in general is very healing, it opens the minds to a magnitude of possibilities, can temporarily close of unwanted to noise, help you better understand yourself and your reality, and can help heal those internal wounds we acquire over the years.
To start, find a quiet place or a place you wouldn’t be interrupted, sit in a comfortable position, try a few deep breathing techniques to help you relax, then focus on a image of a younger you. Visualize this version of yourself as best as you can and when you’re ready begin speaking to him or her out loud. Ask this version of yourself questions, like what do you need from me? What hurts you? What makes you feel free and happy? Sometimes this can be overwhelming at first but the more often you do this the easier it will become. This is a great way spiritually to tap into what your heart and soul are needing and how to heal those parts of you that could help you live a better and freer life.
How Long Before I Know My Inner Child Is Healed?
For me when I was healing my inner child, I noticed I felt lighter, like a kid almost. I felt at peace with a lot of things that went wrong in my past to adolescence and it made me feel good like I could finally let certain things go. I felt like I was completing a chapter I didn’t know I needed but at the same time I realized healing my inner child was a continuous thing, not a here are a few steps and your healed kind of process. It taught me self love and it taught me how to nurture myself the way I got to experience as a child and how to nurture myself on my own now as an adult.
Healing your inner child is a continuation because there’s always something new you may need, something you wish you had or got to experience. Not just the physical stuff but they way you might have been treated or talked or as a good, if your childhood was cut short due to trauma like mines or if you grew up in a not so toxic environment or unhealthy home just to name a few are all key factors in healing the inner child and some of those wounds.
Although, even with the inner child being a continuation of healing it’s a beautiful experience to have because it teaches you about yourself, your needs, your wants, how you want to be cared for and treated by yourself and by others, as well as realizing some of your flaws and shortcomings. It’s a wonderful way to tap into self love and self-care by simply nurturing yourself in ways no one else can. I encourage anyone to try it and experience the beauty of healing the inner child and I hope when you reach a certain point along your journey, you can help people do the same.
Peace To The Inner Child!
Kaymarie 