This meditation nurtures the child within wonderfully and at the same time nurtures the adult you.

This meditation nurtures the child within wonderfully and at the same time nurtures the adult you. Prepare for meditation by sitting comfortably with the spine erect. Bring your concentration to the in-breath and the out-breath. After ten or twenty breaths, whenever you feel calm and stable, bring each of the components—love, compassion, joy, equanimity—into yourself, the adult you. The next sequence provides a concentration to water the seeds of Love, Compassion, Joy and Equanimity within your inner child.

In-breath:        “I bring Love”
Out-breath:        “to my inner child.”

You can say a loving name for your child within if you wish. Say silently, “Dear ” or “Darling .” Feel the energy of love fill you from top to toe and register with the energy for several breaths. Then continue in the same way with:

In-breath:        “I bring compassion”
Out-breath:        “to my inner child.”
In-breath:        “I bring joy”
Out-breath:        “to my inner child.”
In-breath:        “I bring equanimity”
Out-breath:        “to my inner child”

Conclude the meditation by once more bringing love, compassion, joy and equanimity to the adult you. The concentration on these four qualities is an incredibly powerful instrument for healing. says if we gather together all the virtuous actions we have realised in this world, they are not equal to practicing love meditations… If we collect together all the light from the stars, it will not be as bright as the light of the moon. In the same way, practicing child within meditation is greater than all other virtuous actions combined.