Embracing the Wounded Child in Our Parents | Sister Dang Nghiem

Healing the wounded child in our parents.

In the same sitting meditation session.

After you have looked deeply into yourself as a child,

you can move on to look deeply into your father as a child

and then into your mother as a child.

Many teenagers have reported that this guided meditation

helps them to see their parents for the first time as children,

fragile, vulnerable and having suffering of their own.

You may not be able to contemplate yourself

or your parents as children in the first session.

You may cry or freeze because so much pain arises.

In this case, stay with the breathing and maintain a stable posture.

You can also stop this meditation and go back to it another time when you feel more ready.

As you practiced this guided meditation a few times,

you will experience more empathy and understanding for your parents.

You may also choose to look deeply into the child in yourself,

in your father, and in your mother in separate sitting sessions.

Breathing in.

I see my father as a child.

Breathing out.

I smile to the child that is still alive in my father.

Seeing my father as a child, smiling.

[BELL]

Hello, Dad.

I see you as a child.

Laughing and playing so joyfully.

Breathing in.

I see the child in my father as fragile,

and having certain struggles and difficulties.

Breathing out.

I smile and embrace the child in my father with my stable posture and mindful breathing.

Seeing a child fragile, vulnerable and struggling, embracing.

[BELL]

Breathing in.

I recognize that the child's fragility, vulnerability struggles and difficulties

continue to manifest in my daily life through my thoughts, speech and bodily actions.

Breathing out.

I smile and embrace the child in my father, in me

with my stable posture and mindful breathing,

recognizing the child of my father alive in me, embracing.

[BELL]

Breathing in.

I am aware that I am an adult now with many positive conditions to practice, heal,

and transform my father's inner child in me.

Breathing out.

I feel hope and confidence in myself.

Aware of positive conditions, feeling hopeful and confident.

[BELL]

Breathing in.

I see my mother as a child.

Breathing out.

I smile to the child that is still alive in my mother.

Seeing my mother as a child, smiling.

[BELL]

Hello, Mom.

I see you.

So precious.

So dear.

Breathing in.

I see a child in my mother as fragile,

and as having certain struggles and difficulties.

Breathing out.

I smile and embrace that child in my mother with my stable posture and mindful breathing.

Seen the child fragile, vulnerable and struggling, embracing.

[BELL]

I'm here for you.

I'm here for you.

Breathing in.

I recognize that the child's fragility,

vulnerability, struggles and difficulties

continue to manifest in my daily life through my own thoughts,

speech and bodily actions.

Breathing out.

I smile and embrace the child in my mother, in me with my stable posture and mindful breathing,

recognizing the child of my mother

alive in me.

Embracing.

[BELL]

You are in me.

And I'm taking good care of you in me.

Breathing in.

I'm awared that I am an adult now with many positive conditions

to practice heal and transform my mother's inner child in me.

Breathing out.

I feel hope and confidence in myself.

Aware of positive conditions, feeling hopeful and confident.

[BELL]

Breathing in.

Each mindful inbreath is joy and healing.

Breathing out.

Each mindful outbreath is joy and healing.

Joy in each breath.

Healing in each breath.

[BELL]

Mother,

you are in me,

and I am in you.