Finding Freedom In Solitude: Reconnecting with Your Inner Child

What if solitude is not something to fear, but a pathway to empowerment and inner joy? Discover how you can transform your relationship with being alone through our guided meditation exercises. We'll take you on a journey to a vast, white space where your inner child dances freely, helping you reconnect with the inherent strength and joy that solitude can bring. Picture colorful flower petals descending around you and imagine welcoming others into this serene sanctuary, feeling boundlessly expansive and fearless.

In the next chapter, we delve deeper into your untapped potential with a meditation that centers on harnessing your inner strength. Through calming breaths and vivid visualization, learn how solitude is not just about being alone but realizing that everything you need is already within you. As you gently return to the world around you, consider stretching and putting pen to paper to capture the newfound insights. Join us in this transformative journey and embrace the endless possibilities that come with embracing your own company. Namaste, my friends.

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Chapters

• 0:24 Empowerment Through Solitude Meditation
• 10:45 Inner Strength Meditation Visualization

Transcript

Lisa Hopkins: 0:24

Hey there, this week's meditation is really more of a reflection, an inquiry how empowering it can be to actually be alone. The notion of being alone can sometimes elicit fear, but in this meditation I encourage you to stay open to the idea that being alone with yourself is actually one of the most empowering things you can do. So when you're ready, find a comfortable place where you can be quiet and not disturbed. Find a comfortable place where you can be quiet and not disturbed. You probably need about 10 minutes maximum for this. It can be done anytime when you're feeling disconnected from yourself, when you've forgotten the inherent strength that you hold within you - your often untapped energy- to shine brightly in this world and to shine on yourself like the sun, to beat down warmth on you and all of you. Take about four or five deep centering breaths, gently expanding your belly as you breathe in, holding at the top and exhaling as you settle more into your groundedness. Pay attention to your own particular rhythm. However you breathe is perfectly normal for you and it's perfectly fine for this meditation If it helps to anchor with a word breathe in calm, breathe out calm, breathe out calm. Breathing in calm and exhaling calm, feeling more and more expansive with each breath. When you're ready, I want you to imagine a wide, open space. It's wide and open and it's entirely white, beautiful, pure white. There's nothing there, just a vastness of white. Try to picture that. There's nothing scary, nor anything inviting particularly. It's just there, beautiful white space. And now I want you to imagine a child, and this child is walking into the space. You can't see their face, you can just see them from behind. They're walking fearlessly into the white space. Imagine what color this young person is wearing, is wearing Whatever color comes to mind, let it flow through you, checking in with your intuition to see if that feels right, and if not, then simply imagine another color, taking your time to connect with your vision here. And as the child continues to walk away from you into the white vastness, you notice that they are barefoot and that they begin to run or skip no, actually they're dancing. Or skip, no, actually they're dancing. Can you see them? And now their arms are opening wide their open heart to the sky. They're spinning completely alone, completely open, completely free. And now I want you to conjure flower petals, any color you like, coming down from the sky, like big raindrops or leaves from a tree. Notice what color you choose, play around with it. Notice the reaction of the child, who continues to dance, varying their speeds from slow to quick, living entirely in the moment, and it's joyous and it's free.

Lisa Hopkins: 8:04

Now I want you to be open to the idea that, if you wanted to, you could invite someone in to this beautiful space. You don't need to, but open your mind to the possibility and see what happens. Embody the child in the space, for the child is you, if you hadn't already figured that out, and again, you have absolutely no fear in this space. You are ageless and free. If somebody has entered the space by your invitation, gently share the space with them in whatever way feels right and then, when you're ready, allow them simply to go. There's no goodbye. There's no goodbye, there's no nostalgia, there's no feeling of loss. There's only you again in this beautiful white space colored by these beautiful petals. You again in this beautiful white space colored by these beautiful petals that you created, that flow all around you.

Lisa Hopkins: 10:45

Take a few deep breaths in this space and, when you're ready, guide yourself back to to where you began this meditation. Notice what has changed in your body. You might think about journaling, about what you saw, about journaling, about what you saw. This kind of visualization can really bring up some beautiful and interesting imagery that is worth revisiting, and I want you to consider the notion that you have everything you need within you and that there is absolutely no fear in being alone, only strength, only possibilities. I'm going to count backwards from five and when you're ready you can open your eyes. Once I get to zero, five, four, three, five, four, three, two and one, take a deep breath in Open your eyes, give yourself a little stretch and again, if you have time, while it's fresh in your mind, go ahead and journal for a few minutes. This has been about 12 minutes, namaste, my friends.