When it comes to your life, it probably isn’t what your five year old self envisioned for you. You may have wanted to be a princess, actress, astronaut, superhero, firefighter, or fashion designer. Somewhere along the way, life reshaped your vision of who you are and based on societies rules you became what others desired you to be. You put yourself into a box, were forced into a box or fell into a box that suited what “should” happen in your life. Life itself within the rules of civilization limited your limitless soul. Whatever steered you away from your desired reality, it isn’t what you dreamed your future self would be doing. When you were a child there was magic in everything. Your imagination allowed you to create the most extravagant worlds and you lived in a fantasy land. What if you could get back your imagination to be able to hold the dream and allow your inner child free reign to visualize the life you should have and use that to manifest the life you deserve? Would you take that opportunity? It is honestly quite simple but takes some practice. Your inner child is the core of who you’ve become today. The more you connect to that version of you, the closer you become to the best version of your soul. Children are pure. They have no filter and live with no abandon. They do what feels, good, what feels right and what resonates within their soul. As you grow, you become conditioned to the version of you that society deems appropriate. You are told you’re too much of this or not enough of that. You change, are controlled, and groomed the way you would train a dog. A little bit of your sparkle and authenticity diminishes every time you’re told to be something other than you are. This ritual gets you back in tune with the unbridled version of yourself to find your true essence and bring you home to your soul.

To start the ritual, lay down, get comfortable and relax. If you want to put on soothing music, light candles, smudge, add crystals, incense, or turn the lights off, just do what feels right for your soul. This ritual is all about connecting to YOU. Don’t worry if you’re doing it right, just go with the flow and surrender to the moment. Allow your soul to feel protected, honored, and secure in the rhythm of time. Once you’re in your energetic and physical safe space, Take three grounding breaths and fully connect to your body, mind, and soul. Get centered in your breath. Release the tension in your body and take three more breaths to deepen your connection. Inhale your life force, protection and unconditional love and exhale the stress, doubt, and insecurity. Visualize growing a grounding cord from the bottom of your feet deep into the center of the Earth. Let it connect to Gaia like the anchor of a ship. Feel a bright, white, light connect from Spirit, The Universe, God (whoever you pray to or connect with) to your crown chakra. Allow that white light to fully encase you and protect you. Breathe in the protection of the white light and the stability of the grounding cord. Feel the energy from Gaia, move up the grounding cord and connect with the energy from Spirit and feel the white light travel through you into your grounding cord. Feel the dance of the masculine and feminine energy move through your body balancing you and freeing you from the tension of your existence.

Once you feel centered, connected, and ready, scan your body looking for your inner child. Where do they reside within your body? Allow yourself to observe them. How old are they? What are they wearing? Do they look happy to see you or are they timid in your presence? Anything that flows into your mind about your inner child in this moment is right. Do not try to change anything about them, not their age, dress, or demeanor, just watch them and see what they are like. They are you and you are witnessing firsthand what your inner child is truly like and how comfortable they feel with you. Try to get close to them and encase them in a loving embrace. Tell them it is not their fault, that their voice matters. Tell them that their feelings, wants, needs, desires and soul matters. Tell them that they are perfect just the way they are. Tell your little self that you love them, and you will protect them. Then I want you to listen to them. What do they say to you? Let them speak uninterrupted and allow them to have a voice. Be there for them. When you were a child you wished for someone to treat you the way you needed to be treated, to rescue them and to honor them. You just didn’t realize it would be you as an adult coming in to be that for yourself. Be the superhero you always needed.

Be there for your inner child in every way that you can be. Whatever they need, you have the capacity to give it to them. Be the support that little you has always dreamed of. Once you feel fully connected to your inner child and they feel comforted and have said their piece to you, ask them what they want for you to do with your life. Listen to them and don’t judge or make excused. This inner child of yours is the purest version of you. They are the one who is truly connected to your higher self. They haven’t been jaded by society. Let them communicate to you what to do with your life. Let them tell you what they want you to do more of creatively and let them inform you of their hopes for you. Ask them what their dreams are, what their goals are and how to achieve those goals for the both of you. Ask them to get really clear on what they want and need you to know so that you may interpret their ideas to realize them. Let them lead you in this moment. Surrender to them and allow them to show you the magic that exists within your heart. There is purity inside you, you just have to be open to you. Let them show you what sets your soul on fire and makes them want to get up in the morning. Let your full attention be on your inner child and allow them to shine. Once they feel ready walk them to your heart chakra and envision a castle made of gold and the trees and grass made of money. Walk into your abundant and loving heart and let them relax in the castle while you come back to the present moment to realize their dreams into your reality. When you open your eyes and come back to the present moment, write down everything you can. Make a list of everything you want to achieve and visualize that life daily. The universe will grant you what the focus of your energy is. If you can learn to interpret your inner child’s visions for you, to hold their dreams and manifest them into reality; the goal of your soul becomes an actuality rather than a fantasy.

Instead of spending this new year creating goals from your wounded side, let your inner child curate the life you deserve from the magic in your heart.

Blessings and Namaste

-Lady Phoenix