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http://www.chakrahealing.com/blog/inner-child/?sr=21&cid=blog%2Finner-child%2F&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=blogpost .....................................................................SHARE THIS STORY submit this story Is your childhood standing in the way of your future? Do you wish you didn’t feel damaged by your past? Would you like to learn to let go? The person you are today has been carefully constructed over time. Every single experience you’ve had, from the moment you entered the world as an infant, is stacked in your memory, creating the very person you’ve become. Even those memories which you are not aware of are lodged deep within your unconscious mind, where they drive your current perception, thought, and action. As you move through the world, gathering these formulative experiences, you are molded as an entirely unique individual. These experiences are especially salient in your childhood. As your mind develops and you learn about the world, you are able to glean important information about how to act and how to feel. The mind of a child is like a sponge, soaking up everything around it. Children learn quickly that good behavior will allot them a reward of some sort, and that acting out will bring attention from adults who may otherwise to busy to pay attention. As a child the experiences you had with your parents, your siblings and friends, and at school, have contributed to the person you identify as today. Although you may feel as though you’ve moved well beyond the pain you experienced as a child – you may even feel you can’t identify with your child-self – you still carry with you an inner child. That is, within your memory lies a version of you that endured your most crucial experiences. It carries the reasons behind the emotions you feel today. Energy & the Inner Child Your true self – the formulation of all of your actions, experiences, thoughts, dreams, and realities – inhabits the present moment. Each and every one of these pieces of your existence is made possible through your body’s energy. Similarly, all of the actions, experiences, thoughts, dreams, and realities you’ve experienced in the past, including those experienced during childhood, have been expressed as energetic vibrations. This vibrational record of your existence contains the energy that makes up your inner child. As storekeepers of this energy, the body’s seven chakras are like layered spheres, where the innermost core represents your experience as a child. It’s not surprising that having a bad childhood can contribute to a deficient store of energy in one of the chakras. If your childhood is standing in the way of your future, you need to identify where your chakra imbalance lies. Find out how your childhood is affecting who you are today. Take the Free Chakra Healing Test. Reframing the Past If you have a chakra imbalance resulting from a damaging experience you had as a child, not to worry. Although you can’t physically go back in time, you can re-visualize and redistribute the energy surrounding your negative experience. Doing so will allow you to open a once-closed chakra and experience healing. All you need to do is reconstruct the experience that caused you pain in your mind. Try this inner self re-framing visualization to reframe an event that caused you distress as a child. Closing your eyes, recall as much as you can – what did your senses experience at that time? What was going through your head as a child? Who was there? How did you feel? Then, instead of seeing the situation from the perspective of your inner child, put your adult self into the picture. Imagine yourself explaining to your inner self that it’s okay, that everything will turn out alright and that you are loved. As you walk yourself through the experience, imagine him emerging unscathed. When you are ready, open your eyes. Love Your Inner Child, Love Yourself Although it may be extremely painful to re-imagine the hurt you may have experienced as a child, the release you will feel afterwards will enable you to move forward in the present. By restoring the negative energy accumulated within one or more of your chakras, you can feel total rejuvenation. As an integral part of the person you are today, it still needs love and nurturing. When this is accomplished through healing exercises targeted at negative past experiences, you can learn to love the person you are today. It only takes a moment to learn more about how your chakra energy can help you overcome your childhood and start loving yourself again. Use your chakra energy to heal your inner child! Take the Free Chakra Healing Test to learn more.