"As you breathe into the fear, you are saying really, “I see you. I acknowledge you. There you are, that little one who lives within me who is so afraid. There you are.” 

So you take nice even breaths. (Breathes deeply in and out.) You feel the body begin to relax a little.

 

Then the second step is to close your eyes and while you are still breathing nice even breaths, deep breaths, you can picture yourself as a little person, maybe 3 years or 4 years, maybe older or maybe even younger. 

 

Visualize this little one inside you who is so afraid. Who is very lonely and terrified and also heartbroken. As it is standing there before you, what would you do? 

 

You would hold it. So the third step is that you would reach out to this little one, this baby-you called ‘fear’ and you would hold this little one to your breast."

 

 

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