Parvati Magazine December 2013 - Remembrance | Page 12

WELLNESS

WELLNESS

HEAL YOUR WOUNDED CHILD
With The Universal Mother

from a mother-like figure
in our lives, at some point
we must awaken the universal mother within our
own hearts. She will carry
us through our entire life,
long after our biological
mother is gone.
When we learn to rest in
self-love, we reach the
tender place within our
own heart that cradles
the wounded child within. When we touch that
oh-so-raw place, we begin to touch a well of infinite love, more than we
ever imagined. When we
begin to rest in self-love,
we begin to open to life
— and the very fabric of
life is unconditional love.
We tap into the perfect,
unconditional
motherly
love that the planet gives
us in each moment. She,
as a living being, loves
and sustains us. And she
is loved unconditionally
herself and exists within
a larger mother, the creative force of the universe
of which we all are a part.
As we tap into self-love,
we open to the love from
the planet and the uni-

We must
awaken the
universal
mother within
ourselves.

W

hether or not we feel we had a perfect childhood, we eventually come to realize as we
mature that we must learn to love and nurture ourselves, the way our mothers would or could have
done, so that we may experience total health
and well-being. Whether or not we learned the
ability to love, care and soothe from our mother or

verse that is reflected in
all beings.
Healing occurs when we
align with the powerful
yet profoundly compassionate force of nature,
our deeper mother. And
that mother exists in our
heart and soul, whether
you are a man or woman.

It takes that unconditionally loving presence directed towards ourselves
for us to ultimately feel the
love, healing and freedom we need. Think of
the wounded place within as a frightened doe in
a wild forest. Would it not
take sincere gentleness,
true relaxation and deep
love to approach this skittish animal? The wounded child within is as fragile
and powerful as that doe.

As you move towards
wholeness, I ask that you
do so with tremendous
gentleness, the kind of
care, attention and affection that a mother would
have for her infant. We
are all children in the arms
of the divine. If we can
remember more often to
give ourselves that selfkindness, that self-compassion, that self-love, our
world will be a sweeter
place and our lives will
unfold with greater ease
and less resistance.
We all fall. We all have
wounds. Be the mother to yourself that gently picks you up, washes
off the scraps on your
knees, shares encouraging words and sends you
on your way. She is always
with you. She will never let
you down. Invite her into
your life today and give
thanks for the abundance
of love that is within and
all around. We are, after
all, so very blessed to be
alive. That in itself is an expression of the universal
mother’s love for you.

Parvati Devi is the editor-in-chief of Parvati Magazine. In addition to
being an internationally acclaimed Canadian singer, songwriter, producer
and performer, she is a yoga teacher and holistic educator. Having
studied yoga and meditation since 1987, Parvati developed her own yoga
teaching style called YEMTM Yoga as Energy Medicine. Her current shows,
“YIN: Yoga In the Nightclub” and “Natamba” bring forward a conscious
energy into the pop mainstream. Her book “Confessions of a Former Yoga
Junkie” is a road map to a revolutionary life makeover for sincere spiritual
seekers.
For more information on Parvati, please visit www.parvati.tv.