Shadow Work why do it and how to …

The Shadow is ...

Your shadow is part of you. The challenge, fear, or repressed emotion you are struggling with. It is your darkness, the parts that you often hide or suppress into the subconscious, it is where your wounds lie & control you, it's your inner child, the unconscious parts that you want to heal & that need more attention, support & love to do that. The shadow holds power & the ability to heal. It is your ego that stops you, or feels shame & keeps it hidden. It’s what you fear & feeds your ego.

If you have been trying to heal without doing shadow work this may be the missing part.

Shadow Work

Shadow work is a necessary & vital part of healing. You are all made up of light & dark. This is your wholeness, your authenticity, who you are. Any split in not doing the shadow work may be part of your story. For shadow work is about reintegration & taking back the parts of you that separated due to traumas in your life. Our pain lies in our shadow & it is waiting for the light to get our attention to heal.

Doing Shadow Work

Your shadow is such an integral part of you, that you must get to know it & integrate it to heal. It is deep, emotional inner work to do to help bring yourself back into balance. It is why you can do some by yourself but you will need the support of others as part of the process. Your fear of the split of dualities & bringing yourself back into wholeness is why help may be crucial. It is a sacred journey of trust & transformation. Whilst we also must access the light with high frequencies practices, modailities etc. healing must include this shadow work for the healing to happen.

The Dark Moon & shadow work ... (this is an amplified time for this work see below for more details)

At the time of the dark moon the energy is potent & supports you to do shadow work, calling in healing. It helps in getting to know how you are really feeling, to move willingly within to the hidden parts of you that are ready to rediscover & heal. This work helps to cleanse & purify your energy of old energies that have kept you bound or distorted, so you can make space for what you want to feel & receive. This time corresponds to the period of rest between growing cycles. To time for replenishing before new seeds & intentions are sown at the New Moon.

You can do shadow work anytime you feel called but if you can, the time of the dark moon amplifies this energy for optimum healing energy.

Why at this time shadow work is important...

We are in an accelerated time of healing. A unique point of transformation & many timelines. The energy is fast & we must remain grounded & conscious to move with this new golden age. But we can only do that if we embrace our wholeness, which is our light & shadow. That means we need to do the healing work. To come into a deeper sense of ourselves is to journey with this knowing & embody it with our presence, practices, & healing. Clearing imbalances & traumas & choosing this new light frequency will then flow better. But no one has said we could walk this path without doing the work without the shadow included..

How to do shadow work ...

Shadow work is about your truth and presence, noticing how you are really feeling and creating a space to listen to the hidden parts of your emotions and thoughts and getting clarity on the pain, suffering, wounding. This is not a comfortable process as you tune into these parts, but this is tremendously cathartic and how healing happens. Held in a safe, brave space is always the best way to do this works and why working with someone is often needed.

Self-healing - automatic journalling. Free and up to you and your devotion to healing. Create a quiet space (a sacred space if you can) and observe stillness. Some meditation before can help but if you are ready begin writing and do not stop. Do not keep what you have written. Let it go!

There is also this at home guide available in my shop

With a Healer & Shaman - working with energetic practices, guides and many amplified energies.

I offer a 3 hour session at anytime but we can absolutely schedule this in at the dark moon. This is a ceremony of a mix of shamanic journeying, counselling, journalling, fire, meditation, healing light. All sessions are unique. This is very powerful. I also give you some at home practices to help.

It is important to understand that you may need to repeat these practices many (perhaps many) times to heal.