![]() Let’s start off with an example of a shadow self to help you better understand where you’re looking to go with this work. You responded the way any other child in the same situation would have. It can lead to better relationships with others as well as yourself.ĭuring this process, it’s important for you to r ealize you did nothing wrong. Shadow work is a powerful way to gain self-awareness, personal growth, and emotional self-regulation. “I am nervous” is identifying with emotion and doesn’t serve you as well. “I’m feeling nervous” is a healthy and normal way of expressing your emotional state. “As children, we just needed love for survival quite literally so doing anything we could to get love was most important.”ĭoing the work can elicit a roller coaster of emotions, such as fear, happiness, sorrow, and enlightenment.Ĭhoose to experience these emotions without identifying with them. The behaviors, thoughts, and beliefs that were unacceptable to those whose love we desired most. This part of us carries our suppressed emotions because we were told they are nasty or wrong. The shadow self is an unconscious part of the self that we have repressed since childhood to be accepted and loved. This is an example of how the shadow operates in a multi-faceted way. He shuts down his heart chakra because that’s where sensitivity, love, and compassion live. The shadow is not just in his thoughts, the shadow also exists in his chakras. This is important because if you’re trying to heal from only your mind, you leave a very important piece unresolved.Ĭhakras are an important part of this unresolved piece I’ll dive a bit deeper into now.Įach of your seven chakras act sort of like a mini-brain.Įach possesses its own consciousness enabling each to “think for itself.”Ī sensitive child reprimanded and ridiculed for crying will energetically shut down his heart chakra in response to being reprimanded for being sensitive. Parts of the shadow can exist outside of the mind. The shadow is not just something that exists in your psyche it is multifaceted from a spiritual perspective. Your parents project their beliefs and their understanding of the world onto you, and that’s where the shadow is born. “Your shadow is born during your childhood as a byproduct of the interactions you have with your family and your environment.” ![]() This lack of attention or awareness attention of your shadow is the unconscious part of your personality. When you’re walking down the street, you’re not paying attention to your shadow as it is cast on the ground you keep walking down the street. Think of the shadow created when walking down the street on a sunny day. įrom a psychological perspective, the shadow and shadow work are terms first brought to the western world by psychologist Carl Jung.Ĭarl Jung describes the shadow as the unconscious part of your personality or disowned part of your personality. ![]() Let’s go deeper into the psychological definition and a more spiritual one.
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