Shadow Reflection

Shadow

When we think of The shadow the association we make is that of darkness, something heavy, negative, fear ,something you’d rather avoid then invite, right?

It was not until I started training with my teacher Imelda Almqvist that the importance of shadow work came to the for front.I remember her saying that to be a safe practitioner we must do our Shadow work avoiding projection or judgements to come into our practise whilst working with our clients.

Yes ,I had done work on myself however shadow work was so much more.And let me tell you everything was being highlighted.

It was challenging,I could not have imagined the impact and insights that doing this would give me and am forever grateful for Imelda’s part in this.

So what is our Shadow “the term ‘shadow’ refers to those parts of our personality that have been rejected out of fear, ignorance, shame, or lack of love. ‘the shadow is the person you would rather not be, it would be the one you judge.

The Shadow is also that part that you have put in the dark as there may have been no room for you to be or out of fear of judgement of some sort.

Elements cut off from consciousness within the Shadow may exert an enormous unseen influence in our lives and relationships.

The effect of that will be seen in our day today life and in our collective shadow.

It will certainly show up in those places where we struggle to thrive.

To find out whether you hold shadow around certain things look at what gets to you where do you get emotionally triggered or charged.

The shadow has us tapping into old stories that are now being played out and we are the lead characters.

It’s easy to look elsewhere or blame others for the state of affairs our world is in , or the state we are in maybe blaming things on our parents.

Forgetting that we now have choice to change things and take the reign in our own hands.

Dr Hew Len referring to the doctor who teaches Ho oponopono, said, ‘'Isn’t funny that when ever shit hits the fan you are always there”,what he was saying is that there is no separation from what’s happening in our outer world to what’s really going on within us.

Life as we perceive it is a mirror to our internal landscape our personal lives

Now whether we recognise this is a different story but once you do you really can’t go back.

You see part of shadow work is having the courage to take a 100% responsibility for everything that you take notice of and that may hold some weight.

It certainly had for me on numerous occasion.

The Shadow also holds the Golden Shadow” your constructive talents and strengths and blessings, that for one reason or another were not valued or were shamed by people in our lives.

It is in balancing and accepting all of who you are and working with clearing the charge of the old stories that the emotional charge disappears.

It is bringing the shadow to light.

The amount of peace that brings to the mind, body and spirit is immense.

By actively engaging in Shadow work you will find that you won’t notice certain things you noticed before because they have lost their grip on you.We only try to hide that which others have somewhere told us was not acceptable, not appropriate, shameful.

Most often this occurs at our early stages of our childhood where we are open and all is possible until we are made to believe it or we are not.

By you accepting all of who you are, you will also truly accept others for who they are and there quirks.

Working with the Shadow is incredible work it is ongoing but it’s liberating and necessary.

If we want to see any changes for ourself or the world we have to to do the work.

Here are some fantastic books to work with and read.

Debbie Fords “The Dark side of the light chasers”

Dr Hew Len and Joe vitale “Zero Limits”

Tsultrim Allione ‘Feeding your Demon’.

Many Blessing

Sjoukje