HEALING AND TAMING THE SHADOW
Transform your Fears into Partners of Conscious Creativity

Of all the Inner Journeys, this is by far the most demanding - and exalting of them!

Using Inner Journeying to connect to the Shadow is a very powerful way to free ourselves of the unconscious relationship we have toward her and the work she is meant to accomplish in our daily lives, being to create (often hard) situations that attempt to make us more conscious of the fear-based beliefs we have that, unfortunately for most of us, govern our lives without our conscious consent. Through learning to talk directly and consciously with the Shadow, it becomes much easier for her to accomplish her work and for us to accept what she is trying to show us.

The ultimate goal of this Journey is to transform the Shadow into a conscious partner working toward our evolution.

More specifically, during this workshop we will create, by means of a profound visualisation, a protective structure that will allow us to communicate with the Shadow - the 'closet' part of our personality. The journey will be done in 2 to 4 parts throughout the day, depending on how much resistance everyone experiences (very normal considering the nature of the beast).

The Shadow is comprised of many layers, some much older than others. Each layer will be done seperately, by means of five questions :

What does it represent?
(general theme of the layer being worked on, ex. Jealousy, Anger, Sadness, Death Desire, etc)

When did it develop?
(in what year/life period specific to this incarnation or in which past life or lives)

Why it is turned against you?
(what purpose does it serve the shadow and conversely and more importantly, what purpose does it serve you)

What it would be if it was healed?
(what kind of power, talent or knowledge would it be able to express if it was consciously aligned with you)

What does it need you to do in order to be healed?
(generally a shift in consciousness of some kind but it can also suggest very specific actions for you to undertake).

You've done half the work of healing the Shadow simply by doing the Journey because you open up the channels of communication, bringing light where there was only unconscious behaviors. The other half gets accomplished in the following months, in your everyday life, by means of experiences that will offer you the opportunity to make new choices.

After about 6 months, the deeper layers of the Shadow are ready to come into conscious light.

At this time, the Shadow Journey needs to be re-done in order to free the deeper layers. The final fold of the Shadow Journey (often accessible right after the meeting the deeper layers) involves a face to face meeting with the Shadow in order to fully integrate her as a conscious partner.

My personal experience with this journey was extremely liberating as I accomplished, in a couple of months, what could have taken years - or decades - with more traditional forms of psychotherapy. Furthermore, I find that the visual nature of such a journey really gets your right brain involved in the healing process. To be standing in front of your Shadow, to see the effects of repressed beliefs on its body shape, and to then heal the pain-deformations encountered and see the Shadow transform in front of you to then fully integrate itself within you... is an experience of visual lucidity that is quite hard to forget - or attempt to undo with mental doubt.

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