“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. The behaviors, thoughts, and beliefs that were unacceptable to those whose love we desired most. This part of us carries the emotions we suppressed because we were told they are bad or wrong. The shadow self is an unconscious part of the self that we have repressed since childhood in order 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’re leaving 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 just keep walking down the street. Think of the actual shadow that’s created when you’re walking down the street on a sunny day. Let’s go into the psychology definition and then deeper into a more spiritual definition.įrom a psychological perspective, the shadow and shadow work are terms that were 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. Here is a list of shadow work prompts to get you started.Use Shadow Work Journaling Prompts to Begin Healing the Inner Child.
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