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“It’s okay to love your darkness and still love yourself. It doesn’t make you a bad person. It makes you a whole one.”
“4. Affirmation
Affirmation as a term has been overused on every social media platform- so much so that it is often overlooked for the value that it brings to what we do. An affirmation is a simple, short, life-affirming statement that can be easily memorized and used as needed to shift one's attention upward toward hope and possibility.
For example, while doing this shadow work, if you were to feel suddenly confronted by an unexpected and hard feeling, you might have an affirmation at the ready such as: I am fully capable of facing and navigating this emotion. I am strong. This is a great example of an affirmation that can be pulled out of your pocket in any moment.
HOW DOES THIS SERVE YOU IN RETURNING TO WHOLENESS?
To affirm oneself is to love oneself. All self-improvement begins with self-approval. Affirming yourself supports this process. We must love ourselves where we are and as we are in order to evolve further into our whole, authentic selves.”
― Shadow Work: A Spiritual Path to Healing and Integration
Affirmation as a term has been overused on every social media platform- so much so that it is often overlooked for the value that it brings to what we do. An affirmation is a simple, short, life-affirming statement that can be easily memorized and used as needed to shift one's attention upward toward hope and possibility.
For example, while doing this shadow work, if you were to feel suddenly confronted by an unexpected and hard feeling, you might have an affirmation at the ready such as: I am fully capable of facing and navigating this emotion. I am strong. This is a great example of an affirmation that can be pulled out of your pocket in any moment.
HOW DOES THIS SERVE YOU IN RETURNING TO WHOLENESS?
To affirm oneself is to love oneself. All self-improvement begins with self-approval. Affirming yourself supports this process. We must love ourselves where we are and as we are in order to evolve further into our whole, authentic selves.”
― Shadow Work: A Spiritual Path to Healing and Integration
“9. Presence. Presence is an overused word that is accompanied by a lack of understanding. Presence is the experience of the present moment, the experience of this very moment in time, but is before me, when I am experiencing parentheses even as I read this line parentheses. Breathing is an extremely important part of being present you are present, you cannot simultaneously worry about the unknown future or being anxious about your mistakes. Presence is now, this moment, this breath, this current experience.
The benefits of practicing presence arise out of untangling yourself from the stories in your head. We don't experience the things that happen to us, we experience what we tell ourselves about what happened to us. Shut up often these stories are filled with your imagination, padded with drama to make it a better story to tell.
HOW DOES THIS SERVE YOU IN RETURNING TO WHOLENESS?
In Western culture we have only been learning about presence in the last few decades, yet learning to be present in the moment is important. To be present now in this moment will support you in detaching from how you have seen yourself, as you allow your new way of being to be fully expressed.”
― Shadow Work: A Spiritual Path to Healing and Integration
The benefits of practicing presence arise out of untangling yourself from the stories in your head. We don't experience the things that happen to us, we experience what we tell ourselves about what happened to us. Shut up often these stories are filled with your imagination, padded with drama to make it a better story to tell.
HOW DOES THIS SERVE YOU IN RETURNING TO WHOLENESS?
In Western culture we have only been learning about presence in the last few decades, yet learning to be present in the moment is important. To be present now in this moment will support you in detaching from how you have seen yourself, as you allow your new way of being to be fully expressed.”
― Shadow Work: A Spiritual Path to Healing and Integration
“7. Journaling
Using your journal as a place where you can purge miscellaneous upsetting thoughts, where you can release what has you worried, or where you can say what needs to be said without fear of judgment will support you in freeing stale and stagnant energy.
Journaling throughout shadow work will help you free yourself so you can make room for what's to come. Think of your journal as a place where you can take things like pain or confusion or anger out of your body and onto the page. A journaling practice is great for many things, but specifically it is a very supportive process for shadow work.
HOW DOES THIS SERVE YOU IN RETURNING TO WHOLENESS?
Some of your shadows have lived inside of you for an exceptionally long time. Journaling is a wonderful way to release some of the energy attached to these shadows. In a journal, you are free to express yourself without concern of any judgment or criticism.”
― Shadow Work: A Spiritual Path to Healing and Integration
Using your journal as a place where you can purge miscellaneous upsetting thoughts, where you can release what has you worried, or where you can say what needs to be said without fear of judgment will support you in freeing stale and stagnant energy.
Journaling throughout shadow work will help you free yourself so you can make room for what's to come. Think of your journal as a place where you can take things like pain or confusion or anger out of your body and onto the page. A journaling practice is great for many things, but specifically it is a very supportive process for shadow work.
HOW DOES THIS SERVE YOU IN RETURNING TO WHOLENESS?
Some of your shadows have lived inside of you for an exceptionally long time. Journaling is a wonderful way to release some of the energy attached to these shadows. In a journal, you are free to express yourself without concern of any judgment or criticism.”
― Shadow Work: A Spiritual Path to Healing and Integration
“1. Non-judgment
Practicing non-judgment takes the place of honor as our first and most important spiritual Practicing non-judgment takes the place of honor as our first and most important spiritual practice. You cannot heal from your shadow if you are simultaneously judging yourself for your behavior, for the shadow as it is projected onto another, or for the mistakes you have made in your life. If you judge yourself too harshly for what you discover about yourself, just like a turtle, you will pull your head in and stop looking. We never want to stop looking, so we begin this entire process by practicing non-judgment.
Humans judge all the time; we are judging beings, and for good reasons (at times). But for our purpose here, we are referring to how we judge to condemn, making ourselves superior and others inferior. We are not talking about the necessary discernment for everyday living. To move through this process, you must accept yourself as you are and as you are not.
HOW DOES THIS SERVE YOU IN RETURNING TO WHOLENESS?
If you cease making yourself or others wrong, you begin to let go and allow truth to be revealed.”
― Shadow Work: A Spiritual Path to Healing and Integration
Practicing non-judgment takes the place of honor as our first and most important spiritual Practicing non-judgment takes the place of honor as our first and most important spiritual practice. You cannot heal from your shadow if you are simultaneously judging yourself for your behavior, for the shadow as it is projected onto another, or for the mistakes you have made in your life. If you judge yourself too harshly for what you discover about yourself, just like a turtle, you will pull your head in and stop looking. We never want to stop looking, so we begin this entire process by practicing non-judgment.
Humans judge all the time; we are judging beings, and for good reasons (at times). But for our purpose here, we are referring to how we judge to condemn, making ourselves superior and others inferior. We are not talking about the necessary discernment for everyday living. To move through this process, you must accept yourself as you are and as you are not.
HOW DOES THIS SERVE YOU IN RETURNING TO WHOLENESS?
If you cease making yourself or others wrong, you begin to let go and allow truth to be revealed.”
― Shadow Work: A Spiritual Path to Healing and Integration
“6. Blessing
Let's take this word out of the realm of religion and instead begin to use this word as an action that we take to add love, hope, and renewed possibility to a given situation. Consciously blessing something changes the way we engage with it. For example, if you are someone who doesn't like taking medication, but your body requires that you do, if you bless the medication, your body receives it differently and interacts with it in a way that leads you to greater health experience. A deeper resource for how your body responds to your thinking is It's the Thought That Counts by David R. Hamilton. If you are struggling with an individual, blessing them instead of condemning or judging them will alter how you see them.
To bless something or someone is a way of raising your sight as you anticipate a life-affirming outcome. You cannot condemn someone while blessing them. When we condemn, we close down, but when we bless, we open up. Blessing someone or a situation changes the dynamics of what is before you.
HOW DOES THIS SERVE YOU IN RETURNING TO WHOLENESS?
To bless yourself, others, and your shadow is to change the energy around them.
Your shadow will reveal itself more easily when blessed.”
― Shadow Work: A Spiritual Path to Healing and Integration
Let's take this word out of the realm of religion and instead begin to use this word as an action that we take to add love, hope, and renewed possibility to a given situation. Consciously blessing something changes the way we engage with it. For example, if you are someone who doesn't like taking medication, but your body requires that you do, if you bless the medication, your body receives it differently and interacts with it in a way that leads you to greater health experience. A deeper resource for how your body responds to your thinking is It's the Thought That Counts by David R. Hamilton. If you are struggling with an individual, blessing them instead of condemning or judging them will alter how you see them.
To bless something or someone is a way of raising your sight as you anticipate a life-affirming outcome. You cannot condemn someone while blessing them. When we condemn, we close down, but when we bless, we open up. Blessing someone or a situation changes the dynamics of what is before you.
HOW DOES THIS SERVE YOU IN RETURNING TO WHOLENESS?
To bless yourself, others, and your shadow is to change the energy around them.
Your shadow will reveal itself more easily when blessed.”
― Shadow Work: A Spiritual Path to Healing and Integration
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