So shadow work is any practice which brings these hidden unconscious aspects into awareness. When we work with the shadow rather than pretending it doesn’t exist, we bring increased clarity and peace to all areas of our lives. Shadow work is the practice of acknowledging these hidden aspects of our psyche so that we can bring them to light. The shadow self or shadow side is a concept that was coined by psycho-analyst Carl Jung, he describes this as the unconscious parts of the personality that our conscious ego doesn’t want to identify in itself. In this post I want to explore what shadow work is, provide journal prompts you can get started with today and share guidance on how you can go deeper with your practice. Through projection, deception, passive aggression, unhealthy habits, a general lack of authenticity. How this dark hidden side doesn’t simply cease to exist if we ignore it, instead it manifests in more subtle ways. It also contain positive attributes which we are hesitant to show or express due to how others might respond. This aspect of our being contains all of the negative traits, habits, tendencies which we suppress in order to seem like ‘good people’. We might refer to this as our dark side or hidden side, it is unconscious in nature. We all have a shadow side, a part of ourselves which we hide away from others out of fear of shame.
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