Hi there! Hope life is good and you are blessed and well! I love that we are connected in this Shaman Mama/Spiral Path Community. Thank you for being here…and please let me know how I can serve you and your needs as you grow in your life!
I’m going to share with you a couple of Shadow dreams that I had recently, two nights apart. I believe they arose because of an intention I set for my personal growth and for the manifestation of something wonderful into my life. You do know that whatever stands in the way of your goals comes will up for you to deal, heal, and release it, right?
And I’m going to share them mainly because nobody talks about these… they’re not pretty… and they’re quite frightening and unsettling when we are in them. Yeah, it’s not all bunnies and rainbows, is it! J
First dream: I am in a basement and a great big shadow (how literal can you get!) on the wall seems like it is following me and is going to come after me. I start to run. It was very scary. I awoke whimpering in my sleep.
Second dream: My BFF who did die five years ago is in front of me and she is dead, but Walking Dead/zombie dead. She looks horrible and makes a move to touch me in my solar plexus. I back away and try to make a sound. It was very scary and again, I awoke whimpering in my sleep.
My husband was there to bring me back to reality both times.
Questions:
Dream 1: What actual Shadow part of me is pursuing me to pay attention? I feel like this has to do with the deeper levels of self-care and self-nurturance I am intending in other ways. Do I have a Shadow part of me that is more loving and nurturing to me than I currently am? I will inquire into and investigate this. Shadow is not always ugly and negative; but it is always hidden and disempowered.
Dream 2: Why would a “dead but not dead” part of me try to touch my solar plexus—my energetic power center? What part of me is “dead but not dead” and needs reactivating/enlivening? My physical sense of myself and my body, living fully in my body. And how could the “dead but not dead” part of me empower that part of me back to life? By confronting me and getting my attention with the “dead but not dead”aspect. Well this one’s powerful and will take some more processing.
This all has to do with body, because I am inquiring about body/physical issues, and because my strongly-held intention for my Miracle these days is the healing and reparation of my body into a lighter, fitter, healthier version of me. So now I can proceed to dialogue with these Shadow parts and get their input, guidance, and empower myself with them and access the energy they’ve been holding.
The thing about Shadow dreams (and Shadow work in general) is that they are so rich and capable of empowering you beyond belief. The Shadow parts of us that show up on our dreams are parts of us that we have relegated to the Shadows. They’re not allowed to come sit by the fire with us, they’re not allowed to be claimed as parts of ourselves in our lives. And so their acting out is behind the scenes, catching us by surprise, showing up in the form of other people whom we loathe, detest, who irritate and anger us…or whom we even envy and admire. We are so amazingly complex and interesting as human beings. And these Shadow dreams can help us to understand ourselves and to claim energy which we need to live our lives fully and creatively and satisfyingly.
One simple way to work with Shadow dreams is to simply pretend that you are every aspect of your dream and speak individually from every aspect. Another way to work with your Shadow dreams is to literally ask questions. Like, what does this mean? How is this helpful to me? What is this pointing me toward? What am I missing here? Where in my life am I just like this?
There is an undeniable richness to working with Shadow and yet we have to have the stomach, the courage, to confront those parts of ourselves which, for whatever good reasons in our past, we have thrown into the closet because they were deemed unacceptable for one reason or another….usually having to do with the negative messages from authority figures, society, culture, gender roles, etc.
Stay tuned for my next blog post on the third Shadow Dream that showed up for me after these two! It’s ah-mazing!!
If you’re interested in pursuing Shadow work for your own personal growth, I am starting a Shadow Exploration & Healing Coaching Group very soon. I’m including the details here. Message me if you are interested or have questions.
As always I hope you SPARKLE!!
Janice Masters, The Shaman Mama
**Shadow Exploration & Healing Coaching Group
I am facilitating this group.
Limit of 6-8 participants.
Combination of teaching/coaching around Shadow issues as they present personally…and collectively in the world-at-large, to trigger us. Recognition of the role we play with our personal healing in healing the collective.
Two one-hour+ sessions per month via Zoom.
$147 for 3 months. Fee will remain the same for future program modules.
Calls will be recorded and shared with group members.
***Reminder about my FREE CLASS: The Art of Inviting Miracles with the Law of Attraction Class/Group on Facebook. Come and join us with this link!
Art: Message from the Guardian of the Depths, by Sue OKieffe https://www.facebook.com/sueokieffe
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