![]() Sacral Chakra ( Swadhisthana) – located in the lower abdomen just below the belly button / connected to our sense of pleasure.ģ. Root Chakra ( Muladhara) – located at the base of the spine / connected to our sense of survival.Ģ. We possess seven main chakras that include the following:ġ. What Are the Chakras?Ĭhakra is a Sanskrit word that literally translates to “wheel” or “disk.” Our chakras, therefore, are seen as wheels of spinning energy in our bodies, and they govern different areas of our human experience. See our Self-Love Journal and Inner Child Work Journal for more in-depth guidance. Therefore, I highly recommend practicing self-love and inner child work in conjunction with shadow work, and preferably beforehand. Without knowing how to show self-compassion toward ourselves, shadow work can be harmful and even retraumatizing (e.g., we can beat ourselves up over what we discover and use it to torment ourselves). Shadow work is quite simply the practice of actively choosing to explore our shadow selves.Īs one facet of inner work, shadow work is most effective when we have a strong foundation of self-love and inner child work supporting us. I talk more about this “golden shadow” in my article entitled Shadow Work: 13 Dark Archetypes. There are also positive elements stuffed within the shadow such as hidden gifts (e.g., intuitive, artistic, humanitarian) and qualities like sensitivity and even compassion that we may have needed to hide away as children for fear of being punished, bullied, or rejected. Is the shadow self only full of dark and negative stuff? No, not necessarily. The Shadow is comprised largely of elements of our nature - our repressed sexuality, fears, frailties, secret desires, and so on - that we have rejected for various reasons, and as such have been effectively split off, forming a type of secondary personality that emerges under certain conditions, like stress, anxiety, strong emotions, and anything involving sudden changes. In the words of psychotherapist Robert A. Our shadow self is our dark side, our inner ‘basement’ that contains all the parts of ourselves that we have a hard time accepting. ![]()
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