Moving from shadow to light
Sep 14, 2025From Shadow to Light
Solid objects block the light and cast shadows behind them. Our unfinished business, unresolved trauma, and stuck emotions sit as blocked energy in our field, generating our shadow material.
So shadow work is essentially clearing those inner blocks so that more light can shine through our being. The blocks come from life experiences we haven’t completely digested because they were too much, too difficult, or too often. They overwhelmed our system.
Shadow work supports our body, heart, and mind to process those experiences fully and finally. Anything that addresses the issues helps:
- Counselling, psychotherapy
- Hypnotherapy
- Breathwork, bodywork, acupuncture
- Kinesiology, craniosacral therapy, emotion code, body code
- Yoga, qi gong, tai chi, kung fu
- Journalling, reflective practices
- Sound, energy healing, Reiki
The key element in shadow work is directly facing the material - thoughts, feelings, sensations - with loving attention. When anything stuck is brought to the surface, it can then be seen, felt, understood and released.
The light we are moving into is the higher energy of our greater Self wanting expression. It is already there as the qualities of our eternal soul, forever radiating throughout the universe. The problem is not a lack of light, but the obscuring of our light.
As we do our shadow work, the storm clouds of fear and separation gradually dissipate. The inner sun that was always there can shine through more and more. Ultimately, we stand in the full expression of our true, light-filled Self.
