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Shadow Work Spiritual Magic Candle

Shadow Work Spiritual Magic Candle

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Your shadow isn’t a flaw or a mistake — instead, it’s a natural part of who you are.

 

Shadow work is, at heart, about developing self-awareness and ultimately, self-acceptance and compassion. Shadow work is often both therapy and more spiritual, helping you see the different parts of yourself. For people who have been especially good at avoiding their shadow — for instance, because it is too far different from your own self-perception or desired impression — shadow work is about acknowledging the existence of shadows and getting curious about exploring them.

 

For those whose shadow is associated with trauma, this type of work helps you work through trauma to embrace the part of yourself that’s been suppressed or shamed throughout your life.

 

By accepting your shadow self, you can start to see how your thoughts and emotions influence your behavior. When you’re aware of this, you can take control and empower yourself to live life more deliberately and consciously. You can start to show up as your authentic self.

 

8 benefits of shadow work

 

You can benefit from practicing shadow work in several different aspects of your life. Here are just eight examples of benefits you can gain by implementing shadow work into your self-care practices.

 

1. Gain more confidence and self-esteem

 

You can show up more confidently when you show up as the full version of yourself, shadow and all.

 

There’s no more hidden self-doubt about parts of yourself that you may dislike or even loathe. This means you can be more confident as you move forward to achieve your goals.

 

Most of the time, our shadow traits are actually valuable parts of our personality. But if they are truly weaknesses, you’re better able to address them when you bring them out into the light so you can understand (and maybe better manage) them. Our shadow is most problematic when we aren’t even aware of it.

 

2. Improve your creativity

 

Your shadow doesn’t just hide traits that people consider undesirable. It can also hide amazing parts of yourself, like creativity.

 

Accepting your shadow means you get to embrace your creative side. Instead of suppressing your darker self, you can fully tap into all of the unique expressions it hides.

 

3. Build better relationships with others

 

Only when you fully love and accept yourself can you fully love and accept others.

 

When you tame your projections, you can see others for who they really are. You no longer see them as projections of the side of you that you dislike.

 

As a result, you can build stronger bonds with them.

 

4. Practice self-acceptance

 

You can get rid of the self-loathing you may unconsciously have when you repress your shadow. But you can only do this by fully accepting that side of yourself and practicing self-awareness.

 

Accepting your shadow means accepting and feeling self-compassion for every aspect of yourself. It won’t necessarily come easily and automatically. But beginning shadow work opens the door for you to get there.

 

5. Discover your hidden talents

 

You can use shadow work to uncover what some people call the "gold in your shadow bags" — in other words, your inner strengths and resources that you didn’t realize you had before.

 

Some people may fear that their shadow contains too much darkness for them to overcome. But in most cases, this golden shadow takes up most of the space. It just never had an opportunity to thrive before.

 

Shadow work can tempt this side of yourself out of hiding and allow you to step into everything you can really do.

 

6. Improve your overall wellness

 

Repressing your shadow can lead to all sorts of problems. You may not even realize these problems stem from a repressed side of yourself until you’re ready to face that shadow.

 

Shadow work can help you take control of your wellness journey by starting at the root. Instead of addressing specific wellness issues, like anxiety or unhealthy relationships, shadow work tackles their root causes.

 

7. Increase your compassion toward others

 

Shadow work helps you reduce projection when you interact with others. You’re less likely to be triggered by other people’s personality traits and quirks.

 

In turn, this can help you feel more compassionate toward others. You no longer see the dark side of yourself reflected in others. Instead, you can see them as whole people who likely have their own inner battles to face.

 

8. Have better clarity

 

Shadow Work Spiritual Magic Candle gives you better clarity on how your thoughts, emotions, and feelings lead you to act the way you do.

 

When you have this information, you can show up with more clarity and authenticity.

 

 

 

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