The Shadow
As human beings in all cultures, we are only allowed to express a limited, socially acceptable portion of the total Self. What happens to the other vital, energetic parts of ourselves that may not have been acceptable in our family, community, or culture?
Those parts of ourselves go underground and become….The Shadow.
The Shadow is the unaccepted, despised, and unacknowledged part of ourselves that is repressed and unavailable to our conscious mind. Our Shadow is projected outwards onto others who thereby come to represent for us all that is dark and unpleasant.
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As the shadow has an elusive nature, we are not aware when we are projecting it onto others. It is helpful to understand that we have both a personal and a collective shadow. This means our projections can belong to us alone, and we can project as an entire group acting as our culture, religion, or family.
What people may not understand is the Shadow is morally neutral. While one person may find it difficult to express anger, domination or lust, another may find it equally difficult to express sensitivity, gentleness or compassion.
But, the Shadow will find a way out eventually...
Whenever tired or stressed the Shadow will abruptly emerge and we are left shocked by what we expressed in that moment…that’s our Shadow!
We may then feel ashamed and embarrassed, but once acknowledged and accepted, the Shadow becomes a vital force in our lives!
Our intention in hosting this retreat is to help you to better recognize your Shadow, and learn to accept, embrace, and love it.
The Shadow Self is just waiting for you to bring it into the light of consciousness and discover its value!
Meet your Co-Facilitator.
Sarah Clodius has been apprenticing under the guidance of Deborah Jacobson of Path to Transcendence since 2018. As a Breathwork Facilitator Apprentice, she has deeply immersed herself in her own transformative healing journey while continuing to receive excellent mentorship on how to facilitate and hold space for others. She brings a unique depth of experience, compassion, and professionalism to the work, offering comprehensive support to our retreat participants.
Retreat Activities
This is a special retreat experience centered around meeting with your Shadow Self and learning how to integrate them into your life. What is extremely unique about this opportunity to do shadow work, is the chance to utilize guided visualization, altered states of consciousness, artwork, poetry, mask-making, dance, and group work to reveal and integrate the Shadow.
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For a better understanding of the Breathwork process go here.
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Continue reading to learn more about the Benefits of doing this work, its importance within psychospiritual healing, and for further retreat details.
TOP BENEFITS
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Emotional Healing (Healing the Wounded Inner Child)
This workshop can help you to release trapped, suppressed and overwhelmed emotional energy that you may have been carrying around for so long. While what resides within our Shadow doesn't always come from intense trauma, it certainly can contain those experiences if they were part of your childhood. For those whose shadow is associated with trauma, this process can help you to work through it and embrace the part(s) of yourself that have been made to feel unloved, unwanted, or ashamed.
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Break Destructive Patterns and Addictions
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Meeting with the Shadow can help you uncover the unconscious behaviors, beliefs, and emotional responses that drive negative habits and addictions in your life. By bringing these hidden aspects to the light, shadow work enables you to understand the root cause of these behaviors and empowers you to transform them into healthier, more constructive actions.
Improve your Personal & Professional Relationships
In cultivating a relationship with your Shadow, you learn how to recognize and better manage the projections that you unfairly put onto others, and vise versa - you can better recognize when others are throwing their projections onto you. Instead of seeing others as projections of the side of yourself that you don't like, or being seen that way by someone else, we can learn to see people for who they really are. This can help to build stronger, honest relationships and set loving boundaries.
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Discover & Reclaim Hidden Talents & Energetic Gifts
The Shadow self is morally neutral. This can mean that what has been repressed isn't always your negative traits. Light, power, creativity, and talent can be repressed too. In accepting your shadow you may access a deeper well of energetic self-expression, power, and confidence than you have ever known! As Marianne Williamson says, "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadaquate, it is that we are powerful beyond measure!"
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Cultivate Self Acceptance and Awareness
How many of us are operating from a place of self-loathing, insecurity, and judgment, without consciously understanding where it comes from or how to change it? By confronting hidden aspects of yourself, shadow work helps you understand unconscious patterns and motivations, making you more aware of your thoughts, feelings, and actions. Accepting your Shadow means learning how to love every aspect of yourself, which can lead to higher levels of compassion, self-love, forgiveness, peace, and harmony within.
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Impact of Authentic Confidence
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Shadow work allows you to embrace your whole self, including qualities you may have rejected. This leads to a greater sense of confidence and authenticity, enabling you to express yourself more freely. When we shed the masks society imposes on us, we gain the power to authentically express our True Selves. This empowerment sparks a ripple effect, encouraging others to embrace their own authenticity, and the impact continues to spread!
Release Self-Sabotage and Judgement
When we are afraid or judgmental of what has been repressed within, we may consciously or unconsciously sabotage ourselves and others. By integrating unconscious behaviors and beliefs, shadow work reduces tendencies to self-sabotage, helping you make decisions aligned with your true self. By accepting the parts of yourself you once judged or rejected, you also become less judgmental of others, fostering an attitude of acceptance and openness.
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Spiritual Growth and Connection
By meeting with and integrating the shadow, you begin to free up pathways that were once blocked by stuck or repressed beliefs, emotions and energies. You may also begin to create new pathways that can develop into deeper spiritual insight and connection. This leads to greater alignment with your higher self and inner wisdom.
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Living with Greater Integrity
Shadow work allows you to live in better alignment with the fullest version of your true self. By accepting and integrating your unconscious aspects, you can live and act from a place of authentic integrity. Greater integrity also leads to truth-aligned decision making, reducing inner tension and conflict.
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Expanding Personal & Collective Consciousness
By integrating your shadow, you become more conscious of your entire being, breaking out of limited views of yourself and the world. This reduces fear of yourself and fear of others. This expanded awareness helps you see life more holistically. The more that each one of us does our Shadow Work, the less we put fear, hatred and intolerance into the world. So by integrating our own shadow, one by one, we in turn make the world a better place... and raise the collective consciousness as a whole!
Weekend Schedule
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Friday
Saturday
Sunday
9:00 am - 6:30 pm.
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Welcome
Introduction to the Shadow
The Wizard of Oz
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Lunch Break
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Guided Imagery: Meeting the Shadow
Mask Application Ritual
Closing Meditation
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9:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Breathwork Journey
Soul Art/Mandalas
Mask Making Pt 1​
Lunch Break
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Mask Making Pt. 2
Group Process
​Archetypal Connections to Revealing the Shadow
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
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The Shadow Dance
The Philosopher's Stone
Poetry
Lunch Break
Guided Imagery: Integrating the Shadow
Costume Preparation
Presentation of the Shadow
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The Retreat Location
This is an in-town retreat in a private residence in Broomfield, Colorado.
We provide the retreat space, water, tea, and healthy snacks for the weekend. We ask participants to bring a water bottle, their lunch, and pillows/blankets for the breathwork journey. We have extra pillows and blankets and if it is not possible to bring your lunch, we can provide lunch options upon request.
If you are coming in from out of town and require lodging, here is a link for nearby hotels.
Cost of Retreat
Early Bird Registration Pricing through October 25th:
1 Person: $400.00
2 Persons: $375.00 each
**(Sign up with a friend and both will receive up to $75.00 off the full price!)​
Full Price After October 25th:
1 Person: $450.00
2 Persons: $425.00 (each)
(Sign up with a friend and both will receive $25.00 discount!)
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**Registration Closes at midnight November 6th!!
Fill out this form to register and/or contact us with questions!
**Note: If signing up with another person(s), all parties will need to register separately below.