Solace & Ceremony: The Golden Shadow

Welcome to August's Solace and Ceremony offering: The Golden Shadow

The invitation

While many of us are familiar with the archetype of the 'Shadow', representing our repressed side, fewer recognise the qualities of the Golden Shadow, which symbolises the hidden GOLD within our darkness. This hidden gold includes our repressed light, brilliance, courage, talents, passion, and creativity—unfulfilled potential that often remains underdeveloped due to fear and our fast-paced world. 

Exploring the Golden Shadow allows us to reclaim our inner wisdom, own our authenticity, and connect with our true selves. Shadow work, particularly focusing on the Golden Shadow, is a profound and effective way to increase self-awareness, self-compassion, and achieve greater peace and ease in our lives, both within ourselves and in our interactions with the world. Embracing this aspect of shadow work is one of the greatest gifts it has to offer. 

The approach

Container: As we are in the heart of winter, I will ensure you are warm and cosy as you take in a Shamanic Journey beginning with building a cocoon with blankets and cushions. The healing space is adorned with natural elements, soft lights, candles, crystals, feathers, and plants to enhance the sacred atmosphere. As your guide, I will open a container with a brief introduction, explaining the purpose of the journey and the creation of your unique soul card and guide you into the practice. 

Intention: You are encouraged to set a personal intention for the journey as this helps to align the mind, body, spirit and soul with the purpose of the journey.

Journeying: I will use my drum, meditation bowls, and chimes to create rhythm that supports the shift of brainwaves from the waking state (beta) to a more relaxed state (theta), which is conducive to deep rest and meditation. I will guide through a series of visualisations in peaceful natural settings, such as a forest, a meadow, or by the ocean. As your guide I will support you to immerse yourself in a tranquil environment. The journey may lead you to meet a spirit guides, ancestors and animal ally. These guides offer wisdom, comfort, and healing energy. 

Travelling: You will be guided to see, sense, feel a golden sphere of light around your energy field, within this golden sphere of light you will be guided to mine for the gold, your soul essence that may be available to you to bring into conscious awareness. 

Coming back: I will gently guide you back to the present moment. This is done gradually, with grounding techniques such as feeling the connection to the earth and becoming aware of their physical surroundings, no rush you will be encouraged to take your time. 

Creative response: The creative activity is to make soul card to illuminate innate wisdom reclaimed from the Golden Shadow. This acts as a talisman imbuing many messages, gifts, talents guiding you to actualise your soul mission in this lifetime. 

Connecting: You will be invited to share their experiences, either verbally or through journaling, you are so welcome to pass should you not wish to share. To be seen, held and heard in an safe container helps to integrate the journey and solidify any insights gained. 

Closing: We will bring the offering to a close by sitting in ceremony and expressing gratitude to the spirit guides, Mother Gaia and any other energies, ancestors and deities that may have connected in service to you. 

At any point journey the offering, you are welcome to take Solace, and tend to your unique soul needs as they ebb, and flow through the practice. 

What to bring

Bring a journal & water bottle.

You will be moving, lying down and creating.

Comfortable clothing, your favourite blanket, warm socks will enhance your experience.

Warming nourishment will be available throughout the offering. 

Come with an open heart.

See you all 3rd of August!