Embracing The Shadow: A Journey Of Self-Integration

Shadow work is the practice of exploring the hidden parts of ourselves — the suppressed emotions, stories, and traits we’ve disowned or rejected. In this 7-day course, you’ll be guided through a gentle yet powerful process of self-inquiry, meditation, and inner integration. Through compassionate awareness, you’ll uncover projections, embrace emotional triggers, reconnect with your inner child, and reclaim lost energy. This course invites you to stop running from what’s uncomfortable and begin lovingly transforming it. Because healing doesn’t come from perfection — it comes from wholeness.

You’ll leave with greater clarity, emotional balance, and a renewed sense of self-acceptance.

Lección 1: What Is The Shadow?

We begin this journey by exploring what the “shadow” truly is — not something to fear, but something to understand. In this first session, you’ll learn the psychological roots of shadow work and how it influences your emotions, behaviours, and relationships. Through a gentle teaching and guided visualization, you’ll take the first brave step in turning toward your hidden self — with curiosity, not judgment.

Lección 2: Triggers And Projection

Today, we explore how your shadow reveals itself through emotional triggers and projection. You’ll learn how to recognize these reactions in everyday life and shift from unconscious reaction to compassionate awareness. Then, through guided meditation, you’ll be gently invited to witness your own patterns — without judgment

Lección 3: Inner Child & Childhood Wounds

Today, we turn our attention to the inner child—the part of you formed early in life, shaped by wounds that still influence your reactions today. You’ll learn how childhood patterns contribute to your shadow and how to begin nurturing that younger self with care. The guided meditation helps you meet your inner child with compassion and presence.

Lección 4: Reclaim Your Spark (Suppressed Energy & Creativity)

Today’s lesson guides you toward the vibrant energy and creativity often buried within the shadow. You’ll learn why suppressed energy becomes hidden and how to gently reclaim it. The guided meditation supports rediscovering your inner spark and opening to creative expression.

Lección 5: Befriending The Inner Critic

Today we meet the voice of the inner critic — the part of your shadow that judges, shames, or limits you from within. You’ll learn how this voice forms, why it persists, and how to work with it skillfully rather than fight against it. The guided meditation invites you to observe the critic without fear and offer your inner dialogue a new tone of compassion and understanding.

Lección 6: Bringing It All Together: Integration & Everyday Embodiment

Today, we integrate everything we’ve uncovered: triggers, inner child, suppressed energy, and the critic. You’ll learn how to gently weave these insights into daily life, so your shadow work feeds continual transformation. The guided meditation supports anchoring this integration in your body and breath.

Lección 7: Celebration, Closure & Moving Forward

Today marks the culmination of your journey—a celebration of courage, healing, and growth. You’ll reflect on your insights, honour your inner work, and be guided toward carrying this transformation forward. The meditation brings together all parts of you, offering a sense of wholeness, confidence, and continued intention.

Reviews

I loved this course! So powerful and integrates so well with IFS Parts work. Thank you 🙏

I will move forward acknowledging that I am all these parts: inner child, creative spark, critic, and wise observer. I can now observe myself with compassion. I don’t need to reject any of them. Together it’s my whole me.

Thank you Mark. This was a beautiful and informative course. I will take the practices with me.

This was a great course, accepting the parts of myself that I once tried so hard to control and change feels so good. Now I feel I have accepted and understood them as a part of myself that once existed for my protection I am grateful for their support in the past but can finely let them rest now that I have taken back my creative spark and the control over my future freedom. Thank you so much for creating this course and doing the work you do 🙏🏻 namaste 🙏🏻

This prompted some helpful reflection for me. My main Takeaway is compassionate inclusion in integration of all these parts within me.

Beautiful course on the Shadow parts. Thank you for the journey. Some shadow traits are close to our awareness and are less shame inducing than others. But it’s about loving, accepting and sending compassion to all the parts, even those that make us cringe when we recognize them in ourselves. A do again course for sure. Shadow work is not a one off but a daily journey. 🙏

Wonderful! Thank you! I will be revisiting this study again. It showed up at the perfect time.

This was the most profound journey I have ever been on...Mark is an exceptionally gifted teacher...the shadow work that I was able to deal with was beyond what I could have imagined...dealing with the fact I was molested at age 11 and it contined...I thought I would never be free from guilt and shame...but I AM WHOLE ...letting go completely...of my past hurts...

I would highly recommend fhis course for anyone dealing with inner turmoil and bandage from past experiences beyond your control...this was sooo FREEING!
THANK YOU MARK...BLESSINGS BE UNTO YOU

Your deep convictions in shadow teaching comes through in a loving...compassionate way..non judgemental....Big Bear Hugs

Donald James Dodge

I loved this course. Your voice is so peaceful. I visited lots of places that I left feeling lonely and sadness. Ive lost a lot I n my life and find I spend probably too much time alone although I love my own company. Ive struggled to make bonds and still do, Its been such a lovely week, and I feel that Ive really enjoyed nurturing parts of my neglected self. One of my fondest memories is of my dad and the picture of my shadow self smiling up at him is pure and magical.
Thank you 🙏