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Shadow work

With Tarot

I think shadow work is often over complicated, but under respected.

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At its simplest shadow work is remebring things you have decided to forget, or not accept, about yourself.

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At some point your psychological safety, cultural background, or community meant you had to repress these emotions, memories or knowledge.  Shadow work is bringing them back into conscious memory.

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It is essentail to tread gently, and understand that we are not always ready to do this work.  Sometimes shadow work can trigger a bigger response than can be processed, or cause real harm if you are still living in the situation that caused the need to repress the emotions in the first case.

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Module 1-
Introducing shadow work.

It's really hard to talk about shadow work, in this module I want to explore real life examples to bring the concept into reality.

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Before you can consider trying shadow work on anyone else, you need to have experienced it for yourself. So in this module I encourage you to explore shadow readings for you.

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Remember you can come back to this module, and journey deeper with time. 

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Be playful, journal, self care. And feel free to adjust my spreads, my tools, to make it work for you.

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Module 2-
Practical Tarot spreads

When I read for a client I pull as many cards, or run through as many spreads, as I need to- within my time constraints. 

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Because many Tarot readings include shadow work on some level- telling a client what they are aware of on some level, but just can't quite hold in their conscious mind.

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Reading in this way means reading a series of spreads, some of which I just confirming what a client has already told me- but running deeper I follow a thread to bring a shadow belief into the light.

Follow me on a journey- and read alongside me, step by step, to explore my shadow wound with money and security. My sun & Chiron formed a transit conjunction in my fourth house, the same week as a partial solar eclipse in my fourth house (home & security). I am also going through an unsettling investigation by UK benefits, and my husband has now cancelled seeing the kids three times in a row. My income is mostly my paid work-topped up by benefits & maintenance. So this has triggered a huge fear based response. 

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This is a typical 80 minute client session, broken down into a series of spreads, and then breaking many spreads down into smaller steps.

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 Read the PDF, then listen to the audio, explore how you processed each reading with my process. (not looking for right or wrong, rather learning as you go.)

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Once you've worked through my readings have a go at your own.

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Choose an area of your life that you feel blocked in. Do you struggle with food, friendships, money, creativity, relaxing...

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What area of your life would you like to enjoy more? Then work through a series of readings- journalling, unwinding into the process. Ideally allow a couple of hours- and break for a walk or food if it feels helpful.

Readings to try- 1; the spread and background. 2; my take on it.

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Readings to try- 3; the spread and background. 4; my take on it.

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Module 3- (May)
Shadow work for others

I'm grateful the Tarot world isn't regulated- because I like to have complete sovereignty over how I work. 

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But shadow work can be very triggering, and "I was only reading the cards" is NOT an excuse for causing harm when reading for others. 

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Hopefully you've now explored reading shadow spreads for yourself. This module is focused on how to hold a safe space for others.

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