Shadow Work & Meditation

Carl Jung, the father of analytical psychology, introduced the concept of the shadow — the unconscious parts of ourselves that we reject, repress, or disown.He believed that unless these parts are brought into conscious awareness, they will shape our behaviors, decisions, and life patterns from behind the scenes.As Jung said:"Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate."

The shadow includes thoughts, emotions, desires, traits, memories, and body parts we’ve been conditioned to push away — often because they were not accepted by our families or culture.Over time, this internal rejection creates energetic disconnection in the body, which can manifest as chronic tension, illness, or emotional distress.Unacknowledged shadow material also fuels unconscious reactions that block us from fulfilling our potential.

Yet, the shadow is not just a place of darkness — it holds seeds of our life force: power, creativity, wisdom, sensitivity, clarity, and love.

So what connects shadow work with meditation?

In meditation, we learn to cultivate awareness.This awareness gives us space to witness our inner world without reacting — to acknowledge the shadow without fear, avoidance, or judgment.In mindfulness, we learn to recognize the archetypes that live within us, to observe the ways we contract or expand in their presence.

Many of us fear what's in the shadow — aggression, shame, rage — and yet just as often, we unconsciously repress our joy, success, desire, and light.And that’s okay. The shadow contains both.

Each sensation, emotion, or memory carries its own intelligence.When we bring our unconscious material into awareness, we liberate energy that was held in survival or suppression — and allow it to return to flow.We then build a mindful relationship with ourselves that supports integration, embodiment, and purposeful action.

Even parts like anger or fear, when met with awareness, become powerful allies.They teach us to set boundaries, to respect our needs, to speak our truth with clarity.Paradoxically, the very traits we try to suppress often hold the key to our greatest strengths — and our most needed contributions to the world.

Life always strives for balance. The field of life is magnetic and intelligent.Pain, illness, conflict, or emotional crisis often appear as signals — not punishments — calling us back to wholeness, to attention, to the potential that seeks expression through us.

If you’re ready to move beyond the cycle of “sometimes good, sometimes bad”...If you no longer want to wait for breakdowns or external crises to wake you up...Begin.Explore your shadow. Meditate daily.

I offer 90-minute sessions (€90) combining:

• Shadow work on your specific challenges

• Meditation & mindfulness

• Practical tools for mindful living and daily integration

This work supports:

• Healing physical pain and illness

• Processing and releasing trauma

• Removing inner obstacles in the path of fulfillment and clarity

It’s time to reclaim your full presence.To become all that you came here to be.Your voice, your light, your wholeness — they are needed.

About Anat

Anat Feingold is a healing practitioner and meditation teacher, guiding individuals and groups through deep processes of transformation, healing, and self-realization. She supports people in navigating chronic pain, emotional blocks, and the integration into healthy body and fullfilling life.

Anat is studying for an M.A. in Psychotherapy. She is trained in body–mind–spirit therapy, shadow work (Carl Jung), hypnotherapy, family constellations, a yoga and meditation teacher, as well as a natural health consultant.

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