Charles J. Morris, PhD/Mindfulness in Depth: Healing our Shadow

  • $49

Mindfulness in Depth: Healing our Shadow

  • Course
  • 16 Lessons

Shadow work has a reputation for being confrontational. The phrase itself can sound like an invitation to descend into darkness. That isn't what this course is about.

In Jungian depth psychology, the shadow isn't the enemy. It is the name for everything we have pushed out of conscious awareness: the impulses we have disowned, the qualities we have rejected, the parts of ourselves that didn't fit the story we tell about who we are. The work isn't to fight these parts. It is to see them. And in seeing them, to reclaim the energy they have been using up.

This course pairs Jung's framework for the shadow and psychological complexes with mindfulness practice and Buddhist philosophy. The result is a ten-day journey that is psychologically grounded, contemplatively rich, and practically useful.

Who This Course is For

  • You have done some therapy or journaling and sense there is still something underneath you haven't quite reached.

  • You meditate but notice that attention practice doesn't seem to touch certain recurring patterns.

  • You are drawn to Jungian ideas but want something experiential, not just theoretical.

  • You have been curious about shadow work but weren't sure where to start.

You don't need any prior meditation experience. You do need a willingness to be honest with yourself.

I built this course because I spent years working with both mindfulness and Jungian depth psychology and noticed that practitioners of each often didn't know what the other tradition had figured out. The shadow work I encountered in Jungian circles was often intellectually rich but practically unmoored. The mindfulness practice I knew was precise and grounded but tended to bracket the very questions depth psychology takes seriously. This course is my attempt to bring the two together in a form that is both rigorous and genuinely accessible.

What You'll Receive

  • 10 daily audio teachings (10 to 15 minutes each), also available written

  • 3 guided audio meditations (15 to 20 minutes each)

  • A PDF with 10 daily journaling prompts

  • A PDF practice guide for self-guiding the meditations

Course Reviews

Renee V.

"Very well, organized, presented and reinforced. The lessons in this series are outstanding as is the teacher who organized them and used their authentic voice to share them."

Jonathan D.

"This course was both deeply insightful, enjoyable and impactful. I greatly enjoyed my time spent going through it."

Sjöfn

"He brings you as close as possible to your shadow and complexes without therapy. Although, therapy is suggested. He has an astounding knowledge of Jungian concepts and ideology. Truly, a brilliant course."

Contents

Course Modules

Lesson 1: The Complex-ity of Shadow Work
Preview
Lesson 2: How to Recognize a Complex
Lesson 3: I’m in a Complex. Now What?
Lesson 4: Self-Awareness and Shadow Work
Lesson 5: Understanding our Complexes
Lesson 6: Shadow Projection
Lesson 7: The Secret of Complexes
Lesson 8: Re-Visiting and Re-Storying our Complexes
Lesson 9: Imagination, Personification, and the Healing Symbol
Lesson 10: Taking Back and Dissolving Complexes
Course Conclusion

Guided Meditations

Practice 1: Feeling and Re-Storying Our Shadow
Practice 2: Personifying and Transforming our Shadow
Practice 3: Taking Back and Dissolving Projections

Handouts

Healing our Shadow - Journaling Prompts.pdf
Healing our Shadow - Practice Guide.pdf