with Jasbinder Garnermann

The shadow is the unconscious part of ourselves that we reject because it’s the opposite of our image of ourselves (the Persona), and also of what we aspire to be (our Ego-Ideal).

However much we try and repress our shadow, it subverts our best intentions and breaks out in our behaviour, through Freudian slips, projections, neuroses, addictions, and psychosomatic illnesses.

Jung wrote that the shadow is 90% pure gold because once we have the courage to face it, we also release the healthy instincts, vitality, and aspects of the real self that were rejected because they did not fit in with the norms and values of our upbringing and culture.

Jung regarded the shadow as the greatest moral problem of our times because when it is repressed, it explodes destructively both in our personal and societal lives. Healing our relationship with this ancient part of ourselves also heals our relationships with the world around us, helping us to be more compassionate and forgiving of the shortcomings of others because we have made peace with our own.

All the psychic energy that we once used to hold down the lid on the shadow is now freed and available for the fullness of life, self-expression, playfulness, flexibility and creativity.

Sessions

Tuesday 6th October
Tuesday 20th October
7.00 pm – 8.30 pm
Via Zoom

Bookings: aisgireland@gmail.com

Cost: €20 for one session
€35 for both sessions

ABOUT JASBINDER GARNERMANN

Jasbinder Garnermann is one of Ireland’s leading Jungian psychologists, Chairwoman of the C.G. Jung Society of Ireland and Director of the C.G. Jung Institute.

She graduated from Delhi University and received her M.Phil. from Trinity College Dublin. She co-founded the C.G. Jung Society of Ireland in 1988 and the All-Ireland Centre for Jungian Studies in 1990 under the patronage of Sir Laurens van der Post.

She has lectured, led workshops and training courses in Jungian psychology for over two decades, written extensively for the national press, and continues research on Vedic psychology.

Jasbinder is Chairwoman of the C.G. Jung Centre – The All-Ireland Centre for Jungian Studies, and also offers one-to-one dream interpretations.