Aspire Magazine: Inspiration for a Woman's Soul.(TM) Jun/July 2019 Aspire Magazine FULL Issue | Page 60

Just as we need
to balance
masculine and
feminine, we
need to balance
dark and light,
shadow and
reflection,
death force and
life force.
absolute dark and light at each end—it’s
about how to stay in balance.
of darkness and light. How the cycles affect
you depends on how robust you are and
how much work you have done on yourself.
Everybody is different.
I cannot emphasize enough that doing your
inner work is the answer to getting through
these dark cycles. You start to like yourself
more, you become a friend to yourself, and
your attitude both to yourself and to others
becomes more compassion- ate. You begin
to trust yourself more and show yourself more
of yourself. This is the creation of the best
healed self, the authentic, congruent self,
which will prevail in challenges. It is therefore
important to do the work thoroughly. As
people go deeper inward, they tend to avoid
the parts they really dislike or are afraid of.
Though those parts are in darkness, they
are still there and still need to be healed.
© 2019. Abby Wynne. An excerpt from Heal Your Inner
Wounds: How to Transform Deep Emotional Pain into
Freedom & Joy. Reprinted with permission from Llewellyn
Publications.
The battle we have with the forces of light
and dark within explains why we can end
up attacking ourselves and wrecking the
good healing work we have done. Just as
we need to balance masculine and feminine,
we need to balance dark and light, shadow
and reflection, death force and life force.
It must also be said that we go through periods
of our lives that seem to be in darkness,
where everything seems to go wrong, but we
come out the other end stronger and better
for it. And we have periods of lightness where
everything seems to be going well, but they
do not last forever. Just as winter turns into
summer and back to winter again, just as
day turns into night and then comes the day,
we are part of nature and move within cycles
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Abby Wynne - Abby is a bestselling author and one of the world’s
leading lights in the field of Shamanism, Psychotherapy and Energy
Healing. Her newest book is “Heal your Inner Wounds” published
by Llewellyn Worldwide. Abby’s powerful teachings empower
you to do your inner work with strength and courage, whilst
creating a structure and foundation to guide you. Learn more at
www.abby-wynne.com.