The Shadow of a Woman

About the deck

A deck about what a woman does not admit in herself, although that is exactly where her strength lies.

The deck holds 80 metaphorical associative cards with images of women in particular states and actions.

The idea of the deck is that experiences, emotions, needs and wishes live inside a woman that get pushed aside or go unrecognized. Resource lies packed away in those unacknowledged parts, and once they are recognized it can be taken back.

If heavy states have ended up in the shadow, the work gives something else: the chance to see reality without illusions and to start leaning on what is actually there.

The deck can be used as a deep diagnostic, clarifying, deepening, resourcing, transformational and supporting tool in counseling, therapy, training and psychological transformation games. It works as part of the whole series and on its own.

With “The Shadow of a Woman” deck you can

• find the real needs that are asking to come out
• find the states and feelings you push aside
• find the blind spot, the obvious thing a woman does not notice
• understand what destroys from within while it stays unnamed
• see your illusions and tell them apart from reality
• get to know your inner dragons instead of fighting them
• understand why your strong qualities do not show in your life
• bring what was pushed aside into the light in a safe way
• notice which feelings a woman considers inadmissible for herself
• learn to live consciously, leaning on what is real rather than on what is comfortable

Questions to ask the deck

Work starts from these questions. Choose one, the one that speaks to you more strongly than the rest, and work with it, because shadow work takes time and needs closing.

1. What frightens me about myself?
2. What do I need to see in order to grow further?
3. What important thing am I not seeing in my life?
4. Which of my needs are being pushed aside?
5. What state am I really in?
6. What am I afraid to learn about myself?
7. What am I afraid to show?
8. Which qualities do I hide, thinking they will not be accepted?
9. What is it time for me to learn about myself?
10. Which state do I need to recognize for the illusions to go?
11. What do I condemn in other women?
12. Which part of me has long been asking to come out?

The whole series

“Woman Within Me” is 10 decks that work as a single system: light and shadow, the girl within, the mirror of truth, breakdowns of energy, masks, sources of harmony, artifacts of power, portraits and archetypes.

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