SHADOWS AND SEXUALITY

𝙊𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙪𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙞𝙙𝙚. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙪𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙣. 🪞

Acknowledging our shadows doesn’t mean allowing ourselves acting on destructive impulses to oneself or others:
Those come from unhealed wounds, and it is not the same.

It means becoming conscious of what we repress: fears, desires, emotions, traits we were taught to feel ashamed of.

What creates suffering is not the shadow itself, but the refusal to see it.

Among all the territories where shadows live, sexuality remains one of the most taboo, even in 2025.

Shaped by religion, conditioning, and collective fear, it has been turned into something shameful instead of something alive.

And yet, our sexuality often reveals more about our inner life than anything else.

💌 The way we relate to desire, presence, connection and authenticity in intimacy often mirrors the way we relate to life itself.

This doesn’t mean all shadows are sexual.

But starting there can open a powerful door.

Sexuality is often where desire is silenced, where authenticity is censored, where people feel most divided from themselves.

As Jung and Freud observed in different ways, sexuality is not a marginal or inferior aspect of our being, it is central to our existence, a core expression of life force, identity, and connection.

To deny it is to fragment ourselves.

When we dare to observe our sexuality without judgment, to ask « Is it conscious? Is it fulfilling? Is it true? », we gain the strength to face our other shadows too.

By recognizing and understanding these hidden aspects, people can become more authentic and have healthier relationships with themselves and others.

Integration is freedom.

Not because the shadow disappears, but because it no longer controls us from the dark. 💫

In a fake world where everybody seems lost, it seems to me that the path to this gentle integration can begin with a single breath of tantra, a way of meeting ourselves and each other in deeper presence and true connection.