Shadow Alchemy Program
“We are not above being woefully flawed and human, nor are we separate from the divine energy that brought us here. We are always somewhere between the muck and the magic.”
-Chani Nicholas
A Shadow is something you don’t know about yourself that causes friction in your life.
Examples of friction are:
Repeating patterns of unfulfilling relationships. | Procrastinating | Low self-esteem | Blocked creatively | Easily triggered by others. | Poor relationship with money. | Poor relationship with your body. | Relentlessly judge yourself or others. | Feeling lonely and unhappy with your relationships. | Feeling anxious or ashamed about some of your behaviors. | Burdened by feelings of resentment or anger towards others. | Feeling burned out or emotionally depleted, no matter how much rest you get.
In order to relieve yourself of friction, you must learn to see what you’re avoiding about yourself.
A good motivator for that is how fed up you are with the way things are currently going.
Shadow Alchemy gently illuminates your Shadows so you can live life in harmony with yourself and others.
It’s not a quick fix, but it is an everlasting one.
It takes time and practice to learn your Shadows, but your inner peace is worth it, don’t you think?
“I cannot recommend Shadow Alchemy enough. I took it nearly a decade ago, I still lean on its lessons all the time.”
— Audra
“I now have a framework for how to approach challenging situations and how to apply it on my own–instead of just gaining the benefit of the experience in the moment.”
— Carla
“This was a beautiful and revealing experience.”
— Cristina
“This class gave me the space and tools to delve deep into the facets of myself I have been neglecting and underutilizing. I am excited to continue to use these tools to further integrate and embrace my Shadows for self-cohesiveness and empowerment.”
— J.D.
“The [Shadow Alchemy] workshop changed how I move through the world. The tools I learned help me to navigate the triggers and stresses of life more effectively and with more positive results. This process gave me valuable insights into my relationships and led me to a greater sense of ease and flow. I recommend [Shadow Alchemy] to anyone looking to understand themselves and others better.”
— Karen
“DEEP and enlightening. It was another unlayering.”
— Holly
Shadow Alchemy Program
The 6-week Shadow Alchemy Program provides a framework for personal growth by teaching tools to expose your hidden mindsets, embody your felt experience, and elevate your relationship with yourself and others. Over time, these practices will create big change in your life by showing you how to skillfully navigate causes of friction in your life.
THE GAIN:
See below the surface of your reactivity, so you can respond with more intention to challenging interactions with others.
Become less defensive and resentful.
Get clear on your own wants and needs.
Feel comfortable setting and maintaining boundaries.
Have more compassion for yourself.
Learn to communicate more skillfully.
Approach your relationships with more courage and love.
Be OK with your emotional experience.
Find more peace, ease, and intimacy in your relationships (platonic or otherwise).
Learn to tune into and trust your intuition (inner voice).
Eliminate shame from your experience.
Improve your self-talk.
THE PROCESS:
Learn about the 3 “Identity Filters” that influence how you see yourself and begin the process of expanding your self-perspective.
Learn the 5 “Shadow Clues” that point to hidden beliefs that block you.
Gain an understanding of Archetypes and how they work within your own experience (and the collective).
Explore the history of your personal belief system through your childhood experiences (Inner Child) and the story of the people who raised you (ancestral experiences).
Develop body awareness and learn to trust the intelligence of your truth-telling body signals.
Form a new relationship with your Shadow aspects by using an effective step-by-step method for integrating them.
PROGRAM DETAILS:
1-weekly livestream meeting (6 total).
Learn a proven methodology that you can use ongoing to identify self-sabotaging Shadow behaviors and transform what you once judged about yourself into what empowers you.
Our set group meets online for 6 weeks (PST).
These sessions will not be recorded.
3-weekly livestream yoga classes (18 total).
Move out of the theoretical conversation and into a deeper understanding of yourself that is beyond words.
Gain access to 3-live-stream yoga classes a week: Mon. @5pm, Wed. @ 8:30p, & Sat. @ 9a PST.
Recordings of the yoga classes will be available during the time of the 6-week program.
Attendance of the yoga classes are highly recommended, but not required.
Private social network.
Feel the full support of a community of people who are experiencing a similar inner-process and are learning the same language.
Resources for deepening understanding and at-home study.
Gain access to resources for ongoing self-study which includes recommended articles, books, movies, and writing prompts to reinforce new ways of filtering your understanding of yourself and the world around you.
Access from anywhere.
This course and all of its components happen online, so you can attend from anywhere in the world.
Real time with real people.
All sessions are held live-stream via Zoom.
This program is through invitation.
Click the “invite me” button to put your name on the list to be notified when the next session is announced.
Do you have questions? Schedule a free call and let’s chat.
“The shadow workshop is with me all the time and is indeed transformative. I see many interactions and memories through this lens.”
— Meda
“Through this workshop, Catherine helped me identify a part of me that has worked against me for most of my adult life - sabotaging me at one extreme and shielding me from meaningful relations at the other. By applying the tools from this workshop and with the loving feedback from fellow travelers, I have found the lighter side of these traits that now work on my behalf and have started the journey of integrating them into my daily interactions.”
— Leslie
“This helped me with multiple aspects of my life, specifically with my marriage and work.”
— Shanna
Investment
Option A - $675
Includes:
6-weekly livestream group meetings.
Weekly online yoga classes.
Private social network.
Resources for additional optional at-home study.
Access from anywhere.
Live, intimate engagement.
Option B - $1,065
Includes:
6-weekly livestream group meetings.
Weekly online yoga classes.
Private social network.
Resources for additional optional at-home study.
Access from anywhere.
Live, intimate engagement.
ADD-ON: 3-private coaching sessions
Work 1:1 with Catherine to personalize and further integrate the topics discussed in the group over the 6-week timespan.
“I truly appreciate you and the community that you’ve built.”
— Christy
“Catherine created an atmosphere of trust, love, and community. She is a gifted teacher and I don’t think I am overstating when I say her work will make the world a better place.”
— Jan
“It was wonderful to work with an honest and authentic facilitator. Catherine’s ability to encourage vulnerability with her own transparency was the true magic of this workshop.”
— Tara
About Catherine la O’
Catherine’s interest in what’s-just-below-the-surface of thoughts, feelings and personal stories motivated her 10-years of formal study in social psychology, yoga, and integral mindset coaching.
She has a deep knowledge and understanding of the inner Shadow and has taught workshops, courses, and teacher trainings on it for more than a decade.
Unlike many Shadow teachers, Catherine sees body practice as a vital component of Shadow exploration and necessary for embracing and celebrating the whole Self.
“To confront a person with their Shadow is to expose them to their own light.”
-Carl Jung
Listen to Catherine’s Shadow journey.
Sweet Darkness
By David Whtye
When your eyes are tired
the world is tired also.
When your vision has gone,
no part of the world can find you.
Time to go into the dark
where the night has eyes
to recognize its own.
There you can be sure
you are not beyond love.
The dark will be your home
tonight.
The night will give you a horizon
further than you can see.
You must learn one thing.
The world was made to be free in.
Give up all the other worlds
except the one to which you belong.
Sometimes it takes darkness and the sweet
confinement of your aloneness
to learn
anything or anyone
that does not bring you alive
is too small for you.