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Paul RebillotWe are continuing our conversations with our teacher and friend Paul Rebillot on the topic of the Healing Theatre – the combination of acting and drama, mythology, gestalt therapy, and rituals. For more information about Paul and his work, please visit his website – Direct Impact Creativity.

In this episode, Paul is describing the structure called Owning the Shadow.

The topics covered in this talk are:

  • What is the shadow?
    • If there is no light, there is no shadow
    • "We have met the enemy, and he is us"
    • The shadow is "forbidden"
  • Illuminating the Shadow
    • My way of dealing with shadow is to illuminate
    • Shadow is a tricky character – he escapes, moves back and forth
    • Once you begin to recognize your shadow, it loses power
    • Change the duel to the death (with the shadow) into a lover’s quarrel
  • Looking at the Shadow
    • Looking at the Shadow has to be approach step-by-step
    • Shadow frequently appears in dreams
    • People that keep appearing in your life whom you cannot stand
    • Jokes – what we laugh at
  • Revealing Shadow through Humor
    • And things we cannot laugh at and take too seriously
    • Anti-defamation (Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence)
  • Distilling the qualities of shadow
    • List 25 people that disturb us most in our lives
    • Distilling 5 common qualities, drawing them and putting in the bag
    • We are dragging the bag of parts of us that we were told is bad
    • The Golden Shadow
    • Acting out the characters
  • Integrating the Shadow
    • Creating a mask
      • First of your face
      • Then add bumps and colors
    • Then have a costume party to enact the shadow completely, all out
    • Gestalt work to integrate the shadow – dressing a partner into your shadow costume and see your own shadow
    • By the end, love begings to happen for the shadow, which is really the answer
    • Finally, a medicine wheel, to take the shadow with you on a spiritual level
  • Examples of shadow integration
    • A man recognizing his homosexual shadow
    • Turing stories you tell about people to yourself into creative works
  • Dealing with political shadow
    • Take some action
    • Look at the person you dispice and see where you are doing the same thing
    • Talk about it to people
  • Justice and Vengeance
    • If become what you kill
  • Parallels in the books and movies
    • Harry Potter (book)
    • The Matrix (movie)
    • V for Vendetta (movie)
    • "The Terrorist" (movie)

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]]> http://www.radicalchangegroup.com/2009/03/08/73-embodied-mythology-series-07-owning-the-shadow-with-paul-rebillot/feed/ 0 0:44:33 We are continuing our conversations with our teacher and friend Paul Rebillot on the topic of the Healing Theatre – the combination of acting and drama, mythology, gestalt therapy, and rituals. For more information about Paul and his work, pl[...] We are continuing our conversations with our teacher and friend Paul Rebillot on the topic of the Healing Theatre – the combination of acting and drama, mythology, gestalt therapy, and rituals. For more information about Paul and his work, please visit his website – Direct Impact Creativity. In this episode, Paul is describing the structure called Owning the Shadow. The topics covered in this talk are: What is the shadow? If there is no light, there is no shadow "We have met the enemy, and he is us" The shadow is "forbidden" Illuminating the Shadow My way of dealing with shadow is to illuminate Shadow is a tricky character – he escapes, moves back and forth Once you begin to recognize your shadow, it loses power Change the duel to the death (with the shadow) into a lover’s quarrel Looking at the Shadow Looking at the Shadow has to be approach step-by-step Shadow frequently appears in dreams People that keep appearing in your life whom you cannot stand Jokes – what we laugh at Revealing Shadow through Humor And things we cannot laugh at and take too seriously Anti-defamation (Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence) Distilling the qualities of shadow List 25 people that disturb us most in our lives Distilling 5 common qualities, drawing them and putting in the bag We are dragging the bag of parts of us that we were told is bad The Golden Shadow Acting out the characters Integrating the Shadow Creating a mask First of your face Then add bumps and colors Then have a costume party to enact the shadow completely, all out Gestalt work to integrate the shadow – dressing a partner into your shadow costume and see your own shadow By the end, love begings to happen for the shadow, which is really the answer Finally, a medicine wheel, to take the shadow with you on a spiritual level Examples of shadow integration A man recognizing his homosexual shadow Turing stories you tell about people to yourself into creative works Dealing with political shadow Take some action Look at the person you dispice and see where you are doing the same thing Talk about it to people Justice and Vengeance If become what you kill Parallels in the books and movies Harry Potter (book) The Matrix (movie) V for Vendetta (movie) "The Terrorist" (movie) Technocrati Tags: Myth, Mythology, Hero's Journey, Lover's Journey, Owning the Shadow, Paul Rebillot People, Podcast, Series, Theatre Radical Change Group, International clean no