Grace Tempany is a Senior Yin Yoga Teacher and Trainer Pro, who has trained with some of the foremost figures in the yoga and education worlds. She has been practising yoga for over 15 years and teaching since 2013. In this episode, Grace shares her insights into Shadow Work.
Grace is graduate of Trinity College Dublin and the Sorbonne University in Paris, Grace has been a practising teacher for 12 years. She brings robust pedagogical expertise and critical thinking underpinnings to her yoga trainings.
Grace is specialised in yin, trauma-informed and functional yoga. She has dedicated her research and teaching to providing the most accessible space for everybody to practise being in their bodies, and learn to gain a deeper connection with themselves, their truth, and their journey.
When talking about Yin Yoga, Grace describes it as:
“If the body keeps the score, it is Yin that helps us not only know, but feel this to be true. No other practice in the world invites people to their edge of discomfort, asks them to stay there in stillness, and then further invites them to integrate their experience.”
Recommended reading by Grace, if you'd like to learn more about Shadow Work and explore the shadow self:
Robert Bly, A Little Book on the Human Shadow, 1988.
Deepak Chopra, Debbie Ford & Marianne Williamson, The Shadow Effect: Illuminating the Hidden Power of Your True Self, 2011.
Debbie Ford, The Dark Side Of The Light Chasers, 1998.
Robert A. Johnson, Inner Gold – Understanding Psychological Projection, 2017.
Robert A. Johnson, Owning Your Own Shadow: Understanding The Dark Side of the Psyche, 1991.
John Monbourquette, How To Befriend Your Shadow: Welcoming Your Unloved Side, 2001
Robert Augustus Masters, Bringing your Shadow out of the Dark, 2018.
Sidra Stone, The Shadow King, 1997.
Robert Augustus Masters, Spiritual Bypassing: When Spirituality Disconnects us from What Really Matters, 2010.