Soul Retrieval
Sometimes when a person goes through a stressful event - this could be for example an accident, an illness, a surgery, a fright, a shock or some kind of trauma or an abuse - a part of the soul essence leaves the individual to take refuge in one of the other worlds. This is a protective mechanism to help us go through a stressful event.
When the event is over, in a good situation, that soul part comes back with its vital essence to fill us with its healing energy and help us to move forward.
However sometimes, the fragmented soul part doesn't find its way back. This phenomenon is known as 'Soul loss', and is often recognised as:
"I've never felt the same since.."
"I lost a part of myself”
"I feel disconnected"
When Soul loss is experienced, it leads us to a general sense of absence, an un-wholeness, a pervasive feeling of not being all quite “there” — an aching ennui, a steady depression, a darkness (mild or severe) permeating our days and nights.
The shamanic healer tracks down the fragmented Soul part(s) in the other worlds, to offer healing and reassurance, to negotiate and invite it to return and bring back its vital essence and positive qualities.
This is known as 'Soul Retrieval'.
Once the Soul parts are returned, life takes on a new brightness and can be lived with more optimism and delight.