The Golden Shadow Method

The 3 Pillars

A Certification Training

Contact Melanie Ryan to Enroll Now

Jung & the Shadow - Pillar One (6 sessions)

In this training you will:

Learn about the dark and golden shadows.
Understand the personal and collective unconscious.
Practice internal and external active imagination.
Work with archetypes, symbols, myths, and legends.
Learn about Dark and Golden Shadow projections of the unconscious.
Begin to learn the Transmuting Triggers Process.
Release toxins from your dark shadow. Feel lighter, freer, and able to hold a higher frequency of love, joy, and creativity.

Buddha & the Shadow - Pillar Two (6 sessions)

This training includes:

Learn Buddhist teachings of basic goodness, letting go of habitual patterns, fearlessness, and emptiness.
Practice meditation and the work with Buddhist archetypes that promote health and inner peace.
Develop a home meditation practice that stabilizes the mind, cultivates mental strength, and clarity.
Learn breathing exercises to purify the body and mind.
Learn meditations for working with triggers and difficult emotions.

This course refers to the Shambhala teachings of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, a prominent Tibetan Buddhist master who brought Buddhism to the West in the late 1960s.

Shaman & the Shadow - Pillar Three (6 sessions)

In this training:

Learn the history of shamanism.
Learn to safely navigate the spirit world.
Work with power animals and master guides.
Work with plants, crystals, and the elements.
Heal a past life. Clear negative karma.
Learn to identify dark energies of the Underworld and various spiritual protections.
Access higher states of consciousness, develop your intuition, and psychic abilities.
Become more creative, joyful, and loving.

Secrets of the Golden Shadow

The 3 Pillars

A Certification Training

Contact Melanie Ryan to Enroll Now

Bodhi Mind - Pillar One (8 sessions)

Learn advanced Buddhist teachings and practices that help you transcend duality.
Develop a consistent home meditation practice for grounding, mental strength, stability, and clarity.
Work with the Medicine Buddha to heal and awaken your inner healer/doctor.
Work on letting go of limiting thoughts, false beliefs, and negative thought patterns.
Develop a simple lifestyle, detaching from fear, chaos, and materialism.
Unlock your creative energies and work with mandalas, collages, and symbols to open portals of the unconscious

The Trigger Shadow - Pillar Two (8 sessions)

Learn how triggers are your greatest teachers for healing and transformation.
Learn about dark and golden shadow triggers and the treasures found in each of them.
Unlearn avoiding your triggers and relearn how they are not your enemies, but your allies, a built in mechanism for healing.
Learn the steps to the transmuting triggers shadow work process: Projection, Observation, Investigation, Transmutation, and Integration.
Learn how to use active imaginations, archetypes, and symbols to assist you in the transmuting triggers process.
Heal past lives, karmic debts, and clear an ancestral line.
Complete a golden shadow integration.

If you wish, you can do this level as an in person retreat. See retreat page for details.

Terrain Medicine - Pillar Three (8 sessions)

Purify the physical and emotional toxins from your body, environment, and lifestyle.
Learn what foods your body needs to come back into balance and heal disease.
Identify addictions and the underlying traumas.
Transmute traumas into wisdom.
Learn how to support your body’s powerful intelligence and ability to heal itself.
Receive assessment to address your unique vitamin and mineral needs and begin rebuilding your body. (with Dr. Marizelle Arce, ND).
Develop a food network that is local, organic, and sustainable. Perhaps learn to grow your own food.

Norm Marshall, Vermont

Vermont Engineer

The Golden Shadow Method 5 Day retreat at the Omega Institute has helped me to take a big step in my path toward wholeness. Melanie's method expertly integrated ancient wisdom from three spiritual traditions which all lead to my true self and the collective unconscious. Her confidence that we can access neglected parts of ourselves was infectious, and we were all able to journey to those places for healing. The group was very close and supportive, and we shared many different emotions, often with love and humor.

I have achieved a deeper understanding of lifelong patterns that I had partially understood intellectually, but now know in a more embodied way. I am a better friend to myself, act with more clarity, and am open to what comes next. I also have a set of new practices that will help me continue along this path.

Michelle Maidenberg, Ph.D., MPH, LCSW-R, CGP, New York

Award Winning Author of “Ace Your Life”: Unleash Your Best Self & Live the Life You Want

Melanie‘s work has truly transformed my life. Her expertise and guidance facilitated my growth and evolution, gave me a roadmap to offer myself compassion, and cultivated me to be a more present and attuned therapist to my clients. Melanie’s vast knowledge on the dark shadow and golden shadow is inspiring and incredibly informative and relatable. I have referred many others to her because of how helpful and valuable her guidance has directly been for me. I feel extremely fortunate to have connected with her. My life will never be the same. I’m feeling more empowered, hopeful and fulfilled which is a direct result of my work with Melanie. She’s truly a blessing and a conduit for personal growth and development.

Andie Iatrou, LCSW-R, New York

Trauma-Certified Psychotherapist, C-PTSD specialist, IFS-informed

I regard the Soul and the Self as one, as the wise "core" or "source" within. I was in my own process of integrating Soul/Self into my psychotherapy practice for some years when I found my way to Melanie's writing and course offerings. Her approach has served to deepen my own personal and professional developmental. The Golden Shadow Methods are simple, actionable, gentle and yet potent, particularly for individuals struggling with a sense of meaning, purpose and disconnection. These practices are intuitive and offer a sensitive, imaginative, and respectful way to connect with many aspects of the Soul/Self. Melanie is a skillful guide and teacher who is passionate about helping others on their healing paths. Her courses offer a safe container to practice unlocking the “doors” to the psyche for inquiry, contemplation and for learning what is necessary for continued growth, integration, and self-realization. The Golden Shadow concept offers insights and approaches that are transformative and hope inspiring. It inspires courage and the will to explore the landscapes of our “shadow” parts, sifting through and finding the gifts that live there...the golden nuggets...the Golden Shadow. Melanie’s work is invaluable in teaching therapists to do their own inner work as well as to guide others to their essence.

TESTIMONIALS

John Parssinen, New York

Social Worker / Healer

My outdoor shamanic session with Melanie took place at a beautiful park on the river which felt harmonious, synchronous and healing. Our session started with Melanie guiding me through a water ceremony on the banks of the river, which was followed by other mindfulness activities that helped me to connect with the land and water. It is evident to me that Melanie has attuned her life to the spirits of nature and she has chosen sacred outdoor spaces that carry higher vibrations to conduct her shamanic work, which creates a powerful healing environment. When I "stepped into" the session I felt supported by both Melanie and the beneficial spirits of nature. There also seemed to be messages of wisdom and support everywhere I turned (including from the flock of geese!). I also appreciate how Melanie empowered me as a client to discover answers I needed and how I can heal myself. This was a beautiful healing experience for me.

Mary-Kay Kallergis, MA, LMSW, New York

Educator & Psychotherapist

I stepped into Melanie’s office after years of talk therapy. I was tired, overweight, feeling stuck, and chronically sick. I was looking for something different and Melanie introduced me to the process of transmuting triggers. I became aware of many unconscious wounded versions of myself who were holding feelings of abandonment, loneliness, and fear. I learned how to love and integrate these wounded parts. As a result, I have lost 114 pounds, been promoted at my job, and have become happy, creative, playful, grounded, and clear. I used to be triggered all the time and now I am not. Melanie provides such a loving and nurturing container! I now feel I can manifest my dreams.

Dena M. Daigle, Louisiana

Spiritual Alchemist & Teacher

"Working with Melanie’s Golden Shadow Method and Transmuting Triggers protocol has given me access to multi-dimensional layers of my soul that I once feared were gone forever. I have suffered with symptoms of C-PTSD, severe depression and anxiety since I was a child due to repeated personal trauma, but since I began working with Melanie and the spirits of my wounded Self, healing and integrating those lost soul parts, my entire world has shifted from dark and gray to a brilliant spectrum of colorful light. Not only have I been able to welcome home those versions of myself from this lifetime, but from previous lives as well, which has allowed me to unlock creative gifts and talents that have been asleep for what feels like ages. Healing no longer feels burdensome and hopeless to me, rather it has become both a powerful liberation and joyful celebration. I am eternally grateful for Melanie and her expertise as this work has enlivened my spirit in ways I can’t explain, ways that I once believed could only be experienced by others. I finally feel like I’m becoming whole again!"

Catherine Fraise, Montana

Entrepreneur, Visionary

This is a self-actualizing, life empowerment method where Melanie provides a safe and loving way for us to travel into our own shadow. She makes it so natural for us all to have hidden parts - both positive and negative. It is full of exercises and techniques that quickly helped me gain more insight and wisdom. I feel energized and inspired with clarity and vision for what I’d like to manifest. Thank you Melanie!!!!

Colleen Harris, Florida

Retired Teacher, Death Doula, Medium, Healer

Melanie’s Golden Shadow Method offers a deep dive into the treasures we have hidden away in our Shadow...those positive and negative qualities which we deem too powerful or too dark to reveal to the world- and even to ourselves! Her 3-pillared Method showed me how to access these places and how to explore them safely. Melanie has created a way in and a way out - and I am still going in... and exiting with treasures I had locked away in my unconscious so I wouldn't feel uncomfortable or vulnerable. This Method showed me how to navigate that discomfort with hope and a warrior's spirit! I am deeply grateful to Melanie Ryan for sharing this Method.

Saylor Pace, New York

Writer, Author

Melanie Ryan has developed an amazing shadow work method. It is about how to reach your full potential in life, heal your deepest fears, and discover a deeper level of happiness and joy that is available to us all. She helped me get unstuck, leading me on a magical journey through the world of meditation, shamanism and discovering my own inner wisdom. I highly recommend this method to everyone, she changed my life in the most amazing ways and she can change yours too!!!

Edward Darby, New York

Electrician, Healer, Evidential Medium

I would highly recommend this if you are feeling stuck in your life, repeating the same relationship with different people, have a need for purpose and understanding, and want to realize who and what you really are.

Michelle Pacher, North Carolina

Retired High School Principal, Yoga Teacher

The Golden Shadow Method is a multi-faceted approach to the discovery and re-discovery of one's hidden and forgotten treasures and abilities. It's messy and exciting work and the thing I like best about Melanie's approach is she gifts you with the ability to examine the dark shadow without shame or blame, discovering long-buried talents in the process! I am currently enrolled in the Jung & the Shadow three month online immersion program with Melanie. It is powerful to have her guidance and mentor calls as we apply her techniques individually and as a group.