What Is Soul Loss?
Often people wonder about the expression soul loss, is it really possible for someone to lose part of their soul? It is a term used in Shamanism when someone becomes disconnected with a part of them or they simply don’t feel like themselves.
Many of us have experienced some kind of trauma in our life from an accident, a break up in a relationship, sexual or other forms of abuse and even the loss of a loved one. Sometimes the experience at that time may have been too overwhelming to deal with therefore a part of ourselves goes missing or simply leaves in order for us to carry on with our life. When this happens it may leave us feeling empty or like there is a big void inside of us.
Some people who have experienced soul loss have defined it as a feeling of being spaced out or not being able to focus. Others would say that they just feel lifeless, powerless or that they haven’t been the same since the incident. Other symptoms may include depression, feeling angry or irritable, heightened emotions or that others would view them as being out of their normal character.
One different situation where soul loss had occurred was someone who had a very beautiful and deeply moving experience that had changed her life in every way both physically and spiritually. She described this experience as a “fairy tale”. For many years she carried this with her holding on to the past and the place where she had visited that became sacred to her. What she didn’t realize was that a huge piece of herself was still hanging around there not knowing that this was holding her back from achieving what she wanted in her life and stopping her from moving forward.
In this particular situation, after many years, she decided to return back to the land where it had all begun. In order to heal she knew that a soul retrieval was required.
It was an important part of her healing to re visit the sacred place once again. Although difficult, she was finally able to let go of the past accepting the changes in her life and feeling much wiser for it. A huge part of her had finally returned with great relief. She is now ready to embrace the future.
Another example is when something happened to you as a child that may have been too frightening for you to deal with, you may not even be aware that you have been carrying the fear with you for all these years. I once carried out a soul retrieval for a friend who had experienced a bee sting when she was very young. The situation had been so terrifying for her that a little piece or soul part had been left behind. I was able to perform a soul retrieval to bring the missing part back. This had helped her to embrace the fear enabling her to feel complete.
A Shamanic practitioner who has been trained can perform a soul retrieval for someone who is ready to receive one. Through the guidance of their spirit helpers they take a journey to first locate the missing soul part, once found they can then return it back to the person enabling them to feel whole again.
After having a soul retrieval you need to allow some time for yourself to welcome back that part of you that has returned. You may find that you are very tearful afterwards but this is normal and will soon pass.
If you have unfinished business, you need to go back to the point of origin, where the soul loss happened, recapture that essence to bring the fullness of yourself back into your life.
Most of us are all trying to find peace, balance and harmony in the world. In my opinion we must first begin with ourselves. Once we feel complete and whole and find that peace inside then we are ready to fulfill our life’s mission, our purpose, or reach the goals that we are trying to achieve. There will no longer be that void inside of us, instead we will feel love, joy, and fulfillment. After all, isn’t that why we are here?
© Rosanna Ienco Barned
Rosanna Ienco Barned is a certified Shamanic Practitioner and Medium.
She is also a certified Soul coach, Past Life Coach and Angel Therapy practitioner
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