You are a Perfect child of Father Sky and Mother Earth. This state that we are temporarily in is designed to help us achieve magnificent heights of consciousness. Within the physical condition, when we are prompted to grow, usually, we perceive this as an annoyance, pain, lack, disease, etc. This discomfort though, will always be outside of you, because within, you are always Light and Love. Considering this Shamanic belief, depression, is an energy that hovers around you. It is attracted to you for two basic reasons, either you haven’t yet accepted a part of yourself or there’s a part of yourself that is being repressed.

You are NOT depressed, it’s the energy of depression that is telling you to reflect on parts of yourself that may need acknowledgement. Think of what has been happening in the last few days or weeks? What or who is around you or not? Remember, it’s not the external events that matter, but rather how you react to them. We can’t (or at least should not try to) control other people, they are in their own Path, however it’s thanks to others that we can expand and grow internally. This is where your true power resides!

Energetically, the two colors that are opposite of the energy of depression are orange and red. In Shamanism, some of our techniques use symbolism and ritual as a conduit for healing. To process and release the energy of depression, get an orange and an apple. With each fruit, one at a time, the order doesn’t matter, take one in your hands, feel it, look at its color, smell it, do this until you feel acquainted with it. Next, gently rub the fruit against all of your body (you can be dressed). You are exchanging energy, taking in its color vibration and at the same time offering the energy of depression to move into the fruit. Once this is done with both fruits, cut each in four pieces and place them somewhere in nature as an offering to the life energy there. When placing them on the ground, say, “Thank you” seven times.