{"id":12768,"date":"2021-03-29T17:30:47","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T15:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freieresleben.com\/your-instinct-nature-to-the-wolf-man-woman-in-you\/"},"modified":"2024-11-03T14:16:08","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T13:16:08","slug":"love-letter-wolf-within-instinct-nature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freieresleben.com\/en\/love-letter-wolf-within-instinct-nature\/","title":{"rendered":"Love letter for the wolf within | Instinct nature"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"12768\" class=\"elementor elementor-12768 elementor-3872\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-30b2309b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"30b2309b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5d495946\" data-id=\"5d495946\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98f0725 elementor-toc--minimized-on-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-table-of-contents\" data-id=\"98f0725\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;headings_by_tags&quot;:[&quot;h3&quot;],&quot;exclude_headings_by_selector&quot;:[],&quot;no_headings_message&quot;:&quot;No headings were found on this page.&quot;,&quot;marker_view&quot;:&quot;numbers&quot;,&quot;minimize_box&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;minimized_on&quot;:&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;hierarchical_view&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;min_height&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"table-of-contents.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-toc__header-title\">\n\t\t\t\tOverview\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__toggle-button elementor-toc__toggle-button--expand\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-toc__98f0725\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-label=\"Open table of contents\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-down\"><\/i><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__toggle-button elementor-toc__toggle-button--collapse\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-toc__98f0725\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-label=\"Close table of contents\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-up\"><\/i><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-toc__98f0725\" class=\"elementor-toc__body\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__spinner-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<i class=\"elementor-toc__spinner eicon-animation-spin eicon-loading\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c57b79a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c57b79a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The wolf within |<b> How long<\/b> ago...<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc235a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bc235a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"color: black;\">&#8230;have you roamed unseen through the forests of <strong>oblivion<\/strong>? How long have you felt \u2013 <strong>locked in a cage<\/strong> of <strong>rules, duties, prohibitions<\/strong>, and <strong>ideals<\/strong> that you strive to live up to? How long have you already rejected your natural beauty, grace, wildness, and inherent liveliness? How long have you been <strong>tamed<\/strong>, kept away from <strong>life<\/strong>, <strong>freedom<\/strong>, and the <strong>playful pleasure of lively exploration<\/strong>? Yes, for how long? How long have you <strong>forbidden<\/strong> yourself from calling for the moon with <strong>devotion to the mystery of life<\/strong> at the top of your lungs? Out of fear that <strong>you might be heard<\/strong>, that <strong>you might attract attention<\/strong>, that you might be <strong>hunted<\/strong> down again and <strong>put back in a cage<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9cc26ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9cc26ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The <b>inner cage<\/b><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e8c7cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2e8c7cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"color: black;\">This\u00a0<strong>Cage is lived<\/strong>. So many times, in so many places. By so many \u2013 in so many situations. The <strong>Wild<\/strong> is not welcome in our time. Too unpredictable, too dangerous, this naturalness!<\/p><p style=\"color: black;\">We are expected to <strong>meet standards<\/strong>, are <strong>measured<\/strong>, <strong>compared<\/strong>, <strong>rated<\/strong>, <strong>trimmed<\/strong>. Could it be that we have <strong>internalized this?<\/strong> Could it be that <strong>this cage is actually an inner cage?<\/strong> Could it be that\u00a0<strong>prohibitions<\/strong>\u00a0now come from within? Maybe quite <strong>quietly<\/strong> and <strong>secretly<\/strong>? A <strong>quiet, constant voice<\/strong> inside that forbids you from living your <strong>true wild nature<\/strong>, expressing it? A voice you\u2019ve gotten so accustomed to that you\u2019re no longer aware of it? Could it be that you\u2019ve locked away your <strong>Wolfman<\/strong>, your <strong>Wolf Woman<\/strong>? That you\u2019ve learned to impose <strong>conventions<\/strong> on yourself? That you\u2019ve turned <strong>this wolf in you<\/strong> into a <strong>lapdog<\/strong> instead of honoring <strong>your true, dignified beauty<\/strong>? Just to <strong>\u201cfit in,\u201d<\/strong> to avoid <strong>being rejected<\/strong>?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f3a727 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9f3a727\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>Maybe it<\/b> 's <b>time<\/b>...<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01a3bbc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"01a3bbc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"color: black;\">In every man, in every woman, there lies this <strong>wild, indomitable part<\/strong> of our <strong>true nature<\/strong> \u2013 a wolf man, a wolf woman.<\/p><p style=\"color: black;\">In each of us lives a <strong>natural primal instinct<\/strong> that is connected to a mystery beyond our domesticated mind\u2019s comprehension. Our rational minds may fear it. But this part wants to live! It wants to be <strong>released<\/strong> \u2013 not to harm others, but to stand and live in its true and dignified nature. This wolf is <strong>not a lone one, nor a ruthless one<\/strong>.<\/p><p style=\"color: black;\">Perhaps he has been for a long time \u2013 condemned to loneliness in the inner cage, cornered by prohibitions and taboos. Yes, he may become <strong>angry<\/strong>, <strong>snarling<\/strong>, even <strong>frightening<\/strong> if he hasn\u2019t found a place yet \u2013 a dignified place.<\/p><p style=\"color: black;\">Naturally, he lives for the <strong>good of his pack<\/strong>, his <strong>clan<\/strong>, which he feels connected to. A community that values him in his <strong>true nature<\/strong> and <strong>recognizes<\/strong> him. A place where he doesn\u2019t have to <strong>adjust<\/strong> or <strong>pretend<\/strong>. Where he doesn\u2019t need to pretend to be a <strong>lapdog<\/strong> or even a <strong>sheep<\/strong>. A space where <strong>everything has its place<\/strong> \u2013 light sides and dark. But maybe he\u2019s never had the chance to be part of a pack because he\u2019s never been free.<\/p><p style=\"color: black;\">Maybe it\u2019s time to <strong>begin<\/strong>. To <strong><u>release your inner wolf<\/u><\/strong>. I invite <strong>you<\/strong> to welcome your wolfman, your wolfwoman. Let him <strong>run free through the woods of life<\/strong>, let him <strong>howl loudly<\/strong> and <strong>instinctively hunt<\/strong>. Maybe it\u2019s time to welcome <strong>this wild side into your heart<\/strong> and thereby into freedom. To stop trying to trim or tame him, to impose prohibitions and taboos. Perhaps it\u2019s time to <strong>get to know your true instinctual nature<\/strong>, to <strong>build a relationship<\/strong>, to <strong>learn from him<\/strong>, to bring him home. Maybe it\u2019s time to awaken the beauty of your true, wild instinctual nature.<\/p><p style=\"color: black;\">And perhaps \u2013 sometime soon \u2013 the full moon nights will be filled with the beautiful songs of all wolfmen and wolfwomen, expressing their <strong>powerful presence<\/strong> and <strong>joy of inner freedom<\/strong> under the night sky.<\/p><p style=\"color: black;\">With gratitude, I dedicate these lines to the author <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Women-Who-Run-Wolves-Archetype\/dp\/0345409876\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Clarissa Pinkola Est\u00e9s (The Wolf Woman)<\/u><\/a> and to all the wolfmen and wolfwomen out there!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f34034a elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"f34034a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Women-Who-Run-Wolves-Archetype\/dp\/0345409876\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">About the book<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb768cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fb768cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"color: black;\">All the best \u2013 see you soon under the full moon! &lt;3<br>Yours Kristina<\/p><p style=\"color: black;\"><br><\/p><p style=\"color: black;\"><br><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: black;\"><strong>Picture Credit:<\/strong> Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@bonopeppers?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thomas Bonometti<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/s\/photos\/wolf?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1137c4b elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1137c4b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bb342f9\" data-id=\"bb342f9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e226e89 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e226e89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Invitation<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-751a4a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"751a4a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"color: white;\">If you\u2019re considering being accompanied through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freieresleben.com\/en\/mirror-process-inner-universe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>mirror process of inner work<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, you can book a <a href=\"https:\/\/psysoulogy.youcanbook.me\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><u>free preliminary talk in my booking calendar<\/u><\/b><\/a> at the top right of this page or below this entry.<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"color: white;\"><span style=\"color: white;\">The <\/span><span style=\"color: white; font-weight: bolder;\">model assumptions<\/span><span style=\"color: white;\"> are based on years of professional<\/span> <span style=\"color: white; font-weight: bolder;\">observation<\/span><span style=\"color: white;\">, personal<\/span> <span style=\"color: white; font-weight: bolder;\">experience<\/span><span style=\"color: white;\">, and knowledge from<\/span> <span style=\"color: white; font-weight: bolder;\">psychoanalysis, psychodynamics, and developmental psychology<\/span><span style=\"color: white;\">. 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How long have you felt \u2013 locked in a cage of rules, duties, prohibitions, and ideals that you strive to live up to? How long have you already rejected your natural beauty, grace, wildness, and inherent liveliness? 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