In this session we talked about the the nine lenses of perception. Each type has taken on a false paradigm that includes beliefs, perceptions and values. This paradigm leads to our main focus of attention.
In this session we look at the Heart center and its 3 layers: the physical heart, the emotional heart and the spiritual heart. We learn to build our bridge to our essence with heart qualities such as self compassion, allowing emotions and the courage to be with what is true in the moment and align with authenticity.
In this session we will learn about our Autonomic Nervous System from a Polyvagal Theory viewpoint. We will learn how each type responds to stress and some ways to balance. Your integration invitation will be to map your own system. We will also learn some "Vagus Nerve Techniques" to quickly help the nervous system return to a calm and connected place.
In this session, we continue our exploration of the body center by looking at what each Enneagram type avoids. The avoidances are born from an overwhelming experience in childhood. The intelligence of the nervous system moves to a coping strategy that contains the overwhelm so it maintains the equilibrium of the system. This energy however never completed itself, is contained in the body and continues to inform how we respond to life. It is like an outdated software program running in the background influencing our perceptions, relationships, emotions, and leads to reactivity.
We will learn how to work with the Law of 3, bringing the polarities of each type together so we can free that energy to be expressed as our Essence.
A guided practice will give us tools and resources to stay present to the hidden avoidance so it can be felt and encountered with compassion and curiosity without re-triggering the overwhelm in our nervous systems.