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Session 1: Mapping the Territory
In this first session you will learn where type structure comes from. An introduction to the 3 Centered approach will be given.
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Introduction to Type, the 3 Centers and Triune Brain
45:00
Grounded Presence and Felt Sense Breathing
20:00
Session 2: The Head Center
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.
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Distorted and Corrected Lenses for the 9 types
01:28:00
Session 3: The Heart Center
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.
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The Heart Center, Vices/Virtues and Healing Power of Love
00:00
Session 4: The Body Center Part 1
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 typical stress triggers. We will map our own system, tuning into the 3 centers when a stressful situation is called to mind. We will also learn some "Vagus Nerve Techniques" to quickly help the nervous system return to a calm and connected place.
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Your Nervous System and how Your Type Responds to Stress
01:40:00
Session 5: The Body Center Part 2
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 It is like an outdated software program running in the background influencing our perceptions, relationships, emotions, and leads to reactivity.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.
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Avoidances, Somatic Tasks and the Law of 3
01:30:00
Session 6: Working with Fear and the Head Center
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Somatic and Energetic Patterns of the Head Center types, Making Room for Fear in the Body
00:00
Session 7: Working with Sadness and Grief and the Heart Center
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Seeking Worth Outside of Self, Embracing our Authenticity through our 3 Centers
00:00
Session 8: Working with Anger and the Body Center
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The Body Center and how anger works in each type, somatic tendencies and ways to balance
00:00
Taking Care of Anger by Thich That Hanh
18:00
Protected: Building a Bridge from Ego to Essence: A Holistic Approach to the Enneagram and Embodying Your True Self

In this session we reviewed the 3 aversive responses that all mammals experience when needs are not met: anger, distress and fear. We also looked at how the body types assert external and internal boundaries so they are not affected by reality. These boundaries cut them off from experiencing much of what life has to offer. Through embracing vulnerability, conflict and imperfections, body types can truly come into their power with potential to EMBODY their true essence thus having a profound effect on reality. 

When we truly inhabit our body center, which is our instinctive center, it gives us a profound sense of stability, fullness, autonomy, or independence. This is the physical aspect of being in our Essence. When we lose contact with our Essence, the personality attempts to fill in by creating a false sense of autonomy using the strategies of the different types- 8,9, and 1: asserting against, withdrawing and attempting to control. 

By embracing our reactions with compassionate somatic presence, we can create safety within and heal the younger parts of ourselves. That allows the heart to open and the mind to finally relax. Practicing the felt sense of the breath and our sensations brings us back to the present moment which is where our Essence or Christed Self is already BEING. 

The handouts for this month include the Self-Compassion handout that includes the “fierce self-compassion” practice and a the handout that summarizes some of the main teachings from this session. 

Be patient with yourselves moving forward as you integrate this material! I am grateful for your participation and looking forward to connecting again soon. 

Exercise Files
Self-Compassion Handout Updated.pdf
Size: 1.89 MB
Bridge2E Mod 8 handout.pdf
Size: 55.43 KB
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