
Threes have such great,
go-forward energy. In the study that Dr. David Daniels cites, on nine innate
temperaments in small children (Thomas & Chess, 1977), Threes were likely
the kids who had the most kinetic energy. They were born "on the go."
There's much to admire about this, after all, who else can stay so active, busy
and productive? Yet like any strength this can become a problem if it's
overdone. When in constant activity, Threes easily lose touch with their
physical needs and their emotions. Who has the time to rest or to feel?
The irony is that Threes are
very much "feeling types" of the Enneagram. But they need to come out
of the closet. The danger is that emotional energy builds up in the chest, the
lid goes on, and now there is pressure around the heart. This fits the
description of Type A people, or "workaholics", which was discovered
at the UC Medical Center in San Francisco in the late 1960's. Actually it's the
first time that something like our Enneagram type Three showed up in the
literature of modern psychology: successful, well adapted people, who none the
less were having early onset heart troubles. (Of course not all Threes have
heart problems, and we know a lot more about self-care these days).
The point is that Threes can
put their health at risk over time by not relaxing and de-stressing. They miss
out on the life of the body. And with their sensitivity to other people's
expectations and approval they can lose touch with themselves.
Threes often say that they feel
they are living in, or inhabiting, the space in front of their bodies. It all
happens "out there" in the service of task and image. The big work
for Threes is to make the inward turn, to come inside themselves and begin to
feel their feelings and personal needs, to make space for the big questions of
"who am I, what is my true purpose?" etc. This is a somatic process,
meaning there has to be a shift towards body awareness, as feelings are felt in
the body!
What does it take to become
more grounded in the body, and more in tune with the rhythms of activity and
rest? What I observe is that Threes have a pattern of holding in their chest.
Right underneath this layer there are plenty of feelings and sensations to be
discovered. These may be overwhelming at times. But with practice and
acceptance, it's possible to open up an inner space and create an inner dialog
that brings Threes into more authentic contact with themselves.
If you are a type Three,
sitting still is probably hard for you, but a little bit of mindfulness and
breath practice goes a long way. The full-on energy can feel good a lot of the
time (even a bit addictive). But why not enjoy life all along the way? Get
familiar with sensing that surge of forward moving energy and practice a pause
before moving into action. Take a few moments to breath into the belly and slow
down your internal pace. You don't need to go "full speed ahead"
to accomplish everything. Much of life can be lived at 90% or even 80%.
Actually, this is more efficient!
Physical exercise is good, but
it's not the same as consciously breathing in and down, sensing the life force,
and befriending the instinctual energies. Patience with all of this is vital,
as is personal support. When feelings come up, it's good to have a friend to
talk to - a friend of your inner work - someone who appreciates who you are,
not just what you can do.
Your somatic pattern is
supported by the idealization and avoidance of your type: "I have to be
successful and avoid failure," in so far as this creates pressure inside
your body. The task is to expand "success" to include relaxation and
balance, and live a long and healthy life. That's good for you, and good for
the people who love you.
Peter O’Hanrahan is an Enneagram teacher, body
therapist, business consultant, and Senior Member of the Enneagram in Business
Network (EIBN) who teaches internationally and also works closely with the
Enneagram Worldwide and the Palmer/Daniels Enneagram Professional Training
Program. You can visit his website at EnneagramWork.com | POhanrahan@aol.com

This blog could also be
titled, “You Get What You Ask For.” I follow politics to a degree, and I
certainly did in the last presidential election. During that period, I guessed
that Mitt Romney was an Enneagram type 3 (self-preservation subtype) for a
number of reasons. Clearly ambitious, playing to his audience (saying different
things to different groups), changing what he said he stood for over the years
based on public opinion, and looking like he was born to be successful.
Now, I am not so sure.
Recently I was in Portland, Oregon doing consulting for Salesforce.com, and my
dear friend and colleague, Matt Ahrens, told me a man in the hotel elevator had
told him Mitt and Ann Romney were seen walking into a nearby hotel. I literally
told Matt, “I wish I could have seen them.” My reason was that I simply get a
better sense of a person’s type when I actually experience them and interact
with them in some way.
The next day at the
airport, guess who was directly in front of me as we went through security? Ann
Romney was directly in front of me, and in front of her was Mitt. What I
experienced was not at all what I expected.
About Ann
She is very tall (5’8”+)
and very slim, with a trim and toned body that should look great in any clothing
she wears. She also has a full head of gorgeous hair sans any hair spray, and
her makeup was there but minimal. She stands very tall, appears quite elegant,
and seemed to be fully in her body. I also had a face-to-face non-verbal
interaction with her, where I smiled and she was not warm, but instead, very cool
and aloof.
When I saw her on
television or in photos during the election, she did not appear this way at
all. Her hair was teased and hair sprayed, her clothing often looked ill
fitting, and I had the impression that she was slightly overweight with a
somewhat slumped body posture. In person, she could not have been more
different. What was this?
I had guessed her as a
type 2, but after experiencing her, I am wondering if she might not be a type
1 with a 2 wing. Her full-bodied energy, her elegant stature, an almost
perfect casual dress style, and her lack of warmth made me wonder if she might
not be a 1 with a 2 wing (one-to-one) who played “good wife” for the cameras.
About Mitt
My friend and sister
Enneagram teacher, Judith Searle, has always thought Mitt Romney was a 5 (a
one-to-one), and I have to now agree she might be right. Being a type 1, Judith
is often right, but I hadn’t thought so in this case until I actually saw him
in person and, more importantly, how he interacted with others, including Ann
and the security guard looking at tickets and photo IDs.
Although he was directly
in front of Ann, they had almost no interaction, which I will describe in a
moment. Energetically, he has zero energy emanating from his body, and some
energy from his head. Although the statistics on him say he is 6’2” tall, I saw
him standing right next to Ann, and he appears only three or so inches taller than
she. His body frame is more than slim and trim; he is almost skinny with very,
very small shoulders.
His interactions consisted
of making a series of awkward jokes with the security guard that were not
particularly amusing, and here’s when it became a bit strange. When he went to
the conveyer belt, he pointed in that direction to Ann, as in “I’m over here.”
However, she did not follow him and instead used a separate line. This did not
seem very Two-like (not really One-like, either) and certainly not very
couple-like. I can’t remember a time when I (or anyone I know) came to the
airport with another person with whom they were travelling with and used a
separate line for the conveyer belt.
In general, he did not
seem interpersonal in any sense I could see, hear, or feel. I know many, many
Threes of all subtypes and have never seen one so interpersonally disconnected.
So I am wondering if my friend Judith was right after all.
In sum, could Mitt be a 5
and Ann be a 1? But in a bigger sense, how can we really be certain that a
public figure is one type and not another?

Recently, I got to spend time with
Brian and Dee Keating discussing a travel bucket list. Brian is a nature
conservationist (click here for
information, and some amazing videos). During our discussion, I posed the
following questions of them:
Question
| What is the most important issue facing our planet?
Brian
and Dee | The most important issue
facing the planet they felt was our need for clean water, and the fact the
majority of water is unusable to us. Roughly 1% of the world’s water is
potable. Catherine
| To me, water represents going
with the flow of life and the source of life! We are mainly composed of water. It
is vital for our existence. As well, water moves in the path of least resistance,
and has the ability to wear stones out. Water can also take the form of liquid,
solid, to a vapour, which speaks to me of metamorphosis and recycling. How can
we grow and change, and recycle more naturally?
Question
| What can we learn from nature?
Dee and Brian felt that our ability
to be in the here and now, not in the busy-ness of our lives, is a key learning
from nature. They commented how we often run around without really being
present to the nature around us, whether it be a sparrow, a squirrel, or a
blade of grass. I found this profound. How many things do we not really experience
that are really amazing?
Here are some questions for all of us
to consider: How can we take this knowledge into
business? How
can we be more like water and nature? How
can we apply this to the Enneagram?
Ginger’s
Blog
How to write an Enneagram blog
related to nature and the Enneagram. If I were a 7, perhaps I might see an
instant connection, but I don’t. But since I also believe the Enneagram really
is and can be a “map of everything,” here it goes! I will take the Enneagram as
a map, explaining what motivates people of each Enneagram style to be conscious
of and engage in conserving our planet.
Enneagram
Ones | From the One perspective,
respecting our planet is simply the right thing to do. They have a point here,
for if our planet’s resources dry up or deteriorate, what is left for all
living things?
Enneagram
Twos | From the Two perspective,
respecting and saving our planet is good for all people. Whether people live in
small communities or urban centers, we are all dependent on one another for
preserving our resources. Pollution in India migrates far beyond India’s
borders. To not be conscious of our impact on others is to be self-oriented.
Enneagram
Threes | From the Three
perspective, it is important to conserve for future generations. Why? Because
they may plan to have children, grandchildren, and so forth. This is the
natural generational flow.
Enneagram
Fours | From the Four perspective,
honoring and respecting the planet is fundamental to our deep connectedness, to
the earth, water, air, and one another. In a sense, we are all part of
everything, and everything is interconnected.
Enneagram
Fives | From the Five perspective,
certain issues or causes are worth energy-expenditure, and conserving our
planet is among them. After all, conserving resources, including their own, is
fundamental to our survival.
Enneagram
Sixes | From the Six perspective,
our entire planet cannot survive unless we take action to stop the negative
impact we have on our environment. While there are a multitude of scenarios
about what will happen if we do not, none of them are positive ones.
Enneagram
Sevens | From the Seven
perspective, there is something we can do to honor and utilize our planetary
resources in a far better way. All we need to do is to think of innovative was
to do this.
Enneagram
Eights | From the Eight
perspective, there is a serious environmental problem, one that requires big
action, not incremental steps. And this action must happen now!
Enneagram
Nines | From the Nine perspective,
what affects one of us affects all of us, and in our basic natures, we need to
be aligned with rather than ravage our planetary resources. If we just put our
collective hearts and minds together, we will know the right action to take.

Twos have this wonderful quality: the invitation to connect
that is communicated through their facial expressions, body language and tone
of voice. I try my best to meet them but am often a bit clumsy in my response.
They are clearly more adept in this relational space, which comes with a
tangible feeling and energy. When a good connection is made, all is well. But
if I don't respond positively, or meet their expectations, there are problems.
People may feel a pressure to be nice, to give approval,
with a subtext of "It's not OK to say anything critical or
disagreeable." Or there is the pressure of some need or emotion that we
can't read. On the one hand, there is such great heart energy (thank you so
much for this Twos, we need more of this in the world); on the other hand, when
the response is lacking or not approving, Twos are not happy campers. And we
get the message from their body language and tone!
Twos are the masters of feeling tones expressed through the
voice, providing warmth and care, but also capable of evoking confusion or
guilt. Sometimes I experience being drawn into close rapport only to be hit
with something I was not expecting. Things get complicated quickly. A related
issue is "projective identification," which means taking what someone
said and responding with one's own emotions, while attributing these to the
other person. Or amplifying something small far beyond what the other person
feels. What's going on here? Are those my feelings or yours?
Twos have so much empathy that other people's moods, needs,
or disapproval can go right into their bodies and take over their breathing and
their internal state. They have lots (lots!) more mirror neurons than your
average human being. Such a great resource, yet it puts Twos at risk for being
"outside" their own bodies.
Twos who are on the path understand that it's vitally
important to come home to themselves. Staying away from people may be necessary
at times, but it's a temporary solution. The real challenge is to be in contact
with the other person and yourself at the same time. So how to do this?
It's easy to say, hard to do: you must practice sensing your
body and take charge of your own inner experience. Notice when you have matched
the other person's state, let it go and breathe for yourself. You may also tend
to collect energy and breath only into your upper body. So take deep breaths in
the belly or use the counter anxiety technique (big inhale, stretch the
diaphragm, and let out the exhale slowly through pursed lips). Pull your
attention in and down, sense your feet on the floor. Ask yourself this: What is my true feeling versus what have I
taken in from the other? You may find it helpful to visualize a boundary
between you and the other person, such as a rose (or a green hedge). This
doesn't break the connection but the rose will absorb and slow down incoming
energy.
Practice saying no, assert a need, or simply withdraw
attention from the other. You may feel guilty, but you'll get over it. Having
limits and boundaries is important for you and also good for us (although we
may complain in the short run). Graceful boundaries, rather than prideful
(reactive) boundaries, come when you are securely grounded in your own body.
And because you are a feeling type, find ways to let your
feelings out. Express thyself! Sing, dance, laugh, cry and yell. But self
start; don't wait until you are really upset with us or over the top
exhausted.
The somatic pattern for Twos is enforced by the idealization
and avoidance: "I have to be helpful while putting my own needs
away." But as you find your inner value and grounded presence,
relationships will become more authentic. You will know you, and we will know
you, in a deeper way.
Peter O’Hanrahan is an Enneagram teacher, body
therapist, business consultant, and Senior Member of the Enneagram in Business
Network (EIBN) who teaches internationally and also works closely with the
Enneagram Worldwide and the Palmer/Daniels Enneagram Professional Training
Program. You can visit his website at EnneagramWork.com | POhanrahan@aol.com

When I meet Ones, I am struck by their intentional goodness
and how this organizes their body language and posture. Being good includes
being orderly and self-disciplined. I respect their self-control and yet, I
worry about how much effort this takes. Relaxation is not their default
position, although they can certainly get there at times. But when the pressure
is on, and it's often on, their bodies reveal lots of tension, particularly in
the diaphragm and the jaw. This is a universal somatic pattern but it's most
common for Ones. If you want to control yourself, don't give way to the
spontaneous movement of the breath (it will bring up feelings) and keep that
jaw tightly shut (so you won't say the wrong thing).
For some Ones being good means being very nice to people,
even at the expense of their own feelings. The danger here is a disconnect from
what they feel or sense in their gut center. Where does the anger and
resentment go? Well, it goes into physical tension.
For other Ones, being good shows up as in a rather
formidable quality of rightness, or even righteousness, with a critical or
angry look in the face. The left eyebrow rises up while the eyes narrow in
judgment; the lips are pressed together. Dear Ones, don't let your face get
stuck this way! It's not your most attractive self, and it's scary to small
children (and sometimes adults).
So what to do? It's all about relaxation. But sometimes we
can't relax until there is some expression, or discharge, of what's going on
inside. How about stomping around or yelling occasionally - but not at anyone!
Don't wait for a reason to make it personal. Try shaking out with your hands,
arms and shoulders. Legs and hips, too! Yes, you will look spastic temporarily,
but it's the right thing to do! If you really want to work out that jaw
tension, practice biting on a towel - like a dog. And by the way, with a towel
in your mouth, you can yell, scream and howl without disturbing the neighbors
or even the people in the next room. Let it out!
These kinds of loosening and expressive exercises are
different from the kind of controlled physical exercises that are good for
health but may not address the basic holding patterns. Maybe you can let your
jaw hang loose when you are running. Or, you can sigh and let out a big exhale
during those yoga stretches. Some Ones find that singing is a good way to relax
the mouth and throat and give the diaphragm a workout - after which relaxation
comes naturally.
The
somatic pattern for Ones is enforced by the psychic pattern of the idealization
and avoidance – I have to be right, I
can't allow myself to be wrong. What you can do is make a bigger space for
rightness, one that allows for the inherent goodness and pleasure of the body.
Be good to yourself, knock off the constant self-criticism, and take more space
for breath and relaxation.
Peter O’Hanrahan is an Enneagram teacher, body
therapist, business consultant, and Senior Member of the Enneagram in Business
Network (EIBN) who teaches internationally and also works closely with the
Enneagram Worldwide and the Palmer/Daniels Enneagram Professional Training
Program. You can visit his website at EnneagramWork.com | POhanrahan@aol.com

The more I work with people with the Enneagram and
development, the more I have concluded that bodywork and somatics is the most
underemphasized and a missing core ingredient in our development
psychologically and spiritually. I have also noticed that many people shy away
from working with the physical aspects of their character structure.
So I decided to go to my “go-to” person on somatics and
the Enneagram (really, on just about everything Enneagram) and try to persuade
him to let me interview him on the topic and to write a 9-blog series on the
subject, one blog for each enneatype. Peter said yes, so this is the starting
interview:Ginger | Tell me about your
background, particularly as it relates to the Enneagram and also to somatics
and bodywork. What is the best word to use when describing this?
Peter | The most descriptive terms are somatics, bodywork
and the body-based therapies. As for my background, I came to California from
Maryland in the mid 1970s to study body therapy and holistic psychological and
spiritual work. California was really where much of the cutting edge work was
happening (and maybe still is). Then 3 years after I came, I heard about the
Enneagram and began my study of it, and it was natural to relate the Enneagram
to all the body therapy I was doing.
Then and now, the Enneagram allows me to tailor bodywork
to the specific person and their type issues. To know the types from the
perspective of 3 Centers of Intelligence is incredibly useful, important, and
necessary!
I knew Helen Palmer as a teacher of intuition and the
Enneagram and she suggested I learn more about it. The 1st public
Enneagram class in Berkeley opened in 1978 and was taught by Kathleen Speeth,
PhD who had worked closely with Claudio Naranjo in his SAT program. This led to 8 years of study with Dr. Speeth at the same
time as I studied with Helen. I started my 1st Enneagram study group
in 1981 and soon after started leading panel classes in the San Francisco Bay
Area.
Ginger | What is the role of
somatics and bodywork in our development?
Peter | If we draw on Gurdjieff’s model of the 4th
way, we can and need to use methods or approaches that utilize all 3 of our
Centers: mind, emotions, and the body. This is the only way we fully develop.
Being present in our Body Center helps us be grounded and healthy. But also,
the type structures are seated in the body; these structures are actually
neurobiological patterns: feeling, sensing, our nervous system, and our
emotions. Although we like to consider ourselves rational beings, much of our
lives comes directly from our emotions and instincts. Emotions are part of our
physical experience. The Emotional Center and Body Center have a much longer
history in our evolution as human beings than our Mental Center. And in
childhood, long before there’s a cognitive structure to sustain a coherent
point of view (at age 5-7), we are already developing emotionally and
instinctually and, in this way, developing a sense of self. In these early
years, our sense of self is formed not so much by our minds, but by our other functions:
emotional and instinctual.
Ginger | How are somatics related
to the Enneagram types and development of type?
Peter | Each type has a different somatic pattern; there
are habits of mind and emotion for each enneatype, but also somatic (body)
patterns. Not every person of the same type fits the patterns exactly, but they
are useful generalizations.
I learned these over years of working with people in my
private practice as a body therapist, and also in the groups I led. To be
effective as a body therapist, you have to make your approach aligned with the
person’s character structure and their emergent evolution. Type is not only
about personality; it’s about character structure and this understanding is
essential. Character structure is deeper and more pervasive, akin to a person’s
core architecture. As therapists or body-therapists, we have to adapt our
method to the different structures because not everyone responds to a given
approach, no matter how good it is. Adaptation matters. For example, I have to
approach Eights very differently from Fives. Their patterns of tension and
“holding” are very different.
People can develop only so far without doing the somatic
work, so if you are serious about spiritual and psychological work, somatic
work is essential.
Disembodied spirituality is a serious problem. You can
access certain states but they are not integrated in daily life. Non-integrated
people can be quite immature personally and not so good in relationships
because they are only partially developed. In a monastery, maybe this works –
that is, if you are solitary and don’t have to relate to others so much – but
not in the regular world. Our unworked parts, the parts we seal off by escaping
into spirituality – this is also called a “spiritual bypass” – are put into the
unconscious or shadow. When people do this, the shadow roars back with a
vengeance, and the shadow resides or lives in the body.
Ginger | Why do you think people
(or at least this is my impression) avoid the body piece of the development
work we do?
Peter | In our culture the body is often held in the
shadow because it's where we might experience physical limitation and painful
emotions. People don’t want to feel the scary stuff and they lack support to do
this. Instead, the body becomes objectified. People in our culture are so
externally oriented, they want to stay on the go, so they avoid slowing down to
be present to their internal emotions and sensations.
Ginger | What 3 words of somatic
advice do you have for all of us?
Peter | Well my main advice would be: notice when you are
holding your breath. Breathe fully. This unlocks everything. This is how we
learn to feel our feelings and physical sensations, which opens the door to
deep change in our type structure.
Peter O’Hanrahan is an Enneagram teacher, body
therapist, business consultant, and Senior Member of the Enneagram in Business
Network (EIBN) who teaches internationally and also works closely with the
Enneagram Worldwide and the Palmer/Daniels Enneagram Professional Training
Program. You can visit his website at EnneagramWork.com | POhanrahan@aol.com

This is a picture of an Inuksuk. The Inuksuk in Canada can represent
leadership, cooperation, human spirit, or be a guidepost of a special symbolic
location. This month, let’s explore some daily routines or practices that help
us be more whole as leaders, embodying the different layers of leadership. For
some, "more" whole can mean more balanced; for others, it means showing up a
little more fully.
As a Social Eight, my (Catherine Bell’s) energy has a natural outward
flow, and through knowing the Enneagram, I can, on occasion, catch myself in
the act of being too aggressive, having feelings of rejection, or pulling away
to think things through. A number of weeks ago, I started the Presence Process by Michael Brown. One of the processes is
two 15-minute meditations where the breath is synchronized with saying, I am here in this. Since starting the
process, I have been deeper in my body and, as a result, more real to who I am.
I asked Dick Schulte, an EIBN (Enneagram in Business Network) Associate Member
and coach about the processes or practices he uses in coaching and in his work
with teams to allow authenticity and transformation to bubble up and bubble
down.
Here’s what Dick said:
“Much of the work I do with leaders to catalyze authenticity and
transformation centers on assisting them in understanding how their behaviors
impact others in the workplace. The Enneagram is the perfect place to begin
because it creates a platform for clarity around self and behaviors that can
hinder performance, which can lead to a genuine desire to improve as a leader. The
question for the leader(s) then becomes, what
does authenticity look like for me? And,
how can I show up with my best self at work so I can be more effective? We then focus them on shifting out of
non-productive or 'being right' behaviors they may be engaged in at times to
authentic ones. Such as:
Being Right
Behaviors Authentic Behaviors
Blaming
and complaining to… Taking
100% responsibility for themselves Concealing
to… Candor
and revealing Notoriety
to… Appreciation
and gratitude Defensiveness
and withdrawal to… Courageous
collaboration Comparison
and power to… Acceptance
and empowerment Being
smart or clever to… Seeking
knowledge and wisdom Resentment
and vengeance to… Forgiveness and setting boundaries
From a
practice perspective, we ask leaders to then employ a mantra that fits for
their particular behavior(s) when they catch themselves (or get caught!) in 'being right:' These mantras can sound something like this:
I am grounded and resilient. I get the job done. I am an enthusiastic motivator. I am patient with others and myself. I appreciate others’ gifts and perspectives. I take myself lightly. I trust others to take care of themselves. I nurture myself. I choose to collaborate. I choose to be curious and open.
For
leaders, recognizing what authenticity looks like for them, committing to
making a positive shift over time and employing a mantra to support their work
IS the act of transformation. It begins the process of becoming more human and
more effective in their leadership roles.”
What practices and processes would you recommend to individuals of the
three different instincts (Head, Heart, and Body)?
What would you recommend as different leadership practices to
different Enneagram Types?
What different layers of leadership do you witness in yourself?
Ginger’s Blog To get you started
on practices for each Center of Intelligence (based on the three instincts), you
can read about and, hopefully, practice some of these ideas, all of which
involve accessing more of a center that is not your "home base."
Head Center Styles | Five, Six, and Seven
Access your Heart Center Because all three of
the Head Center Enneagram styles overwork their mental function (Head Center),
trying to use their Head Centers to increase their ability for leadership,
cooperation, and increasing the energy of the human spirit is not necessarily
going to lead them in this direction. Another way of saying this is that the
Head Center is not the starting point for them.
Instead, use your
breath to fill your Heart Center with spaciousness and energy by simply
breathing fully into your heart chamber, filling it completely and expanding
it, holding your breath there for five seconds, and then gradually exhaling. Do five
heart-breath inhales five times per day. This is best done when you are sitting or
standing rather than walking or moving around. Repeat this practice daily.
Heart Center Styles | Two, Three, and Four
Access your Body Center Because all three of
the Heart Center Enneagram styles tend to use their heart function (Heart
Center) in limited ways, trying to use their Heart Centers to increase their
ability for leadership, cooperation, and increasing the energy of the human
spirit is not necessarily going to lead them in this direction. Another way of
saying this is that the Heart Center is not the starting point for them.
Instead, it is
better to increase access to your Body Center because this will allow you to
become more integrated in every way. The body is a gateway to integrating your
head, heart, and body. An interesting and enjoyable way to do this is through
music that you really like and is not too loud or electric. Find music you
love, then listen to it and allow the music to fill all of your body. Engage
the sounds, breathe it in, and let the music vibrations vibrate throughout your
body. Do this two times per day on a daily basis, changing the music as you
prefer.
Body Center Styles | Eight, Nine, and One Access your Mental Center Because all three of
the Body Center Enneagram styles over-rely on their body function (Body Center)
when they also need to be accessing their other Centers of Intelligence, and as a
result, using their Body Center to increase their ability for leadership,
cooperation, and increasing the energy of the human spirit is not necessarily
going to lead them in this direction. Another way of saying this is that the Body
Center is not the starting point for them.
Instead, it is
better to gain more access to their Mental Centers in a clear and unobstructed
way. To do this, first breathe fully into your Mental Center and hold your
breath there for three seconds. Do this three times in a row. Next, select one of the
mantras – from Dick Schulte’s list above – that you most like and say that to
yourself three times, either out loud or in your mind. Say this same mantra to
yourself three times and say it in a way that you actually believe it. Do this
activity three times per day. You can also make up your own mantra if you prefer.
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