Sinsomnia

Kaisa and Kristen recount a very recent story that is relevant to the discussion on anger in the body. We’ve had a lot of internal reactions to the topics we talk about on the podcast, and we were fortunate enough this time to be able to share personal observations on anger as a teacher; the projection, the internal reflections, and the repair. Kaisa also shares a dream that came right after the event, and how it has all helped shift things within her attitudes and connection to life. 

Resources;

‘Women Who Run With The Wolves’ by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés

Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma’ by Peter Levine

Kristen and Kaisa explore the topic of anger and rage in the body center. We discuss how anger can initially be projected, but the real work is within undergoing an internal process that requires contemplation of the source and direction of energy. Anger can be a creative process and actually regenerate modes of energy stuck within the body. Through uncovering our own relationship to anger in dreams and life, we start to understand how it can be cultivated and used as a tool.

We also look at how anger has appeared in mythology such as the archetype of Ares and Hephaestus. Anger can show up not only when boundaries are being disrespected, but also when feelings of being ‘pushed out’ or outcasted appear. Looking at these examples can help understand the complexities of anger and how it can become more conscious. The contemplation and reflection of anger is essential in the process of individuation. ‘Releases’ from anger such as creativity, grief, or humor is also a helpful part of working with the intense experience.

Resources;

‘Anger as Inner Transformation’ by Stephen A. Martin https://cdn.fbsbx.com/v/t59.2708-21/431825284_242686818931593_7134047979827673448_n.pdf/Anger_as_Inner_Transformation.pdf?_nc_cat=102&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=2b0e22&_nc_ohc=fXAqeKiPVTkAX_ZjAXs&_nc_ht=cdn.fbsbx.com&oh=03_AdSKGYbf7AGG0SrKw-30d5yhG67uIJBmCa82N_Xg2Mly6g&oe=65EFDAAB&dl=1

‘Women Who Run With The Wolves’ by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés

‘Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma’ by Peter Levine

We talk about what the ‘container’ is and how it relates to the body center. The container is important in understanding emotions and sensations and allowing them to be felt, known, acknowledged, and understood. We talk about what it’s like to set up a container to allow these experiences to be explored, and how that could impact the connection to your body center. 

We also discuss topics such as emotion versus sensation, trauma, expressing language, the unconscious body versus the subtle body, etc. Separating the narratives from what is the body and its sensations and natural instincts is where the work of the body center really takes place.

Resources;

‘Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma’ by Peter Levine

‘Addiction to Perfection’ and ‘Dancing in the Flames’ by Marion Woodman

Robert Bosnak and his work on Embodied Imagination (online and YouTube)

‘You Sexy Thing’ by Hot Chocolate ; https://youtu.be/WmeMdEZPcpg?si=2wuEGMPxYKINF5Cz

Kaisa takes the stage in this episode as she describes her recent experiences in developing a relationship to her body center. As she works to transform her external life, we also explore how that’s being reflected in her internal life. The other two hosts chime in with ideas and abilities to relate to how deep and complex the body center can operate daily and within the realm of dreams. 

They also discuss the topics for future body center episodes like ‘the container’ and ‘anger’, and how that might show up in life and in dreams.

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The hosts begin to discuss where their minds are going when looking at the Enneagram Centers of Intelligence. The team explores how they feel the centers both as a concept and how they’re operating in their lives. They briefly discuss what the centers are and their first impressions of how they operate in the unconscious versus the personality. The conversation mainly starts to dive into the body center, where we’ll begin the journey of the Centers.

Links to the three ‘disturbing’ archetypes living within each of the hosts:

Kristen’s ‘Wormtongue’ - https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=602517774&sxsrf=ACQVn08-s-wqqsyHJTv5bJD2cQeR1EyWEw:1706576619630&q=wormtongue&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=2ahUKEwi0psep9YOEAxX9EFkFHd3MCggQ0pQJegQIDRAB&biw=1346&bih=700&dpr=2#imgrc=TIYpuZBM6ose-M 

Sammy’s ‘Revolting Slob’ - https://www.google.com/search?q=revolting+slob+crashbox&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjcr-iq9YOEAxWNN1kFHenzBTIQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=revolting+slob&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQARgBMgUIABCABDIFCAAQgAQyBQgAEIAEMgUIABCABDIFCAAQgAQyBggAEAUQHjIHCAAQgAQQGDIHCAAQgAQQGDIHCAAQgAQQGDoECCMQJzoICAAQgAQQsQM6DggAEIAEEIoFELEDEIMBOgYIABAIEB5Q6QdYqBZggStoAHAAeACAAXGIAc8IkgEEMTMuMZgBAKABAaoBC2d3cy13aXotaW1nwAEB&sclient=img&ei=7kq4ZdyAEI3v5NoP6eeXkAM&bih=700&biw=1346 

Kaisa’s ‘Darth Vader’ - 

https://www.google.com/search?q=darth+vader+without+mask&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwje647K9YOEAxVZElkFHfG5B-0Q2-cCegQIABAA&oq=darth+vader+without&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQARgAMggIABCABBCxAzIFCAAQgAQyBQgAEIAEMgUIABCABDIFCAAQgAQyBQgAEIAEMgUIABCABDIFCAAQgAQyBQgAEIAEMgUIABCABDoECCMQJzoGCAAQCBAeOg4IABCABBCKBRCxAxCDAToKCAAQgAQQigUQQzoLCAAQgAQQsQMQgwE6BAgAEANQkAdY9htg3iJoAHAAeACAAV-IAZ0MkgECMjCYAQCgAQGqAQtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZ8ABAQ&sclient=img&ei=L0u4ZZ6YN9mk5NoP8fOe6A4&bih=700&biw=1346 

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As we start to wrap up our exploration of the sexual instinct, the hosts share their personal journey over the past couple of months. They go back to the starting point, discovering how each person had a different psychic place where this material impacted them. The conversation unfolds into the nooks and crannies of the middle part as themes of body, matter, spirit, and social complexes take form. By the end, in true sexual instinct fashion, the current mess of the hosts’ progress is expressed as themes of vulnerability, pleasure, and how we treat ourselves.

To have a dream interpreted by Kristen, visit -

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To get Instinctual Drives of the Enneagram by John Luckovich, visit - https://www.amazon.com/Instinctual-Drives-Enneagram-John-Luckovich/dp/0578784971

For more of David Gray’s instinct descriptions, visit- https://www.enneasite.com

And don’t forget to check out Enneagrammer.com or the Big Hormone Enneagram Podcast for more info on the Instincts and Enneagram!

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For part two of sex in dreams, we explore the more spiritual and archetypal connections of the sexual instinct and the act of sex. Kaisa brings in concepts revolving around Pan, Eros, the culture’s projections and current struggles, love and creation, sexual energy transfer, and emotional connections. A lot of the topics discussed evoke personal emotions, dreams, and stories that we can relate to and expand on for our path towards inner work and growth.

To have a dream interpreted by Kristen, visit -

https://www.inkstoryrebel.com

To get Instinctual Drives of the Enneagram by John Luckovich, visit - https://www.amazon.com/Instinctual-Drives-Enneagram-John-Luckovich/dp/0578784971

For more of David Gray’s instinct descriptions, visit- https://www.enneasite.com

And don’t forget to check out Enneagrammer.com or the Big Hormone Enneagram Podcast for more info on the Instincts and Enneagram!

Email us questions or dreams that were inspired by this podcast at [email protected] !

The trio is back to revisit the mysterious concept of Anima/Animus. The concept is discussed more abstractly this time, exploring the ‘third’ element’s role and energetic component when working with dreams. We talk about how the Anima/Animus wants to challenge who we think we are and how we think we should operate in the world based on our unconscious, habitual patterns in our instincts and type. Focusing on the more uncomfortable things to bring to consciousness, we allow ourselves to be more fluid and adaptable in order to strengthen and familiarize ourselves with our inner Other. We speak a lot about how popular the negative inner Other is in others and within our own personal lives in order to maybe shed some more light on an authentic connection.

To have a dream interpreted by Kristen, visit -

https://www.inkstoryrebel.com

To get Instinctual Drives of the Enneagram by John Luckovich, visit - https://www.amazon.com/Instinctual-Drives-Enneagram-John-Luckovich/dp/0578784971

For more of David Gray’s instinct descriptions, visit- https://www.enneasite.com

And don’t forget to check out Enneagrammer.com or the Big Hormone Enneagram Podcast for more info on the Instincts and Enneagram!

Email us questions or dreams that were inspired by this podcast at [email protected] !

Continuing our previous conversation, Kristen and Kaisa dive into the dream symbols of sexual blinds’ dreams. We pull from examples of themes in many sexual blinds, including Kristen’s own personal reflections. The inner ‘Other’ is talked about as it could ‘clothe’ itself in a distant, unobtainable figure, which sparks a conversation about sexual blinds desiring comfort and validation rather than distinguishing their own unique polarity and taking a risk. The Patriarchy is brought up again, and how this personal and societal concept is embedded in our psyche and therefore influences our sense of sexuality. We also talk about partners, exes, and strangers, and how to start to differentiate what we might be associating with them in a dream.

To have a dream interpreted by Kristen, visit -

https://www.inkstoryrebel.com

To get Instinctual Drives of the Enneagram by John Luckovich, visit - https://www.amazon.com/Instinctual-Drives-Enneagram-John-Luckovich/dp/0578784971

For more of David Gray’s instinct descriptions, visit- https://www.enneasite.com

And don’t forget to check out Enneagrammer.com or the Big Hormone Enneagram Podcast for more info on the Instincts and Enneagram!

Email us questions or dreams that were inspired by this podcast at [email protected] !

With our Princess Sammy missing, Kaisa and Kristen discuss the symbols that could appear in sexual types’ dreams. We first discuss some general, archetypal symbols that might be commenting on the sexual instinct. 

We thought it was best to separate the symbols in dreams by sexual types and sexual blinds, since the feelings and energies are usually hiding more within the sexual instinct rather than within just the tangible symbols and situations. For sexual types, we talk about repulsive people or objects, liminal spaces, and magical or godly images. This also invites conversations about the ego self axis, polarities in the sexual instinct, and how the ego may be using the persona to achieve sexual goals.

To have a dream interpreted by Kristen, visit -

https://www.inkstoryrebel.com

To get Instinctual Drives of the Enneagram by John Luckovich, visit - https://www.amazon.com/Instinctual-Drives-Enneagram-John-Luckovich/dp/0578784971

For more of David Gray’s instinct descriptions, visit- https://www.enneasite.com

And don’t forget to check out Enneagrammer.com or the Big Hormone Enneagram Podcast for more info on the Instincts and Enneagram!

Email us questions or dreams that were inspired by this podcast at [email protected] !