Podcast Series: Run the Race - Meditations for Movement

Course Instructor: The Rev. Kristen Ostendorf

In This Episode:

This visioning exercise follows the advice Paul gives his followers in 1 Thessalonians 5: 17-18: to pray without ceasing.

Following this pre-movement meditation, a walker, hiker, or runner will write a prayer that follows a traditional format of Christian prayer - called a collect. This collect can speak to the concerns in your heart, no matter what they are. This exercise will help you create a "prayer for your pocket" that you can take on your hike, run or walk, whether it be a prayer of gratitude, joy, lament, or other concerns.

For more examples of collects, see https://www.bcponline.org/, p. 810 for a variety of prayers that can be used on various occasions.

Full course page including introduction video and additional resources here:

https://www.thehiveapiary.com/run-the-race

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Podcast Series: Run the Race - Meditations for Movement

Course Instructor: The Rev. Kristen Ostendorf

In This Episode:

Using Proverbs 11:25-26, you'll be led through how to do a prayer/walk/run. The focus will be on the refreshment that can come by praying for others.

Full course page including introduction video and additional resources here:

https://www.thehiveapiary.com/run-the-race

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Podcast Series: Run the Race - Meditations for Movement

Course Instructor: The Rev. Kristen Ostendorf

In This Episode:

According to our belief in the bodily resurrection, our bodies matter. Using the approach of a body scan, you'll be guided through a prayer of gratitude for the body. Using the wisdom in Genesis 1 (that we are created in God's image) we'll do a body scan that can be done with or without a foam roller to "check in" with the body before or after a run, and then give thanks for it.

Full course page including introduction video and additional resources here:

https://www.thehiveapiary.com/run-the-race

Music by: Sunrise in Antibes, Maarten Schellekens

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Podcast Series: Run the Race - Meditations for Movement

Course Instructor: The Rev. Kristen Ostendorf

In This Episode:

Using Hebrews 12:1-2, you'll be lead through a lectio divina exercise to find a focus phrase for prayer or meditation during your run/hike.

Full course page including introduction video and additional resources here:

https://www.thehiveapiary.com/run-the-race

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Podcast Series: Run the Race - Meditations for Movement

Course Instructor: The Rev. Kristen Ostendorf

In This Episode:

In this episode Kristen introduces the course by outlining how to use this class and things you should keep in mind.

Watch the video version of this episode on https://www.thehiveapiary.com/run-the-race

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A Return to Essence, Receptivity, and the Sacred Invitation of Presence

Podcast Series: The Enneagram Map to Your Deeper Self: A Book Club Series

Host: Alicia Divers | Somatic Practitioner & Enneagram Teacher

Guest Author: Sandra Smith

In This Episode:

In our final episode, we take a step back from the individual types and return to the deeper invitation of this work: to move beyond type and toward Essence.

Alicia guides us through Sandra Smith's reflections on resistance and receptivity—how striving shows up in each of us, and how presence becomes the sacred ground for transformation.

Rather than fix our type, this episode invites us to meet the patterns with compassion, return to our bodies, and soften into something truer: the receptivity that lives beneath all our efforting.

You'll learn:

• Why striving—though well-intentioned—keeps us locked in type

• How receptivity opens the doorway to spiritual experience

• Why body-based presence is essential for transformation

• What Sandra's PAUSE Process offers for inner work (and how to explore it further)

• A closing benediction for each of the nine types—an offering of encouragement for the road ahead

Whether you're just beginning your Enneagram journey or seeking to deepen it, this final episode invites you to rest in the truth that your growth doesn't begin with striving—it begins with allowing.

Resources Mentioned:

📖 The Enneagram Map to Your Deeper Self: Living Beyond Your Type by Sandra Smith

Buy the book here

Learn more about Sandra Smith at www.sandrasmith.com

Explore somatic work and Enneagram coaching with Alicia at www.somatic-spirituality.com

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Types Five, Six, and Seven – Navigating Fear, Trust, and Inner Freedom

Podcast Series: The Enneagram Map to Your Deeper Self: A Book Club Series

Host: Alicia Divers | Somatic Practitioner & Enneagram Teacher

Guest Author: Sandra Smith

In This Episode:

This week, we step into the Head Center—Types Five, Six, and Seven—and explore how each of these types navigates fear through thought, planning, and imagination.

Alicia guides us through Sandra Smith's reflections on the deeper strategies Head Types use to seek safety—and how those strategies can soften when met with presence. Rather than pathologizing fear, this episode invites listeners to see it as a sacred doorway: one that, when tended gently, opens into groundedness, trust, and joy.

From the Five's quiet withdrawal to the Six's loyal vigilance to the Seven's search for stimulation—we explore how each type can return to inner steadiness, not by thinking more, but by staying with what's already here.

• Why fear is central to the Head Center—and how it lives in the body

• How Fives can move from withholding to engaging

• How Sixes can return to self-trust, even in uncertainty

• How Sevens can abide with the moment rather than chase the next thing

• Why clarity comes not from control—but from grounded presence

Whether you lead with a Head Type or love someone who does, this episode offers a compassionate lens on anxiety, thinking patterns, and the somatic pathways back to enoughness.

What does fear feel like in your body—and how might you practice trust, even in uncertainty?

Resources Mentioned:

📖 The Enneagram Map to Your Deeper Self: Living Beyond Your Type by Sandra Smith

Buy the book here

Learn more about Sandra Smith at www.sandrasmith.com

Explore somatic work and Enneagram coaching with Alicia at www.somatic-spirituality.com

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Podcast Series: The Enneagram Map to Your Deeper Self: A Book Club Series

Host: Alicia Divers | Somatic Practitioner & Enneagram Teacher

Guest Author: Sandra Smith

In This Episode:

This week, we move into Chapters 3, 4, and 9 of Sandra Smith's The Enneagram Map to Your Deeper Self—exploring the Heart Center types: Three, Two, and Four.

Alicia guides us through the tender terrain of the Heart Center—where image, identity, and emotional attunement shape our inner stories. You'll hear how each type seeks love and connection in distinct ways, and how the journey back to the heart begins with reclaiming self-worth.

With somatic insight and personal reflection, Alicia brings Sandra's "compassionate entry points" to life—offering gentle practices and embodied invitations for each type to soften performance, over-functioning, and comparison.

You'll learn:

• How Type Three's drive for achievement can soften into authentic presence

• How Type Two's desire to be needed can open into the spaciousness of receiving

• How Type Four's longing for depth can root into grounded belonging

• How shame subtly shapes Heart Center strategies—and how the body holds its residue

• Why equanimity, Holy Freedom, and Holy Source name the deeper spiritual journey of these types

Whether you resonate with the Heart Center—or love someone who leads with image or emotion—this episode offers a warm, invitational space to remember:

You don't have to earn your belonging. You already have it.

Reflection Question:

Where are you still trying to prove your worth—and what might shift if you trusted that love doesn't have to be earned?

Resources Mentioned:

📖 The Enneagram Map to Your Deeper Self: Living Beyond Your Type by Sandra Smith

Buy the book here

Learn more about Sandra Smith at www.sandrasmith.com

Explore somatic work and Enneagram coaching with Alicia at www.somatic-spirituality.com

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Podcast Series: The Enneagram Map to Your Deeper Self: A Book Club Series

Host: Alicia Divers | Somatic Practitioner & Enneagram Teacher

Guest Author: Sandra Smith

🎙️ In This Episode:

This week, we move into Chapters 6, 7, and 8 of Sandra Smith's The Enneagram Map to Your Deeper Self—and begin our exploration of the Body Center types: Nine, Eight, and One.

Alicia introduces the core patterns of the Body Center—how instinct, resistance, and groundedness shape our inner worlds—and how each body type carries a unique relationship to anger, fairness, and autonomy.

You'll also hear how Sandra's idea of compassionate entry points invites a kinder, more relational path to growth—and why connecting with your body's knowing is essential for real transformation.

You'll learn:

• How Type Nine's habit of self-forgetting shows up in the body

• How Type Eight's armor can soften into openness without losing strength

• How Type One's striving can give way to the serenity of self-acceptance

• How anger lives differently in each type—and how to meet it with curiosity

• How Sabbath practices and reflection can create space for real change

Whether you resonate with the Body Center yourself—or you're learning to love someone who does—this episode invites you to slow down, listen inwardly, and discover how the body holds both our defenses and our way home.

Reflection Question:

Where do you notice resistance, urgency, or self-criticism living in your body—and what happens if you meet it with curiosity instead of judgment?

Resources Mentioned:

📖 The Enneagram Map to Your Deeper Self: Living Beyond Your Type by Sandra Smith

Buy the book here

Learn more about Sandra Smith at www.sandrasmith.com

Explore somatic work and Enneagram coaching with Alicia at www.somatic-spirituality.com

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Podcast Series: The Enneagram Map to Your Deeper Self: A Book Club Series

Host: Alicia Divers | Somatic Practitioner & Enneagram Teacher

Guest Author: Sandra Smith

🎙️ In This Episode:

This week, we step into Chapters 2 and 3 of Sandra Smith's The Enneagram Map to Your Deeper Self—shifting from presence to pattern, and beginning to explore the shape of the Enneagram itself.

Alicia walks us through the deeper purpose of the Enneagram—not as a typing system, but as a compassionate, psychospiritual map. She introduces core elements of each type's structure (ego ideal, focus of attention, defense mechanism) and reflects on how these patterns live in the body.

You'll also learn how the three centers—body, heart, and head—shape your instinctive responses, and how the triads can illuminate the ways we move, relate, and protect ourselves.

You'll learn:

• What ego patterns look and feel like in the body

• How the Enneagram reveals our inner landscape—not just our behavior

• Why naming your center of intelligence can bring type clarity

• How the Enneagram is both spiritual and somatic work

Whether you're new to the Enneagram or returning with fresh curiosity, this episode invites you to meet your patterns with compassion—and to remember that you are more than your type.

Reflection Question:

What does your ego structure feel like in your body—and where might you begin to meet it with more kindness?

Resources Mentioned:

📖 The Enneagram Map to Your Deeper Self: Living Beyond Your Type by Sandra Smith

Buy the book here

Learn more about Sandra Smith at www.sandrasmith.com

Explore somatic work and Enneagram coaching with Alicia at www.somatic-spirituality.com

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