Physical therapist and pioneer of the somatic Enneagram, Marion Gilbert (Sexual 8), talks about why the somatic component to developing and awakening with the Enneagram is so important to address. 

• Marion's introduction to the Enneagram [2.52]
• How Marion got involved with the Narrative Enneagram [4.50]
• What is the somatic enneagram? [7.50]
• Somatic nature of type (examples of Type Four and Eight) [8.40]
• Three basic pillars of somatic awareness [13.51] (1) grounded presence, (2) cultivation of inner observer and (3) cultivation of placement of attention. 
• Marion's integration of Peter Levine's work in her somatic awareness program [19.48]
• Contracted body center states and how they link to types [21.33] (head types flee, heart types freeze, body types fight).
• The relaxed body center states [24.03] (flight becomes curiosity, freeze reinstates seeking for connection, and fight becomes play).
• Non-dual perspective on integration [26.45]
• Is there any type for whom this work is more important? [28.25]
• Can we work on the somatic line without engaging the psychological enneagram? [29.22]
• How to avoid traumatizing people [30.40]
• How doing Eight has served and not served Marion [32.05]

References:

• 'Frosty' the snowman is a visual of the contracted and expanded states of the mental, emotional, and body centers. It is a visual included in Marion's materials. 
• The Narrative Enneagram

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