Episode Description

In this episode, Michael, Hari, and Rasanath turn their attention to the Body Center of the Enneagram. They explore how presence is experienced as groundedness, sensation, and gut-level knowing, as well as how energy can move from intuition into action when we are rooted in the body.

The conversation brings out the distinct gifts of Types 8, 9, and 1 while also showing how every Type can cultivate a clearer, more embodied connection to life. Along the way, they discuss the core emotion of the Body Center, the role of practices like yoga and pranayama, and what it means to feel our feet on the ground as a support for spiritual depth.

Podcast Hosts: Michael, Hari Prasada Das and Rasanath Das

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Highlights

• [01:20]  A meditative portrait of the Body Center

• [07:00] Presence as sensation, not just action

• [14:30] The three Types of the Body Center

• [17:00] Type 8: Fortitude, Aliveness, and Majesty

• [20:10] Type 9: Wholeness, Unity, and Flow

• [23:45] Type 1: Goodness, Sacredness, Purity

• [30:10] Anger as the Predominant Emotion

• [33:20] How all Types can cultivate presence in the Body Center

• [37:30] Coaching practices that bring awareness to the body

• [41:00] The role of yoga asanas and prana in spiritual practice

• [46:00] “How can we perceive God if we can’t feel our feet on the ground?”

Quotes

• “ When we pay close attention to what is happening in the physical body, it gives us clues to what is going on in our head and our heart, because the body has sensations that are a gateway to an experience and a gateway to understanding what an experience is.” - Hari Prasada

• “When we are not present in our physical body, irrespective of our Enneagram Type, we are losing all that information. We are working from a place of less awareness.” - Hari Prasada

• “We have been given a body, a heart, and a head, and we have to use all three of them to the maximum degree for the greatest benefit. If we don't, we are only cheating ourselves.” - Hari Prasada

• “ Presence in the Body Center helps us…have more confidence to face fears. There's a rooting in ourselves that takes place, that allows us to feel like, ‘Okay, whatever I have to face, I'm ready.” - Hari Prasada