The Enneagram of the Body

[VagrantFarce]

http://enneagram-instrument.org/ennbody.htm

I'm curious to see if people relate to what's being described here? It seems to be trying to describe what the types experience physiologically.

8s, 4s and 2s: http://enneagram-instrument.org/EOBINT2.htm
5s, 7s and 1s: http://enneagram-instrument.org/EOBINT3.htm
6s, 3s and 9s: http://enneagram-instrument.org/EOBINT4.htm

 

[Lady_X]

it really just talked about the 7s problem solving skills and yes i relate to that.

 

[OrangeAppled]

I don't see a clear connection made between the body stance or the area of the body & the tendencies of the type. Is the abdomen chosen for 2s & 4s because of the association with "gut feeling"? 2s & 4s aren't about gut feeling though....that's, well, the gut types (8, 9, & 1). 2s & 4s are more about sophisticated feeling, related to value, not instinctual feeling (the kind of feeling associated with the gut). As far as energy coming out of the 2s & 4s, the face/eyes is the obvious place, and after that, I'd go with hands for them (because of their expressiveness, plus there's a visual symbolic aspect of reaching out/connecting with hands).

 

[VagrantFarce]

I don't see a clear connection made between the body stance or the area of the body & the tendencies of the type. Is the abdomen chosen for 2s & 4s because of the association with "gut feeling"? 2s & 4s aren't about gut feeling though....that's, well, the gut types (8, 9, & 1). 2s & 4s are more about sophisticated feeling, related to value, not instinctual feeling (the kind of feeling associated with the gut). As far as energy coming out of the 2s & 4s, the face/eyes is the obvious place, and after that, I'd go with hands for them (because of their expressiveness, plus there's a visual symbolic aspect of reaching out/connecting with hands).

The positions & areas seem to be chosen based on the stances that are assumed during the exercises, it's not really about mapping to the traditional triads.

 

[Mycroft]

Oh man why didn't you warn us it talked about Dr. Pauling? Every time I hear (or read) that story it reinvigorates within me with a disdain for humanity I strive not to foster.

 

[OrangeAppled]

The positions & areas seem to be chosen based on the stances that are assumed during the exercises, it's not really about mapping to the traditional triads.

Yes, I read that these are the stances they assume when gently "guided" into a stance (which is suspicious in itself). And what the 2-4-8 stances have to do with the gut - I don't see it either.... Nor what the stance has to do with the personality traits described. The 8 is the clearest (looking ready for battle), but the 2 & 4, not so much (and the other types don't add up for me either).

 

[Hazashin]

http://enneagram-instrument.org/ennbody.htm

I'm curious to see if people relate to what's being described here? It seems to be trying to describe what the types experience physiologically.

8s, 4s and 2s: http://enneagram-instrument.org/EOBINT2.htm
5s, 7s and 1s: http://enneagram-instrument.org/EOBINT3.htm
6s, 3s and 9s: http://enneagram-instrument.org/EOBINT4.htm

Interesting. According to this, it says that 6's, 9's, and 3's get energy from the sternum. Perhaps I'm not a 6 then? Because I feel like my nervous energy is mostly exuding from my "gut", because I get tons of "butterflies in my stomach" when I get nervous.