Somatic Integration: Attention and Breath

By Terry Saracino & Evangeline Welch

The Narrative Enneagram hosts monthly community gatherings for TNE members on Zoom, exploring a variety of Enneagram-related topics with our faculty and other experts. We are now making a selection of these previously recorded teachings available to the wider community via digital download to support your growth journey in connection with other Enneagram enthusiasts. 

In this recording, Terry Saracino (TNE Founding President & Core Faculty) starts by inviting us to participate in a breath practice that we can utilize as a supportive resource when overwhelmed by the stimuli of our world. Drawing on wisdom from Rick Hansen, Viktor Frankl, and Marion Gilbert, Terry illustrates how it is ultimately somatic integration that brings all our spiritual and psychological work with the Enneagram to life in our bodies.

Terry shares examples of how working with our attention and breath can support us in calming the parasympathetic nervous system, cultivating the inner observer, and developing more freedom in how we respond to the demands of our everyday lives.

Date recorded: April 21, 2022 
Format: 20-min video (MP4) + audio (MP3) ; PDF transcript