Join Valerie for an online workshop to deep dive into the wisdom of our self-preservation, sexual, and social instincts.
When an instinct is ignored and neglected, we deprive ourselves of an exceptionally important internal resource. Without giving it the appropriate attention, this instinctual neglect can devolve and manifest as chronic health problems, psychological neuroses, and/or perpetual relational dysfunction. The reverse is also true; when we try to get all of our needs met through the over functioning of one instinctual drive, it can lead to an array of discomfort & dysfunction.
When we learn to recognize the true value and gift of each of these instincts, we can experience greater ease in integrating them into our life. We all have the instinct for self preservation- our physiological drive to survive in the physical world, which requires a measured and sober relationship with our physical bodies and our environment. Our sexual instinct, which drives us out of our comfort zone, propels our drive to merge, to seek experience and create something new, and which requires intuitive discerning of when to move in and when to pull back, when to surrender and when to activate. And the social instinct, which provides us with the drive to connect, to feel ourselves as part of the whole, and which requires a functional maturity to move from codependence to interdependence in all roles & relationships.
During this 2.5 hour virtual workshop, we will reference Russ Hudson's 3-zone model to look at the instincts and break them down into measurable parts. We will go beyond identifying our primary/dominant instinct, and beyond the caricature of the subtype descriptions. This workshop aims to provide you with a more wholistic way to approach your relationship with the instinctual wisdom that resides within you.
What we will cover:
All 3 instincts broken down into 3 zones, and each zone with 5 areas of focus.
Clarify your instinctual stacking
Identify instinctual blind spots & areas of neglect that need strengthening
Identify areas of balance/competence
Identify areas of over-functioning
Embodied guidance to understand the energetic quality of all 3 instincts
Learn how the enneatype expresses through the instincts
Explore paths to greater instinctual balance
Q&A and processing
This is an educational & reflective workshop. By the end of this workshop you will be able take what you learn and continue to grow with it. A handout will be provided outlining the zones and focus areas for all instincts.