#enneagramlove

[abirobins]

Let's chat about the #Enneagram for just a bit. I'm dominant in type 8, which means I am a doer. I get things done. I take action and am often leading whatever charge needs to be led. What this also means is I am detached from my emotions. I don't feel things. I actively avoid pain and being vulnerable. As you could imagine this wreaks havoc on my relationships, with other people and with myself. Yesterday was a hard day. My initial reaction was to take action, as usual. What I didn't want to do was feel. I was hurting, and I didn't want to feel that pain. I started preparing what I was going to say, I started writing out a strongly worded letter, it was like I would do anything to distract from the fact that I was hurting. To feel pain means you're vulnerable. To be vulnerable, to an #enneagram8, means they could be manipulated or controlled or violated. Aka, their worst fear. As I drove home, I cried. I cried long and hard. It was the ugliest of cries. I felt what I was trying so hard to avoid and dismiss. If you're an #enneagram8 how do you move into feeling? What allows you to take this seemingly dangerous step? How do you just feel? • • • #yoga #realyoga #enneagramyoga #faithfullylgbt #queeryoga #queerenneagram #queerlove #yogateacherinspiration #feeling #action #emotionalcenter #justfeelit #enneagramlove