Three Gates, Three Centers

BREATHE! Every 1–3 hours, deep slow belly breathing for sixty seconds. BREATHE!

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Over the last few days, I wondered what would happen if I mapped everything I’m doing onto either the Hero’s journey or the Chakras. And…I really liked the results. Just for an example, the Three Energy Centers (a simplification of the Chakras) maps with the Three Gates (an ancient filter for thought, speech and action) elegantly. From the bottom, this could go:

Is it True? This is the Belly brain. Instinctive grasp of true and false, right and…

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Steven Barnes is a NY Times bestselling author, ecstatic husband and father, and holder of black belts in three martial arts. www.lifewritingpodcast.com.

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Steven Barnes

Steven Barnes is a NY Times bestselling author, ecstatic husband and father, and holder of black belts in three martial arts. www.lifewritingpodcast.com.