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Midsummer Breath Prayers | A Grounding Practice for All Nine Enneagram Types · The Wholehearted Enneagram Podcast

• 0:11
  SPEAKER_01: Well, friend, here we are.
• 0:13
  SPEAKER_01: This unique moment in midsummer that holds a unique space for us every year.
• 0:20
  SPEAKER_01: You're at the height of summer's finest moments, and the celebrations, the big ones, well, they've just happened.
• 0:28
  SPEAKER_01: It's behind us, and yet there are probably still a few vacations to be had, and there is some time to slow down and breathe.
• 0:36
  SPEAKER_01: But happening alongside the beach trips, the fireflies, and the long evenings are school plans being laid.
• 0:44
  SPEAKER_01: Perhaps your kids are ordering things for their dorm rooms, and plans for moving far away are coming to get a little bit clearer.
• 0:53
  SPEAKER_01: And lots of lists are being made.
• 0:55
  SPEAKER_01: Even football practices are picking up.
• 0:58
  SPEAKER_01: So the rhythms are shifting, but the calendar doesn't quite match that shift.
• 1:04
  SPEAKER_01: You're celebrating and you're also preparing.
• 1:07
  SPEAKER_01: You are present to the height and the goodness of summer.
• 1:10
  SPEAKER_01: And you're also fully aware that the wind down is coming, that the shift will happen.
• 1:18
  SPEAKER_01: And that is an in-between space.
• 1:20
  SPEAKER_01: And I want to invite you to pray through that today.
• 1:24
  SPEAKER_01: It's a liminal space, if you will.
• 1:26
  SPEAKER_01: It's a threshold where you're between what was and what's coming next.
• 1:30
  SPEAKER_01: It's not quite fall and you're maybe not even done celebrating, but there's also this middle place of planning or maybe even a desire to not plan, but you know you need to.
• 1:45
  SPEAKER_01: And I want to offer some breath prayers to meet you in that space.
• 1:50
  SPEAKER_01: I am choosing to be grounded and I am being held.
• 1:54
  SPEAKER_01: I don't want you to force peace or pretend that the complexity isn't there, but it is about interrupting the anxiety spiral or the overwhelm just for a moment and reminding yourself what's true and what holds you.
• 2:10
  SPEAKER_01: Today I want to invite you to hear the words from Isaiah 43, using it as a grounding passage of scripture.
• 2:19
  SPEAKER_01: Notably helpful in these threshold moments, carrying us through the difficult times and reminding you who you are, and reminding you who God is and how much He loves you.
• 2:33
  SPEAKER_01: Isaiah 43, verses 1 through 3.
• 2:37
  SPEAKER_01: But now, O Jacob, listen to the Lord who created you.
• 2:41
  SPEAKER_01: O Israel, the one who formed you says, Do not be afraid, for I have ransomed you.
• 2:49
  SPEAKER_01: I have called you by name.
• 2:51
  SPEAKER_01: You are mine.
• 2:53
  SPEAKER_01: When you go through deep waters, I will be with you.
• 2:57
  SPEAKER_01: When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown.
• 3:01
  SPEAKER_01: When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up.
• 3:06
  SPEAKER_01: The flames will not consume you.
• 3:09
  SPEAKER_01: For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.
• 3:17
  SPEAKER_01: Do you hear it?
• 3:19
  SPEAKER_01: It wasn't written if you pass through the waters.
• 3:23
  SPEAKER_01: Isaiah assumes the hard moments, the win moments.
• 3:28
  SPEAKER_01: He knows that there's going to be transitions and confusion, lots of in-between moments.
• 3:34
  SPEAKER_01: And he reminds us that God says, I will be with you.
• 3:39
  SPEAKER_01: And that's what I want to invite you in to anchor into today.
• 3:43
  SPEAKER_01: Not to escape from the liminal space, still keep present within it, but no, God will be with you.
• 3:53
  SPEAKER_01: Over the next several minutes, I want to invite you to walk through a breath of prayer for each of the nine Enneagram types.
• 4:00
  SPEAKER_01: They're certainly not a one-size-fits-all or any particular way to figure out your Enneagram type, but they're invitations to let your particular way of moving through the world to become a doorway into stillness, silence, and solitude.
• 4:18
  SPEAKER_01: Now, after you hear one, you might feel it land for you immediately.
• 4:22
  SPEAKER_01: It speaks to where you find yourself.
• 4:25
  SPEAKER_01: Or you might find yourself drawn to more than one.
• 4:28
  SPEAKER_01: That's all right.
• 4:29
  SPEAKER_00: Take what meets you, leave the rest, or send it to encourage a friend today.
• 4:38
  SPEAKER_00: For the Enneagram one, the liminal space can feel like a failure.
• 4:43
  SPEAKER_01: Not enough has been fixed, accomplished, or even improved yet.
• 4:47
  SPEAKER_01: And the one sees all that still needs to be done.
• 4:52
  SPEAKER_01: Inhale.
• 4:58
  SPEAKER_01: Exhale.
• 5:01
  SPEAKER_00: The rest belongs to Grace.
• 5:08
  SPEAKER_01: For the Enneagram 2, the liminal space can feel like abandonment.
• 5:12
  SPEAKER_01: If you're not actively needed, are you still love?
• 5:17
  SPEAKER_01: The two is invited to learn that being not doing is enough.
• 5:24
  SPEAKER_01: Inhale I am wanted just as I am.
• 5:31
  SPEAKER_01: Exhale.
• 5:34
  SPEAKER_01: I can rest in that.
• 5:38
  SPEAKER_01: For the Enneagram three, the in-between can feel like stalling.
• 5:42
  SPEAKER_01: Shouldn't you be accomplishing something?
• 5:44
  SPEAKER_01: So you are invited to learn that your worth is not determined by your productivity.
• 5:51
  SPEAKER_01: Inhale, I am more than what I produce.
• 5:57
  SPEAKER_01: Exhale.
• 5:59
  SPEAKER_01: I can be still and still matter.
• 6:07
  SPEAKER_01: For the Enneagram 4, the liminal space can feel like meaninglessness.
• 6:11
  SPEAKER_01: If nothing is unique about this moment, what's the point?
• 6:15
  SPEAKER_01: You're invited to learn that the ordinary moments contain beautiful depth.
• 6:21
  SPEAKER_01: Inhale, my life is sacred, even in the mundane.
• 6:28
  SPEAKER_01: Exhale, even this simple moment belongs to my story.
• 6:38
  SPEAKER_01: For the Enneagram 5, the liminal space can feel vulnerable.
• 6:42
  SPEAKER_01: Too much is unknown.
• 6:44
  SPEAKER_01: Too much is demanded on uncertain resources.
• 6:48
  SPEAKER_01: So I invite you to learn that not knowing is not the same as being depleted.
• 6:55
  SPEAKER_01: Inhale.
• 6:57
  SPEAKER_01: I have enough for this moment.
• 7:00
  SPEAKER_01: Exhale.
• 7:03
  SPEAKER_01: I can step forward without mastery.
• 7:10
  SPEAKER_01: For the Enneagram six, the liminal space can feel dangerous and unsafe.
• 7:15
  SPEAKER_01: What might go wrong?
• 7:17
  SPEAKER_01: What am I not seeing?
• 7:20
  SPEAKER_01: You are invited to learn that vigilance is not the same as safety.
• 7:26
  SPEAKER_01: Inhale.
• 7:28
  SPEAKER_01: I am held by one who sees all.
• 7:32
  SPEAKER_00: Exhale.
• 7:34
  SPEAKER_00: I can rest my scanning now.
• 7:42
  SPEAKER_01: For the Enneagram 7, the liminal space can feel a little bit like being trapped.
• 7:47
  SPEAKER_01: Because if you're not moving toward the next thing, are you stuck?
• 7:53
  SPEAKER_01: You are invited to learn that presence is not the same as being trapped.
• 7:58
  SPEAKER_01: And staying still doesn't mean you're bored.
• 8:04
  SPEAKER_01: Inhale, this moment is enough.
• 8:10
  SPEAKER_01: Exhale.
• 8:12
  SPEAKER_01: I can be here without being limited.
• 8:19
  SPEAKER_01: For the Enneagram 8, the liminal space can feel a little bit like losing control.
• 8:25
  SPEAKER_01: If you're not commanding the outcome, who is?
• 8:28
  SPEAKER_01: The eight is learning that surrender is not weakness.
• 8:32
  SPEAKER_01: Inhale, I release what I cannot hold.
• 8:38
  SPEAKER_00: Exhale, I trust what I cannot control.
• 8:47
  SPEAKER_01: For the Enneagram 9, the liminal space can feel like you're losing yourself.
• 8:53
  SPEAKER_01: There's so much going on around you.
• 8:55
  SPEAKER_01: Where are you in it?
• 8:57
  SPEAKER_01: Where are you finding yourself?
• 8:59
  SPEAKER_01: You are invited to learn that your presence matters here.
• 9:03
  SPEAKER_01: Fully offering your presence.
• 9:06
  SPEAKER_01: It truly matters here.
• 9:09
  SPEAKER_00: Inhale.
• 9:12
  SPEAKER_00: I am here and I matter.
• 9:15
  SPEAKER_00: Exhale.
• 9:18
  SPEAKER_00: My voice deserves to be heard.
• 9:24
  SPEAKER_01: Friend, while you're here, still at the height of summer and yet preparing for what happens next, I hope that you can be fully present and aware to the celebrating and the planning.
• 9:38
  SPEAKER_01: The in-between space is just a threshold.
• 9:42
  SPEAKER_01: And a threshold can be a truly sacred place.
• 9:48
  SPEAKER_01: I hope that you choose one of these breath prayers.
• 9:52
  SPEAKER_01: Maybe you write it down or you just put this on repeat or begin your day for this whole month, every day, breathing in, exhaling, and releasing.
• 10:04
  SPEAKER_01: May one of these meet you.
• 10:06
  SPEAKER_01: And if nothing else, the scripture reminds you that as you make it through these waters, through the fire, God has got you.
• 10:18
  SPEAKER_01: Remember what is true.
• 10:20
  SPEAKER_01: When you pass through those waters, God will be with you because He is your Lord, your God, your Savior.
• 10:27
  SPEAKER_01: So, friend, before you go into the next thing, take a breath and take what you need.
• 10:34
  SPEAKER_01: I'm excited to join with you in this midsummer breath prayer break.
• 10:40
  SPEAKER_01: It's gonna look a little different the next few weeks here on the podcast until we pick up with the Enneagram five month beginning in August.
• 10:49
  SPEAKER_01: I have so many beautiful things in store for you.
• 10:53
  SPEAKER_01: I can't wait, including a sneak peek into my audiobook, Wholehearted Enneagram.
• 10:59
  SPEAKER_01: From type to transformation as God's beloved.
• 11:04
  SPEAKER_01: Friend, remember, your starting point isn't your stop point.