This week’s podcast episode is an Introduction to Contemplative Practices: Grounding in Times of Stress with my friend Andrew Bowles. Andrew and I met through an Enneagram cohort, and he is a soon-to-be certified Enneagram teacher as well as a hospital chaplain.
This episode provides an introduction to contemplative practices— what they are, why we do them, and how we can get started. We discuss how contemplative practices help us to remain present to ourselves and others as well as how they can help ground us during times of stress. We explore this topic for folks in general and then talk about what it looks like for Andrew as an Enneagram 9 and for me as an Enneagram 6.
Some of the specific practices we discuss include:
You can read more about each practice by clicking on the links above. Folks who are interested in scheduling a free Enneagram typing interview with Andrew can do so at the link here.
The authors Andrew recommended are Morgan Harper Nichols (poetry), Gerald May (Dark Night of the Soul), and Barbara Brown Taylor.
Leave a comment and let us know your thoughts. What practices have you been drawn to in the past or are you interested in exploring?
