The 36 channels
How the gates connect.
A channel joins two gates across two centers. When you have both gates, the channel is “defined.” It colors in those centers and shapes your type. The 36 channels fall into three circuits: Individual, Collective, and Tribal. Each is written in plain English, in our own words.
Individual circuitry
15 channelsChannels of knowing, centering, and integration: mutation, self-direction, and the individual voice.
1-8 Voicing the Original Self G / Identity ↔ Throat / Manifestation 2-14 The Engine of Direction G / Identity ↔ Sacral / Life-force 3-60 The Pulse of Renewal Sacral / Life-force ↔ Root / Pressure 10-20 Living What You Are, Out Loud G / Identity ↔ Throat / Manifestation 10-34 Power That Stays True to You Sacral / Life-force ↔ G / Identity 10-57 Instinct That Keeps You True G / Identity ↔ Spleen / Awareness 12-22 Voice on the Emotional Wave Throat / Manifestation ↔ Solar Plexus / Emotional 20-34 Engaged in the Now Throat / Manifestation ↔ Sacral / Life-force 20-57 The Spoken Hunch Spleen / Awareness ↔ Throat / Manifestation 23-43 From Knowing to Clear Speech Ajna / Awareness ↔ Throat / Manifestation 24-61 The Mind That Circles Back to Mystery Head / Pressure ↔ Ajna / Awareness 25-51 Initiated by Shock G / Identity ↔ Heart / Ego (Will) 28-38 The Worth-the-Risk Channel Spleen / Awareness ↔ Root / Pressure 34-57 The Instinct-Led Powerhouse Sacral / Life-force ↔ Spleen / Awareness 39-55 The Provoked Mood Root / Pressure ↔ Solar Plexus / Emotional
Collective circuitry
14 channelsChannels of logic and sensing: sharing patterns, experience, and understanding with the wider group.
4-63 The Doubt-to-Hypothesis Loop Head / Pressure ↔ Ajna / Awareness 5-15 The Natural Pacemaker Sacral / Life-force ↔ G / Identity 7-31 Direction the Group Chooses to Follow G / Identity ↔ Throat / Manifestation 9-52 The Long Hold of Focus Sacral / Life-force ↔ Root / Pressure 11-56 From Inner Gallery to Told Story Ajna / Awareness ↔ Throat / Manifestation 13-33 From Witness to Distilled Telling G / Identity ↔ Throat / Manifestation 16-48 The Practice That Builds Mastery Throat / Manifestation ↔ Spleen / Awareness 17-62 Position Into Precise Words Ajna / Awareness ↔ Throat / Manifestation 18-58 The Drive to Raise the Standard Spleen / Awareness ↔ Root / Pressure 29-46 All-In for the Experience Sacral / Life-force ↔ G / Identity 30-41 The Fantasy-to-Fire Pull Root / Pressure ↔ Solar Plexus / Emotional 35-36 The Hunger for the Next Experience Throat / Manifestation ↔ Solar Plexus / Emotional 42-53 Seeing a Cycle All the Way Through Root / Pressure ↔ Sacral / Life-force 47-64 The Slow Lens on the Past Head / Pressure ↔ Ajna / Awareness
Tribal circuitry
7 channelsChannels of support, resources, and bonding: care, agreements, and looking after the people close to you.
6-59 The Closeness Catalyst Solar Plexus / Emotional ↔ Sacral / Life-force 19-49 The Agreement of Care Root / Pressure ↔ Solar Plexus / Emotional 21-45 The Voice Over Shared Resources Heart / Ego (Will) ↔ Throat / Manifestation 26-44 Selling From Instinct Heart / Ego (Will) ↔ Spleen / Awareness 27-50 The Caretaker's Covenant Sacral / Life-force ↔ Spleen / Awareness 32-54 The Long-Game Climb Spleen / Awareness ↔ Root / Pressure 37-40 The Unspoken Bargain of Care Solar Plexus / Emotional ↔ Heart / Ego (Will)
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