Episode 3 Line Focus and The Emotional Center

Your body is constantly directing and receiving focus and attention. Eye focus is a familiar enough concept at work in today’s culture, but another type of focus, Line Focus, is of greater fundamental importance in the nonverbal exchange of information. Line Focus in intricately tied to what many traditions and practices refer to as the Emotional Center. This area between your navel and torso work can be utilized to great effect, allowing you underscore and project passionate feeling when you need it, but its also a vulnerable area that needs to be kept safe. Learning how to control and harness your Line Focus is a powerful way to both protect the Emotional Center and employ it to full effect while avoiding over exposure. 

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