Rigid — heart-centre armouring

Full-body armouring organised around guarded feeling

The rigid structure is given a heart-centre point because its distributed, symmetrical armouring is organised around guarded feeling, controlled expression, and restrained contact. The point is a relational charge focus within an armoured whole-body pattern; it must not be read as saying that the anatomical heart is rigid or that the front view captures the entire front/back distribution.

Schizoid — head disconnectionSchizoid — waist split markerOral — collapsed chest and reachPsychopath — armoured upper chestPsychopath — collapsed pelvisRigid — heart-centre armouringRigid — heart-centre armouring

Point 6 of 6 in Core Energetics — Five Character Structures

Cross-tradition overlaps

No overlapping points are registered for this point.

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Sources

John C. Pierrakos, Core Energetics: Developing the Mind, Body, and Spirit in Therapy (primary)

Alexander Lowen, Bioenergetics (secondary)

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