Hexaflex Drills

These exercises use Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) processes to strengthen the four faculties of the Navigator. They are “gym drills” for the soul.

$\Sigma$ (Sophia) Drills: Seeing

• Defusion (DRILL:DEF):
  • Exercise: “I’m having the thought that…”
  • Goal: See thoughts as objects, not truths.
• Self-as-Context (DRILL:SAC):
  • Exercise: The Observer Exercise. “Notice who is noticing.”
  • Goal: Stabilize the witnessing position.

$\text{A}$ (Eros) Drills: Wanting

• Values (DRILL:VAL):
  • Exercise: Values Card Sort. “If no one would know, what would I choose?”
  • Goal: Distinguish authentic desire from mimetic/social desire.
• Present Moment (DRILL:PM-Affect):
  • Exercise: “What is wanting to happen right now?”
  • Goal: Connect desire to the immediate reality.

$\text{E}$ (Hermes) Drills: Doing

• Committed Action (DRILL:CA):
  • Exercise: “Feet, Hands, Mouth.” (Physically move body parts to match value).
  • Goal: Break paralysis; move despite internal weather.

$\Omega$ (Mysterium) Drills: Receiving

• Acceptance (DRILL:ACC):
  • Exercise: “Expansion.” Breathing into and making room for a difficult sensation.
  • Goal: Develop capacity to hold charge without constricting.
• Present Moment (DRILL:PM-Sensing):
  • Exercise: 5-Senses Grounding.
  • Goal: Receive the world as it is.