The Cervical Segment — The Bridge Between Worlds

Eleven questions. Nine of eleven passes, and you can take it again as often as you like.

How does the course describe the role of the cervical segment?

The seat of gut feeling, instinct and visceral truth The body's root system, and its deep connection to the earth below The master regulator of breath, anxiety and power A bridge through which communication between mind and body must pass
A leader can analyse emotions brilliantly but reports not actually feeling them. Which neck pattern fits best?

The collapsed neck of depressive resignation and heavy longing The open neck of embodied intelligence and integrated feeling The rigid neck, letting thought pass while blocking felt sense The laterally displaced neck that favours one side of experience
What function does the rigid neck serve, in the course's image?

A pump that pushes feeling upward into the head A checkpoint allowing thought through but blocking embodied experience A valve that regulates breath between chest and belly A mirror that reflects the moods of other people straight back to them
With which structure does the course associate the collapsed neck?

The Schizoid structure, and its departure from the body into thought The Oral structure, where unfulfilled longing pulls the head down The Psychopathic structure and its displays of power The Rigid structure and its armoured chest
What does a head that tilts consistently to one side reflect, according to the module?

An injury that must be fully treated before any inner work can begin A sign of excellent balance between thinking and feeling A split in which one side of experience is favoured over the other A simple habit of listening more closely with one ear
What is the compressed gift of the rigid neck?

Discernment: thinking clearly under emotional pressure Receptivity to nourishment from others Surrender of the effortful, striving and controlling head-mind Comprehensive awareness of the periphery
According to the course, when is the rigid neck's capacity a problem?

Whenever it appears in someone over forty As soon as it allows any kind of thinking to happen at all Only when it is paired with a clenched jaw Only when it operates rigidly rather than flexibly
What is the compressed gift of the collapsed neck?

Surrender, letting something deeper than the head guide Discernment under strong and sustained emotional pressure Powerful and clearly defined boundaries Passionate, intense and fearless love
When the cervical segment integrates, what kind of intelligence emerges?

Thought informed by feeling and feeling illuminated by thought Pure feeling that no longer needs the help of thought Pure logic freed at last from the distraction and noise of emotion A faster mind that processes far more information
In the somatic inquiry for this gate, what should you do with the resistance you find when turning your head?

Ignore it and focus on the free side Push gently through it until it releases Simply notice it without trying to fix it Stretch it daily until it disappears
Which pair of worlds does the neck mediate, as the child develops?

The mother's body and the father's authority The left side of the body and the right side of the body, kept in balance The inner world of dreams and the outer world of work The emerging cognitive self and the feeling, instinctual self