Add an auxiliary module for the area you neglect most

Once the four core modules feel steady, add one auxiliary module, such as Work, Relationships or Ethics.

Perché funziona

The Starter Kit lists auxiliary modules beyond the core four, including Ethics, Work, Emotions and Relationships, and presents them as additions to add as you wish. The reasoning is one of scope: a practice aimed at one area of life can address that area more directly than the core four. The page found no evidence on whether adding an auxiliary module improves outcomes.

Come farlo

1. Name the area of your life that feels least touched by your current practice.
2. Pick the auxiliary module from the Starter Kit’s list that matches that area.
3. Choose one practice from that module and do it for two weeks alongside the core four.
4. Write down whether keeping up the core four has become harder.

Prove scientifiche

The auxiliary module list and the advice to add modules as you wish come from the ILP Starter Kit. The Starter Kit reports no outcome measurement for adding them. (anecdotal)

The authors present auxiliary modules as optional. Adding one can crowd out the core practices, and no study on this page shows whether it helps.

Fonti

• Integral Life Practice Team (2005). The ILP Starter Kit: Your Guide to Integral Life Practice (Version 1.0), © 2005 Integral Institute (PDF copy hosted by mindfulnessexercises.com).

Errore comune

Adding an auxiliary module before the core four are steady, which turns a balanced practice into a long list that is hard to keep.