Part I

Foundations of the Dragon’s Path

We begin at the threshold, where certainties loosen and potential beckons. The Dragon may first appear as primal fear—not an obstacle, but a mirror of the becoming it conceals.

This path spirals inward rather than running straight, blending direct experience with conceptual inquiry, and always returning you to the embodied core. It deepens with every turn: patterns of experience intermingle, recur, and reveal new facets as you descend within and extend outward.

To navigate this landscape, we establish a map and a compass.

Our compass is the Dragon—the archetype of integrated wholeness, fierce, wise, embodied. Our map is the Five Energetic Bodies, which you will explore in depth in Chapter 3.

Part I, Foundations of the Dragon’s Path, builds the inner container needed for the transformative journey ahead.

In these chapters you will meet the Dragon as central metaphor, learn the first grounding practices, and understand why this path prioritizes integration over intensity.

The Dragon stirs, fire glowing on the horizon.

Will you answer its call?

Will you step onto the Path?

Pause & Ground

• Feel your feet on the ground—contact points, weight, temperature.
• Breathe softly through the nose; lengthen the exhale and let the shoulders drop.
• If intensity rises, pause or stop and return when steadier.

The threshold awaits.

Let the journey begin.