My first major Inner Hacking Trek pitted me against habitual defensiveness. First, I had to hear the defensive tones I used when I denied being defensive—developing the strength to admit defensiveness required endless repetition, scooping & dumping judgment. Then the process began, accessing accurate muscle organization readout to feel how my body expressed and held onto defensive posturing. Justification, a powerful persona, told me time after time the many reasons I had to be defensive. Mainly for protection, he assured me, and it took a long time before I could question his reasoning and develop habits…