At New York Enneagram, we teach that a fundamental skill for being present is increasing your capacity to be with the sensations of your body. One of the gifts of studying the Enneagram is the recognition that although everyone needs to develop presence, each of us is starting from a different place depending on our type, instinctual stack, and [...]

“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium, and be lost. The world will not have it. It is not [...]

Although there are a myriad of approaches to the intelligences of the centers, three overarching principles – Self-Observation, Compassion, and Practice – can serve as guides to the cultivation of presence in each center. Self-Observation (the Thinking Center) “Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” ― C.G. Jung Self-Observation [...]