In this workshop, Flemming Christensen will present ideas and exercises from his newest book, which is about integrating your core purpose into your life with the help of the Enneagram and a 324-day program of renewal. In small groups, you will have the opportunity to [...]

Envy is a "dirty little secret" of all types and an uncomfortable reality of human nature we prefer to avoid talking about. By increasing awareness of "envy hooks," we can learn to recover the "gold" and re-establish our relationship to "the Good, the True, and [...]

We will explore the `Unlocking the Inner Story,' a presence-based discovery process tool that supports the unconscious becoming conscious by heightening awareness of how each of the interwoven elements reinforce and strengthen a particular inner story, creating a limited and distorted frame of reality. The [...]

Everything you've been wanting to know about the exciting new and unfolding vision and structure of the IEA. Deborah Ooten 2010 2010 IEA Global Conference San Francisco, California, USA [memberonly] [/memberonly]

Emotional intelligence (EQ) is having the ability to respond appropriately and effectively, no matter what. Often this means expanding our comfort zone. EnneaMotion, an experiential approach to the Enneagram, guides you in finding mantras and mudras (Sanskrit for a word or sound with the intention [...]

How the Enneagram can be used as a key resource in a pastoral context, alongside other counseling and therapeutic skills to: Nurture different spiritualities within a community, based on the nine personality types; Prepare couples for marriage and long-term partnerships; Bring healing to damaged lives, [...]

Once again, we find ourselves asking the question: What is love, really? And once again, the wisdom of the Enneagram is leading us toward greater self awareness. We've been discussing Claudio Naranjo's description of the Enneagram types as nine disturbances of love which, once unmasked, [...]

Carol Erickson, assisted by Tom Condon, will work with an audience member who wants to change an Enneagram-related problem, using Ericksonian methods customized to that person's Enneagram style. Such demonstrations are usually vivid, entertaining and intense. Most produce a visible before-and-after difference in the client, [...]

What keeps us human beings from resolving conflicts constructively and compassionately, going from dug in anger and resentment to peace and love? What vision is required for truly transforming conflict? The profound peacemaking principles of John Paul Lederach offer both a blueprint and challenge for [...]

This case study explores the different ways in which people deal with conflict in the workplace, the premise being that, depending on personality type, people will automatically react to conflict situations in a subliminal manner particular to their personality type. The presenter furthermore explores how [...]

The Enneagram is a cipher that describes the nature of the cosmos based upon the universal laws of physics and science. Using the latest advances in astronomy, cosmology, and psychology this presentation will reveal the Enneagram as you have never seen it before. Journey through [...]

Coaching is increasingly becoming a best-inclass method for personal and professional development, and the Enneagram, while not a quick coaching fix, is the most powerful way to help people learn and grow psychologically and spiritually, increasing both the speed, depth, and impact of the coaching [...]

Uranio Paes will run this experiential workshop in which he will work with participants using the Enneagram symbol drawn on the floor. This work usually involves managing the energy that the Enneagram symbol and the growth work provides and requires. Uranio's work brings in experiential [...]

In the past several years the life and work of Frank Lloyd Wright has become widely discussed in popular culture. Wright's third wife, Olgivanna, was an early and lifelong devotee of Gurdjieff 's Fourth Way mysticism and introduced Wright to Gurdjieff and his teachings. For [...]

In this seminar participants will pursue the Enneagram Code, in a journey worthy of a Dan Brown novel. We will dissect the modern Enneagram into its components and trace the origin and development of each part of the theory. Sufis, medieval philosophers, modern cosmologists, psychics, [...]

We use the Enneagram on our spiritual journey to open to deeper expressions of Connection, Presence and Oneness. There are aspects of our self that we have rejected in our spiritual journey that become our disowned shadow. Shadow elements can cause mischief in our relationships, [...]

The purpose of the session will be to show the audience what the stages of conflict are and how the type emerges during each stage. This will be done in a very fun, interactive and friendly approach using the stage for acting out real life [...]

The Enneagram describes our type structure in three centers - head, heart, and body. While these centers express the habits of our type, they also offer important resources. Our goal in this workshop is to introduce body-based strategies and exercises which complement the more familiar [...]

Family is a great Petri dish for exploring Enneagram Type dynamics. Here, in this crucible of intimate relatedness, we often experience our best and our worst selves. Patterns can be difficult to break when we are caught in a negative feedback loop. When triggered, we [...]

Join us as we explore your beliefs about selling and their effect on your business success. Using the Enneagram, discover how your style affects your ability to sell. Learn new thoughts, behaviors, and skills that demystify the art of selling. In doing so, build greater [...]

As many traditions have noted, spiritual growth is like peeling the layers of an onion to get to its core. This process raises many important questions: What will one encounter at each layer? How does one move from one layer to the next? Why is [...]

In this session we will examine a novel model of the structure and dynamics of Enneagram type based on current scientific understanding of the neurobiology of emotion. It offers fresh and profound perspectives on the relationships between type, the principle triads, and the emotions of [...]

Do the nine Enneagram types exist in animals? And if so, how do the nine types appear within specific animal species that have similar social structure to humans, such as herd and pack animals? What do we already know about personality traits in animals and [...]

When Gurdjieff referred to the Enneagram diagram as the `fundamental hieroglyph of a universal language' he had good reason to do so: encoded within it is a comprehensive understanding of the universe and the place of human beings within it. Considered by him to be [...]

Based on over twenty years of research, thousands of Enneacards Test results, hundreds of `in-depth inquiry' coaching sessions and the weekend workshop, On All Fours, this introductory presentation will focus on the needs and concerns of the Enneagram Type 4: The Romantic Individualist. Learn why [...]

This session will discuss the use of the Enneagram with individuals in early recovery and the use of the Enneagram at different stages of addiction recovery. Each type will be discussed and the particular struggles each type encounters in early recovery and later recovery will [...]

This highly interactive (and fun) session will begin with a model for effective facilitation and the skills required to make the model sing. By overlaying the Enneagram we'll identify the inherent strengths and weaknesses of each style. Specific suggestions for addressing weaknesses will be offered. [...]

Businesses are experiencing unprecedented change. Teams are expected to do more than ever with limited resources. The contribution of and co-operation between team members is critically important to the survival and growth of most businesses. The Enneagram of Teams is based on the Riso-Hudson Insight [...]

The Geometry of My Enneagram Identifications is a method that turns the Enneagram of Personality into a computerized tool that allows the recognition of the personal profile within the prototype profile. It is designed as a way of testing the theoretical concepts that support it [...]

While the instincts are an important part of the Enneagram body of knowledge, they are often under-utilized. However, the three instincts (commonly referred to as self-preservation, social, and sexual or one-to-one) are rich sources for identifying opportunities for growth and development. This highly interactive program [...]

A deeper understanding of our personal relationship to money can help us to know ourselves better. As we operate in ego, we perceive scarcity everywhere. In truth, though, both scarcity and abundance exist. So how can we negotiate both realities simultaneously and live the truth [...]

Fundamental truths of human beings have generated a philosophical catharsis about the role of the mind confronted to the pure essence. Finding the inner freedom, understood as "no need for internal or external dependency for sustaining peace" will be possible if we find the necessary [...]

In this workshop participants will be invited to bring the most potent awareness they have about a way their being needs and wants to change. They will be guided in a breathwork session that can access non-ordinary states of consciousness to hear and integrate the [...]

The Enneagram is a system that exposes the belief -- or lie -- that we each are independent, separate personalities, (represented by one of nine types or "9 Lies"). These lies form the belief in the false self -- the cause of all human suffering. [...]

How can we effectively integrate the Enneagram as a permanent coaching tool in business? This session will show the case of an international insurance company that wanted to change the leadership style of its employees by becoming "coaches", using the Enneagram as the undelying framework. [...]

For each of the nine Enneagram types, there are three instinctual subtypes. And for each of nine groups of three subtypes, there is one that is the counter-type, one that, as Naranjo says, is "upside-down" and goes against the predominant energetic flow of the type. [...]

How do we ensure the Enneagram continues to evolve through future generations? How do we reach out and build relationships with young adults (age 18-39)? How do we address different levels of development of young adults and meet the varied needs of this population? How [...]

This workshop introduces the exploration of our instinctual intelligence centre and the instincts through movement. The method is inspired by the common statements recognizable between the Enneagram teaching, the anthropology of movements and rituals, and the search for the "universal gesture" in the "modern primitive" [...]

Learning about your Enneagram style brings you up against a broad life-challenge: How do you move more often and more quickly from the low side of your style to the high side and beyond? To assist this, NLP (Neurolinguistic Programming) offers a powerful method called [...]

This presentation will build on the information presented in 2009. The study is ongoing, and it is anticipated that further fascinating information will be revealed in relation to both the centres of intelligence and the individual types, with an increased level of statistical significance as [...]

We will explore ways in which the Enneagram personality types have been organized into groups of three types each, what I call the Triadics. In the Riso-Hudson teaching and writing, there are four such groupings: The Centers, The Object Relations, The Hornevians, and The Harmonics. [...]

Our ability to understand and manage our emotions is a key factor for success at work and satisfaction in relationships and life. Building our emotional intelligence, or EQ, makes us more effective communicators, leaders, team members, friends, and family members; and can make us feel [...]