[NO RECORDING] Have you ever considered how the preoccupations of your EnneaType may be playing themselves out in your health? Our beliefs, attitudes, and preferences shape which areas of self-care we are willing to attend to, which we over-indulge, and which we choose to ignore. Discovering these trends within yourself is the first step in building a bridge to [...]

[NO RECORDING] The Enneagram's Nine Bridges of Love Rumi wrote, "Love is the bridge between you and everything." Currently, our earth faces extreme factionism which as it grows, threatens life and the survival of humanity. To bridge the factions between people and collectives, the bridge of Love is essential. But before we bridge the chasms between others, we must [...]

[NO RECORDING] Presentation Objectives: To examine the inner and outer, growth and learning, personal and community based, from the presenter's co-creating of an independent, self-sustaining, collaborative Enneagram learning community in Thailand over 18 years. To explore collaborative, Enneagram based, teaching, team development, leadership, and coaching initiatives within the fields of International Development and Global Health. This presentation will explore [...]

[NO RECORDING] "The knower of the mystery of sound knows the mystery of the whole universe." Hazrat Inayat Khan. Our voice is not just a tool to convey information. It reflects everything about you, your past, present and potential. Listen to your voice and you'll hear the wisdom deep within you, showing you the pathway to remove the blockages, [...]

[NO RECORDING] The Enneagram contains many profound distinctions about what it is to be uniquely human both under pressure and inside of grace. However, for many the path to sustainable transformation proves difficult. Knowing you need to be more empathetic or collaborative or objective or flexible is very different from being able to reliably show up with these qualities. [...]

[NO RECORDING] In this session we will explore how through neuroscience we can help you achieve success. Discover if you are a potentializer or an incidental minimizer of people. You will learn how to rewire your brain, through neuroscience, in order to transform your life and fulfill your goals. Know the easiest and most practical method to establish a [...]

[NO RECORDING] The great spiritual traditions, philosophy, and science all share a deep understanding that the human mind is both marvelous and susceptible to illusion. Recognizing this, all three cultivate and employ practices, tools, and methods intended to help us avoid a variety of hidden processes which get in the way of clear, accurate, and receptive understanding. The Enneagram [...]

[NO RECORDING] One thing that I know for sure is that if you don't like how you're feeling (angry, sad, resentful, invisible, grieving, envious, anxious, etc.), it doesn't have to be that way. The challenge is, it's not always easy to change how we feel, so we may hold it in and then blurt, not say anything and resentment [...]

[NO RECORDING] Timothy Dobson and his team of musicians will lead us in a culminating activity with the Dances of Universal Peace. No musical or dance experience necessary - engagement is the focus. Simple circles with simple steps danced to profound music. The Dances of Universal Peace are part of the timeless tradition of Sacred Dance, a transformative spiritual [...]

[NO RECORDING] Nero fiddled, we are told, while Rome burned. Today the Earth is burning (or going crazy-cold some places and offering up crazy-storms in others with both droughts and floods exacerbating everywhere) while much of our culture fiddles and lives in denial. Psychology and religion and art and spiritual direction and Enneagram can be part of the problem [...]

[NO RECORDING] This is an experiential workshop using art making as a medium for accessing and understanding aspects of our own enneatypes, as well as the enneatypes of others. It is specifically developed for working with the Enneagram through creative process and imagery. Because imagery is our first language, not only as individuals but also as a species in [...]

[NO RECORDING] Gabrielle Roth founded a conscious dance practice called 5Rhythms. Participants dance their way through a wave of five musical rhythms that correlate to basic rhythms of life. She writes, "Movement is my medium and my metaphor. I know that if a wave of energy is allowed to complete itself, it yields a whole new wave, and in [...]

[NO RECORDING] This workshop will explore the direct application of the Enneagram to the 12 Steps of addiction recovery and will provide a deeper clarity regarding the right use of the steps with the Enneagram. Much of the early development of AA centered around the transformation of Type Three issues, with an emphasis on self-centeredness, selfishness, the pursuit of [...]

[NO RECORDING] According to pioneering Enneagram author Claudio Naranjo, 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." Each of these nine "counter-types," appears to be "upside-down" and goes against the predominant energetic flow of the (passion-fueled) expression of the [...]

[NO RECORDING] How each of us experiences ourselves is intimately related to the amount of space the Inner Critic (I.C.) takes and how we engage it. While the I.C. can show up under all circumstances, it becomes particularly accelerated when we are on the path of deepened awareness and transformation. Using didactics, inquiry, somatics, and dialogue, this session has [...]

[NO RECORDING] Unconsciously, we all internalize mom and dad to some degree, and take them with us wherever we go. As long as we remain unaware, we will try to re-create the relationship we forged with our parents when we were babies! We may blindly expect others to parent us -- and act-out our fear, anger, and grief, etc. [...]

[NO RECORDING] This workshop provides a beautiful opportunity to embody our dance towards health, and the visceral knowledge of how this feels. It is an experiential way to know the Enneagram, and move with the wisdom of this map. Embodying the essence of each type, feeling it's gift and various levels of health, we move then through the lines [...]

[NO RECORDING] Daniel Kahneman's "Thinking, Fast and Slow" popularized the idea of cognitive biases, helping people understand how structures of the mind can inhibit clear understanding of our world. Most wisdom traditions talk about how easily we fall victim to illusion. However, it is easy for spiritual seekers to believe that while other people are victims of illusion, they [...]

[NO RECORDING] Even though we've all been teens ourselves and may have raised or helped raise teens, they often still remain a mystery to us. They will be less of a mystery after I interview a panel of them and they tell us how learning the Enneagram affected their attitudes and their lives. They will have each read my [...]

[NO RECORDING] There are many things we can do to achieve the transformation we aim for in ourselves and the people we work with. We sometimes have breakthroughs that help us see things more clearly. These breakthroughs are helpful and necessary, but they don't always ensure long-lasting change. In order to do that we need practices that help us [...]

[NO RECORDING] Forget what you think you know about the origin of the Enneagram theory of personality! The author of the very first Enneagram textbook will share his extensive research, experiences and relationships with almost all of the original thinkers who evolved the theory. Drawn from nearly half-a-century of studying and teaching the Enneagram, O'Leary will present a step-by-step [...]

[NO RECORDING] Why has the mainstream of contemporary psychological science and mental health practice not embraced the Enneagram? In a recent Enneagram Journal essay we explored the Enneagram's credibility gap in those communities, and suggested steps the Enneagram community should take to bridge that gap, based on lessons learned in bridging similar gaps between mainstream science and alternative medicine. [...]

[NO RECORDING] The Use of the Enneagram in Higher Education. All too often manipulated by the media and pervasive popular culture of entertainers and advertisers, the latest generation of students enter into the hallways of higher education with a distorted picture of who they really are as individuals, and lacking a nuanced understanding of healthy relationships. The Enneagram and [...]

[NO RECORDING] We know the Enneagram is amazing, awesome, life-changing, etc. Our audiences don't necessarily share our deep-felt passion for the subject. Surprising, but unfortunately true. What have I learned as a teacher/trainer during my 15 years of full time involvement with this love of our lives? How have Irish nuns, English housewives, Finnish executives and other Enneagram virgins [...]

[NO RECORDING] How can the Enneagram be a path to genuine love, to healthy relationships and hence to a fulfilling life? What does this require of us? We will explore how the Enneagram's understandings through the true process of integration which is characterized by full presence in the moment, by an indelible imprint in memory in all the senses, [...]

[NO RECORDING] Do you prefer to give and receive love through spending Quality Time with your loved ones, or giving and receiving Words of Affirmation; or Gifts; or Acts of Service; or Physical Touch? This workshop will explore these five love languages made popular by Gary Chapman and discover which languages the nine Enneagram styles and their subtypes favor. [...]

[NO RECORDING] This experiential workshop turns a spotlight on the defense mechanisms, so necessary as adaptive strategies yet complicit in keeping a delusional system in place. While the defenses for each type can stunt emotional growth, their positive function should not be ignored. In this case, a little humor helps lend a light touch to a very serious matter. [...]

[NO RECORDING] In Hollywood films, it is the exception, rather than the rule, for movie characters to be explicitly written and performed true-to-type-Enneagram type, that is. It is even less common to see film characters faithfully represent and embody clear and distinct Enneagram Type and Instinctual Variant (Subtype) combinations. Instinctual Variants (Subtypes) at the Movies. The importance of the [...]

[NO RECORDING] In Great Expectations Charles Dickens offers us one of the great literary examples of the success story, the classic Type Three story genre. Through observing the central character Pip's strivings toward success, we gain insight into the mental and emotional patterns associated with the Three's worldview. As we examine Pip's relationships with characters of other Enneagram styles, [...]

[NO RECORDING] Contemporary American architecture (from 1890 to the present day) can be defined in terms of three architects whose distinctive buildings represent a uniquely American character: Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959), Louis Kahn 1907-1974) and Frank Gehry (1929-). These seminal artists are of three different Enneagram types (from different Centers) and three different subtypes. Tim Vreeland, who studied with [...]

[NO RECORDING] The connections between the Enneagram and the Integral Theory. Making the Enneagram even more complete: All Types, All Quadrants, All Levels. Part I - The Illusion of Reality: Dreaming Existence Religare The Inner One The Collective Us Transcending the masks Part II - The Reality of the Illusion: The Existence of the Dream Nature's Laws Patterns Science [...]

[NO RECORDING] How can I become a genuine human being? This may be one of the most potent questions we can ask ourselves as we explore our evolutionary nature and look to the path of transformation. By integrating two potent symbols, the Enneagram and the Cross (note: we are looking at the cross from many different mystical traditions) new [...]

[NO RECORDING] Individuals of each enneatype have a particular relationship to their internal authority, but also to external power, influence, and authority. Our internal authority is what gives us clarity, conviction, and the wisdom to take effective action. Our relationship to external power, influence and authority impacts how we constructively engage in the world with maximum impact. Often we [...]

[NO RECORDING] Timothy Dobson and his team of musicians will lead us in a culminating activity with the Dances of Universal Peace. No musical or dance experience necessary --participation is the focus. Simple circles with simple steps danced to profound music. The Dances of Universal Peace are part of the timeless tradition of Sacred Dance, a transformative spiritual practice, [...]

[NO RECORDING] "Our odyssey of soul runs in counterpoint to the odyssey of life." (Thomas Moore) In this exciting and tumultuous time of change, the push and pull of internal and external forces, many of them contradictory, can be felt at the individual and social levels. Nearly every big spiritual question (for example: Who am I? What am I [...]

[NO RECORDING] The Enneagram is the symbol of a system that is not static. It is dynamic. Predictive. And prescriptive. At this workshop, you'll rediscover each type as the magnetic field that springs forth from the opposing forces of its wings.You'll also explore how, when facing a difficult life choice, the ego falls into a stuck state of seemingly [...]

[NO RECORDING] This experiential workshop considers the body as our most important medium towards higher states of consciousness. The original Enneagram teaching correctly points out that the egotype is not only a psychological characteristic, but is rooted in our organs, bones, muscles, neurological system and endocrine glands constituting our anatomy. This means that all the information we need for [...]

[NO RECORDING] Storytelling is not dependent on any form; a story can be painted, danced, written, staged, or mimed. But, all stories are dependent upon having a structure. Every story has one, every story must have one. In the commercial, how-to world of story development there are countless story gurus, how-to books, and methodologies teaching storytellers how to structure [...]

[NO RECORDING] How does our Enneagram type both help and hinder our lives and relationships? What makes for a healthy thriving self and relationships? Most importantly, how do we imbue our relationships with our higher essential qualities? This in-depth workshop explores how the Enneagram's understandings of type can be applied powerfully to develop, strengthen, and transform our lives and [...]

[NO RECORDING] The workshop is designed to give you an opportunity to experience the sensation of the nine types in your own body, in the healthy, average, and unhealthy levels--to feel the types in your body and heart--not just the brain. We will use acting techniques, meditations, and dance. As a choreographer, I work with the performer's role through [...]

[NO RECORDING] The Mindful Choice Model is the first systematic approach that trains our conscious awareness to make choices that enable us to move up the levels of our respective Types. We can learn to choose our thoughts and emotions rather than be chosen by them. Thousands of stimuli present themselves to our awareness, second by second; our thoughts [...]

[NO RECORDING] Which types overuse the micro expression of contempt and why? Why do those with the scholar archetype type themselves as Type 5? Why do those with the social instinct sound like Type 1? Which type uses the phrase `it depends' and why? Which types take pride in enduring and why? These questions and more will be answered [...]

[NO RECORDING] Do you find yourself saying I used to think/ feel/behave in a certain way, but now I think/ feel/behave differently? What explains the evolution of your type? How do you explain the expansion of others and of humanity as a whole? Deborah's research into the levels of consciousness and her paper published in the 2010 International Enneagram [...]

[NO RECORDING] In this workshop we explore a new mindset using the Enneagram and Quantum thought to solve our problems and transport us to a reality that truly exists and which we rarely perceive. This map can move us from awareness based on a mechanistic, scarcitybased, either/or thinking to a sense of reality based on a holistic, abundance-based, both/and [...]

[NO RECORDING] This session will be a positive sensory assault on people wanting to create a business using the Enneagram. It will provide participants with information on initiating a business in the Enneagram and debunking myths. It will walk through BluEra's experience of working with the Enneagram and building up a successful Enneagram practice--warts and all. It will be [...]

[NO RECORDING] Life begins and ends with a breath - its presence is enduring throughout every moment. Breath awareness supports consciousness of sensations of our body, feelings of our heart, and thoughts of our mind, and creates conscious connection between them. Enhanced breath, as in Integrative Breathwork, quickly releases the physical, emotional, and cognitive tension holding fear-based behaviors in [...]

[NO RECORDING] In Hollywood it is the exception, rather than the rule, when movie characters are explicitly written and performed true-to-type - Enneagram type, that is. It is even less common to see film characters who faithfully represent and embody clear and distinct Type and Instinct (Subtype) combinations. The importance of the Instinctual Variants "stack" and its impact on [...]

[NO RECORDING] As our nation works to emerge from the Great Recession, individuals and organizations from many quarters are working to understand the dynamics that created the crisis. But just as important -- and undeniably timely -- is the pressing need to acquire knowledge about individual responsibility in the accumulation of untenable personal debt. What is plain is that [...]

[NO RECORDING] Cross the thresholds of the 9 doors of the soul thanks to 9 meditative dances created with Gurdjieff music! These dances enable us to embody not only the rhythm and the energy of each type, but also the specific path onto which they are inviting us. During this session, Mathilde and Benedicte will present the dances and [...]

[NO RECORDING] This experiential workshop explores the meaning of participatory spirituality. To participate in a spiritual experience is to be in relationship with Presence. However, recognizing, integrating, and sustaining this relationship becomes problematic as the spiritual experience is reinterpreted by the personality type structure. We will experientially explore how this reinterpretation occurs and then interpret the findings through the [...]