Dr. Brian is a mathematical cosmologist on the graduate faculty of the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco. He received his Ph.D. (1978) from the University of Oregon…
A Cosmic Walk
a Tool to Integrate Our Experience of the Enneagram with the Evolutionary Dynamics of the Universe
This presentation offers an experiential way to integrate Brian Swimme’s concepts of the evolutionary dynamics of the Universe with the Enneagram. Through the Cosmic Walk, a prayerful meditation representing the…
The Dynamic Enneagram
Changing Enneagram Patterns in Subtle, Powerful Ways: Reframing and the Emmanation Technique
A workshop to help you translate the Enneagram’s theories into fruitful, effective practice. Tom Condon will offer two unique, solution-focused approaches to applying the Enneagram’s insights. The techniques will benefit…
Beyond emotional intelligence, this experiential workshop invites participants to explore presence as the essential and vitalizing element at the heart of being, the potent force animating the full spectrum of…
The characteristics of the instinctual subtypes are often discussed and presented, but seldom do we have a vision of what it might be like to live without distortions in our…
In Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) every behavior has a reason based in patterns of thinking and an emotional consequence that comes with that behavior. What CBT does is to change the…
Identifying behaviors that need to be changed is easy; overcoming resistance to that change is not. This highly interactive program will explore how the inner triangle of the Enneagram can…
Drawing on Oscar Ichazo’s theory and method, this session will present, through personal statements and story and examples of music expressing the Three Instincts, a practical experience of the Three…
In this experiential movement workshop, we will look at the ancient art, science, and philosophy of yoga and how it relates to the teachings of the Enneagram. Through gentle and…
We have powerful experiences of essence in our childhood. We also have painful experiences of the loss of essence, the separation from essence. This results in our developing a false…
What keeps individuals from being able to realize — or even to identify — personal priorities and dreams that are in alignment with their higher nature? The inner stories that…
After crash landing on a tropical island, the passengers of Oceanic Flight 815 face danger, find love, and build community in a strange and beautiful environment.And as they struggle to…
The Enneagram is becoming increasingly popular in organizations. However, many still question how best to work with the Enneagram in the business setting. What are the possible approaches? How do…
In the depth of every heart is a profound longing to be one with Essence, the Divine, our Beloved. Essence can be known in different ways, with many flavors and…
The subtype is as powerful as the fixation; it can exacerbate distortion and suffering or be used as a portal for liberation. The couple relationship is like a hot house…
On his famous journey home from the long war, the Greek hero Odysseus encounters each of the nine Enneagram types in their number order. How can this be? The Enneagram…
Enneagram character typology is used in a psychology and human growth context. Relations between psycho-types and biotypes are infrequent and few investigations relate enneatypes with specific biotypes to assess if…
Do you find emotional change difficult? If you’re like most of us, the answer is “yes!”As much as we may want to make emotional change, even once we know what…
Named by Fortune Magazine in 2006 as the best company to work for, Genentech is “in business for life,” making pharmaceutical drugs that cure or prevent death in diseases previously…
Each of the nine types’ emotional patterns creates a particular physical structure that results in certain tension areas in the body. When the tension is constant the muscles become conditioned…
Science and spirituality are one. Learn how the nine Evolved Social Strategies of the Enneagram point to nine Spiritual Truths and how both are gifts from nature. Utilizing PowerPoint graphics,…
The Enneagram system shows us how personality and character structure are based in three centers, or three levels of experience mind, heart, and body. All aspects of our lives, including…
The three Instincts — Self Preservation, Sexual (Attraction), and Social — are a critical component in integrating any genuine spiritual awakening in our lives. Without a thorough understanding of the…
Stop getting lost in your client’s story! Learn to cut through and intervene at deeper levels as your clients open. Accelerate transformation by shifting core belief structures. Through live demonstrations…
From Idols to Ideals
How to Stop Worshipping the Idols of our Personality and Embrace the Ideals of our Essence
The idols of our personality beckon us to security and happiness. But to reach their promised land, we must pledge our unwavering devotion and fealty to them.And should we disobey…
The emergence or evolution of an ego self has provided the necessary differentiation for consciousness to become self-reflective in the human person. It is intimately involved in the characteristic human…
The “Sign of Jonah” is a prominent spiritual motif used in the Gospel of Matthew and understood by first generation Christians as referring to the existential and integral transformation of…
Carol and Tom will work together with an audience member who wants to change an Enneagram-related problem, using Ericksonian methods customized to their specific Enneagram style. Such demonstrations are usually…
This presentation is about the use and application of graphology as a natural ally to Enneagram typing. Contrary to most methods of typing based on subjective observations of motivations and…
We make decisions daily decisions of great magnitude, small decisions that may have big impact, and decisions that fall in between. In this session, learn the key elements of effective…