Introduction to the Enneagram - Integrating ancient wisdom and modern psychology

What we'll do:
The Enneagram is an ancient symbol. (Ennea means nine and gram is diagram in Greek.) It is best understood as a dynamic map of ego-patterns; a psycho-spiritual system that describes nine distinct character structures called Enneagram types. Your Enneagram type reveals unconscious motivations, fears, primary defence mechanisms and your unique path of growth. In our workshop, you will understand the basics of the Enneagram and practice some exercises. Through stories, poetry and interviews with people talking about their own experience of having a type, we invite you to delve into the lived experience of the Enneagram. And how the patterns feel in our bodies, minds and play out in our lives.

History and current use of the Enneagram:
When you learn how to recognize the Enneagram type patterns as they arise in you, you can experience long- term, sustainable growth. Stanford Medical School Professor Late Dr. David Daniels elaborated on the neurobiological basis for the Enneagram - that the brain can be retrained once we can recognize and observe our patterns.The Enneagram symbol appeared in the Middle East and Asia several thousand years ago and was passed on through an oral tradition. Today, psychotherapists, spiritual groups, multinational corporations and even governments use the transformative power of the Enneagram. As an Indo-Swiss couple, my husband Christof and I have been humbled by the universal quality of the Enneagram types as we’ve experienced it in the US, India and Europe.

Remember that the Enneagram is not about putting people in a box, but discovering the box we already are in order to free ourselves.

This Meetup is in collaboration with Stillpoint Spaces and Psychoanalysis on the Street.