Weekly Panel Series – Virtues of the Heart

September 26 – November 28, 2007
Berkeley, CA

Panel interviews with Helen Palmer, Sharon Berbower, Peter O'Hanrahan (leading three panels each) and representatives of the nine personality types; Wednesday evenings, 7-9 pm, starting September 26 (No class on November 21)

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Since its debut in Berkeley in the 1970s, the Enneagram has been used by hundreds of thousands of people worldwide for personal and professional development. It is a powerful tool for understanding ourselves and the people in our lives.

This new panel series is part of our program of continuing education in psychological and spiritual integration. In the Narrative Tradition of the Enneagram, the stories and insights of experienced panelists bring the system to life and illuminate the challenges and opportunities for working on the type structures and opening the heart. This class series is suitable for both advanced and beginning students.

VIRTUES OF THE HEART will highlight the “vice-to-virtue conversion” in the heart center, helping you to relax your conditioned emotional habit instead of fighting it, fleeing from it or numbing out. We’ll explore the steps of self observation, object negation and object contemplation, and heart-centered practices that can help us relax the personality structure and cultivate a state of emptiness, leading to the awakening of loving kindness. We’ll discuss methods drawn from psychology and spiritual traditions. Each class will include a guided inner practice, short breakout groups and time for questions.

Participants may sign up for the entire series or attend individual classes on a drop-in basis.

Schedule:
Mental Types
Sept. 26 - Type 6
Oct. 3 - Type 5
Oct. 10 - Type 7

Feeling Types
Oct. 17 - Type 3
Oct. 24 - Type 4
Oct. 31 - Type 2

Body Types
Nov. 7 - Type 9
Nov. 14 - Type 1
Nov. 21 = no class
Nov. 28 - Type 8

Location: First Congregational Church, 2345 Channing Way, Berkeley (The cross street is Dana, seven blocks from the Berkeley BART. Use street parking or the UC garage on Channing.)

Nine-class series: $245 if paid by Sept. 19; $275 after Sept. 19. Two people who register together receive a discount: $450 by Sept. 19; $500 after Sept. 19.  

Student rate: $180/series with student ID. Please call first to request a student- or low-income discount. 

Payment for the series only includes audio recordings for missed classes.The first 15 people to register for the series also will receive a free guest pass valued at $35.

“Drop-in” fee for individual sessions: $35/class (or $25/class with student ID). No pre-registration required. Pay at the door by cash, check or credit card.

18 CEUs are available for MFTs and LCSWs (nine-class series only)

REGISTRATION

To register by phone, check availability or learn more about the class series, contact Pat O’Hanrahan at 510-234-1600. 

CHECK: Make your check payable to EPTP and send to: EPTP, 1442A Walnut St. #75, Berkeley CA 94709. 

CREDIT CARD: To register with Visa or Mastercard, call 510-234-1600 or fax 510-232-7520. 

CASH: You may pay at the door for the series or drop-in classes. 

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