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The Enneagram Embodiment Workshop

February 28, March 21 and April 11
Berkeley, CA
Three Sundays with Marion Gilbert

After awareness of our type has settled into our cognitive brain we might become curious about the way we experience reactivity. How do we respond to life in and around us and is there a practice which can give us more choice in how our types manifest?

In this workshop series of three Sundays we will learn about somatic/sensory experience as it arises and informs us about our type structure. You will learn:

• to cultivate our inner observer
• breathing practice
• grounded presence
• sensory awareness
• resourcing
• integrating somatic (physical) awareness, emotional, psychological experience

The way we embody our types is related to our ability to stay receptive, grounded and present. When reactivity arises we seem to find ourselves often in the “passion or vice” of our type. The result is that we experience defensiveness and lose contact with parts of ourselves and therefore cannot stay open to others. This often results in misunderstandings, conflict, confusion and loss of objectivity. Through this somatic-based practice offered in this workshop series, you will be able to begin to access the reactivity with skillful means using the inner observer, the tracking of the breath and increase your capacity to stay present.

First Sunday

• Introduction Embodiment of the Enneagram
• Inner observer and meditation on breath practice
• What is Somatic Experience : sensory awareness
• Practice period for grounded presence and energetic boundaries
• Debriefing type related somatic patterning

Second Sunday

• Check in about new awareness, insight and observations with a somatic perspective
• Inner observer and meditation on tracking the breath practice
• What is resourcing: exploration of placement of attention
• Practice period for inner and outer available space of well being, support and permission
• Debriefing type related somatic essential states and receptivity

Third Sunday

• Check in around new awareness, observations and insight regarding the recources
• Inner observer and meditation on the art of placement of attention and the breath
• What is reactivity?
• Practice period for practicing placement of attention and noticing overwhelm in the somatic experience
• Debriefing type related somatic patterns of reactivity and the art of placement of attention
• Closure and review of the practice to cultivate the inner observer and build capacity of grounded presence and develop skillful means in response to reactivity.

Marion Gilbert, RPT, has practiced physical therapy for more than 30 years. She is the co-owner of Spring Hill Physical Therapy & Acupuncture Center in Grass Valley, CA. Her primary focus is on manual therapy and trauma resolution. Marion is a certified teacher in the Palmer-Daniels Narrative Tradition.

Time: 10 am to 5 pm
Location: Wildcat Studio, 2525 8th Street (at Dwight Way), Berkeley, CA 94710
Fee: $90 per session / $250 for all 3 days (if signed up by 1/24/09)
To register or for more information:
Contact April Miranda, 530-559-0135 or 530-559-3601