We are pleased to announce the following 2011 session topics and presenters, in addition to our keynote presentation with David Whyte and our masters presentations with Helen, David, Terry, Peter, and Marion. All presenters listed below are certified teachers in the Narrative Tradition. We are surely looking forward to the exciting information and experiences that will be shared at this year's conference thanks to the contributions of all involved. A big thanks to each of you!
DEEPER WHERE YOU STAND: ALLOWING THE HOLY IDEAS
HELEN PALMER | Opening Keynote
Our neurobiological responses of fight, flight, freeze create hard-wired patterns that move us into automatic, especially in times of stress. In our human evolution, these responses have been necessary for our survival. However, we continue to default to these patterns and deny ourselves responsible choice. In cultivating space between event and reaction, we have the potential to allow a new path to form, to create a choice-point where objective reality becomes more clear as type recedes into the background. The deeper we go, the more we can relax these patterns and allow the higher qualities of our Being to emerge.
Helen is one of the founders of the Enneagram movement in the United States, a teacher of intuition, and bestselling author of five well regarded books in the field of human consciousness, two of which on the Enneagram topic are now in 27 languages. This work was the subject of a recent PBS television documentary Breaking out of the Box – Discovering the Enneagram.
Together with David Daniels, M.D. she founded Enneagram Studies in the Narrative Tradition, a school dedicated to psychological and Spiritual integration, still teaching a portion of its Professional Training Programs. Their school has brought the integration theme to many thousands in many countries during its 20-year history.
BIOLOGY AND PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION: BRIDGING SCIENCE AND THE ENNEAGRAM
DAVID DANIELS MD | JACK KILLEN MD | and KRISTEN ARTHUR PhD
In this presentation, we will explore a body of theoretical and experiential panel work that is grounded in contemporary neurobiology and attachment theory, and which provides fresh and powerful insights into the primal undercurrents of mammalian emotion, which fuels reactivity. It also illuminates the biological processes that underpin growth and change, and offers pathways for deep in-the-moment transformational work with the three core aversive emotions of fear, anger, and distress, which we humans share with all mammals.
David is a clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford Medical School, a leading developer of the Enneagram and co-author of The Essential Enneagram. He maintained a private psychiatric practice in Palo Alto for more than 30 years and is a long-time teacher of the Enneagram.
Together with Helen Palmer, he pioneered the Enneagram Professional Training Program™ (EPTP). Since 1988, David has trained hundreds of professionals in the Enneagram through this intensive training program designed to bring Enneagram knowledge to individuals working in fields ranging from business to psychology.
Jack, a physician and clinical researcher, is Deputy Director of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. He is certified as an Enneagram teacher in the Narrative Tradition, and has also studied with Ginger Lapid-Bogda, Tom Condon, and Jerry Wagner. He is past-president of the Association of Enneagram Teachers in the Narrative Tradition, and a member of Enneagram Studies in the Greater Washington Area. He teaches Enneagram workshops and collaborates with his life-partner Fred Boykin in work with individuals and couples. He has a particular interest in the intersections of science, spirituality, and the Enneagram. Recently he has led workshops on these interests with David Daniels, MD.
Kristin certified in 2003 and in 2008, earned a Doctorate in Human Development with a specialization in Marriage and Family Therapy from Virginia Tech. Her dissertation research examined associations between Enneagram types and Attachment styles. Kristin's work has been published in the Enneagram Journal (2010) and in TALK (2011) and she has presented at the 2004 International Enneagram Association Annual Meeting, the 2006 Association of Enneagram Teachers in the Narrative Tradition Annual Meeting, and at the 2007 Southeastern Symposium on Child and Family Development.
CULTIVATING PRESENCE THROUGH RADICAL INCLUSION
TERRY SARACINO | PETER O'HANRAHAN | MARION GILBERT
Each Enneagram type has its particular defense system: an idealization, an avoidance, and a defense mechanism. This system develops to protect us from pain we could not fully process earlier in our lives. In our present lives, however, they are often automatic responses that keep us from deeper contact with our inner selves and the people in our lives. In order to access our higher qualities we need to meet these defenses with awareness, presence, and practice. The challenge is not to avoid our pain, but to work with it. The good news is that we have specific steps to follow if we are willing to go "deeper where we stand." Explore with us the defense systems of the nine types and how to work with them using lecture, breakout groups, somatic (felt sense) exercises, and panels.
Terry currently teaches in the Enneagram Professional Training Program (EPTP) with Helen Palmer, David Daniels and Peter O'Hanrahan, and is involved in the ongoing development of the EPTP. She completed her own certification through the EPTP in 1990 and has mentored candidates for certification in the program since 1991. In addition to her work with the EPTP, she teaches workshops on the transformative power of the Enneagram.
Peter has been combining the Enneagram with somatic work since 1978 with an emphasis on Reichian/Bioenergetic bodywork. He teaches the Embodied Enneagram workshop and writes about the somatic profiles of the nine character types.
Marion, RPT has been practicing physical therapy for 30 years and is the co-owner of Spring Hill Physical Therapy & Acupuncture Center in Grass Valley, California. Marion teaches regularly with Helen Palmer and Terry Saracino. Her primary focus is on manual therapy and trauma resolution.
ESSENCE AND ENERGY: REMEMBERING OUR TRUEST, BELOVED SELF
ANDY HAHN
We will discover the three ways we can lose ourselves- forward (craving),backward (aversion), up (forgetting)- as an elegant intuitive way of understanding the Enneagram. Then we will uncover the four kinds of fears underlying the loss of self and learn a simple, powerful process for transforming these fears so we can come home.
Andy is Founder of the Guided Self Healing Training Institute, Dr. Andrew Hahn is a licensed clinical psychologist, healer and certified Enneagam teacher with over 25 years of experience. He is a highly respected authority and international teacher in the field of Spiritual/Energy Psychology- Andy's Guided Self Healing and Essence Processes have brought thousands of people profound healing, inner peace and new found balance.
TRANS DANCE®
HEATHER MUNROE PIERCE
Come join in a celebratory dance through the Elements. Feel the grounding of
earth, the flow of water, the passion of fire, and the ecstasy of air! Led by Heather
Munro Pierce, a TransDance journey integrates elements of tribal motion,
freeform expression, moving meditation and activated imagination into a
potent, playful and prayer-full dance experience. Experience the brilliance
of being fully alive and engaged with your community through music and
motion.
This program is gently guided. No previous dance experience required. All movement is at your own pace and interpretation.
Heather Munroe Pierce is a modern-day temple dancer who has led
inspirational, transformative, and healing movement since 1988. In addition
to a wide range of dance exploration, she has studied Anthropology and
Religion at UC Berkeley and completed a four-year program in Spiritual and
Consciousness Studies. As well as producing her own workshops, circles and
retreats, she leads events for many groups and organizations, including
Esalen, Kripalu, and the Omega Institute. Her passion springs from her own
experience with dance as a path to healing, health, and wholeness.
Heather centers her work in Northern California in the company of many brilliant and beautiful dancers, and lives in Berkeley with her precious young son, Ronan and her beloved husband, Tim.
A PRISON OF OUR OWN MAKINGSUSAN OLESEK
I will share how those who have previously disregarded their own personal promise remind us of the Enneagram's staggering capacity to resurrect self-belief, leveling the field of humanity and vicariously freeing each of us from the tiny cells in which we live.
Susan Olesek has been cultivating her interest in Enneagram studies for the last 12 years and enjoys a practice in Los Altos, California facilitating the Enneagram in business, schools, churches, and in prisons. She has uncovered a deep passion for teaching the Enneagram as a means to transform patterns of destruction and suffering, particularly amongst those society has written off.
IMAGINATION AND CREATIVITY AS RELATED TO TYPE
VICKY RYBKA
What inspired imagination and creativity when you were young? Do you remember your favorite games? Was there a time when the creative flow was damaged, hurt or constricted? We will play together with music and movement. To conclude the workshop, panels representing the three centers will be invited to share how the process of creativity works in their lives.
Vicky Rybka was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where she earned Master's Degrees in Bible Studies and Music Education. Vicky discovered the Enneagram in 1991 as a source for personal growth, and she has been studying and teaching it ever since. She is a certified teacher and typing coach with the Palmer/Daniels Enneagram Professional Training Program. As a piano teacher, Vicky specializes in early childhood education and she has used the Enneagram as a tool for understanding the creative process and how it applies to learning styles.
THE ENNEAGRAM PROCESS MODEL, NINE STEPS TO INCREASE CONSCIOUSNESS
ERIC SALMON
The Enneagram can be used as a support of consciousness: when moving around the circle, the nine points can be used as "meditation practices" or "means of centering yourself". It helps to become more aware of how resistances try to redirect your behavior in automatic patterns... and certainly invites to wholeness!
Eric Salmon has taught the EPTP program for fifteen years for more than 3000 participants, not only in France, but in ten different countries, including India and Iran. He has written four Enneagram books, one of which, the ABC of the Enneagram exists in nine languages and another is dedicated to subtypes. For Eric, the Enneagram is a way to awaken people to a larger consciousness, to be moved in their heart at a place they will wish to come back to.
BACK TO BASICS
JOSEPHINE SECCOMBE
Because my work involves such a variety of groups and teams, a fabric mat has proved to be most valuable in accelerating the
understanding of complex Enneagram theory. We will sit in
a circle around the mat and explore how this can be helpful,
both to ourselves and to others. We will also consider ways of handling difficult comments and questions that typically come from newcomers to the Enneagram.
Josephine Seccombe completed her EPTP training early Y2000. She has worked with many diverse groups, including the largest UK direct marketing agency, where for a decade, the Enneagram was used overtly as a team-building tool. Nowadays she works mainly inside the Oxford Anglican Diocese offering the Enneagram to a wide range of multi-faith groups, including the ordained/lay, novices/trainee priests, and spiritual directors across the human spectrum.
NURTURING NEXT GENERATIONS TO FIND DEEPER UNDERSTANDING THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA
INGRID STABB
This multi-media presentation and group discussion will show you hands-on methods for effective communication and teaching via multiple social media channels. The session will also address how to bridge generational differences in styles of sharing knowledge. We will close with a discussion of the challenges of how to communicate the full depth of the Enneagram to the uninitiate
Ingrid Staab, becoming a certified enneagram teacher in 2004, has given a number of Enneagram talks around the U.S., including at two IEA Conferences, Kepler's Books, the University of Washington, and the Enterprise 2.0 Conference in Boston.
She is the co-author of the newly released Enneagram book, "The Career Within You," with Elizabeth Wagele, HarperCollins. She was named a Top-100, Most-Desired Mentors in 2011 by Gen Y bloggers for her work with young people using the Enneagram.
DANCING THE NINE-POINTED STAR
N'SHAMA STERLING | RENIE HOPE
In this workshop on the Holy Ideas, experiencing the Dances of Universal Peace that will help us move from the thinking-mode about the Enneagram to the experiencing of its spiritual presence and intelligence, directly. In order to give participants a taste of this process, we will explore one dance from each center to invoke the direct heart-knowing of the Holy Ideas.
N'Shama Sterling, BSEE, MA, is a certified Enneagram teacher in the Narrative Tradition who has used the Enneagram and the discipline of Systems Thinking to facilitate shifts in thinking and behavior, both as a corporate consultant and as faculty for transformational leadership programs for women. Involved with Sufism and the Dances of Universal Peace since 1976, she is a certified leader of the Dances of Universal Peace and has been leading dance circles and workshops for over 20 years.
Renie Hope, MA, LMHC, is a certified Diamond Approach Teacher who began teaching the Enneagram in 1982. She teaches the Enneagram in business and personal- growth settings and leads continuing education workshops for therapists who use the Enneagram in their practice. She has expertise in dream work, expressive arts, and ritual and is trained in the Sufi whirling meditation known as "The Turn."
ENNEAGRAM PROCESS COACH
JEANETTE VAN STIJN
In this session, participants will work with the Enneagram as a Process-model and learn different levels for working with their clients. "This is a model for useful, effective, transformative effort wherever there is Work to do that does not surpass his goal. It is the way by which real value is added or realized." (A.G.E. Blake, 1979). With this process model, we teach participants to work at different ways and levels with their respecitve coachees.
Jeanette van Stijn has been trained in the Enneagram since 1998 onwards and is a certified teacher in the Narrative Tradition. She is the founder of Enneagram Nederland, the Dutch representative of Enneagram Worldwide for Helen Palmer and David Daniels, M.D. (USA). Enneagram Nederland is a training and educational institute in the enneagram for personal and professional development. Based on the Enneagram Professional Training Program (EPTP), Jeanette has developed an elaborate training program for in-depth personal and spiritual development for Enneagram Coaches. She is the author of "Enneagram for Dummies" (published in Dutch and German).
USING FAMILY TO KINDLE INNER AWAKENING
BARBARA WHITESIDE
Can we have a fresh impression of those we love most when we are fixated in our Type? Is it possible to work directly with our reactivity in our families, using this energy as fuel for transformation? How can we use the Enneagram to bring compassion to family members and how can we avoid using it in subtle and not-so-subtle ways as ammunition? Can we imagine a different way of approaching family life, a way that reflects something whole, centered, grounded, present, and fully alive?
In this crucible of intimate relatedness we call family, we have literally hundreds of moments daily to wake up to ourselves and to others in ways that allow something fresh and alive to happen within us. We will explore how family provides us with the rich material to transform our own lives and the lives of those we love.
Barbara Whiteside certified in 2001 and has been coaching and teaching workshops ever since. She presented at the 2010 IEA Conference and her articles, "Seeing Our Children Clearly" and "Listening from a Type Perspective" were published in the 2010 Enneagram Journal. Before certifying in the Enneagram, Barbara worked as a parent educator and consultant for 23 years. She now brings the gift of the Enneagram to all her work with families, couples, and individuals.
Barbara believes that spiritual practices can help us work with our own personality challenges and open us to a deeper truth that is often obscured by our personality style.
TYPE IN COLLABORATION: BUILDING MORE EFFECTIVE COLLABORATIONS
CATHY S. WRIGHT J.D. | ELEANOR M. DELBENE, D.Min
Collaboration is a tool for creating and sustaining community, often even in situations where discord, distrust, and division have existed for decades and across generations. The proposed workshop will involve participants in collaborative processes to demonstrate the underlying principles and to elicit from participants an awareness of how their individual style can best contribute to positive outcomes in collaboration.
Cathy Wright, principal at Clarus Consulting Group, is a management consultant, certified mediator, and former litigator. She is a certified teacher in the Narrative Tradition and past president of EANT. She is a senior consultant with the Enneagram in Business Network and has presented to the IEA on several occasions. She teaches Public Involvement under the National Environmental Policy Act at the Nicholas School for the Environment Executive Education Program at Duke University.
Eleanor is founding Convener of the Interfaith Environmental Initiative of Alabama/IEIA, a collaboration-focused, community-based network including members of faith, science, environment, business, and water and energy provider sectors. Eleanor has been in private practice in spiritual direction in Alabama since 1980 and is a student of the Enneagram.
