Our very dear friend and colleague, Heather Brown will be presenting and talking to us about spiritual journeying with the Somatic Enneagram.

Many of us long to encounter and experience a more expanded version of ourselves, to our true self, to something which is greater than us.

Our type pattern keeps us safe and protects us in everyday life, but it keeps us away from being deeply connected to our essential nature, to the divine, to reality as it actually is. When we try to come to a wider, more receptive state beyond personality, the red alert of reactivity (our defence mechanism), which is designed to protect us from being overwhelmed, activates in 9 different ways.

What would it be like if we could build our capacity to include and get to know the parts of ourselves that our defence system has hidden in our avoidance, without overwhelming our nervous system and triggering our defences? Instead of pushing the contracted parts of our being away or resisting them, how can we learn to include them, because they are actually the portal to our transformation?

Somatic work enables us to experience ourselves more deeply - it is a safe method of preparation and approach. Through these practices the type structure can start to recede and we can drop into receptivity. Our whole being can open to a wider and more relaxed way of being, to spiritual experience – in all 3 centres.

But don’t take my word for it – come along and experience some of the practices!

Heather Brown trained with Helen Palmer and David Daniels in the Narrative Enneagram Tradition in the UK and the Netherlands, qualifying in July 2004. Heather is an accredited coach and facilitator and offers 1:1 and team Enneagram coaching and workshops and supervision. She is also qualified in the Somatic Enneagram and Shiatsu, and brings a somatic approach to her Enneagram work. With Rosemary Cowan, Heather is co-director of Enneagram Training.