Enneagram Alive is delighted to bring Marion Gilbert and the transformative Somatic Enneagram Training back to Europe in 2024. Marion will run the  modules of the Somatic Enneagram Certification programme as follows:

• Modules 4-5 in the UK* (Hillscourt, Birmingham), 16 -21 May 2024
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The Somatic Enneagram Certification Programme
This Certification consists of 5 training Modules, plus an internship and assessment. We need to understand and track our own territory before we can we guide another to track their own type structure somatically. Modules 1, 2, 3 are therefore deep dives into the neurological science behind the Enneagram and its defence systems, and help us to train ourselves to explore our inner territory using a Somatic approach.  Modules 4 and 5 are more specialised trainings for using the approach with others, and are the preparation for internship and certification if that’s desired.  Modules 1-3 can be taken without committing to certification or can lead on to Modules 4-5. Read more …

Marion skillfully teaches how to use the Somatic Awareness Practice. This practice strengthens our capacity to stay present longer with the uncomfortable sensation of the highly defended aspect of our type structure in order to free the life force contained within it. Ultimately this leads to a more peaceful and resourceful state of being. We have greater resilience and a balanced, grounded platform of receptivity in which we can experience our lives from present moment awareness. The relationship within ourselves reflects the relationship we have with the external world.When we have capacity to open ourselves to our lives we can experience a greater connection with our original state of who we are meant to be: open minded, open hearted and compassionate - and grounded in our physical presence, fully in touch with the free flowing life force sustaining us and connecting us with spirit.

What is the Somatic Enneagram?

As we start to use the Enneagram to understand ourselves better, we want to have more options for how we respond to life (rather than being “on automatic” in our type patterns). Our past history has hard-wired us to stick with what we know, our type patterns, because they keep us safe…. But they also keep us small, unable to open to our full self. So how do we increase our capacity for received spiritual experience? How do we increase our ability to stay present in the moment and grounded in our being with a compassionate heart and a receptive, clear mind? The Enneagram suggests a three-centred approach – intellectual, emotional, and physical/somatic. The Somatic Enneagram enables us to notice where we hold our type patterns in our body and teaches strategies to help us include (rather than resist) our old patterns as we reclaim who we truly are. Through these practices we can soften the compulsion of our type – not with the aim of getting rid of our patterns, but to free ourselves from being addicted to them. Read more ....

MODULES 4 & 5 TRAINING PROGRAMME in the Somatic Enneagram, Birmingham, UK Date: MAY 16-21, 2024            
Early-bird Rate for Modules 4 and 5 until Thursday 29^th February 2024: £820.00*
Standard Rate after that date £930.00*
* Prices shown include a non-refundable £30.00 booking fee

Discounted prices are available for the following people:
a. 50% discount: You have taken Module(s) 4-5 before and are repeating the Modules
b. 50% discount: You are an Ambassador, Guide, or Board Member of EPP
c. 10% discount: You are a volunteer or staff member of EPP
d. 10% discount: You have completed 9POneK and/or Path to Freedom with EPP
You need to obtain a Discount Code before registering. Discount Codes are obtained by contacting Suzanne Dion of Somatic Enneagram at office@somaticenneagram.com

MODULE 4: Mentoring Program (2 days) This module consists of practising and developing the skill level required to recognise the obstacles to relaxing our type structure’s reactivity, from a somatic point of view. Training focuses on learning how to conduct the somatic-inquiry method and how to identify the client’s, as well as your own non-verbal signals, including learning to listen to the language that both you and the client use, and to commit to using this specific language in the facilitation process. This module teaches you to utilise the Somatic Awareness Practice — the foundational pillars and the method — and how to facilitate the transformation process with yourself and your client(s).

MODULE 5: Enneagram of Transformation The aim of this module is to help you receive the facilitation and support to be able to choose a different, less conditioned way of responding than your automatic, habituated reactions and behaviours when you’re in your type. This module focuses on a three-centres approach to moving around the Enneagram symbol, both anticlockwise and clockwise. As you traverse the symbol anticlockwise you experience how you developed and formed your type, and this is where you can come to realise that there is more to life than the way you live life. Here you can decide to seek a deeper understanding. As you then traverse the symbol in a clockwise direction, you cultivate awareness of the somatic underpinnings of your patterns, particularly at the shock points at 3, 6, and 9, and finally between 8 and 9. This can begin the renewal of your development and offer you the invitation to conscious transformation.
Accomodation and workshop prices and how to book
Accommodation details and prices, module prices and joining instructions are available here. When registering, you will be asked to provide details of your existing Enneagram experience.
Prerequisites To Participate in the Somatic Enneagram Training and Certification Programme

• This is a sequential program, from Module 1–5, and it is not a beginner’s programme. Good self-awareness and sufficient knowledge of your own correct type is necessary.
• A sufficient, basic understanding of all nine types of the Enneagram system is advisable.
• This program is for those who want to dive more personally and deeply into their own growth and learning, as well as for those who want to pursue certification for their own professional or personal application.
• The program calls for a commitment to personal and professional growth and the desire to deepen understandings of the obstacles to self-observation, automatic patterns of behaviour, somatic defence system, and the reactivity associated with your own type.
• This program calls for a commitment to an Inner Practice and an understading of its central role in creating the capacity to relax type structure.
• Participants are willing to take full responsibility for their psychological health and physical well-being and have the wisdom to seek professional support as needed. Participants also know when to send their clients to seek support from additional coaches, consultants, and/or counsellors.
• For those who want to certify, previous Enneagram certification by an accredited Enneagram school is recommended.

If your knowledge of the Enneagram does not match these criteria and you would like to attend,  please contact Heather Brown at Enneagram Alive to discuss how you can reach the required level.