Enneagram as a Path to Presence

  “Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”                    -Rumi

Enneagram as a Path to Presence (EPP) is now underway!

I'm currently enrolling for the Fall starting Tuesday Evenings 6:10-8PM October 1st-December 3rd OR Thursday mornings 10am-12pm October 3rd-November 21st.

Step into the sacred space of the Women's Wisdom Circle, where the journey to self-discovery intertwines with the wisdom inherent in each person and with the Enneagram, illuminating pathways to greater presence and empowerment.

In this nurturing small group, women gather, embracing the diversity of our experiences and backgrounds, held together by the shared desire for personal growth and greater well being. Guided by the Enneagram and Russ Hudson's audio, "The Enneagram, 9 Gates to Presence," each participant embarks on a deeply personal voyage, exploring the intricate facets of our being with curiosity and compassion.

Through the Enneagram's nine distinct personality types, participants uncover the patterns and motivations that shape their thoughts, emotions, and actions. Together, we delve into the depths of our personality, unraveling layers of conditioning and unveiling the authentic essence that resides within.

Mere knowledge of one's type is insufficient for transformation. The Enneagram is most potent when coupled with spiritual practices within a supportive community.

This group is designed with this in mind.

What do we mean by spiritual?

Simply put, those who are looking for greater intimacy with life, themselves, and others.

Finding the sacred in all things and seeing what gets in our way of this.

This is the real intention of the Enneagram.

AND It's more fun and nurturing to grow in community!

Imagine being in a group with like hearted women committed to spiritual and emotional growth.

• Are you looking for community and connection with like hearted women? 
• Are you new to the Enneagram and want a deeper knowledge base and practices to have in your tool belt to move beyond a cognitive understanding?
• Are you someone who understands the system of the Enneagram but feel stuck in a personal pattern and have not got quite to the core of what keeps you stuck?
• Have you plateaued in your understanding of the Enneagram and you are looking for insight, inspiration, and community to help take you further in your perspective? 

How might a deeper knowledge of the Enneagram paired with community, weekly teaching, practices, and insights make helpful shifts in relationship with yourself, those you love, and work with?

What if what mystic and poet Rumi says is true? Our deepest reality is Love, yet the barriers we have created within are what keep us from this awareness of reality.

This group with the help of the Enneagram, your inner wisdom, and the guidance of the facilitator is designed to help you begin to cultivate awareness of these areas within that keep you trapped in habituated patterns of seeing and behaving. Recognizing the patterns operating unconsciously in the background of your personality allows you to make changes to the habits that no longer serve you.

Facilitated with sincerity and intentionality, the Women's Wisdom Circle provides a brave space for vulnerability and compassion. Through teaching, guided meditations, and space for heartfelt sharing, participants cultivate a greater capacity for curiosity about their inner strategies and an inner spaciousness to bring more compassion and understanding to them.

Father of existential theory and author of "Man's Search for Meaning," Victor Frankel said, "Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom."

The Enneagram paired with somatic and mindfulness practices is a powerful tool in growing that space that can pave the way to choice and freedom.

This women's group is based in enneagram theory, transpersonal psychology, perennial wisdom and the science behind somatic and mindfulness practices.

Some of the ways the Enneagram supports us are:

• Personal growth: understanding yourself, your core beliefs, motivations,  and habits-why you do what you do.
• Marriage and intimate relationships: understanding yourself, your partner and how you relate.
• Parenting: understanding your children’s personalities and reactions as well as your common relational style with them.
• Spirituality: Why does gratitude often feel like a "should" and our intimacy with the moment feel out of reach? The Enneagram helps us see what gets in the way of experiencing greater presence and communion with the Divine and the world around us.

Who is this group for?

• EPP is for those new and seasoned in their awareness of the Enneagram’s wisdom.
• EPP can be helpful to professionals who want to grow their knowledge base of the Enneagram.
• EPP can serve those who have studied the Enneagram, but who have plateaued or feel limited in knowing how to take it deeper in their growth journey.
• If you’re new to the Enneagram and want to understand what all the "buzz" is about, this is your chance to explore how this powerful tool can be a path for developing emotional intelligence, understanding, and a treasure trove of self-discovery.
• For seasoned Enneagram seekers, you’ll find new inspiration for your devotion to this path and deepen your understanding and inner growth journey.
• For those who want to grow in embodied awareness and mindfulness practice.

Designing an intimate and experiential space for both new and seasoned students of the Enneagram creates opportunities to see things anew through the lens of a beginner’s mind and to explore the inspired experience of those who have traveled this path a little longer.

"The spiritual journey is an endless process of engaging life as it is, stripping away our illusions about ourselves, our world, and the relationship of the two, moving us closer to reality as we do. The process begins with losing the illusion that spirituality will float us above the daily fray." -Parker Palmer

If you are desiring experiential depth while developing community with other seekers, this group is for you. 

What to Expect.

This group will be 8 sessions held weekly.  Part one will be in the fall and for those who want to continue there will be a part 2 (8 sessions) in the Winter/Spring of 2025.

Sessions will include a facilitated grounding embodied meditation practice, time for check in from participants who choose to share, teaching time, questions and comments, reflections practices, and reading assignments and practices for outside of our group time. Outside of our group time we will be listening to Russ Hudson's The Enneagram: 9 Gates to Presence (Found on Audible or through Sounds True)

Each person comes with their inherent inner wisdom and experience. We learn from each other and grow together.

This group is designed to be a co-creative wisdom circle where your participation is invited. A wisdom circle is a way for small groups of people to create a safe space within which to be trusting, authentic, be seen, and open to change. Wisdom circles can become like a "soul companion" for the participants growth and journey.

We understand that life can happen and one may need to leave the group or miss a session from time to time. We are limiting enrollment to a small number to provide a deep, nourishing, and rich experience. Your participation and presence is held sacred and vital to the groups experience. For the sake of the group, please strongly consider your season of life and if this is something you feel called to commit to at this time.

Statement on Diversity and Inclusion: As a facilitator, my intention is to create an inclusive space that honors all cultures, races, gender expressions, and ethnicities. However, as white-bodied, cisgender woman, I recognize the privilege and systemic advantages inherent in my identity. I acknowledge the racial lenses and gendered systems that have shaped my experiences and perspectives, understanding that they differ significantly from those of BIPOC and LGBTQIA individuals. I am dedicated to actively listening, learning, and unlearning, and committed to ongoing growth in this area.

Read What Past Participants Have Shared...

"This group has meant so much to me. I have grown so close to each of these women and have learned so much about them and myself. The work challenges you to be vulnerable and open up, but if you trust the process and let go, you will find beautiful healing and compassion for yourself and others." -AH

"I have been so touched by this experience and have learned things about myself that will forever impact me. I am grateful to the leaders for their support and look forward to using these new insights in my journey."  -WK

"Loved this group especially, this time together, the study, the revelations, the bond, the opening of heart, mind and body. So very much!!!" -AS

"I am fortunate to have been an Enneagram student of Summer Estes for the past several years. Summer is an excellent and compassionate teacher and facilitator of all things Enneagram and more! The small group experiences of EEP1 and EPP2 in a smaller size group, cozy home environment, and with "real" depth seekers have been life-giving. Thanks to Summer and my fellow sojourners!"-RP

"Summer's facilitation style is compassionate, intuitive, vulnerable, and caring. As a type One who can easily misperceive and generate self-criticism, she creates a safe and loving space to share the depths of our "broken" selves." -TB