Connecting You with Your Self

Explore the Enneagram through a Buddhist lens, examining the Peaceful and Wrathful Deities associated with each point and how these energies can help you wake up and experience life with more presence.

Description: From a Buddhist perspective, the Enneagram can be understood not only as a map of personality, but also as a map of awakening. Each point on the symbol reflects patterns that can either pull us deeper into reactivity and identification or become gateways into presence, awareness, and compassion.

In Tibetan Buddhism, Peaceful and Wrathful Deities represent different expressions of awakened energy. The Peaceful Deities invite openness, gentleness and compassion, while the Wrathful Deities confront the ego more directly, interrupting the patterns that keep us asleep. Though their expressions differ, both serve the same purpose: helping to wake us up.

In this Intentional Living Circle, we will explore the nine Enneagram points through this lens, looking at the Peaceful and Wrathful Deities living at each point on the symbol and how they can support us when we move away from presence and connection with our essential nature. We will reflect on how these energies show up in our own lives and how they can be invoked as supporting energies for awakening and alignment.

What if growth is not about rejecting your habitual patterns, but learning to relate to them differently? Explore how to work with difficult habits and reactions without either fighting them or letting them run your life.

Description: Many of us approach personal growth by trying to get rid of the parts of ourselves we do not like. When working with the Enneagram, this can look like fighting against our patterns, rejecting our habits, or becoming frustrated with the ways our type keeps showing up in our lives.

But pushing these parts away often creates more inner conflict, not less. The more we battle them or try to suppress them, the more stuck we may find ourselves in cycles of resistance, shame, or reactivity. On the other hand, simply giving these patterns free rein can allow them to quietly take over our lives.

This workshop explores a different approach. Rather than fighting with these parts or letting them run the show, we invite them in. They are acknowledged and included, but no longer in charge. Through a more compassionate relationship with our patterns, we can begin relating to ourselves in a way that creates more freedom and balance.

In this Intentional Living Circle, we will reflect on how these dynamics show up in our own lives and explore practical ways to work with our Enneagram patterns without either rejecting or overidentifying with them.

Learn how your habits around difficult emotions may be helping or hurting you, and explore practical ways to relate to feelings with more wisdom and intention.

Description: We all develop habits around emotions. Some feelings we amplify and get swept away by. Others we minimize, avoid, judge, or disconnect from entirely. Over time, these emotional habits shape how we respond to stress, conflict, relationships, and ourselves.

In this Intentional Living Circle, we will explore our patterns around three core emotional experiences: disconnection, anger, and fear. This includes experiences such as shame, rejection, frustration, irritation, anxiety, and avoidance. You will be invited to reflect on how you relate to these feelings, what stories or judgments you carry about them, and the strategies you use to avoid, suppress, or intensify them.

Through guided reflection and discussion, we will become more aware of our emotional habits and explore healthier ways of relating to inner experiences. Rather than being controlled by these patterns or pushing feelings away, we will learn to develop a more grounded, compassionate, and honest relationship with the emotions in our lives.