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Somatic Enneagram Training
& Certification Program

 


If you're a coach, therapist, spiritual director, or other helping professional who's
drawn to the transformational power of the Enneagram, and especially to the
wisdom of the body, we invite you to explore the Somatic Enneagram™ Training
and Certification Program.

The Somatic Enneagram methodology enables you to work more comprehensively
and compassionately with the nine personality structures of the Enneagram. Where
many Enneagram programs focus on cognitive and emotional understanding, the
Somatic Enneagram brings in the often-overlooked intelligence of the body. Through
somatic awareness practices and inner work, you learn to recognize and unwind the
automatic, reactive patterns that live beneath the surface of type—what we call the
“somatic type structure.”

 

Upcoming Certification Orientation
The 4-hour Orientation is on September 29, 2026
8:00 am (Pacific | US) on Zoom


In order to attend the Orientation,
you need to be accepted on to the Certification Level 1 program.
Scroll to the bottom of this page for more details. 


 

In the Certification Level 1 program you build skillful means and capacity to facilitate the Somatic Enneagram methodology in a One-to-One context.

You learn and practice how to:

  • Develop and maintain a state of grounded presence, inner observer and conscious placement of attention, and help your client to do the same
  • Use Somatic Enneagram practices to guide the client to be with their inner felt sense and self-regulate
  • Conduct Somatic Enneagram inquiry
  • Guide the client to reconciliation, integration and essential states where appropriate
  • Build your capacity and develop skillful means to recognize and know how to relax your own Type patterns, so that you can maintain presence and accompany your client.


To apply for the Level 1 program, you need to show:

 

  • Successful completion of Somatic Enneagram Modules 1 through 5.
  • In-person Enneagram study with an IEA-accredited school, including coverage of all nine types and the defense system.
  • Prior certification as a 1:1 Enneagram practitioner, teacher, or coach is recommended.
  • Experience accompanying others in a supportive or professional capacity such as coaching, counselling, therapy, spiritual direction, clinical practice, medicine, social work, education, or an equivalent field.
  • Personal responsibility for your own psychological and physical well-being, including the capacity to seek professional support when needed.
  • The ability to recognize when a client’s needs fall outside your scope of practice and to refer them to qualified professionals when appropriate.
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Learning to facilitate Somatic Enneagram Inquiry will enable you to:

 

  • Deepen your understanding of your own type and how it arises somatically.
  • Cultivate felt-sense intelligence and presence through the Somatic Awareness Method.
  • Learn to stay present with difficult sensations and patterns long enough to access the life force they obscure.
  • Gain greater resilience, grounding, and capacity to choose non-habitual responses.
  •  Create the conditions for lasting transformation—by reconnecting the mind, heart, and body.
  • Guide others into this same transformative process of presence and inner freedom.

 

 

 

Where Do You Begin? 

If you're ready to step into this deeply embodied and integrative work, we’d love to walk with you. 

Email [email protected] with your questions,
and/or fill out an application here.

Upon approval of your application, click here to make your payment. 

 

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