Understanding our Enneagram type can give us tremendous insight into why we think, feel, and respond in the ways we do. Somatic work invites us to take that understanding further by noticing how the patterns of type are actually experienced through the body.

Our habitual patterns live not only in our thoughts and emotions, but also in our attention, sensations, contractions, impulses, posture, breath, and instinctive responses. By learning to recognize these patterns as they are happening, we begin developing the capacity to remain present with our experience rather than automatically being driven by it.

Module 1 introduces the foundational principles and practices of the Somatic Enneagram Method and explores how body intelligence can help relax the structure of type.

The intention is not to eliminate our personality or force ourselves to change. Instead, we develop the awareness necessary to stay more present, connected, and awake to all that we are in any given moment.

What You Will Experience

Throughout Module 1, our facilitators will guide you through teaching, experiential practices, inquiry, discussion, and type panel demonstrations designed to help you experience the Enneagram through the intelligence of the body.

The work begins by developing capacity in three foundational areas:

Inner Observer Mind
Cultivate the ability to witness your thoughts, emotions, sensations, and habitual responses with greater curiosity and less identification.

Grounded Presence Body
Develop your capacity to remain connected to the body and grounded in the present moment, even when familiar patterns or reactions begin to arise.

Placement of Attention Awareness
Explore how attention moves within your experience and learn to intentionally place awareness in ways that can help relax the automatic patterns of type.

Together, these capacities create a foundation for a different relationship with our Enneagram patterns—one rooted in presence rather than automatic reaction.

Three Elements of Awareness

At the heart of the Somatic Enneagram Method are three elements of awareness that support the Inner Work:

Felt Sense Awareness
Learn to recognize and stay present with the direct experience of sensation, emotion, energy, contraction, and movement within the body.

Resourced Awareness
Develop greater access to the places within your experience that provide grounding, stability, openness, and support as you encounter more difficult or defended places.

Integration Awareness
Practice holding a wider field of awareness that allows different aspects of your experience to be present together, creating greater capacity for integration rather than fragmentation or automatic reaction.

These elements become cornerstones of the Inner Work—the practices that help us remain voluntarily present with the places where we struggle or suffer rather than automatically moving away from them.

Module 1 establishes the foundation for the Somatic Enneagram journey. Through repeated practice, we begin moving from simply understanding our type to experiencing it, developing the awareness that creates greater space for choice, integration, and transformation.