Module 2 Online
The Defense System and How to Be with It

A three-day event beginning on February 27, 2026 at 10:00 am (EST) | 3:00 pm (GMT)  
Led by Somatic Enneagram Faculty Member Heather Brown
This Module is taught on Zoom. 

When we encounter discomfort, stress, or emotional activation, our bodies instinctively respond with familiar patterns of contraction and protection. These defense systems—while once essential for survival—often limit our ability to access deeper healing, resilience, and presence. The Defense System and How to Be with It invites you into a transformative learning experience designed to help you recognize these patterns, understand their function, and learn to be with them in a grounded and compassionate way.

Whether you are a practitioner, facilitator, or someone committed to your own inner work, this module expands your capacity to navigate embodied defenses without bypassing or overpowering them. Through a rich blend of lectures, practices, and live demonstrations, you will learn to meet the body’s survival responses with the resources, awareness, and steadiness needed to support genuine change.

Led by Somatic Enneagram faculty member, Heather Brown, this training offers an essential bridge between cognitive insight and embodied transformation. By integrating mental, emotional, and somatic intelligence, you will discover how defense systems operate, why they arise, and how to guide yourself and others toward greater inner freedom. If you are ready to deepen your presence, strengthen your skillfulness, and expand your capacity to accompany others on their healing journey, this module provides a powerful and compassionate path forward.

Module 2 Online

$450 USD (Early Bird Rate)

Early Bird Rate expires on January 31, 2026

Module 2 of the Somatic Enneagram Method, The Defense System and How to Be with It, invites you into a powerful exploration of how the body protects itself—and how true transformation becomes possible when we learn to meet these defenses with presence, compassion, and skill. 

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What You Will Experience

In Module 2, you will explore how the body’s defense mechanisms appear as physical contractions, emotional reactions, and patterned avoidance strategies. You’ll learn to identify these responses in real time and practice meeting them with awareness rather than resistance.

Through experiential practices, type panels, guided inquiry, somatic exercises, and group dialogue, you will:

  • Observe how idealization, avoidance, and defense mechanisms arise in the body

  • Learn to bring compassionate attention to these reactions

  • Understand the somatic language of fight, flight, and freeze

  • Build internal capacity for self-regulation and grounded presence

  • Experience how body-based awareness opens new pathways for healing


What You Will Gain

By participating in this training, you will:

  • Learn to recognize and locate physical contractions and somatic responses that arise when the defense system is activated

  • Understand why transformational work stalls without addressing these responses directly

  • Develop practical skills for engaging defense mechanisms with compassion rather than avoidance

  • Strengthen internal resources to support clients before approaching avoidance patterns, reducing the risk of overwhelm or re-traumatization

  • Gain frameworks and tools to help yourself and your clients navigate mood cycles and emotional shifts with greater steadiness

  • Build a somatic toolkit that supports lasting emotional and relational freedom

 

About Your Guide(s)

Heather Brown

Heather is a certified Enneagram Teacher, Somatic Enneagram Practitioner, and longtime facilitator of transformational inner work. Originally a teacher, coach, and corporate trainer, Heather began her Enneagram journey studying with Helen Palmer and David Daniels. She has served as co-director of Enneagram Training UK and Ireland since 2017, offering comprehensive personal and professional development programs rooted in the Narrative Enneagram tradition.

Since 2021, Heather has trained closely in the Somatic Enneagram and became certified by Marion Gilbert in 2024. Based near Winchester in the UK, she now teaches Somatic Enneagram coursework and supports clients one-on-one as they navigate their own embodied healing and growth. Known for her grounded presence, clarity, and compassion, Heather brings deep expertise and a steady, attuned approach to this work.

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