Somatic Enneagram UK
Welcome!
I'm Heather Brown, the UK Affiliate for the Somatic Enneagram Association. I've been teaching the Enneagram for years, and I'm a qualified Somatic Enneagram Practitioner too. I'm based in Winchester, about an hour from London, and most of my time goes into running Enneagram and Somatic Enneagram workshops and working one-to-one with people on their inner journey. Outside of work, you'll find me singing in a choir, or in Australia — I spend part of every year there, and I've run Somatic Enneagram events on that side of the world too.
One of my big hopes is to help build a European network for the Somatic Enneagram. If that excites you as much as it excites me, get in touch — let's make it happen together!
Experience the Somatic Enneagram in the UK & Ireland
Somatic Enneagram UK offers opportunities to experience this work for both personal growth and transformation and professional training and certification.
Through online programs and in-person gatherings across the UK and Ireland, our community brings together people from throughout Europe and beyond who want to move beyond simply understanding the Enneagram and experience their patterns through the wisdom of the body.
Offerings are facilitated by Somatic Enneagram founder Marion Gilbert, UK faculty member Heather Brown, and other members of the Somatic Enneagram community, creating opportunities to enter the work wherever you are in your journey.
Begin Your Somatic Enneagram Journey
If you are new to the Somatic Enneagram or curious about how a body-based approach can deepen your existing Enneagram work, introductory workshops and online programs offer an accessible place to begin.
These experiences introduce foundational Somatic Enneagram practices and explore how the patterns of type live not only in our thoughts and behaviors, but also through sensation, attention, emotion, contraction, impulse, and the body's natural defense system.
Rather than simply gathering more information about your type, you will begin practicing how to notice your patterns as they are happening.
Introductory experiences can stand on their own as opportunities for personal growth or serve as preparation for those who want to continue into the foundational Somatic Enneagram Modules.
Personal Growth & Inward Turn Retreats
For those wanting a more immersive experience, Inward Turn Retreats create space to engage the Somatic Enneagram within the support of a small community.
Beginning Inward Turn experiences introduce participants to grounding, resourcing, reconciliation, and the practice of staying present with both what feels open and what feels defended within us. Through Somatic Enneagram practices and facilitated inquiry, participants learn to recognize automatic reactions and create space for those patterns to relax.
As our capacity for presence grows, we can begin to experience ourselves beyond the strategies we have learned for navigating the world and reconnect with the deeper qualities of our essential nature.
For those who have completed more extensive Somatic Enneagram training, Advanced Inward Turn Retreats offer opportunities to explore themes such as self-forgetting, self-remembering, radical inclusion, relationship, and the movement toward greater wholeness.
These retreats are not simply opportunities to learn more about the Enneagram. They are invitations to experience the work personally and allow it to become increasingly embodied.
Explore upcoming retreats and Somatic Enneagram experiences (Click Here).
Training & Certification
For those who want to study the Somatic Enneagram method more deeply, the Somatic Enneagram Modules and Certification pathway provide a progressive sequence of experiential learning, personal practice, and professional development.
The foundational Modules begin by developing body intelligence, grounded presence, felt-sense awareness, and the capacity of the Inner Observer. From there, participants explore the body's natural defense system and learn to recognize and compassionately engage the protective patterns associated with Enneagram type.
As the training deepens, participants explore the relationship between conditioned personality and Essence, the reactive patterns of type, and the ways our Head, Heart, and Body centers can become more integrated and available.
Later Modules build upon this foundation with deeper somatic inquiry and experiential exploration of the Enneagram itself, helping participants recognize how type structure was formed and how these patterns can begin to transform.
Modules are valuable for anyone committed to their own inner work and also form the foundation for those pursuing Somatic Enneagram Certification and learning to facilitate this work with others.
Trainings in the UK are offered through a combination of online learning and immersive in-person experiences, often welcoming participants from across the UK, Ireland, Europe, and around the world.
Explore upcoming Modules, training, and certification opportunities (Click Here).
A Community for the Work
However you enter—through an introductory workshop, an Inward Turn Retreat, the foundational Modules, or the Certification pathway—the Somatic Enneagram UK community offers a place to practice this work alongside others.
The invitation is not simply to know your type more deeply.
It is to become increasingly present to your experience, develop a different relationship with the patterns that have shaped you, and discover what becomes possible when those patterns no longer have to determine what happens next.
