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Enneagram
Portland, LLC
Discovering the Nine Points of View
in Love, Work & Spiritual
Development
People learning together,
interweaving psychology & spirituality,
developing enlightened traits, not just
altered states
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CALENDAR of Public Events
Classes, Groups, Retreats
One of
today's most popular systems for self-understanding,
the Enneagram is an ancient teaching that describes nine personality
types and how they relate to each other. Recently, the Enneagram
has been rediscovered and further developed as a tool in spiritual
direction, psychotherapy, and developing more ethical and healthy
business relationships. Our workshops, classes, groups, and
retreats lay the foundation for understanding your type and types of
those important to you. People from all walks of life have found
our programs educational, transformative, and fun. You choose
which programs meet your needs. Click on a class name on the Menu below
to go to a more detailed description. Prices are on the Registration page. |
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CLASS
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| 2009 |
September 11-12, 2009
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Are
Your Clients Talking About the Enneagram? A Workshop for
Professionals & Providers
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September 26, 2009
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Introduction
to the Enneagram and Subtypes (PSU
Smith Room 236) |
October 10, 2009
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Nine TYPES - Nine Saturday Mornings
Performer
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October 12, 2009
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SUBtypes
- Nine Monday Nights -- Core Instinctual Preferences
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October 23 - 24, 2009
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Spiritual
Growth & Development : An Introduction to the Enneagram
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November 9, 2009
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SUBtypes - Nine Monday Nights -- Core
Instinctual Preferences |
November 14, 2009
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2
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Nine TYPES - Nine Saturday Mornings
Helper
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December 12, 2009
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4
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Nine TYPES - Nine Saturday Mornings
Romantic
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December 14, 2009
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SUBtypes - Nine Monday Nights -- Core
Instinctual Preferences |
2010
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January 9, 2010
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Nine
TYPES - Nine Saturday Mornings Loyal Skeptic
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January 11, 2010
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SUBtypes - Nine Monday Nights -- Core
Instinctual Preferences |
February 8, 2010
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SUBtypes - Nine Monday Nights -- Core
Instinctual Preferences |
February 13, 2010
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5
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Nine TYPES - Nine Saturday Mornings
Observer
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March 8, 2010
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SUBtypes - Nine Monday Nights -- Core
Instinctual Preferences |
March 13, 2010
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7
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Nine TYPES - Nine Saturday Mornings
Epicure
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April 10, 2010
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9
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Nine TYPES - Nine Saturday Mornings
Mediator
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April 12, 2010
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SUBtypes - Nine Monday Nights -- Core
Instinctual Preferences |
May 8, 2010
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1
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Nine Types - Nine Saturday Mornings
Perfectionist
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May 10, 2010
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SUBtypes - Nine Monday Nights -- Core
Instinctual Preferences |
June 12, 2010
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Nine TYPES - Nine Saturday Mornings
Protector
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June 14, 2010
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SUBtypes - Nine Monday Nights -- Core
Instinctual Preferences |
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Are Your Clients Talking About the
Enneagram?
A
Workshop for Professionals & Providers
Friday September 11th 7:00pm -9:30pm
Saturday September 12th 9:30-4:30pm
Healthquest Center for Natural Medicine: 1330 SE 39th (1 Block N of
Hawthorne)
This workshop is
designed for therapists, counselors, pastoral
counselors, coaches, clergy, educators, spiritual directors, mentors
and anyone else in a professional capacity where clients are engaging
in personal growth and development work. An overview of the
system
for the provider's self-awareness is presented Friday evening, helping
to explore how the provider's type may affect work style.
Saturday is
an in-depth view of the nine major coping strategies along with general
presenting issues and models for growth. The group will
explore what
may work best with each of the personality styles in professional
counseling relationships and examine the correlation between the
Enneagram styles, major defense mechanisms and the DSM. We
will use
video interviews of people speaking about their own type structures,
group exercises and small group discussions.
Text
book with assessment tool, informative reference handouts,
resources for further study are included. Lunch and snacks
included
Saturday. (Describe dietary restrictions with your completed
registration form.)
Fee:
Early
Registration postmarked payment by September 1st: $245
General Registration (reserve your
place by September 10th): $275
Facilitated by Certified
Professional Trainers of the Enneagram: Dale
Rhodes M.S., M.A. and Minda Redburn, M.A.
Minda
Redburn’s first career involved working as a
corporate trainer and internal consultant in health care, banking,
computers, telecommunications, and vocational education. After
deciding on a career change, she completed her Masters degree in
Counseling Psychology at Lewis and Clark College, and began providing
career development counseling to bright, creative adults who seek work
that FITS for them. She also completed training in the powerful
methods of life coaching with Maria Nemeth in Sacramento,
California. She has been joyfully and gratefully helping clients
through her full time practice, LifeLong Career Options, for a number
of years. Minda uses a holistic model for career
development that combines a humanistic approach to personal growth
counseling with the strength-based, action-oriented focus of life
coaching. She also uses a variety of self-assessments models and
tools, such as the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, to help her clients
clearly identify the specific shape of their Ideal Work.
She has been an active member in the Enneagram Portland community since
its inception and has participated in a number of workshops from
leading Enneagram trainers, including Helen Palmer, Jerome Wagner, Tom
Condon, Andrea Isaacs, and Peter O’Hanrahan. In 2008, she became
a certified Enneagram instructor in the Narrative Tradition through
Helen Palmer’s and David Daniels’ Enneagram Professional Training
Program. She uses the Enneagram system to assist her clients with
understanding their core personality structures, and the strengths
associated with their type. She also teaches clients ways to use
this system to create more internal spaciousness and effectiveness in
their lives. Minda is deeply committed to helping people discover
what is possible for them in their careers and in their
lives. She has crafted work and a life she loves, and
affirms the radical notion that it is possible for people to love their
lives and their work, and to be happy. www.MindaRedburn.com
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Introduction to the Enneagram and
Subtypes
Saturday September 26, 2009 9:30a.m .- 4:30p.m.
Would you like a good introduction to the entire Enneagram system?
Would you like a full overview so you can be ready to participate in
the monthly sessions?
This dynamic workshop will introduce you
to the nine personality styles of the Enneagram System and the three
Instinctual Subtypes. Participants will find that they each
prefer to operate from one of nine personality styles, though we have
access to the talents and skills of all nine: The Perfectionist, The
Giver, The Performer, The Romantic, The Observer, The Loyal Skeptic,
The Epicure, The Protector, and The Mediator. There will
also be an introduction to the three subtype instinctual preferences:
Self-Preservation, One to One and Social.
The workshop will include using the best assessment tool on the market
(which participants take home for self reflection to identify their own
type), data-rich video interviews of people speaking about their own
worldview, handouts for home study, and interactive exercises that
explore the nine type energies and the instinctual preferences among
the participants. Attendees will have time to explore how to
employ practical knowledge of the Enneagram in relationships, work,
personal growth and spirituality. A solid overview and great fun
too. (A text book is included in the price.)
Saturday September 26, 2009 9:30a.m.- 4:30p.m. (lunch on
your own)
Portland State University Student Union
1825 SW Broadway
Portland, OR 97201 Room # 238
Registration for the full day workshop (includes text book) :
Early registration discount: $65, if postmarked by Friday September
18th.
General registration: $75, please email to reserve your space.
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Saturday Mornings
Nine Saturday
Mornings on the Nine Types
October 2009 -
June 2010 (2nd Saturdays) 9:30am to noon
at Portland State University, Smith Memorial Student Union 1825
SW Broadway
(check calendar for specific date room assignments)
Do you want to know more about the Nine Points of View? This is
definitely the year to begin!!
After seven years, the Monday Night
community has grown so large that it is time to develop a community of
students that meet one Saturday morning per month for a transformative
educational experience. This year begins a fresh focus on the
Nine Enneagram Styles and what they bring to relationships in love and
work. One type per month!
What is different about this class? This
year’s Saturday class is scheduled in a specific order, so as to
present the Enneagram in the Energetic Centers. That is, we
will begin with the Heart/Feeling Triad of Types 3-4-2 in Fall,
follow with the Head/Thinking Triad of Types 6-7-5 in Winter,
and end with the Body/Instinct Triad of Types 9-1-8
in Spring. Our experience will focus on how the nine styles present
themselves in relationship, and how they believe others can best
understand and relate to them in love and work engagements. Since
we begin each quarter with the core points of the triads (3-6-9), we’ll
have a good view into what issues are of interest to the entire triad
when relating to others.
October
10, 2009
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Performer
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Room 236
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November
14, 2009
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2
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Helper
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Room 333
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December
12, 2009
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4
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Romantic
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Room 327
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January
9, 2010
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6
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Loyal
Skeptic
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Room 327
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February
13, 2010
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5
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Observer
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Room 327
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March
13, 2010
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7
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Epicure
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Room 327
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April
10, 2010
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9
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Mediator
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Room 327
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May 8,
2010
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1
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Perfectionist
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Room 327
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June 12,
2010
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8
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Protector
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Room 327
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Who should attend?
A very basic understanding of the nine types is required, so an
“Introduction” to the year’s program is offered just before this
class. Individuals, couples, singles, counselors,
spiritual directors, mentors, consultants, and everyday people on a
practical spiritual journey all find themselves benefiting from the
insights and skills that come from attending these programs.
Join us and see why this is true. You may join the course
at anytime throughout the year.
Enneagram Portland classes are experiential and
participatory.
Because the voices of the types themselves are what deepen our
understanding, panels are composed of class participants that represent
the type of the day. You may be asked to join the panel on
your type’s day, and it provides an enriching experience for all
involved. Discussions and question/answer periods are also a part
of the experience.
What can you expect? Expect a
beautiful and comfortable location which includes microphones, so
everyone will be able to hear the panelists clearly. Plan on a
short meditation, a few interactive exercises to orient yourself to the
type of the day, and a short video interview of an advanced student
describing how they are in relationships. Dale will facilitate
the panel discussion and will include some time for participant
questions. Finally, there will be time to visit and explore
with classmates, and to have a few light snacks. Enjoying
the Farmer’sMarket on the Park Blocks for lunch is your option too!
How do I register?
Because we have all nine type energies within us, and because we relate
in some way to all the types through the people we encounter in life, all
types are invited to all classes.
We encourage students to learn about all types by attending all the
classes. To encourage this, a *significant discount* is available
for year-long preregistration. Priority in registration is always given
to year-long registrants. Click the word register to reach the registration page.
You may join the course anytime through the year.
Frequently Asked Questions: Many
of your questions about location, directions, public transit, free
parking, dining and facilities can be found on the links to PSU
Smith Memorial Union. Please visit the PSU link for
that information.
What to Review: If you are interested,
these resources may be helpful to you but are not required.
- Daniels, MD, David and Virginia Price,
PhD. (2000). The Essential Enneagram: The Definitive
Personality Test and Self-Discovery Guide. San
Francisco: HarperCollins.
- Palmer, Helen (1995). The
Enneagram in Love and Work: Understanding Your Intimate and Business
Relationships. San Francisco: Harper
Collins.
- Riso, Don Richard and Russ Hudson (1999).
The Wisdom of the Enneagram: The Complete
Guide to Psychological and Spiritual Growth for the Nine Personality
Types. New York: Bantam Books.
If you are registering for this class, please download and read this recommended article by author Tom Condon
Where: The Smith Memorial Student
Union is in between streets Park, Broadway, Harrison and
Montgomery: 1825 SW Broadway 97201. Classroom doors
open 15 minutes prior to class start time. For links to
buildings, directions and google map, go to the bottom of the
page http://www.pdx.edu/profiles/5228/
Parking: Parking is available on the
street or in campus lots. The Farmer’s Market occurs at the same
time, please take public transportation if you are willing and able.
Register: Click here to register
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Friday,
October 23 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Spiritual Growth &
Development : An Introduction to the Enneagram
An evening for anyone
who is new to this
valuable tool, and/or who would like to be better prepared for
Saturday’s workshop. At Franciscan Spirituality Center in
Milwaukie.
Saturday,
October 24 10:00am-5:00pm
Spiritual Growth &
Development:
Understanding Ourselves & Finding Paths to Our Virtues and Gifts
The early Christian
teachers frequently wrote
of the nine major obstacles to God and the nine primary virtues/gifts
that are available to us through spiritual practice. The
Enneagram
offers a roadmap to address the specific challenges of each personality
type and to develop the unique virtues of that type that are waiting to
be discovered. At Franciscan Spirituality Center in Milwaukie.
Cost: Friday night: $25; Saturday: $70
(bring bag lunch)
Early registration by October 9 and pay $85 for both events.
NOTE: All information and registration is through the
Franciscan
Spirituality Center in Milwaukie Oregon: mkirvin@francisspctr.com or
visit www.francisspctr.com
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Nine Months on the Subtypes:
Exploring
Our Core Instinctual Preferences
for Self-Preservation, One-to-One Relating, and Survival in Social
Systems
MONDAY NIGHTS
October 2009- June 2010 (2nd Monday
nights) 7:15 to 9:15 pm
at Portland State
University, Smith Memorial Student Union 1825 SW Broadway, 2nd
Floor Browsing Lounge Room #238
After
seven years, this core meeting time is the most popular program for the
continuing student community. It often draws over fifty Enneagram
enthusiasts together at a time, for a dynamic evening that produces
deeper understanding and greater compassion for the ways of others.
What
is different about this year’s focus?
This
advanced course examines each person’s individual preference for an
instinctual strategy through which our enneatype’s energy is frequently
channeled. One of these subtype strategies is well-developed, another
seems to be neutral, and the third is often a shadowy realm that we
avoid because it can make us feel unskilled or adolescent.
These survival strategies include a preference for either:
- self and material preservation,
- one-to-one relating,
- or navigating successfully through social systems.
In
the world of nature, these preferences can be seen through a variety of
basic survival strategies:
- Nesting, hunting, gathering and storing food, finding safe
and secure places to sleep and stay warm.
- Mating rituals, attracting an other, bonding, choosing a
companion for a season/life, showing your strength in competition.
- Navigating through pecking orders, recognition of who is
alpha, influencing a tribe or a flock to migrate.
Nesting
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Bonding
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Tribal behavior
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Frequently
students of the Enneagram find that subtype preferences are more key to
self discovery and better relationships than enneatypes alone!
This is frequently reported by couples where the partners are of
different subtype.
Dale
Rhodes will teach his perspectives on the Enneagram Subtypes/Instincts
gained from his formal training with various Enneagram teachers through
the years. Teachings, small group exercises, videos and slides,
and of course panels of people who share the same subtypes and types
will be some of our methods of exploration. As a volunteer
naturalist, Dale is also interested in incorporating knowledge from the
natural world, so he is co-facilitating some of the evenings with
Naturalist Bonnie Shoffner. Bonnie works full time for Metro
Parks and Greenspaces and volunteers tirelessly worldwide for wildlife
conservation and restoration. She is an energized recruit to the
Enneagram system and has extensive professional experience interpreting
the natural world for a wide variety of students. Bonnie will
present examples of the instinctual preferences/subtypes from the world
of nature. We are also joined by transpersonal consultant Liz
Bothwell, who will facilitate an educational and experiential evening
on the Enneagram and Neuroscience.
This
year is sure to be a rich experience in understanding our differences
as human animals with distinct preferences for survival strategies and
personality styles. Please join us and bring a friend or friends
with you! Early registration is highly recommended.
2009 - 2010
MONDAY NIGHTS
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Introductions, teachings
and explorations into our preferences for a survival strategy. |
November 9, 2009
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Self preservation
instinct: presentation w/ Bonnie Shoffner & Dale Rhodes, panel
interviews. |
December 14, 2009
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Sexual / 1-1
instinct: presentation w/ Bonnie Shoffner & Dale Rhodes, panel
interviews. |
January 11, 2010
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Social systems instinct:
presentation w/ Bonnie Shoffner & Dale Rhodes, panel interviews. |
February 8, 2010
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Exploratory and
experiential session on Enneagram Neuroscience with Liz Bothwell. |
March 8, 2010
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Panels of 2s, 3s, 4s on
instinctual differences among same type |
April 12, 2010
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Panels of 5s, 6s, 7s on
instinctual differences among same type. |
May 10, 2010
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Panels of 8s, 9s, 1s on
instinctual differences among same type. |
June 14, 2010
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Summary. Wrap up the fun
with an “event" organized by all three subtypes! |
November,
December and January Sessions with Bonnie L. Schoffner
 Bonnie L.
Shoffner I
enjoy sharing my love of nature with others, especially children. I am
a bird nerd and have a great love of wildlife and their habitats.
I am living my dream by restoring habitat, rehabilitating wildlife, and
teaching environmental education to inspire people to have a personal
relationship with nature and to become stewards. I have
been a wildlife rehabilitator for 15 years working with birds of prey
and mammals and other native animals at the Audubon Wildlife Care
Center in Portland. My local work includes working for the Washington
State Fish and Wildlife Department with the endangered pygmy rabbit and
volunteering at the Oregon Zoo. I have done wildlife monitoring
for Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and Metro Parks with birds,
squirrels, frogs, and turtles. I have been working with
children in environmental education and in volunteer management for 10
years. I am a nationally certified interpretive guide, currently
working with Metro Parks doing restoration with volunteer groups in our
regional natural areas and parks. I enjoy storytelling as a way to
learn and teach.
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My
international wildlife work includes working with drill monkeys,
chimpanzees, and African Gray parrots in Nigeria, West Africa. I have
also worked in Costa Rica with the endangered scarlet macaw and great
green macaw parrots, wild native cats, 4 types of native long tailed
monkeys, sloths, and sea turtles.
My
past work included environmental cleanup work in Chicago and Denver and
medical work with people in Ohio, Chicago, and Portland. I have worked
locally with Metro, the City of Portland Bureau of Environmental
Services, the Columbia Slough Watershed Council, SOLV, and Ride
Connection. I have been active in a stream group, Friends of Beaverton
Creek, for 14 years. I have served on several nonprofit boards
including Audubon Society of Portland, The Wetlands Conservancy, the
Columbia Slough Watershed Council, and the Rock Creek Watershed
Partners.
I
am very excited to work with Dale in sharing what I know
about
instinctual behaviors and the subtypes with the Monday night Enneagram
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February 8th Session with Liz
Bothwell
This is your brain. This
is your brain on the Enneagram.
Or, more accurately, this is the Enneagram in your
brain.
In
February, we'll explore the fascinating links between Enneagram types,
sub-types, and our brains. How does the fight-flight-freeze survival
instinct get expressed in the Enneagram? What might be happening in the
brain of a Type 6 -- the Loyal Skeptic -- that is different from the
brain of a Type 3 -- the Performer? How can the brain explain the
habits of attention of the mental, emotional, and body triads? How do
sub-types influence our relationships? The emerging field of
interpersonal neurobiology is opening a new door to understanding and
appreciating the wisdom of the Enneagram, and we can look forward to a
body-felt, heart-filled, and mind-opening evening.
 Liz Bothwell
is a personal growth consultant helping individuals develop authentic
relationships, navigate life transitions, and create fulfilling lives .
She combines an eclectic set of interests and training from psychology,
spirituality, and science with tools such as hand analysis and the
Enneagram to help each person align with—and thrive in—their life
purpose. Liz’s professional path has also included management, adult
development, and consulting in non-profit organizations, the software
development industry, and higher education, all of which built a
foundation for understanding the ways we try to find meaning in our
work and our lives. Liz brings 20 years of experience to her
transpersonal consulting practice, and she offers a unique blend of
intuition and practical application in her work with clients. Liz has a
Master’s degree in Transpersonal Studies from the Institute of
Transpersonal Psychology in Palo Alto, California; she is a certified
hand analyst with the International Institute of Hand Analysis in San
Rafael, California; and she is enrolled in the Enneagram Professional
Training Program. Liz is completing a graduate certificate at
Portland State University in Interpersonal Neurobiology: the study of
how relationships change the brain and how the brain impacts
relationships. www.lizbothwell.com
Enneagram Portland
classes are experiential and participatory.
Because the voices of the types themselves are what deepen our
understanding, panels are composed of class participants that represent
the type of the evening. You may be asked to join the panel
on your type’s evening, and it provides an enriching experience for all
involved.
Who
should attend?
More than a basic understanding of the nine types is required, so an
“Introduction to the Enneagram” workshop is offered just before this
class. Beginning and advanced students continue to join the
monthly sessions because there is always something new to gain about
relating to others. Individuals, couples, singles,
counselors, spiritual directors, mentors, consultants, and everyday
people on a practical spiritual journey all find themselves benefiting
from the insights and skills that come from attending these
programs. Join us and see why this is true. You may
join the course at anytime throughout the year.
How
do I register?
Because we have all nine type energies and all three instinctual
subtypes within us, and because we relate in some way to all the types
through the people we encounter in life, all types are invited to all
classes. We encourage students to learn about all types and
subtypes by attending all the classes. To encourage this, a
*significant discount* is available for year-long preregistration.
Priority in registration is always given to year-long
registrants. Click the word register to reach the registration
page. *You may join the course anytime through
the year.*
Frequently
Asked Questions:
Many of your questions about location, directions, public transit, free
parking, dining and facilities can be found on the links to PSU Smith
Memorial Union. Please visit the PSU link for that
information.
What to Review:
If you are interested, these resources may be helpful to you but are
not required.
Where:
The Smith Memorial Student Union is in between streets Park, Broadway,
Harrison and Montgomery: 1825 SW Broadway 97201.
Classroom doors open at 7pm.
Parking:
Parking is free after 7:00 pm in campus lots and on the street
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The Enneagram as a Resource for Spiritual Development
August 7-14, 2010
Seabeck WA: Unitarian Universalist Eliot Institute
Dale Rhodes will present the Enneagram as a resource for spiritual
development to the individuals and families present at this UU
conference camp. Eliot Institute is a nonprofit organization
whose mission is to operate camps and conferences promoting personal
and spiritual growth for Unitarian Universalists,
their families and friends. It is affiliated with the Pacific Northwest
District of the UUA. Eliot Institute creates and supports an
inclusive community of celebration, friendship, exploration, relaxation
and joy. http://www.eliotinstitute.org/
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