by Leslie Hershberger | Feb 18, 2020 | Instincts/Subtypes, Uncategorized
People who are dominant in the Enneagram SELF PRESERVATION instinct are focused on our human need for comfort, material/financial security, health and wellness, hearth, home and family. Here are the names for the Self-pres version of each of the Enneagram patterns: ...
by Leslie Hershberger | Sep 11, 2019 | Enneagram, Psychology, Spirituality, Temperament
When I was in grad school, I did a lot of reading to look for Enneagram patterns in the wisdom traditions (I looked primarily at Christianity and Buddhism ). Concurrently, I was doing my Enneagram training. In listening to panels, you can see people’s core...
by Leslie Hershberger | Sep 11, 2019 | Meditation, Spirituality, Uncategorized
For 15 minutes, my granddaughter Sophie filled and refilled her shoe and watched the sand spill out the sides. She barely looked up. Her focus was exquisite to witness. Then she got up and walked. She noticed how her foot made impressions in the sand. She pointed to...
by Leslie Hershberger | Aug 8, 2019 | Enneagram
I used to have pat answers for people who say, “I don’t want to be put in a box.”After spending a week at the International Enneagram Association conference with the most diverse crowd I’ve ever seen, I experienced over 400 souls with lines, edges,...
by Leslie Hershberger | Jun 21, 2019 | Breath Practices, Enneagram, Meditation, Spirituality
“I’m bad at meditating” is a misunderstanding of meditation. The only bad meditation is the one you don’t do. Or… “I can’t meditate” is a way of saying “I have a hard time being with the silence of my own being.” Of course you do. There’s a lot of stimulation...
