The Enneagram: Self-Understanding & Liberation Workshop

This experiential workshop offers participants a unique opportunity to discover their core Enneagram type through body-based awareness practices. Rather than approaching the Enneagram as a personality test or intellectual system, participants will explore how their patterns live in their nervous system and daily life. The focus is on liberation - how presence and awareness dissolve automatic patterns and create space for authentic choice and deeper essence to emerge.

What Participants Will Experience

Discovery

• Learn the nine Enneagram types through body-based recognition
• Identify their likely core type through felt sense rather than mental analysis
• Understand how their patterns operate in relationships, stress, and daily life

Embodied Learning

• Practice sensing patterns in their physical body and breathing
• Experience the difference between automatic reactions and conscious presence
• Learn type-specific practices for cultivating awareness and choice

Practical Integration

• Develop personalized daily practices for staying present with their patterns
• Create concrete commitments for ongoing self-awareness work
• Leave with tools for recognizing choice points in real-time

Workshop Structure Overview

Opening & Foundation

• Embodied arrival and intention setting
• Introduction to the Enneagram as a map of consciousness
• Core principle: awareness creates choice, not pressure to change

Discovering the Nine Types

• Interactive exploration of the three centers (Body, Heart, Head)
• Brief overview of all nine types with embodied recognition practices
• Participants sense which descriptions resonate in their body

Personal Discovery & Integration

• Individual reflection and somatic inquiry
• Small group sharing and witnessing
• Exploration of how patterns show up in daily life and relationships

Liberation Through Awareness

• Type-specific presence practices
• Creating personal integration plans
• Embodied commitments for ongoing practice

Closing Integration

• Insights and commitments
• Q&A
• Optional tea and chat

Location:

🧘‍♀️ In-person near Santa Cruz, CA, address is sent upon registration

Host

Asyl’s journey spans over a decade of rigorous practice, beginning with the Kriya and Tantra yoga traditions and later deepening through samatha and vipassana practices rooted in Theravada Buddhism. After many retreats and years of dedicated training, he chose to fully devote himself to exploring the nature of the mind, undergoing intensive training in the Rinzai Zen tradition at Korinji - Rinzai Zen Monastery. Today, he continues to practice within the Zen tradition, enriching his path with training in the mystical teachings of Sufism, non-dual meditation teacher programs, and somatic teacher trainings.

His work is rooted in the psycho-spiritual domain, where he practices and teaches direct methods for engaging the whole being - body, mind, subtle energy system, and heart. Asyl’s approach is integrative, blending the rigor of disciplined practice with a deep sensitivity to the unfolding of inner experience and the natural flow of life. He invites practitioners into an embodied path of transformation – one that honors the intelligence of the body-mind, nurtures presence, and expands perception beyond the ordinary as a gateway to the Sacred and Divine.

Asyl is the co-founder of Innercraft, an online platform offering in-depth meditation teachings from diverse wisdom traditions. His professional background includes an MBA from Dartmouth College

Learn More: https://asylb.com/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/asylabc/

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