This workshop offers material that deepens our knowledge of the Enneagram as we explore the three specific instinctual drives that influence our type. When these instincts get co-opted by the type, we refer to them as subtypes.

• the instinctual energy of surviving or self-preservation
• the instinctual energy of belonging or social
• the instinctual energy of intense aliveness or sexual

We have all three of these drives and one tends to be dominant. This most used instinctual energy is an arena of our strengths as well as our neurotic grasping. During our time together we’ll discuss the three dimensions of each of these three subtypes, then address strategies for calming our grasping and balancing the three drives. Many teachers believe that the subtypes play a central role in intimate relationships, perhaps more so than our Enneagram type.

These subtypes give the personality a particular look. Thus, two people who share the same Enneagram type may behave quite differently. Our Enneagram type reveals how we perceive our environment, receive and process information. Subtypes are about output—how and where we expend our life’s energy. Understanding our subtype energies is central to our personal growth and self-awareness and frees up energy that is overused in one subtype area.

International Enneagram teacher, Sandra Smith, M.Div, will be leading this workshop.

As part of an effort to help those that are facing financial difficulties, we announced a price decrease for 2026 workshops and course offerings. The price for this course was originally $125, but we are now offering it for $75. We think this reduces the barrier for those that are facing economic challenges and also fulfills our desire to swing our doors wide open, be here for the world as it is, and be a place for folks to come to in this time.