Essential Practices for Growth and a Universal Basic Practice for All Types
The Basic Practices for each type form the basis for growth and development. Each contains the key elements of the type’s structure and its particular path of development. Here are the steps for each:
- First, center yourself by breathing down and in, allow your heart to open in order to get grounded, receptive, and non-judgmental.
- Then, softly and slowly read the Basic Practice for your type or one you’d like to use for your personal and relationship development.
- Next, just take a minute to reflect on this practice with your eyes closed.
- Lastly, come back and do your best to carry out your Basic Practice and the other key practices for reflection and your development.
In addition to the Universal Basic Practice, pick one of the short practices that feels important to you, and practice it for a few days before going on to another practice. These practices are grouped under the titles “Additional Key Themes for Reflection” and “Short Reflections for Reclaiming the Essential Quality.”
Find Growth Practices Specific to Your Type
Please visit the individual pages on this website for more specific growth practices for each of the nine types.
For a page that lists short, type-specific growth practices for every type, click here.
For pages that focus solely on one type’s growth practice in depth, click the links below. The types are categorized here by their center of intelligence:
Learning about the Nine Enneagram Types
Please visit the individual pages on this website for more definitive descriptions of each of the nine types, grouped here by their center of intelligence:
HEART CENTER
HEAD CENTER
GUT/BODY CENTER