The Wisdom of the Enneagram Workshop

The Relationships Workshop

The Instinctual Variants (Subtypes) Workshop

The Levels of Development Workshop

The Enneagram Institute offers an ongoing training program to prepare Certified Riso-Hudson teachers to teach four "Authorized Riso-Hudson Workshops." They are The Wisdom of the Enneagram Workshop, the Enneagram Relationships Workshop, The Levels of Development Workshop, and The Instinctual Variants Workshop.

We have created this new Authorized Workshop Training Program to make our core Workshops and Teachings more widely available around the world. The four Workshops that we are initially focusing on will constitute a standardized curriculum so that those attending anywhere—in Sydney, London, San Francisco or Hong Kong, for example—will get the same content, exercises, and orientation. Further, in the future, those asked to join the Part I Faculty will be chosen from the pool of Authorized Workshop Training Program Teachers.

By attending this new Training Program, you will be able to become an Authorized Workshop Teacher under the auspices of The Enneagram Institute. You will receive:

• An extremely detailed outline and with specific teaching points (a 100+ page "script") for each Authorized Workshop you teach
• Authorized Workshop listings on the main Schedule page of our website, in our CyberGrams, and in the advertising we do
• Use of EI advertising materials, flier write-ups, workshop advertising copy, and the "Authorized EI Workshop" logo
• Regular group conference coaching calls with Don and/or Russ
• Individual access to Don and/or Russ to address your teaching concerns
• Ongoing updates of the Workshop "scripts" and teaching points

The Authorized Workshop Training Program (AWTP) can be completed at your own pace, although it includes the following prerequisites:

• Attendance at the Master Class on Workshop Teaching
• Attendance at each AWTP 5-day Training per Workshop you are authorized to teach
• Continuing education, including observation of the Workshop you will be teaching being taught by Don and/or Russ
• Ongoing evaluation of your own Authorized Workshop teaching

To be eligible you must:

• Be RH Certified (You must complete Certification before beginning to teach the Authorized Workshops, but you may be accepted into the AWTP while you are still in the Certification process.)
• Be accepted for the AWTP through a written application to The Enneagram Institute
• Attend the Master Class on Workshop Teaching

The Authorized Workshop Training Program will begin with a detailed training for The Wisdom of the Enneagram and The Relationships Workshops. Both are sophisticated workshops for beginners and advanced students. The "Wisdom" Workshop provides an accessible and profound understanding of why the Enneagram is useful for personal growth and Inner Work. The Relationships Workshop is one of the most practical applications of Enneagram theory, in intimate and professional situations. It provides a wealth of insights into how relationships falter, as well as giving many suggestions for how to improve, enrich, and deepen all relationships.

The second Authorized Workshop Training Program will include The Instinctual Variants (Subtypes) and The Levels of Development Workshops. Like the Wisdom and Relationships Workshops, these Workshops will be appropriate for anyone interested in the Enneagram. The Instincts Workshop deals directly with our instinctual nature through teachings about the Three Instincts—Self-Preservation, Sexual (Attraction), and Social Adaptation—and how these drives affect our decision-making processes, lifestyle choices, and orientation to day-to-day reality.

The Levels Workshop explores how the Levels of Development provide a vertical dimension to the personality types. They expand traditional Enneagram theory to include some of the most important things that we find in human nature itself: evolution, change, fluidity, compulsion, conflict, contradiction, paradox, continuity, evolution, choice, freedom, and mystery. Working with the Levels of each type not only provides recognition for where we are in our journey, but also guides us toward greater health and transformation.

Don and Russ personally teach these Trainings. You will leave each AWTP with training in two Workshops, as well as personal coaching for teaching them, detailed teaching points/"scripts," and the ability to teach these "Authorized Workshops" as soon as you have met the prerequisites and are authorized to do so.

When you teach the Authorized Workshops, you will produce your own workshops and pay a small royalty to the EI—a percentage of the per participant ticket price on a sliding scale. You keep all additional profit, and you can teach the Authorized Workshop(s) that you have trained for as often as you like, in keeping with our guidelines for maintaining high quality and consistent content. More financial information and other business details will be provided in the application package.

To apply for the AWTP, please contact Katy for an application and more information. Remember, you must be Certified (or on Certification track), and have attended the Master Class on Workshop Teaching. (If you have not attended the Master Class on Workshop Teaching, contact Katy to discuss your situation; you may be able to postpone the Master Class for one year, if necessary, but you will not be authorized to teach the Authorized Workshop(s) until the Master Class component is completed.)

See List of Authorized Teachers

Endorsement for the AWTP

After having completed all the RH Trainings, plus several additional RH Workshops, I always have the greatest confidence that a workshop with Don and Russ will be a deeply moving and transformative experience. And yet I am always "re-surprised" by the freshness, lucidity, and depth of each experience. With the AWTP, once again I could not anticipate the multiple levels of shifts that would occur for me individually and within the collective whole.

Among the many significant dimensions of the AWTP, several elements were especially striking. First, it was and is a profound honor to be involved in the birthing of a new phase of Don and Russ’s work. To receive the transmission of the remarkable knowledge base and teaching processes for the Wisdom and Relationships Workshops was simultaneously humbling and exhilarating. Don and Russ are undeniably masters. Their evolving co-creation, even in the midst of the workshop, was a joyous reflection of what they teach. The profound was light, and the light was profound.

A hallmark of great teaching and of great teachers is demonstrated in the qualities that are present in their students. The collective presence of those students who participated in this Training was palpable. These are the kind of people that I always want to hang out with! Together, throughout the week, the students and the teachers moved through some kind of an opening—words aren’t sufficient here—into uncharted territory. Something has shifted—we are in a new place.

I sit in awe and gratitude for this continuing journey that has been guided with so much grace and love by Don and Russ. You two are igniting many 'shocks' in the awakening of the world. Thank you for sharing your astonishing work in this way, and for sharing yourselves.

Roxanne Howe-Murphy, Ed.D.
Director, The EI of the San Francisco Bay Area
Executive and Life Coach

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