Exploring the Enneagram: Q&A with Tim Laurence

Exploring the Enneagram: Q&A with Tim Laurence

Hoffman's enrolment and graduate support manager Lucy Dancer has been gathering questions about our upcoming Enneagram workshops with Tim Laurence. Here are Tim's answers. Q:  I understand that there are nine Enneagram Types and that each of us falls into one Type. Doesn’t this trap us all with a label? Tim: Good question - and [...]
New behaviour

New behaviour

Overview On the Sunday afternoon just before your Essentials weekend finished, you experienced new behaviour. To begin the experience, you stood up and embodied a pattern, taking on its posture and body shape. While still embodying the pattern you returned to your seat and looked at all the other participants, noticing how you felt towards [...]
Dialogue with a parent’s child

Dialogue with a parent’s child

Overview Understanding through a Dialogue with Parent’s Child As you experienced on your Essentials weekend, imagine yourself as you were as a six-year-old child, in your Sanctuary, somewhere in a lovely natural place outdoors, sitting against a tree in a clearing. Then imagine whichever parent you want to speak with, walking towards you as a [...]
Self-forgiveness and self-compassion

Self-forgiveness and self-compassion

Overview We covered these three essential components of self-compassion on the Essentials weekend (ref: Kristin Neff). Mindfulness – acknowledge that you have patterns, behaviors, and negative beliefs about yourself. Be mindful not to either exaggerate them, which can lead to self-pity, nor suppress them - instead simply observe them, without judgment. Common humanity – be [...]