Living Enneagram logo: a green sprouting seedling inside the nine-pointed Enneagram symbol

Ancient Wisdom for Better Living Today

Process and personality, one living map.

The Enneagram describes nine core personality styles. It also maps nine stages of an evolutionary process.

Put these two together, and you have the Living Enneagram.

The Living Enneagram is a dynamic symbol of organic transformation, rooted in the original teachings of G. I. Gurdjieff, who first brought the Enneagram symbol to the West.

Bean-E, the Living Enneagram seedling character

The Journey of a Bean Plant

Learn about the process Enneagram through the life cycle of a bean. Follow a single seed around the circle, from planting to harvest and back to seed, and meet the personality type that forms at each stage.

The Wake Up Series

Gurdjieff’s Enneagram, point by point

A free journey around the Enneagram with G.I. Gurdjieff. Ten conversational talks explore process and personality on the path of awakening, for serious seekers who don’t take themselves too seriously, even as they dig deeply into the Work.

Wake Up Series: free Living Enneagram talks with Trent J. Thornley

ENNEAGRAM PROFESSIONAL

  • Teacher, chaplain and certified CPE educator
  • Past president and Accredited Professional, International Enneagram Association
  • Executive Director, San Francisco Night Ministry
  • Faculty, Sati Center for Buddhist Studies
  • Ordained Buddhist Dharma Leader and Metropolitan Community Churches minister
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Trent J. Thornley, teacher at Living Enneagram