Jack Labanauskas, Author at Enneagram Monthly

Yoga’s Approach to Universal Balance –part 1

C. Rajan Narayanan Most of the world perceives Yoga as physical exercises done at yoga studios and health clubs with very little awareness that...

Personal Growth/Self-Development The Nine Types Understanding the Enneagram

Where Does Your Authority Come From?

A while ago I was talking with someone who was having difficulty setting boundaries and limits with family members. So, I asked them where...

Biological Markers Comparative Systems Type 4 Type 7 Understanding the Enneagram

Enneamedicina: On the Trail of the Self

The Message of the Body/Mind Introduction – The Enneagram, defines nine personality types with nine traps, passions or sins that block the infinite possibilities...

Arica Institute Fixations History Holy Ideas Instincts and Subtypes Passions The Nine Types Triads Understanding the Enneagram Virtues

How Oscar Ichazo Learned and Taught the Enneagram Typology

When I was his roommate, Naranjo told me that he asked Ichazo about who in the “School” was his source of (previously unknown) esoteric...

History Personal Growth/Self-Development Spirituality Understanding the Enneagram

SAT First Meeting – Berkeley, California

Sunday, September 5, 1971. I was walking toward Claudio’s house for the first time. It was a warm sunny day, but I don’t think...

Editorial and News Instincts and Subtypes Type 9 Understanding the Enneagram

Self-Preservation Nine: Appetite

Antonio Barbato As I have already said, the Conservation Instinct forces the person to pay attention to himself and his own well-being. Yet, in...

Instincts and Subtypes Type 8

Self-Preservation Eight: Grabber

If we want to understand the dynamics of this variation, we must first remember that the Passion of this type is not so much...

Instincts and Subtypes Type 7

Self-Preservation Seven: Gang

Antonio Barbato I have repeatedly pointed out that the Conservation Instinct draws the person's conscience to pay more attention to the practical needs that...