What workshop participants are saying about this team:
- I’m simply dropping a note to say: THANK YOU!!! Your conference has deeply influenced and transformed my life – no understatement. I had not realized, even through all my contemplative training and exercising, how much I still had constricted Reality through Personality. That weekend helped me to objectively and compassionately teach me to be much more Present in all things… I cannot stress enough how much my life and ministry have been wonderfully affected/effected by what you all taught so well!
Thank you, Roxanne and Ronna. You are fantastic teachers!!
Presence really is the key to knowing oneself, relationships and Reality (God in our tradition). The conference really made the enneagram 3-dimensional (though I’m sure there are more dimensions to be discovered!) in my current use and understanding of it. This practice and teaching has really helped me on a deeper level to encounter God not as a Being but as Being itself. Deeply intimate and relational by definition.
– David Pinkston
Pastor - worship leader, Pasadena, California - I took this workshop as a professional seeking a solution to my yearning to combine therapy with spiritual healing. I’ve been a licensed psychotherapist for 20 years and more recently have become interested in developing my spiritual self. My spiritual journey has been so important to me that I’ve traveled across the world in search of chances to discover my authentic higher nature. As I began to get in touch with that true self, I wanted to help others in their spiritual quests. Herein lay my dilemma-I am a psychotherapist not a spiritual adviser and I wanted to remain a therapist. I vowed that I would not give up my profession nor my quest to integrate spirituality into my practice. I learned about the workshop online and after reading about the Enneagram, I wanted to know more and committed to attend this workshop.
I went, I learned and I experienced. Most importantly, I found what I had known I would someday be led to. This workshop was my answer. Roxanne Howe-Murphy and Ronna Phifer-Ritchie are wise, warm and knowledgeable facilitators. So much of what they taught was not only from Riso-Hudson, but also grew out of their own experience in working with the Enneagram. The fact that they could really resonate with what they were delivering was quite apparent. As they augmented their delivery with inviting us to explore together as a group, they provided an amazing environment for us to fully participate with ourselves and each other. They worked wonderfully together while presenting a theory of personality development that spoke to my own experiential struggle to overcome this illusion of an ego-based life and embrace the reality of a spiritual one. This workshop provided me with the tools for self-awareness and a hope for transformation. I met myself at the divine level that I know I want to live and work from. I look forward to taking future workshops with them.
– Mary Keown-Watkins, MA, MFT - In May 2009, I attended a Wisdom of the Enneagram workshop in Burlingame, CA, led by Roxanne Howe-Murphy and Ronna Phifer-Ritchie. My initial reservations as to whether I would be able to grasp the concepts and “get anything out of this” soon vanished --- these gals are awesome. I soon realized that the Enneagram is a powerful tool and Roxanne and Ronna know how to teach it. For me there were lots of “ah-ha” moments and by the end of the workshop I walked away feeling that this was one of the most profound experiences of my life. It has left my hungry for more.
– Jan H, Bakersfield, CA - Roxanne and Ronna offer a safe container in which to embrace and transform our Enneagram patterns. This is the most useful day-to-day application of Riso-Hudson Enneagram material. Thank you for leading us through the experience in such a thoughtful, loving way.
– Brian Brieling, MFT - Another well-structure workshop where theory and knowledge are well-balanced with experiential exercises, allowing me to fully embody the learning. Presence is a major theme during the workshop, which reiterates the impeccability of the teaching. There is a palpable commitment not only to pass on knowledge but also to transform each and every one of us. Tht is what I call huge work. I can sense my own transformation and growth, which bring me a sense of fulfillment besides giving me the certainty of having a better impact on my clients. Thank you!
– Dr, Isabelle Lugo, DMD, CEC
Puerto Rico, USA - What a wonderful class! THANKS A MILLION to two great women of growth, willing to lead the way for many.
– Nancy Struck - Ronna and Roxanne created a container by their presence which allowed for further presence to arise. The experience is very impactful. I appreciated the short exercise applications after material was presented. The repeated emphasis on the necessity of embodied awareness to the experience of presence is absolutely fundamental and deserves to be reinforced over and over, as it was.
– Samuel Schindler - This class was very full of insights regarding some of my lifelong patterns. In addition, my work requires a great deal of relationship management. This class gave me a lot of insight and tools to increase my effectiveness. Work will be pleased! And I am pleased! Thank you!
– Celeste DeVaneaux - Riso and Hudson are lucky to have you two teaching this work!
– Dino Rufo - I cannot say enough good things about the workshop. These are very exciting ideas, and I’m finding them immediately useful. Much joy and gratitude.
– Susan Bishop - This workshop took the message of the Enneagram to a deeper level.
– Irma Velasquez - Beautiful connection between these two facilitators – resonates and flows with their powerful material. Thank you!
– Jan Conlon - Thanks to both of you for modeling your humanity - strengths, vulnerabilities and sharing of your personal and spiritual growth. I look forward to attending future workshops.
– Nancy Struck - You two provide an excellent pairing as teachers. Thank you for holding the group with all its differing needs. The Levels are an incredibly valuable aspect of learning about all of the Types in each of us.
– Judith Forrest - Roxanne and Ronna are very skillful at leading the discussions and bringing out the best in people.
– Jennifer Bulik - I have been familiar with Enneagram work through books and my own study. I was not able to bring the material alive in any way that was usable. This workshop with Roxanne and Ronna brought the material to life. They were masterful at presenting a huge amount of knowledge in a way that was lucid, clean, and accessible. In addition, the experiential nature of the workshop went far beyond anything you could ever read in a book!
– Ruth Oprean Cardillo - With the depth of this material, it has been extremely helpful to have two guides such as Ronna and Roxanne to guide me through the places where I went unconscious. Just reading about this doesn't work as well. Thank you for helping me to remember who I really am.
– Doreen Coyne - Studying the Enneagram is hugely helpful in having insight, compassion, and tools for being on this human journey. Roxanne and Ronna presented a lot of complex work with clarity and heart.
– Maria Cristini - When I identified my dominant instinctual nature, it opened up so much for me and I sunk into the place of liberation. Roxanne and Ronna have a very welcoming style, and did a super job of holding space for the group. I found it very helpful to be guided to get into my body throughout the workshop.
– R. Picchi
Riso-Hudson Workshops
Riso-Hudson Authorized Workshops with
Dr. Ronna Phifer-Ritchie and Dr. Roxanne Howe-Murphy
Ronna and Roxanne are certified Riso-Hudson teachers,
and authorized as the first generation of teachers to offer workshops previously taught only by Don Riso or Russ Hudson.*
A life without relationships… it's impossible. Relationships are core to our existence, and have an enormous impact on our identity, health, self-worth, success in the world, and even our survival. They can be rewarding and intriguing, as well as baffling and sometimes painful. How we interact with others provides a key to our psychological and spiritual development.
The Enneagram offers a profound and immensely practical way to understand and shift your relationships with others. In this workshop, we will address how core thinking and emotional dynamics operate between different Enneagram types, explore effective methods you can use to communicate with people of each type, and learn how the three Instinctual Variants (Subtypes) affect primary motivations in your relationships. You will gain new perspectives on yourself and others, and gain valuable insights to having healthier relationships.
Notes:
CEU's: This course meets the requirements for 15 hours of Continuing Education Credit for MFT's and LCSW's as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. Provider Name: Roxanne Howe-Murphy, Ed.D. Provider number: PCE2759
Click Here for Upcoming Dates and Locations for the Relationship Workshop
The Levels of Development LOD), one of the most profound contemporary contributions to the Enneagram field and identified by Don Riso and Russ Hudson, explains the vertical dimension to the personality types.
The Levels help us track our movement along a continuum toward more freedom, consciousness, expansiveness, and Being in the higher Levels (or toward more reactivity and self-destructiveness in the lower ones).
By introducing this “vertical axis” to the types, the Levels explain some of the most important things that we find in human nature – fluidity and change, resistance and conflict, freedom and compulsion – among many human qualities. Working with the Levels points us to where we are in our journey of growth, and guides us toward greater health and transformation.
In this workshop, you can expect to:
- Recognize the dynamics of the psychological and spiritual movement in your life that are explained through the Enneagram.
- Awaken to inner personal cues that guide you to higher levels of health.
- Experience a deep grounding in presence, through the teachings, exercises, music, and meditation.
- Work with the Enneagram in advanced ways that facilitate practical applications in your professional and personal life.
- The Levels of Development bring extraordinary power to our inner journeys. The Riso-Hudson innovation is the only Enneagram work to be specifically endorsed by Ken Wilbur who has stated that only with this vertical dimension taken into account, does the Enneagram system move toward being a complete psychology.
Notes:
CEU’s: This course meets the requirements for 15 hours of Continuing Education Credit for MFT’s and LCSW’s as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. Provider Name: Roxanne Howe-Murphy, Ed.D. Provider number: PCE2759
Click Here for Upcoming Dates and Locations for the Journey of Growth Workshop
Our instinctual nature, operating 24/7, is extremely powerful in our decision-making processes, lifestyle choices, and orientation to day-to-day reality, yet is often given little emphasis in spiritual work. The Enneagram deals directly with this aspect of the Self through teachings about the Three Instincts--Self-Preservation, Sexual (Attraction), and Social (Adaptation).
Without a clear and viable relationship with this aspect of our souls, it is extremely difficult to maintain an integrated, balanced approach to our path. Join us to discover how your instinctual bias or “stack” in combination with your dominant Enneagram type explains so much of your experience and shows you how you can create more real equilibrium, effectiveness and satisfaction.
In this workshop:
- Learn about the power of the Instincts and see them at work in your life;
- Recognize how your particular instinctual stack, (or how you prioritize your basic human needs) locks in repetitive habits of your personality;
- Explore concrete ways in which to bring greater balance to your instinctual life to help you integrate the deeper experiences of Essence and Being.
NOTES:
CEU's: This course meets the requirements for 15 hours of Continuing Education Credit for MFT's and LCSW's as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. $25.00 administration fee.
Click Here for Upcoming Dates and Locations for the Three Instincts Workshop
Beyond the study of personality types, the Enneagram is a powerful tool for supporting the work of awakening to our Essential Nature. Refresh and invigorate your soul during this insight-filled weekend workshop held in a peaceful, fully green solar-powered conference center tucked away in the California Santa Cruz Mountains. This 2-day introduction to the psycho-spiritual approach to the Enneagramwill enable you to “remember” your true self, and become increasingly present to the spiritual reality in your daily life. At the end of this weekend, you will begin to more rapidly recognize and respond to the “wake up calls” in your life and experience higher levels of heath and wholeness. This workshop provides immediate access to basic Enneagram knowledge and practices that will enhance your psychological and spiritual growth process, and offer specific insights about your personality style that will inspire you to show up in high quality ways more often in daily life.
In this workshop, you can expect to:
- Discover each type’s gifts, healing attitudes and specific transformation process
- Learn how to observe and let go of our more troublesome habits and reactions
- Hear ways to work with the specific motivations of each type
- Cultivate more awareness in your everyday life
- Understand how to use the Enneagram for your continued spiritual growth
Notes:
CEU's: This course meets the requirements for 12 hours of Continuing Education Credit for MFT's and LCSW's as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. Provider Name: Roxanne Howe-Murphy, Ed.D. Provider number: PCE2759
Click Here for Upcoming Dates and Locations for the Wisdom of the Enneagram Workshop
Dr. Ronna Phifer-Ritchie, Executive Director of Enneagrowth, is a consultant, public speaker, and author. She is also the co-director of the Enneagram Institute of the San Francisco Bay Area. Ronna holds a doctorate in counseling psychology and a master's degree in marriage and family therapy. She is an ICF certified Life Coach, and a researcher in the Enneagram and Relationships. Her passion is helping individuals broaden and optimize personality style as a developmental pathway to true spiritual progress.
Dr. Roxanne Howe-Murphy, is the founder of the Deep Coaching Institute, a certification program for training growth-oriented professionals in the application of the Enneagram. She is Director of the Enneagram Institute of the San Francisco Bay Area and author of Deep Coaching: Using the Enneagram as a Catalyst for Profound Change. Her new book is due to be published this summer. www.deepcoaching.com