The Narrative Enneagram is an educational nonprofit dedicated to transforming lives and creating a more compassionate world. Our mission is to advance human consciousness through our pioneering Narrative curriculum, which integrates psychology, spirituality and somatics.
We have presented Enneagram trainings in 16 countries worldwide. Our teachers and staff have a long-standing, collective experience unmatched in the field, and each of us strives for spiritual, psychological and emotional freedom, both individually and as part of larger communities.
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We invite you to become a member of TNE and be part of our diverse international community.
Click on the photo at left to watch co-founders Helen Palmer and David Daniels, pictured in the second row from the bottom, talk about their 25-year collaboration.
Stemming from the Greek words ennea (nine) and grammos (a written or drawn symbol), the Enneagram was borne out of ancient tradition. It was introduced to the modern world in 1915 as a human development system by philosopher and teacher George Gurdjieff. In the late 1960s, Oscar Ichazo, founder of the Arica School, placed nine personality types around the Enneagram diagram. Soon after, Claudio Naranjo, MD, and other psychologists in Berkeley, CA, integrated the Enneagram with emerging developments in modern psychology.
In the early 1970s, Helen Palmer, a student of Naranjo, began teaching Enneagram panel workshops in the Narrative Tradition. In 1988, she published The Enneagram: Understanding Yourself and the Others in Your Life, a perennial bestseller available in 26 languages. That same year, she co-founded the Enneagram Professional Training Program (EPTP) with Stanford psychiatrist David Daniels, MD. Our organization has evolved into a nonprofit to sustain and promote this foundational work worldwide through our Narrative Enneagram Curriculum that integrates psychology, spirituality and somatics with Enneagram programs grounded in the Narrative Tradition. We are an IEA Accredited School.
The Narrative Enneagram (TNE) has adopted six values of self-awareness, integrity, transparency, personal transformation, commitment to working out differences, and generosity of spirit. These represent the core priorities of TNE’s organizational culture. Our pledge as board members, faculty and staff is to embody these values in all of our relationships and activities.
TNE operates from a compassionate business model and is guided by the following values:
The Narrative Enneagram’s core values – self-awareness, integrity, transparency, personal transformation, commitment to working out differences and generosity of spirit – create a community in which all are welcome and included. Therefore, TNE does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, creed, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, sexual identity, national origin, age, ability, or marital status.