Russ Hudson

About Speaker

Over the last three decades, Russ Hudson has established himself as one of the top teachers and developers of the Enneagram personality typology in the world today.

He has been writing and teaching full-time with The Enneagram Institute as well as on his own since 1991 and has co-authored with Don Richard Riso five best-selling books on the subject, including The Wisdom of the Enneagram and Personality Types. These books are widely considered to be not only groundbreaking contributions in the field of Enneagram studies, but also important contributions to the literature of psychological type. His most recent publication, The Enneagram: Nine Gateways to Presence, moves typology into dynamic personal transformation.

Beyond the books and teaching, Russ also worked for several years to develop a scientifically-validated test instrument, the Riso-Hudson Type Indicator (RHETI), now considered a standard test in the Enneagram field.

He originally encountered the Enneagram through the Gurdjieff Work and sees it as a map for personal development and awareness more than as merely a system for categorizing people. He has emphasized the importance of cultivating presence and mindfulness as a foundation for authentic work with the Enneagram, and has worked to align the study of the Enneagram and spiritual practice and bring their mutual benefit into greater public awareness.

About Workshop

More than ever before, information about the Enneagram is widely available. Newcomers, while initially excited by what the system can reveal, often become discouraged by the plethora of conflicting theories to be found on social media platforms. Experience shows that many of these theories can be useful, but only if we learn certain ways to orient ourselves to the material. An inner turn of the heart is required to transform interesting information into fuel for our authentic development. But while the information about the types and the Enneagram itself are easily transmitted through written or video form, the inner content, the shift of attention required to bring the full power of the teachings to fruition is best learned in real time with other people present. Gurdjieff, the original purveyor of the Enneagram system in the modern world, spoke of the necessity of developing both knowledge and being for real transformation to occur. In this session, we will experientially explore this shift of attention and heart and see how this facilitates our work with the knowledge of the types.