Into the Wild: Encountering our Enneagram Types in Nature (09/15/2026)

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 23:30:00 GMT

Into the Wild: Encountering our Enneagram Types in Nature

Date: Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Time: 6:30 - 8:00 pm
Location: Westwood Hills Nature Center - 8300 W Franklin Ave, St Louis Park, MN 55426
Presenter: Stephanie J. Spencer, Enneagram Type 4/Navigation (she/her)

Join Stephanie J. Spencer, IEA accredited Enneagram professional and author of Out of the Box and Into the Wild, for an evening at Westwood Hills Nature Center. This gathering is for Enneagram enthusiasts who know their Type and want to go past the framework into something more embodied.

Stephanie will offer a short talk grounding the evening's central idea: that encountering imagery in the natural world can lower our defenses and open a new path forward, one that thinking alone rarely reaches. (If you don't know your Type Stephanie will help you find another way to still have your time outside feel valuable to your growth.)

From there, participants will choose from several aspects of their Type to carry into their time outside. Some will walk, some will sit, all are welcome to move at whatever pace their body needs. What you find out there, a plant, an animal, water, sky, becomes a mirror for the aspect you chose. There is no wrong image and no fixed interpretation to arrive at. The point is not to find the right answer. It is to let something outside yourself hold what has been hard to look at directly. The evening closes with the group coming back together to reflect on what surfaced.

Please dress for weather conditions. Wear comfortable shoes. Feel free to bring a water bottle, bug spray, and anything else that makes your participation possible.

In-person events are not recorded.

presenter Bio

Stephanie J. Spencer is a personal and leadership development coach and an International Enneagram Association Accredited Professional. She is the author of Out of the Box and Into the Wild: An Enneagram Journey through the Triads of Nature, and has spent years coaching individuals and teams around the country, from Fortune 500 companies to small nonprofits. Stephanie is also a visual artist and lifelong nature lover, and this event grows directly out of the book's core idea: that imagery from the natural world can open pathways for growth that thinking alone cannot reach. Stephanie's website and Instagram.

Relationships Between Essence and the Virtues with Russ Hudson (10/10/2026)

Sat, 10 Oct 2026 05:00:00 GMT

Enneagram Minnesota welcomes back russ hudson

Two Day, In-Person Workshop: Relationships Between Essence and the Virtues
Dates & Times:
Saturday, October 10, 2026; 9:00 am - 7:00 pm; and
Sunday, October 11, 2026: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm.
Location: Northwestern Health Sciences University - 2501 W 84th St, Bloomington, MN 55431
Presenter: Russ Hudson, Enneagram Type 5 / Wing 4 (he/him)
Hospitality: Daily Lunch, Afternoon Snacks, & Coffee and Tea Service (*Lodging is not included*)

What if you could move through life with greater clarity and less mental chatter?

How would it feel to experience more open-heartedness and less reactivity?

What would it be like to feel more grounded in the midst of change?

Russ Hudson, an internationally recognized Enneagram teacher, is coming back to Minneapolis this October to share his deep wisdom on the Enneagram as a path to spiritual growth and discovery. During this special two-day workshop, you will be guided to reconnect with the deeper qualities already within you that support growth, love, aliveness and joy.

During the workshop, Russ will explore the keys to:

Disarming recurring personality patterns that keep us disconnected from our deeper nature
Uncovering our essential qualities and virtues—the inner “gold” of who we truly are that arise naturally as we relax our ego-driven habits and defenses
Understanding distinctions between the Essential Qualities, Virtues, and Holy Ideas of each Enneagram type revealing your unique path toward greater growth, presence, and transformation.

Live teaching, shared inquiry, and reflective practices will help you ground these profound concepts into your actual, lived experience. Whether you are new to the Enneagram or continuing a lifelong journey, we hope you’ll join us for this rich exploration of a more awakened and wholehearted way of being.

In-person events are not recorded.

presenter Bio

One of the world’s top teachers and developers of the Enneagram, a system for psychological and spiritual personal growth, Russ Hudson has co-authored five best-selling books including the renowned The Wisdom of the Enneagram, and Personality Types. The Sounds True audiobook Nine Gateways to Presence is the most recent work.

In addition to 40 years of publishing, interviews, teaching and research, Russ developed a scientifically validated test instrument. The Riso-Hudson Type Indicator (RHETI), the leading standard test in the Enneagram field.

Russ is co-founder of the Enneagram Institute and President Emeritus, as well as a Founding Director and former Vice-President of the International Enneagram Association.

He initially encountered the Enneagram through the Gurdjieff Work and saw it as a map for personal self-awareness - more than merely a system for categorizing people.

Russ emphasizes the importance of cultivating presence and mindfulness as a foundation for authentic work with the Enneagram. The approach to aligning the study of the Enneagram with spiritual practice exponentially enhances the personal development process. It is Russ’ desire to bring these mutually compatible tools to greater public awareness.

Currently, Russ teaches mainly through his platform RussHudson.com, where you can find video on-demand classes, a free monthly practice newsletter, offerings, and upcoming events.

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Into the Wild: Encountering our Enneagram Types in Nature (09/15/2026)

Into the Wild: Encountering our Enneagram Types in Nature

presenter Bio

Relationships Between Essence and the Virtues with Russ Hudson (10/10/2026)

Enneagram Minnesota welcomes back russ hudson

What if you could move through life with greater clarity and less mental chatter? How would it feel to experience more open-heartedness and less reactivity? What would it be like to feel more grounded in the midst of change?

presenter Bio

What if you could move through life with greater clarity and less mental chatter?

How would it feel to experience more open-heartedness and less reactivity?

What would it be like to feel more grounded in the midst of change?