Living Tao
Natural Presence

A weekend workshop with Andy Portman and Helen English

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Join us for a transformational weekend workshop. Precious space for diving deep into love, connection and conscious relating with the Enneagram and Taoism as a guide.

Looking for More?Find that spark! EnjoyEnjoy more passion, curiosity and growth. Stay true to yourself and your essential nature while thriving in relationship.

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This workshop is for anyone wanting more vitality and presence, authenticity and 'joie de vivre' in their relationships. We'll make a profound shared inquiry into the nature of relationship: the science, the mystery and the power of conscious practice.

Time for a wake-up call? Sometimes we realise we're sleep-walking through life. Lost in humdrum everyday routines, it's all too easy to switch off and tune out: from ourselves and those around us. It happens so gradually we barely notice - until itreally matters - something needs to change!

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Come solo or with a partner. Take time with us to:

• Make space: within you and around you, for more love, compassion and better connection

• Wake up more fully: to yourself, your patterns, your gifts, your essence, your core being and the true qualities   of those close to you

• Open potential: bring awareness and consciousness, opening to new ways of being and relating

• Get practical: explore what it takes - practical resources - to bring love and healing into everyday interactions

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By fully immersing yourself, you'll leave better able to:

• Build a relationship that genuinely lifts your life experience

• See, hear and appreciate one another, beyond assumption and projections

• Notice and navigate repeated patterns, so you've more freedom and choice

• Relate from your core presence, enjoying both independence and intimacy

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Approach

We'll be a small group able to relax into the rich natural environment of Avalon Permaculture Gardens. We'll explore where you are on your personal life/soul journey and your experience of relationships: past, present and future. What do you long for and aspire to?

Blending theory with circle-work, conversation and practical activity, meditation and movement. A powerful Enneagram mat offers the chance to embody the symbol's creative movements and connections. Scope for

participation, reflection, conversation, rest and some fun, along the way.

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Starts 7pm Friday 4 July. Ends 4pm Sunday 6 July 2025.

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A word on The Enneagram

The Enneagram is best known as a powerful system for understanding yourself and others, including true motivations and greatest strengths This is 'The Enneagram of Personality' offering nine points, also named

types or bases. We each have ONE that is our number - our Enneagram Point - functioning much as a default operating system. It brings a particular way of responding to life and particular essence qualities.

In relationship this is an extraordinary resource. It helps us understand and empathise. By recognising our own and others' position on The Enneagram symbol we realise why and how things can look and feel so

different. We've more appreciation, empathy and compassion for ourselves, others, and the situations that get co-created.

You're welcome as a newcomer or if you're already familiar with The Enneagram. But you'll get more from the workshop if you arrive knowing your Enneagram Point. And even when we know it well, it's often valuable to re-visit and check out assumptions.

We can help!

Discover or re-confirm your Enneagram Point.  We’re offering 3 options: 

Enneagram Discovery Session: a coaching session to help you determine your Enneagram Point (with or without using the online questionnaire)

Enneagram Compass Questionnaire and Report: we can give you access to this, one of the best Enneagram psychometrics available, accompanied by a comprehensive report. Ideally – and ethically – taken along with a personal feedback session

Questionnaire Feedback Session to help evaluate and assimilate Enneagram findings. 

 

Let us know if you’d like to take one of these options to explore The Enneagram in advance, ideally with as much advance notice as possible.  This way we’ve scope to schedule it before the session, while giving you valuable time to work with the findings. Contact Helen to book, or to talk over which is the best route for you. 

chat to Helen for how best to go about it. email helen@positivespace.co.uk

To find out more about the Enneagram: www.enneagramalive.com​

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Andy and Helen met in early 2020, both widowed and single after long-term relationships. This January marks their 5th anniversary. In this time they shared the pandemic roller-coaster, cliff-path walks, kayaking and music, alongside so many rich conversations; often, a creative fusion of Andy’s deep understanding of relationship patterns lit up by Helen's Enneagram-borne insights. This workshop comes as a natural progression, the fruit of creative relationship, inquiry and conversation. To find out more about Helen's work visit her website:   www.positivespace.co.uk/enneagram-workshops-2024

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