Episode 69: Part 2 Enneagram, The Symbol of All And Everything with Matthew Krepps

“God is love. Novelty is real. Grace is fresh.”

-Matthew Krepps, The Everything Belongs Podcast

her conversation with Matthew Krepps. Matthew is Co-founder of Circle Yoga Shala, is a C-IAYT, E-500RYT, Ayurvedic Chef, Movement Expert and creator of the online program The Wisdom Enneagram. Circle Yoga Shala is a Wisdom School for Yoga, Creative Movement, and Self-Inquiry located in Arkansas' Ozark Mountains. Matt has been a practitioner of Yoga and Ayurveda, Yoga's sister science, for close to three decades. He owned and operated a premier yoga studio for ten years before founding Circle Yoga Shala in 2009. Matt developed the CYS yoga teacher training programs (200hr and 500hr) and an internationally accredited 1,000-hour Yoga Therapy program, all of which surpass marketplace standards. Matt began studying the wisdom of the Enneagram 16 years ago, from fixation and beyond. He leads Self-Observation groups and Work Circles, where the Enneagram is utilized to discover what gets in the way of an integrated, fulfilling life. In this episode, Madison and Matthew continue their ongoing conversation on the Enneagram. In this second episode, the conversation becomes even more nuanced, discussing the differences of each type, fixation and motivation of the subtypes, mistyping ourselves, how important it is to be doing this work with mentors and community and so much more depth into diversity, the Enneagram process, understanding the ego and freedom, along with so much more!

This conversation is a deep dive into the full intent and wisdom of the Enneagram, like you may never have heard about it before. If you haven't listened to part 1, we encourage you to go listen to that episode first and return here for part 2, then join the waitlist for Matt and Holly’s Enneagram Course here: https://www.circleyogashala.com/enneagram-course.

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In this episode, we talk about:

Why we mistype, common mistypes and subtypes
The difference between the head, heart and gut (moving away, moving with, moving against)
The fractal nature of the Enneagram and understanding Enneagram as a process
Why we need to be with mentors who are more experienced and competent than us
Why your teachers must not fear you, nor need anything from you
A real breakdown of “the work” we do to liberate ourselves - Non-judgment, Non-interference, grounding in physical sensation, ruthless honesty
Why natural selection does not have concern for the truth, but spiritual liberation requires it
Why diversity of viewpoints is necessary for the highest potential of the world and why each “type” is necessary as a fractal of the universe
The 3 forces: affirming, denying and reconciling
Movements of integration (which cause energy expense/work), as opposed to business as usual (the most repetitive, unconscious and efficient way).
The gifts and flourishing of each type and why we start with negative emotions, not virtues
Why spirituality has to include reality, and how to be intimate with what is real
Self knowledge is more than knowing your fixation
Intuition as the vehicle all knowledge resides in, including false knowledge