Essence Embodiment for Enneagram Practitioners

Where insight becomes sensation.

Heal at the Root.

Walk Deeper Into the Body of the Enneagram

Personality patterns take root in the nervous system—fast, automatic, protective.

Essence lies beneath those patterns—steady, nourishing, at ease.

Learn to…

  • Feel Enneagram patterns in your body.

  • Feel the nourishment of essence.

  • Feel your system soften, settle, and remember wholeness.

clarity · steadiness · beauty  · vitality · trust · compassion · stillness · innocence · value  · harmony  · integrity  · belonging  ·

clarity · steadiness · beauty  · vitality · trust · compassion · stillness · innocence · value  · harmony  · integrity  · belonging  ·

Each fixation is a call for inner nourishment

Each type forms around a survival strategy—a contraction in the nervous system that disconnects us from essence.

As essence becomes harder to feel, the system loses access to the nourishment it needs.

In that absence, personality patterns harden and take hold.

But each type also points back to essence—a felt quality that brings regulation, relief, and wholeness.

Healing begins when we feel that difference—directly, in the body.

This work is somatic.
It’s measurable.
And it’s deeply human.

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Ways to Work

  • Wild Essence Certification

    Live Online Cohort · Fall 2025

    Nature & animal energetics
    Somatic practices
    Two‑session deep dives per type
    Capstone integration project

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  • On‑Demand Self‑Paced Certification

    Start anytime
    Recorded 9‑module curriculum
    Downloadable practices
    Upgrade path to live cohort

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  • Half‑Day Live Immersions

    Practice‑ready deep dives
    Type‑based nervous‑system repair
    Parts work practices
    Essence embodiment

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  • Private Mentoring ✦ Waitlist

    Depth consultation & personal integration
    IEA‑accredited clinical supervision
    Next openings late 2025

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IEA Global Conference

July 24–27, 2025 · Minneapolis, MN

Session: Embodying Essence—Healing the Somatic Roots of Personality ·

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Meet Tammy Hendrix, LCSW

  • Lifelong Enneagram student — Arica lineage

  • IEA‑accredited teacher & program director

  • Somatic psychotherapist · 20 + years

  • PhD‑level depth‑psychology education

  • Certified Somatic IFS practitioner

  • Feminine embodiment studies with Sally Kempton

  • Creator of the 5‑Step Essence Embodiment Model — turning nine survival patterns into nine somatic nutrients

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What Grounds & Inspires My Work

  • "Good Medicine."

    I have been a student of the enneagram for some time now and have found it to be a helpful tool for self-reflection, but Tammy's focus on the essence of each type as a portal to healing and a gateway back to our truest self opened up a new world of possibilities for me in the application of the enneagram in my own life, my personal practice, and my work with others.

    Ann Crews, LCSW

    Holistic Clinical Psychotherapist, Certified Enneagram of Essence Practitioner

  • "The Essence tradition brings clarity that rejuvenates the Enneagram and can provide the liberating reminder that we are fully alive."

    Andrew Florence

    Director of Experiential Learning, Certified Enneagram of Essence Practitioner

  • If there was one word to describe Tammy's Enneagram of Essence certification it would be illuminating.

    A teacher with knowledge, experience, intuition, and wisdom she has opened the portals toward embodying the Enneagram beyond personality fixation. The divine feminine qualities of personal growth and awareness. And bringing the Enneagram back to its roots of spiritual enlightenment. There is no other certification like this one.

    Wendy Van de Poll, MS, CEOL

    Author, Animal Communicator and Medium, Certified Enneagram of Essence Practitioner

  • "Hendrix brings a new perspective to our understanding of the Enneagram."

    Based on her own life experience, Hendrix examines how each of us embodies all types of the Enneagram, not one. She also focuses on and gives exercises to help us embody the essence of each Enneagram.

    Heather Hobbs

    Author, Educator, Enneagram Student

  • Tammy has taken the work I started to a deeper more profound level.

    My training through the Arica School helped me understand the Enneagram as a tool for spiritual awakening. I began teaching the Enneagram 23 years ago and Tammy came to almost every training.

    Tammy has a natural gift for embodying the energetics of the Enneagram—feeling the energy of each type within.

    She has developed a way to help others feel the Essence of each type alive inside their being. I truly don’t know anyone else who can impart this knowledge.

    Lissa Friedman, PhD

    Founder of the Enneagram School of Awakening and the Enneagram Embodiment Tradition

  • "I was truly enriched by this experience."

    This was the first Enneagram program I’d ever taken so I wasn’t sure exactly what to expect. Any enneagram knowledge I may have had seemed to be around the personality perspective of the types, which was not my ideal focus. I chose to take the Enneagram of Essence program because I was confident that it would be beneficial to my spiritual journey.

    Tammy Hendrix is an excellent facilitator/teacher/guide and has a wonderful way of helping others to be open to experience all the amazing aspects of our spiritual selves through the essence of the enneagram program.

    Joanna R Kidder

    Certified Enneagram of Essence Practitioner

  • "Hendrix helps you bring into focus what these small shifts feel like in your body and offers guidance for honing in on those feelings, or essence."

    As you become more attuned to what the essence feels like, you can call it up more frequently when you find yourself falling back into unhelpful patterns. Essence feels grounded, empowering, and vibrant. It's good for our emotional health as well as our physical health and relationships.

    I also appreciate how Hendrix’s approach can be used to understand others better, even those who may have habits that drive us crazy. Throughout the book, Hendrix shows how, by recognizing a personality trait in an individual, we can go deeper and understand the essence of this behavior and allow it to shine. By seeing the essence (the person), rather than the personality trait (the behavior), we will have much more appreciation for others and the journey we are all on.

    Lynn Niederlitz, MEd

    Educational Consultant