Consciousness Cohort

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“Spiritual work is learning to recognize what we are at a cosmic level all while participating in the world that we’re in.”

—Russ Hudson

Enneagram author and teacher

Cohort begins January 15, 2025

A 10-week journey to go as deep as you’d like to go within yourself

What is this Cohort?

This is a unique opportunity to do a deep dive within yourself using practical tools from the wisdom of the Enneagram. I will guide you on a packed-full, 10-week virtual journey where we’ll use the teachings of the Enneagram within our own life to see where we’ve fallen asleep to ourselves.

This cohort is for somone looking to:

• learn why I am the way I AM

• understand the dynamics at play in my relationships

• Articulate what my innate gifts are

• learn practical tools to work with ego

• delve into my own thoughts about spirituality and the origin of everything

• Deepen my connection with myself through inner work

All Classes will be pre-recorded and become available on a Weekly basis.

This is a go-at-your-own-pace course

Classes will be a mixture of a 7-min grounding practice, Lecture-Style teaching with Keynote presentation, and A guided experiential exercise or TWO to access the somatic + heartfelt sense of what we’re learning.

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There will be a bite-size inner reflection to do every week on your own (delivered at the end of every class).

What is the Enneagram?

enēə [Greek] = 9 ・ gram [English] = symbol

The Enneagram is a psychospiritual tool that merges ancient wisdom with modern science.

The Enneagram itself did not invent anything— it’s a system that organizes information that has existed for thousands of years. It has roots in Buddhism, Hinduism, and Sufism (the mystical expression of Islam), and has been expanded upon using modern psychology and the field of neuroscience.

George Gurdjieff (1920s)—who is known as the “father of the modern Enneagram”—was an Armenian mystic/seeker, who worked with the Enneagram symbol (origins unknown) before there was ever a typology system. Gurdjieff taught about the relationship between Personality + Essence, and how the intelligence of the body, heart, and mind are all needed for real transformation to occur.

In the 1950s, Chilean-born philosopher, Oscar Ichazo synthesized his research of Neoplatonism, mystical Christianity, and the Kabbala and deduced 9 different psychological structures (aka egos), and overlayed them intelligently onto the Enneagram symbol—which was the birth of the typology. In the 1970s psychiatrist, Claudio Naranjo went to South America to study under Ichazo and subsequently brought this knowledge back to Berkley, California, where it then spread throughout North America.

Essentially, the Enneagram shows us 9 different ways the human psyche develops from birth (or you could think of it as 9 personality types). The Enneagram reveals precise patterns that form and harden as a result of our instinctual drive to survive. As humans, we have all 9 types (or set of patterns) in us, but we will unconsciously favor one type over all the others. That’s our dominant Enneagram type/point.

If I don’t know my Type…

The best way to figure out your dominant Enneagram type is by reading a summary of all 9 and narrowing down what resonates*. It’s great to do this with a coach or teacher, but that’s not necessary.

You also can take an online test. Tests are around 65-70% accurate.

* Tip: Your type is probably revealed when reading a certain type summary you…

• think, "Well that’s just everybody.”

• start laughing from how it’s resonating

• feel uncomfortable, exposed

Who is this Cohort for?

ANYONE.

My interest in teaching the Enneagram is about giving people the information they need to transform their own reality. I believe becoming more conscious on an individual level also then serves the collective. This course is designed for people to take practical skills into their daily lives and see what happens.

Beginners: If you don’t know your Type, I’d be happy to do a type reading with you ahead of the Course free of charge.

Advanced: If you’ve been working with the Enneagram for a long time, I think this will be refreshing.

My teaching includes bridging the gap between ego & spirituality, the neurobiology behind the Enneagram (Dr. Dan Siegel), and a fresh take on Object Relations (recently discovered by Josh Lavine).

No matter our starting point,

This is an opportunity to untangle, love on, & transform the unconscious Parts of ourselves.

Course Overview & Launch Dates

You don’t need to have any prior knowledge of the Enneagram to participate.

Class 1: January 15,2025 — Intro

Class 2: January 22,2025 — Identification

Class 3: January 29,2025 — Law of 1 / Law of 3

Class 4: February 5,2025 — Instinctual Drives

Class 5: February 12,2025 — Centers of Intelligence / 9 Types / Essence

Class 6: February 19,2025 — Object Relations Theory

Class 7: February 26,2025 — Fixations / Defense mechanisms

Class 8: March 5,2025 — Subtypes

Class 9: March 12,2025 — I lead with point ( ), now what?

Class 10: March 19,2025 — Law of 7 / Shock points / Focusing

*BONUS: March 26,2025 — Q&A with Marika

About Me

Marika Litz

I am a Certified Professional Enneagram Teacher through the Shift Network’s Enneagram Certification Program led by Russ Hudson, Jessica Dibb and Gayle Scott. I have personally been using the Enneagram as a tool for self-development since 2012.

I was born and raised in the Midwest, to an atheist father and Greek Orthodox mother. I grew up having no strong connection to spirituality or religion (you could say basketball was my religion).

I now live in Brooklyn, NY. By day I’m a film colorist (as you’ll see from the rest of this website), and by night I find myself delving deeper into my studies of consciousness—from spirituality, to psychology, to psychedelics, to past lives, to ancient civilizations and beyond.

I very much believe our lives are our own life curriculum, and if we’re listening and open, then the next steps on our path will make themselves known. Offering this course to you is the next step in my personal curriculum. I share this wisdom as a teacher and as a student. Everything we do is part of our personal evolution (for better or for worse), and I’m excited to take this next step beside you as we both continue on our path.

My pronouns are they/them.

Still have a question?

Shoot me a message and I’ll answer anything you’re still wondering about.

Sliding Scale payment:

For 10-virtual classes (40-70min) + Q&A

$100 - $400*

($10 - $40/class)

*no one turned away for lack of funds