Which Enneagram Number are You?

What is the Enneagram?  It is a tool used to determine personality types.  Each number, 1-9, has a defining trail and motivation.  The three areas are Heart, Head, and Gut.  

Take the Enneagram quiz here to find out what you identify with!

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How does all this apply to yoga?  Yoga is also a tool to help regulate our emotions and physical energy.  Yoga breath and asana is very balancing so we can work with our personality to develop our strengths.  The charts below will help you determine the best yoga styles and poses for you!

Gut Points 1, 8, 9

Peacemaker
Traits	Values	Yoga Practice	Poses to Try
Have little awareness of anger or try to avoid it and struggle to express displeasure.	Feeling comfortable, melding into their environments or relationships with others in attempts to go with the flow.	Cultivate qualities of strength and depth, focus energy and center, and find hidden emotions with hip openers	Anjanyasana Humble Warrior Virabahdrasana II Prasarita Padottanasana
Perfectionist
Traits	Values	Yoga Practice	Poses to Try
Seek to improve everything around them, including themselves.	Possessing a strong sense of right and wrong, 1’s tend to be physically tight and feel anxiety easily.	Bring some playfulness into your practice.  Silliness and messiness is great for loosening up.	King Dancer’s Pose Vrkasana Warrior III
Protectors/Leaders
Traits	Values	Yoga Practice	Poses to Try
Often boisterous and courageous.	Others may find them intimidating but 8’s exterior protects a vulnerable, sensitive inner self.	Integrate softness and gentle flows into your practice.  Add deeper poses that are more yin and restorative.	Pigeon Paschimottanasana Baddha Konasana Supine twists Lizard

Heart Points 2, 3, 4

Helpers
Traits	Values	Yoga Practice	Poses to Try
This type expresses emotion easily and get satisfaction out of anticipating other’s needs.  They can be cheery and energetic, seeking connection through pleasing others with a blind spot for their own needs.	When their own needs aren’t met, they can be resentful and angry.	2s can benefit from core-based practices to gain a better sense of their inner strength.  Twists help access power and give a better sense of self.	Pravirtta Utkatasana Navasana Paschimottonasana Utkatasana
Achievers/Motivator
Traits	Values	Yoga Practice	Poses to Try
This success-driven type is concerned with portraying a capable, dazzling image to the world.  They seek connection to other through accomplishments, personal and professional.	They fear being judged by others, though this fear can motivate them to reform setbacks as part of their personal growth.	3s can live in their heads, cut off from their emotions.  Chest opening postures access their heart centers and twisting challenges the heart to open.	Urdhva Muhka Humble Warrior Bound Parsvakonasana
Individualist/Artist
Traits	Values	Yoga Practice	Poses to Try
See love through deep emotional connections, and experiencing pain or sadness connects them to insecurities around being unloved and misunderstood.	Artistic and expressive, 4s radiate beauty and melancholy.  Their intense inner world can cut them off from others as their own personal tragedies often become their identities.	4s can benefit from getting out of their deep emotional and into the world.  Should practice in a class or group and should keep a strong focused drishti. Flow classes, partner, and acro yoga are good for this type.	Surya Namaskara Warrior poses

Head Points 5, 6, 7

Observer
Traits	Values	Yoga Practice	Poses to Try
Pulled back and withdrawn from the world, 5s are often scholarly.  They avoid intense interactions with others as they’re easily emotionally drained.	They often feel week as if they need to protect themselves from a hostile world.	5’s can benefit from poses that connect them to the present moment and lead them to accept external world. Because 5’s may feel physically weaker, doing more vigorous sun salutations and core strengthening can help them access, cultivate, and maintain strength.	Vigorous Surya Namasakara A and B Navasana to Ardha Navasana Ustrasana
Loyalist
Traits	Values	Yoga Practice	Poses to Try
6’s want to feel safe but easily mistrust authority.  They process information quickly, turning it into plans.	The quickness of their minds is often expressed in their body and speech- they can be jittery and talk fast or stutter. They will either avoid situations that cause them fear, or seek out excitement and adrenalin.	6’s need grounding poses and meditation in their yoga practice.	Meditation Prasarita Padottonasana Warrior poses Trikonasana Tadasana
Enthusiast/Generalist
Traits	Values	Yoga Practice	Poses to Try
These adventure seekers fear missing out on great experiences, and are always searching for the next big thing.	Energetic, charming, and enthusiastic, they can seem enlightened and joyful but when they’re not fully entertained, they’ll focus on planning the next adventure rather than being in the moment.  7’s love being playful but struggle to stay with things when the going gets tough.	Slowing down and staying with deeper poses after some faster moving poses is suggested for yoga practice.	Dancing Warrior Pigeon pose Malasana Uttanasana Child’s pose Janu Sirsasana A Breathing practices and meditation

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