Somatic Enneagram Coaching
Where Personality Meets the Body
A body-based approach to working with your Enneagram type for deeper transformation and nervous system change.
You may already know your Enneagram type—or maybe you’ve been circling around it for a while. Either way, this work invites you to go deeper than labels or insight.
Somatic Enneagram Coaching explores how your type lives in your body—through sensation, tension, posture, impulse, and emotional habits. By bringing the Enneagram into the realm of the somatic, you begin to shift your patterns not just in theory, but in real time.
What is Somatic Enneagram Coaching?
Somatic Enneagram Coaching integrates the psychological depth of the Enneagram with the nervous system-based tools of somatic coaching.
The Enneagram offers insight into your core motivations, fears, and protective strategies. But insight alone doesn’t always lead to change. That’s where the body comes in.
Each type has a unique “somatic shaping”—a set of patterns formed through tension, emotional suppression, energetic orientation, and survival strategies. These live in the body long before we’re conscious of them. Through body-based Enneagram work, we begin to shift those patterns directly—helping you repattern old tendencies and build the capacity to show up with more presence, range, and choice.
Who This Is For
Somatic Enneagram Coaching is for anyone who wants to better understand themselves—and live with more freedom, clarity, and compassion.
This work is especially supportive if you:
Are just beginning to explore the Enneagram and want a body-based way to do meaningful inner work
Know your type—but still feel stuck in old patterns, even with that insight
Struggle to integrate what you’ve learned into daily, embodied life
Find yourself emotionally reactive or shut down in predictable ways
Tend to over-identify with your type’s “fixation” and feel limited by it
Sense there’s more to your growth, but don’t know how to access it through the body
Long to embody more presence, choice, and connection—not just think about it
It’s also a beautiful entry point for those who are new to inner work.
The Enneagram provides a clear, compassionate map for self-understanding, while somatic coaching offers a way to experience that insight directly in the body. You don’t need to know your type or have any prior experience—we’ll begin wherever you are.
How it works
Whether you know your type or are still unsure, we start by getting curious about how your Enneagram type—or likely type—shows up in your body.
Not sure of your type?
No problem. We begin with a guided typing process—an in-depth conversation that explores your core motivations, relational patterns, and instincts—so we’re working from an accurate and resonant starting point.
Somatic awareness as a gateway.
Each session invites you to slow down and notice what your body is already doing. This might include posture, sensation, breath, movement, or emotional cues. We track how your type expresses itself through your body—and where space is beginning to open.
Interrupting patterns through the body.
With time, we begin to gently disrupt automatic responses. That might look like building somatic skills around boundaries, reclaiming vitality, interrupting reactivity, or staying with what feels hard. These aren’t mental exercises—they’re embodied shifts that support real nervous system change.
Goals rooted in your growth edge.
We work with declarations or intentions that stretch your type’s familiar range—always with care and attunement to your body’s capacity.
The Nine Types: A Somatic Lens for Transformation
What does it look like when your type is embodied in its wholeness?
These reflections offer a snapshot of each Enneagram type more fully inhabiting its gifts—in the body, not just in theory.
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As a One, your greatest strength lies not just in your commitment to excellence, but in your ability to release the need for perfection and embrace a life of ease and self-compassion. Imagine the serenity that comes from letting go of “should” and reconnecting with what you truly want.
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As a Two, your true gift lies not just in your ability to care for others, but in allowing yourself to receive love and care in return. Imagine the wholeness that comes from embracing your own needs and letting others nurture and support you, just as you do for them.
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As a Three, your greatest gift lies not just in your drive to succeed, but in your ability to embrace your true self beyond achievements. Imagine the freedom that comes from letting go of external validation and reconnecting with your authentic desires, allowing yourself to be valued for who you truly are—not just what you do.
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As a Four, your deepest power lies not just in your emotional depth, but in your ability to find beauty and wholeness in the present moment. Imagine the fulfillment that comes from releasing the need for what’s missing and fully embracing your uniqueness as it is, allowing yourself to feel grounded and enough.
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As a Five, your greatest strength lies not just in your pursuit of knowledge, but in your ability to trust that you are already enough. Imagine the freedom that comes from opening up, allowing others to connect with you, and experiencing the richness that comes from engaging fully with life and those around you.
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As a Six, your true power lies not just in your ability to prepare for challenges, but in your ability to trust in yourself and the world around you. Imagine the peace that comes from letting go of constant vigilance and embracing the security that comes from within, allowing yourself to move forward with confidence and calm.
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As a Seven, your greatest joy lies not just in seeking new experiences, but in your ability to be fully present with what is here and now. Imagine the fulfillment that comes from embracing the richness of the moment, letting go of the need for constant stimulation, and finding deep satisfaction in the present.
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As an Eight, your deepest strength lies not just in your power, but in your ability to soften and allow yourself to be truly seen. Imagine the freedom that comes from embracing vulnerability and letting others witness your full, authentic self.
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As a Nine, your true power lies not just in keeping the peace, but in fully awakening to your own presence and desires. Imagine the fulfillment that comes from embracing your vitality and allowing yourself to be fully engaged with life.
Ready to Work Together?
Whether you’re new to the Enneagram or already fluent in your type, Somatic Enneagram Coaching offers a way to move from knowing to becoming.
Let’s explore how your type lives in your body—and how you can work with it in a more compassionate, embodied, and transformative way.
Our Somatic Enneagram Coaching Practitioner
ALICIA DIVERS
Somatic Coaching with speciality in the Enneagram,
Somatic Spiritual Direction
"Alicia is a natural, kind listener and intuitive guide to turn inward and be with what is. Working with her has encouraged me to become more aware of my body, sit with discomfort, and ask tough questions during a particularly challenging season in my life. She knows when to push and when to leave space — and she brings a warm presence with room for humor and joy in all our sessions!"
—Madi Rinaldi, Marketing Professional
Pricing
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50 min - $125 to $200 (sliding scale)
Allowing you to pay based on your ability while also honoring the value of my training and expertise. This approach ensures that our work together respects both your needs and the skills I bring to our sessions