Embracing the Soul Child: Engage a Pathway to Greater Freedom, Integration, and Essence. Taught by Dr. Belinda Gore

Instructor: Belinda Gore
Date: Mondays, February 1 – March 15
Time: 12 pm – 1.30 pm CST* (90 mins)
*Live on Zoom. All sessions are recorded for flexible access.

Join internationally respected Enneagram teacher Dr. Belinda Gore for a seven-week exploration of one of the Enneagram’s most profound and transformative teachings—the Soul Child.

Completion of Finding Freedom Part I (October 26 – December 7, 2026) is required to enroll in Embracing The Soul Child with Belinda Gore.

Drawing on the work of Sandra Maitri and A.H. Almaas, together with decades of her own study, teaching, and practice, Belinda offers a compassionate and experiential approach to understanding the Soul Child—how it takes shape within the personality and how, when consciously embraced, it can become a living portal to greater wholeness.

Sandra Maitri writes: “If our Soul Child is not part of our ongoing conscious life, we feel that part of us is missing… Without this structure being integrated within our consciousness, we cannot really speak of true transformation.”

The course is grounded in Maitri’s The Spiritual Dimension of the Enneagram (Chapter 11), which serves as the primary course text. Belinda has studied with Sandra as part of her International Retreat Group since 2006 and teaches this material with Sandra’s endorsement.

Over seven weeks, you will explore and experience:

• Week 1 — The Inner Flow and the Heart Point
  Clarify the “Inner Flow” as the archetypal movement of the Soul around the Enneagram. Learn how to identify the Heart Point—the point immediately preceding each Type along the lines of the Inner Flow—from which the Soul Child emerges.

• Week 2 — Recognizing the Soul Child
  Explore how the Heart Point and the Passions illuminate the unique characteristics of the Soul Child for each Enneagram Type.

• Week 3 — Super Ego and Pseudo-Virtues
  Recognize the influence of the Super Ego and explore how the Pseudo-Virtues can obscure the authentic qualities of the Soul Child.

• Week 4 — The Passions as a Portal
  Discover how working consciously with the Passions can open a pathway to encountering and embracing the Soul Child.

• Week 5 — Bright Shadow and Idealized Aspects
  Uncover the Bright Shadow and Idealized Aspects of each Enneagram Type and their relationship to the Soul Child.

• Week 6 — Embracing the Soul Child
  Develop practical tools for recognizing, understanding, and consciously engaging the dynamics of the Soul Child.

• Week 7 — The Soul Child and the Levels of Development
  Trace how the Soul Child evolves and transforms as we move through the Levels of Development.

Each session weaves together contemplative teaching, guided inquiry, and experiential practices that invite participants into a direct encounter with the Soul Child.

You will leave the course with a greater capacity to recognize the activity of the Soul Child within each Enneagram Type, discern its influence on personality development, and engage its unique gifts as a pathway to greater freedom, integration, and Essence.
Completion of Finding Freedom Part I (October 26 – December 7, 2026) is necessary to enrol in Embracing The Soul Child with Belinda Gore.