“The enneagram gives us the tools we need to change and
evolve with all of life.”

Centre for Enneagram Studies

Inscapes was created with a vision of our common humanity and each person’s call to grow into individuality. Our work is founded in the oral tradition of the Enneagram, and a commitment to a practical approach to spirituality. We encourage people to move beyond mere theories and ideas toward a new way of being in and with the world. We are dedicated to supporting those who seek to explore their inner world and have a desire to integrate their personal experience of the Divine into their daily lives.

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We invite you to join us and share in our spiritual quest with and through the enneagram.

 
 
 

“Over 30 years in the making!”

The Lord's Prayer:
A Path for Transformative Living Illuminated by the Enneagram

by Carol Ann Gotch

 
 
 

After over thirty years of wrestling to put into word-form the living currents of prayer and the symbolic enneagram, Carol Ann Gotch is ready to offer her labor of love in book form: “The Lord’s Prayer - A Path for Transformative Living Illuminated by the Enneagram”. Learn More…

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Upcoming Events

 
 
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Foundations Of The Enneagram: An Introduction To The Ancient Symbol of Transformation
Sep 27
Foundations Of The Enneagram: An Introduction To The Ancient Symbol of Transformation

What is the enneagram? These six 2-hour online sessions will get you started on your journey with this ancient symbol. No previous knowledge of the enneagram required.

Study Group Begins September 27, 2026

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Conscious Movement Practice Group
Sep 28
Conscious Movement Practice Group

Come join a group of curious people and experience the enneagram teachings using exercises and movements developed by George Gurdjieff, Madame de Saltzmann, and other esoteric leaders. No previous experience necessary - All are welcome!

No previous experience necessary - All are welcome!

This group meets again Monday, September 28th

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A Book Study on The Lord’s Prayer with Carole Dufault
Sep 29
A Book Study on The Lord’s Prayer with Carole Dufault

“The Lord’s Prayer - A path for transformative living Illuminated by the Enneagram” will be our guide as we gather to deepen our understanding of prayer and the enneagram symbol. 

Group begins September 29, 2026

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Thursday Evening Practice at Inscapes
Oct 1
Thursday Evening Practice at Inscapes

You are invited to a monthly contemplative gathering on Thursdays  from 7:00-8:00 p.m. Whether you name it meditation, prayer or something else, it is an invitation to collectively call our attention inward, to deepen mindfulness of movement and inner experience with like-minded people.

Next practice evening takes place October 1st

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Discovering Your Inner Archetypal Community
Oct 2
Discovering Your Inner Archetypal Community

Human stories have featured archetypal characters since the beginning of time; Damsels, Knights, Kings, Queens, Fools and Rebels are examples. This workshop series will guide you to identify your own inner community of archetypal stories.

Group begins October 2, 2026

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Breaking Down the Crust - An Enneagram Study Group
Oct 6
Breaking Down the Crust - An Enneagram Study Group

You are invited to join a new enneagram study group that begins in May. The goal of this group is to begin to break down the crust that covers over who we really are. Come explore the uniqueness of each enneagram space through, readings, music, meditation and interviews with people living in each space..

 Study Group begins October 6th

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Study Group for Men: Understanding Our Place in the World through the Tales of the Greek Gods
Oct 14
Study Group for Men: Understanding Our Place in the World through the Tales of the Greek Gods

Over nine months we will explore the light and shadow sides of eight Greek Gods. Not only learning their stories, but how we act them out. Along the way revealing insights that can and will help us grow.

Study Group begins October 14, 2026

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Exploring Death, Grief and Beyond
Oct 17
Exploring Death, Grief and Beyond

Join Carole Dufault as she leads a workshop series that examines what it means to die physically and spiritually. 

Group begins October 17, 2026

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Shadow Work and the Enneagram - Study Group
Oct 28
Shadow Work and the Enneagram - Study Group

Over 10 sessions we will explore our relationship with the shadow self that lives in each of us. If we do not become aware of the shadowy aspects of our personalities we will sometimes use them to harm others. Come learn how our shadows are actually guides for growing our True Selves

Study Group begins October 28, 2026

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A Path to Creating Grace: The Enneagram Undivided
Oct 28
A Path to Creating Grace: The Enneagram Undivided

We are all born in the image of the Creator and we are called to co-create. We creatively carry the seeds of Grace with us each day. And we are not even aware. Over ten months come explore how our patterned world view and past hurts are holding back our creativity.

Study Group begins October 29, 2026

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Abwoon: Dancing and Praying the Great Prayer
Nov 9
Abwoon: Dancing and Praying the Great Prayer

Over ten Monday mornings, we will use Carol Ann Gotch’s new book to connect the Lord’s Prayer and the enneagram and how they enlighten our human journey. We will also learn to chant and dance this Great Prayer.

Study Group begins November 9, 2026

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Heart Work: Releasing the Defence Mechanisms of Enneagram - Intensive
Nov 10
Heart Work: Releasing the Defence Mechanisms of Enneagram - Intensive

Reintroduce yourself to a heartfelt way of living. Our enneagram Defence Mechanisms can have a hold on us and we skip over our heart’s true emotions. We then create inauthentic responses for the people we love, cutting us off from opportunities to become whole.

Study Group Intensive begins November 10, 2026

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Saturday, September 12th

POSTPONED!

We are truly blessed to be connected to this large circle of people who are called to live more consciously.  50 years ago, Carol Ann and David began leading small groups in the hopes that these group members would discover the importance of Self Knowledge. These group members have grown into quite a community and it continues to grow. Not just growing by receiving support, but also through providing it to others as well.  

The spring and summer have presented the four of us with all kinds of challenges with our health.  So, we have discerned and decided to postpone our community BBQ.  

We recognize how important it is for our community to gather and share the fruits of our labour so we will be planning another kind of gathering later this year or early next year. It will not be a BBQ. It will be a gathering for all community members.

We will notify you when the new event is planned.

Thank you so much for your ongoing work and choosing to move consciously in the world.

Carol Ann, Jane, Carole and Dale

Inscapes Community BBQ

Past Newsletters

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We are All CoCreators
We are All CoCreators

Before humanity ate the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil we just saw everything as “good”.  We did not impose judgements on everything that came into our lives.  But, splitting things has now become common place and we hold tightly to the things we like and are comfortable with, and we push away the things that may be tedious or hard to understand.   The most glaring example of this in the world today is politics. One side feels their views are the “best” views and the other sides views are, well, the “worst”.

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Book Signing Success
Book Signing Success

The Lord’s Prayer: A Path for Transformative Living Illuminated by the Enneagram was officially released at an intimate gathering on August 13th. Seventy eager followers lined up to have a brief catch up with author, Carol Ann Gotch, and have their copies signed.

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A New Inscapes Logo: A New Enneagram Symbol
A New Inscapes Logo: A New Enneagram Symbol

The enneagram, like all symbols when given our attention, reveals new and evolutionary wisdom.  It is a key, giving meaning to the greater depths of reality, as well as our being human.

In an effort to open to the greater depths of the enneagram, we are offering an inspired revisioning of the symbol here.

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Getting Unstuck!
Getting Unstuck!

Ever find yourself in this scenario? 
You say what you mean and think you mean what you are saying…. 
Then BAM! “I said what? I did that?” 
You look to the left, then look to the right in disbelief.
You take a look around in wonder…
“Here I am again?”

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Grief
Grief

Traditionally, autumn is the season associated with grief and earlier this month, Carol Ann led us in an exploration of this dark emotion.   Dark, not because it is ‘bad’ but because it is hidden.  We live in what has been called a ‘death-denying’ culture and when we deny death and loss, we lose the ability to grieve consciously.

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The Inner Light of Fall
The Inner Light of Fall

We were born from warmth and light, a soft glowing and slightly wavering light within an inner warmth.
It is an ancient mystery that we carry within, a mystery that is veiled and hidden within the soul and spirit of each one of us.In ancient times this ‘mystery wisdom’ of our beginnings, was witnessed by awakened individuals.

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Gratitude for Community
Gratitude for Community

In order to truly benefit from the enneagram, we are required to stay present to how we behave, how we react, and how we respond to people and the world around us. Our ability to observe ourselves is never to be undervalued. 

Often, people begin working with the enneagram and interpret the teachings as things “we should do” and things “we should not do”. But we soon discover that there is no ‘right’ way of behaving. There is only the way that is truly right for us in the moment. 

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The LIGHT Approaches…
The LIGHT Approaches…

The LIGHT approaches and the annual ritual of Christmas and Epiphany repeats today in ever new ways – darkness itself is lifted into the presence of Light.

In the presence of light there can be no darkness, which leads us to the question, where is light’s presence in our world today?

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Reflections on Plant Communication
Reflections on Plant Communication

One aspect of seeing the world through the lens of plant communication is to see the constant hope and love expressed by the world of plants, an expression that can become accessible to us.

While facilitating the plant communication workshop series, Through the Green Door, it became clear that involvement of the heart is central to the exploration of communication with plants. The heart is a place of receptivity.

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The Same Amount of Snow
The Same Amount of Snow

There is snow on the ground in Manitoba and many people are wringing their hands at its early arrival.  Somehow the protracted warmth of this autumn had many of us lulled into believing it might just go on forever.  We fell into a temporary forgetting that nature has her seasons and that the inevitable change is unconcerned with our little wills and desires.   

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Are you feeling fulfilled?
Are you feeling fulfilled?

“If you are feeling hungry, drink a glass of water, because you are probably just thirsty”

I was given this piece of advice about 20 years ago and it drifts in and out of my consciousness like most anecdotal pieces of advice. Sometimes I will actually try it and, to my surprize, I find that my hunger is indeed fulfilled for a short while.

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Non-Attachment
Non-Attachment

This past week I began a journey with a small group of people interested in exploring the Karmas of the Enneagram. The first karma to be worked with is the karma of Non-Attachment. In the simplest of explanations, the work in this karma is to “let go!” We all attach in some way. We attach to thoughts, emotions, timeframes, stories, sensations, hurts, judgements, fears, etc. And we do this for all kinds of reasons.

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Feeling is the Essential Instrument of Knowing
Feeling is the Essential Instrument of Knowing

Once again the fall has arrived. More of our time is being spent in darkness and we begin to naturally turn inward. And as we do, will we pay attention to what is going on below the surface? Spring and summer have been all about our outward experience, but the darker seasons of fall and winter have us spending more time tending to our inner activity. And here, below the surface, is where I have been spending my time.

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How I Came to Know the Enneagram and Came to Know Myself
How I Came to Know the Enneagram and Came to Know Myself

When I learned of the enneagram I was humbled by how little I really knew about myself and how I moved in the world. I remember saying to my good friends that attended the workshop lead by David Walsh... “I don’t think I am angry, do you think I am angry”… they both laughed and rolled their eyes.. At that moment I knew that I had been asleep to how I really am and how I meet the world.

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First Steps…
First Steps…

Spring moves quickly into summer and we all begin to emerge from our winter dens. This spring it is a bit different from the last two, Covid 19 has been downgraded to something a bit less than a pandemic. At least in most of Canada. In Manitoba we have seen less infections and less severe symptoms from contracting the virus. So we now start to move out into the world with a bit of caution and a pinch of trepidation. To mask or not to mask… Will I get my fourth dose? These are just a multitude of ways we are learning to adjust ourselves, once again listening to our inner authority on our next move.

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The Fall and the Raising Up
The Fall and the Raising Up

I received a gift from a friend, to livestream the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra concert last evening. Daniel Raiskin the WSO’s Russian born Music Director opened the performance with an impassioned speech, via video, about the suffering of the Ukrainian people, the culpability of the Russian regime, and perhaps most surprisingly, the possibility of forgiveness. The message was poignant coming from Raiskin, whose wife had just made a harrowing escape from her childhood home in Ukraine.

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“Inscapes teaches the enneagram in such a different way. I have learned so much about myself”

— Jen, Workshop Participant