Leslie Hershberger is a skilled, sought-after facilitator and a certified teacher of the Enneagram in the Narrative Tradition personality system. She holds an undergraduate degree in education, a Master's in Theology and is both an ongoing student and teacher of Ken Wilber's Integral Theory. She developed and teaches the popular 12 week Coming Home practicum for Integral Life which reaches students throughout the globe who are seeking to evolve their spirituality and engage in ancient and unfolding Christian contemplative practices. She is on the board of Enneagram Association in the Narrative Tradition and is social media coordinator for Enneagram Studies in the Narrative Tradition.
She has developed a deep capacity to help students and clients apply practical insights from the great religious/wisdom traditions in their personal and professional lives. She work in areas as diverse as business, health care, education and spirituality. She has a unique ability to foster understanding between competing perspectives and values. Concurrently, she helps cultivate deepening self-awareness.
Her soothing voice helps participants go inside of themselves more deeply in order to breathe with more openness, untie emotional knots in the body and bring perspective to complex life situations.
Testimonials:
"Leslie I bow to the clarity of your conviction and the expansiveness of your vision. Thank you, thank you."
Class participant
"Leslie, This course proves that the sacred Now, though at times very uncomfortable, is the best place to be and the only place to be to meet the truth."
Class participant
"When are you going to make meditation CDs? I need to hear your voice when I can't sleep in the middle of the night."
Class participant(s)
“Leslie is both warm hearted, and thoughtful in her teaching and coaching. I have witnessed her depth of knowledge, teaching skill, and awareness. I consider her a brilliant teacher. Her insight into the fundamentals of their personal and spiritual development makes her teaching especially poignant. I recommend her highly. You will benefit from your experience with her.”
David Daniels, M.D. co-founder of the Enneagram Professional Training Program (EPTP) and Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford Medical School
"Leslie’s become a gifted communicator of subtle material, who is well respected in our teaching community. She has a knack for favorably interacting with just about anybody, making her an exceptional representative for Enneagram studies and her other teaching interests."
Helen Palmer, co-founder of the Enneagram Professional Training Program (EPTP), pre-emininet Enneagram teacher, founding director of the International Enneagram Association, author of The Enneagram, The Enneagram in Love and Work and Inner Knowing.
"Leslie’s presentation impressed me deeply because of its integrative focus and clarity. I have come to understand and admire Leslie’s very deep and very broad perspective on spiritual pursuits and practice. I have also come to know what a gifted, patient, and generous teacher she is."
Jack Killen, Director of the Office of International Health Research (OIHR), National Institute of Health, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
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