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Due to road closures along Highway 1 to our north and south, Esalen is closed through April 11.
Esalen Institute is open! However, Highway 1 to the south is closed — please review the current travel advisory.
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The Source of the Enneagram Revealed: Oscar Ichazo’s Fixations Training

December 5–7, 2025

Roger Zim and Sascha von Meier

Whether you’re brand new to the Enneagram or have spent years exploring its insights, The Fixations Training, developed by Oscar Ichazo, offers a rare opportunity to experience the system in its original context.

Before the Enneagram became widely known as a personality typing tool, it was part of a profound inner map designed to help describe who we are and also help us transcend the habitual patterns that limit our experience of self and reality.

At the heart of Ichazo’s work is the concept of the Fixations: nine distinct ego structures that arise from early disconnection from our essential nature. Each of us is shaped by three, one from each of the body’s centers of intelligence: head, heart, and gut. Together, these form what Ichazo called the Trifix™.

Over the course of this immersive weekend, you will:

  • Identify your personal Trifix™, gaining insight into the mental, emotional, and instinctual patterns that subtly shape your perceptions and behavior.
  • Explore the Fixations through guided practices, small-group dialogue, and Ichazo’s meditative and movement-based exercises, which help to harmonize and energize the whole self.
  • Receive a comprehensive introduction to all nine Fixations, revealing how these patterns function both individually and as a system of interlocking tendencies.

This is not about putting yourself in a box — it’s about clearly seeing the box you’ve unknowingly lived in and stepping beyond it. For those already familiar with the Enneagram, this workshop offers depth, precision, and a connection to its spiritual roots. For those new to the work, it opens a grounded and practical pathway into self-observation and growth.

Come prepared to gain insight into your personality and the deeper forces that shape your experience of mind, heart, and body.

Roger Zim

Roger Zim has worked closely with Oscar Ichazo since 1970, first as a student, then as a teacher and administrator. From 2005 to 2022, he was a university lecturer in Eastern and Western Philosophy.

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Sascha von Meier

Sascha von Meier is a retired professor of electrical engineering who has applied Oscar Ichazo’s Integral Philosophy to her life and professional work for over four decades.

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