Marion Gilbert, R.P.T., has been practicing physical therapy since 1978 and is the owner of a well-established physical therapy practice and wellness center in Grass Valley, CA. She has extensive training in CranioSacral Therapy, Somato-Emotional Release, and Trauma Resolution.
Marion has been actively using the Enneagram system — a somatic-emotional-cognitive map of human personality structure — professionally and personally since 2003. She emphasizes using a somatic Lens of perception for the facilitation of personal and spiritual transformation, based in the Narrative Tradition Enneagram. Marion places specific emphasis on developing somatic awakening through increased awareness and integration of the the mental and emotional centers of intelligence. Marion now offers a Somatic Enneagram Program Certification program, with Somatic Enneagram workshops being taught in the United States and internationally.
Marion is an adjunct faculty member of the nonprofit Enneagram Narrative Tradition (TNE) and has taught the Somatic Awareness Practice, Deepening Spiritual Awareness (part of the Enneagram Professional Training Program), and advanced Enneagram trainings with Helen Palmer, David Daniels, M.D., Terry Saracino, and Peter O’Hanrahan. She is also an advisor to the Enneagram Prison Project (EPP), adding somatic awareness practices and expertise to the curriculum brought into jails and prisons and to provide support for re-entry upon release.