Russ Hudson is one of the world’s top teachers and developers of the Enneagram personality typology and is considered one of the most proficient scholars of the subject. He coauthored five best-selling books, including the renowned The Wisdom of the Enneagram and Personality Types. The Sounds True audiobook Nine Gateways to Presence is the most recent work.
In addition to 40 years of publishing, interviews, teaching, and research, Russ developed a scientifically validated test instrument, the Riso-Hudson Type Indicator (RHETI), the leading standard test in the Enneagram field.
Russ is cofounder of the Enneagram Institute and president emeritus, as well as a founding director and former vice president of the International Enneagram Association.
He initially encountered the Enneagram through the Gurdjieff Work and saw it as a map for personal development and awareness—more than merely a system for categorizing people. Russ emphasizes the importance of cultivating presence and mindfulness as a foundation for authentic work with the Enneagram.
The approach to aligning the study of the Enneagram with spiritual practice greatly enhances the personal development process. It is Russ’s desire to bring these mutually compatible tools to greater public awareness.
What People are Saying About Russ Hudson
“By combining the horizontal types of the Enneagram with a system of vertical levels of awareness, Riso and Hudson have produced one of the first truly integrated models of the human psyche. In addition to the importance of this pioneering work itself, it goes to point up the utter inadequacy of anything less than a full-spectrum model of human growth and development. Highly recommended.”
--Ken Wilber, originator of Integral Theory and founder of Integral Institute
“Don [Richard] Riso and Russ Hudson have designed simple practical guidelines and tests that make it possible to determine one’s own personality type and use this knowledge for healing and psychospiritual transformation.”
--Stanislav Grof, MD, psychiatrist and codeveloper of Holotropic Breathwork
“[Russ Hudson and Don Richard Riso] clearly communicate the complexity of human nature, the spiritual yearning resonant in all of us, and the ascending levels of our possibility. But they do not leave us there. They offer a clear path for personal and spiritual evolution.”
--Harville Hendrix, PhD, cocreator of Imago Relationship Therapy and author of Getting the Love You Want
