The Seven Human Archetypes – Wisdom, Breathwork & Yoga

The Solitaire · The Sensitive · The Sharp · The Energetic · The Structured · The Expansive · The Charismatic

What if the parts of yourself you’ve spent years trying to change are actually your greatest gifts?

Every human has two layers: the personality that was created to fit into this world, and the innate archetype that is way stronger than anything learned.

When a person doesn’t lead their life by their innate archetype, a lot of their power goes away because they are trying to become someone they will never be, while wasting the treasures of their natural gifts.

Over these 5 days, we’ll explore the Seven Human Archetypes as a way of coming back to what feels natural and true. Instead of becoming a better version of someone else, you will see the value of being more fully who you already are. 

You will begin to recognize your own strengths, your tendencies, the things that come easily to you, and to understand some of the things you’ve struggled with in a completely different way. 

You will also start recognizing the archetypes in other people: your partner, your parents, your children, your friends, the person who drives you crazy. And suddenly, some of the things you’ve been trying to change in them begin to make sense and you can see then through the lens of compassion, finding healthier ways to connect.

The Seven Human Archetypes

The teachings of the Seven Human Archetypes come from an ancient stream of wisdom focused on understanding human nature, starting with Hermetic thought and later mystical and contemplative traditions. Across different times and cultures, these seven archetypes have been found the teachings of the Desert Fathers, in the symbolism of the seven deadly sins, in Sufi traditions, in Dante Alighieri’s work, and later in the teachings associated with George Gurdjieff.

Rather than approaching these archetypes as fixed labels, this retreat brings this lineage into a living, experiential exploration of who we are.

Sevanti received this teaching in Mexico and has been creating a contemporary translation of it, sharing the wisdom in a way that is light, playful, experiential, and profound.

The Solitaire · The Sensitive · The Sharp · The Energetic · The Structured · The Expansive · The Charismatic

Each afternoon, Sevanti’s workshop presents one or two archetypes at a time, with space for the group to explore which archetype feels most like home. It’s playful and interactive, full of laughter and recognition, and it tends to bring up real self-understanding, emotional release, and self-acceptance, not just for yourself but for the people you recognize in each type too. A field of compassion tends to grow in the room as people begin to understand themselves, and the people close to them, a little better. It’s a sincere, playful reminder: you’re okay, exactly as you are, and we’re all wonderfully different. It also softens how we hold our relationships, easing the urge to change the people we love, and making room instead to understand and delight in them.

Yoran leads breathwork journeys woven with music, a chance to release what’s been held tight: old sadness, old performance, the parts of yourself you shelved to meet someone else’s expectations.

Silvia opens each morning with yoga inspired by that day’s type, a way to feel your shape from the inside, to inhabit yourself with pleasure instead of effort.

A day in the retreat

• Morning: Yoga with Silvia, embodying the day’s type through movement
• Mid-morning: Breathwork journey with Yoran
• Afternoon: Seven Human Archetypes workshop with Sevanti, interactive and profound
• Evening: Free time, creative project, a fire ceremony one night and a sound journey another

What tends to happen

People find language for things they’ve always felt but never named. They stop apologizing for their own nature. And in a room full of people discovering the same thing about themselves at the same time, it gets funny, moving and honest, often all at once.

No prior experience with yoga, breathwork, or any typing system is needed. Just a willingness to be curious about yourself, and open to the possibility that you were whole from the beginning.

Come as you are. Leave knowing exactly why that was always enough.

This retreat is facilitated by Sevanti Martìnez, Yoran Hensel & Silvia Eriksson, and will be held in English