When Evolving Enneagram Founder Nhien Vuong launched the very first CPE groups in September 12, 2017, in Kansas City, Missouri, she hoped that community members would last the full ten weeks. At the end of ten weeks, not only were most of the participants still there, they wanted to extend the CPE groups another ten weeks. Eventually, the community members asked her:

Can we do this for life?

Nhien, who hadn’t been huge on longterm commitments, laughed and said, “Sure. If some of you are willing to step up occasionally and lead.”

Seven years later, our original Thursday CPE has become a cornerstone of Evolving Enneagram’s larger work in the world–a place where many tears have been shed and many joys celebrated, a place where some who might have never been friends are now family.

Nhien believes that the true purpose of spiritual community is not meant to be a place for “spot fixes” when our egos are devastated by personal tragedies or but a transformational way of life.

This is not to say anyone is obligated to commit. In fact, the commitment is only to 12 weeks at a time. Over the years, however, we’ve found that enough people re-up that, seven years later, we have grown! We now have five regular CPE facilitators and five weekly CPE groups. After each session, we take a break, then open enrollment to new participants, while also giving longtime participants the opportunity to intentionally decide whether to continue.

CPE is for anyone but it’s not for everyone.

The ideal participant already knows their Enneagram Type, has some experience with meditative practices, and is devoted to our individual and collective awakening.