Contemplative Enneagram Practice Community
“We are born in relationship, we are wounded in relationship, and we can be healed in relationship.”
Evolving Enneagram is known internationally for its unique contemplative, community-based approach to transformation.
We host in-person and hybrid retreats as well as weekly online contemplative Enneagram groups. Founded in 2019, our Contemplative Practices & the Enneagram (aka “CPE”) practice and support groups are here to support you in deepening your relationship to your authentic self and to embody more fully your soul’s purpose.
Learn more about our online CPE groups and to register for our upcoming sessions below.
If you are seeking a live, in-person, in-depth experience, join us for an upcoming Contemplative Enneagram Soul Journey!
WHAT IS CPE?
CPE groups are facilitated online circles in which individuals of diverse backgrounds from around the globe come together on a weekly basis to hold sacred witnessing space for one another’s ongoing journey of revelation and transformation–informed by the Enneagram. The commitment is to a 12-week cohort. However, many choose to re-up as they come to discover a safe — and brave — space for deep healing and transformation. Many of our participants have been active in CPE since 2017.
Spots are limited. If CPE participation calls to you, check out our 2024 schedule and apply to register below.
The ideal participant already knows their Enneagram Type or and has some experience with meditative practices. However, sometimes, sheer enthusiasm can open you a spot! What we are looking for are individuals who are devoted to their own conscious awakening.
CPE groups are unique, transformational, interspiritual cohorts ranging from 6 to 16 people of diverse spiritual backgrounds from around the world. (You do not have to be spiritual or religious to join. You can simply be spiritually open and curious.)
CPE is for individuals who already know their Enneagram type and who seek to cultivate a discipline of contemplative practice in a compassionate, non-dogmatic Enneagram-literate community.
Each CPE cohort meets weekly for 90 minutes per session. We start our time together with a brief guided meditation, check ins, and then practice at least 20 minutes of centering prayer (a practice of sacred silence & surrender) each meeting. Each meeting, we also explore a topic related to the Enneagram &/or contemplative practice.
Group sharing is held in a sacred listening context, under the belief that you already have wisdom within you and our group’s presencing you, we support you in discerning and embodying your own truth.
Prior knowledge of Centering Prayer is a plus but NOT mandatory as the practice will be taught in the first group meeting. See below for a handy crib sheet.
All CPE groups are facilitated by a team (2 or more people), rather than by just one facilitator. The team will include core Evolving Enneagram faculty (shown below) as well as occasional leaders drawn from our own EE community.
There will be no mandatory tuition for CPE. Instead, all CPE groups will operate on a Pay What You Can basis. (For those curious about the suggested contribution, tuition was previously $20/pp per session.)
2024 CPE SCHEDULE
Each CPE cohort meets weekly for 12 weeks. You may participate in multiple cohorts at a time.
Winter Session beginning week of January 8 ending week of March 25
Spring Session beginning week of April 15 ending week of July 1
Fall Session beginning week of September 16 (skipping week of Nov 25 for Thanksgiving observed in U.S.) ending week of Dec 9
Mondays 6-7:30 PM CST/CDT
- NOTE: We observe Daylight Savings Time
- Team led by Nhien + Macha
Tuesdays 1-2:30 PM CST/CDT
- NOTE: We observe Daylight Savings Time
- Team led by Angela + Nhien
Wednesdays 1-2:30 PM CST/CDT
- NOTE: We observe Daylight Savings Time
- Team led by Nhien + Angela
Thursdays 1-2:30 PM CST/CDT
- NOTE: We observe Daylight Savings Time
- Team led by Nhien + Angela + Macha + George
Our CPE Facilitator Team
WHY CPE?
EE Founder Nhien Vuong shares reflections on contemplative practices & the Enneagram
Voluntary contribution to CPE program
CPE is offered free to all who need it. Please consider that your voluntary contribution to our CPE programs is not meant to be “in exchange” for services offered but rather is intended as a pay-it-forward offering to keep these groups open to all who need it.🫶❤️ NOTE: For guidance, past CPE groups were $20/session.
WHAT IS A
"CONSCIOUS COMMUNITY"?
Where an intentional community may be built around a myriad of different goals or intentions, a Conscious Community is an intentional community whose members are actively engaged in the work of relating to each other and the world around them from a place other than their habitual and unconscious patterns, both on an individual and collective level. Individually, this means that each person is working with their type in relating to each other person both inside and outside the community.
We are grateful that our community was expressly referenced in The Conscious Enneagram as an example of an authentic Conscious Community!
Our CPE groups are inclusive of individuals from all nationalities, backgrounds, sexual orientation, and gender identification. We honor the innate wholeness in all humans everywhere.
Applications are required because we keep our groups under ~20 people to make space for deeper sharing and so we look for individuals who have done some work already on their own path and who are ready to go deeper.
Our vision is to continue to train CPE facilitators from our own community so we can offer more and more of these sacred spaces to all who seek it.
Our participant experiences....
FREE CONTEMPLATIVE RESOURCES
To help you along your journey, Evolving Enneagram is pleased to provide the following free resources:
– Both the Welcoming Prayer and Centering Prayer steps are provided below as downloadable pdfs (simply click the image to download)
– Guided meditations by Rev. Nhien (click the image to go to the EE Podcast page to listen)
Voluntary contribution to CPE program
CPE is offered free to all who need it. Please consider that your voluntary contribution to our CPE programs is not meant to be “in exchange” for services offered but rather is intended as a pay-it-forward offering to keep these groups open to all who need it.🫶❤️ NOTE: For guidance, past CPE groups were $20/session.
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