Your Inner Light
A Contemplative Enneagram Retreat
9 Doors to Contemplation; 9 Gifts of the Soul
Saturday, October 19, 7am PT/10am ET
A 6-hour online Contemplative Retreat
The light you seek is within you. Take a day to step aside from outer pursuits to reap the gifts of interior silence, solitude, and stillness. Discover the Enneagram not merely as a typology but as a wisdom path for uncovering your innate wholeness and inner light–not only for yourself but for our world.
Our time together will include contemplative Enneagram teachings and practices to support your inner journey, breakouts for small group sharing, and time away from the computer for reflection.
9 Doors to Contemplation; 9 Gifts of the Soul
9 Doors to Contemplation: Discover how your Enneagram Type can serve either as a barrier or a gateway into greater presence, wholeness, and unity. Learn to see through the eyes of compassion which path takes you further from your true self and which brings you home to your divine nature.
9 Gifts of the Soul: The Enneagram is a dynamic map of consciousness that charts not only the challenges and suffering of our human condition but also our greatest virtues and spiritual gifts. While we are One in Absolute Truth, each soul has a unique, radiant expression that is innately perfect, precious, and worthy!
If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear . . . as it is, infinite.
~ William Blake
There is an inmost center in us all, where truth abides in fullness . . . and, to know, rather consists in opening out a way where the imprisoned splendor may escape, than in effecting entry for a light supposed to be without.
~ Robert Browning
Retreat Format
Contemplative Enneagram Teachings & Practices: 4 contemplative Enneagram “mini” teaching sessions designed to illuminate the human condition and the path of the soul.
Each of the 4 teaching sessions will be paired with one or more contemplative practices, including centering prayer and a post-lunch “mystical awe” walk. You’ll be given Enneagram-informed guidance for approaching each practice.
Community Connection: Optional small group breakout sessions for heartfelt sharing, processing, sacred listening, and connection with fellow Enneagram-literate contemplatives.
The whole presentation will be recorded & emailed to you after the live session.
Facilitated by Rev. Nhien Vuong, J.D., M.Div.
Founder of Evolving Enneagram, Rev. Nhien is a contemplative Enneagram thought leader, international presenter, and spiritual guide who is passionate about bringing Enneagram-informed contemplative practices to interspiritual spaces. Nhien and her faculty at Evolving Enneagram provide contemplative Enneagram counseling, courses, retreats, community-building, and practice groups for individuals of diverse faith identities—including Muslims, Christians, Catholics, Buddhists, SBNRs—around the world. Nhien regularly offers scholarships for Evolving Enneagram’s programs and donates her time to nonprofits and the incarcerated.
A Centering Prayer practitioner since 2005, Nhien has been studying the Enneagram since 2002 and teaching it since 2007. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from the University of California Irvine, a Juris Doctor from Stanford Law School, and a Master of Divinity from Unity Institute & Seminary. Nhien is also a Certified Enneagram practitioner through two Enneagram programs: Awareness to Action and Somatic Enneagram. She is honored to be among only 25 individuals in the world granted the International Enneagram Association’s Accredited Professional with Distinction mark.
Nhien is the author of the upcoming The Enneagram of the Soul: A 40-Day Spiritual Companion for the 9 Types (Hampton Roads 2025, preorders available as of September 2024).
Who Should Attend?
This retreat is for those who seek to apply Enneagram wisdom to deepen or catalyze their contemplation and transformation.
This gathering is ideal for those who have some familiarity with both the Enneagram and contemplative practices (in particular, centering prayer). However, all levels are welcome and you are invited to “come as you are” and trust you will be blessed with what you need in this season of your journey.
Retreat Date and Time
Saturday, October 19, 7am PT/10am ET
6-Hour retreat with two 15-minute breaks plus one 30-minute break and one contemplative practice away from the computer.
Join us for a time of soul renewal!