The Awakening Retreat: A Contemplative Enneagram Journey
Hineni A Gathering Ministry contemplative Retreat using the Enneagram for Spiritual Formation
The Awakening Retreat
Awakening to Awareness – A Pilgrimage to Essence
Come home to your truest self through a sacred weekend of spiritual formation and contemplative Enneagram work. Rooted in the wisdom of the three centers of intelligence—Body, Heart, and Mind—this retreat offers a journey into soulful awakening and awareness which is vital to the work of transformation.
Within a small group we move through the three centers of the Enneagram—grounding the body, opening the heart, and clarifying the mind—to cultivate deeper presence, compassionate awareness, and more open and spacious awareness.
Through a rhythm of guided teachings, experiential practices, spacious silence, and group sharing, you'll explore what inhibits your ability to be present—what hinders your connection with God and veils your awareness of essence— so that you may rest in your essential self.
For our authentic development to occur, we need both being and understanding. Being is cultivated through presence, stillness, and embodiment. Understanding emerges as we engage new information through practices to illuminate the path home to ourselves.
Core Practices Include:
- Labyrinth walking meditation – symbolic pilgrimage and prayer in motion
- Lovingkindness (Metta) prayer – cultivating compassion toward self and others
- The Welcoming Prayer – gently disarming reactivity and softening the ego's grip
- Exploration of the 9 Instinctual Zones – uncover your dominant instinct, recognize blind spots, and restore balance in self-preservation, social, and sexual energies
- Transforming Reactivity into Response during Conflict – practices to regulate the nervous system, create space in triggered moments, and restore relational presence
- Shame resilience practices – grounded in the work of Brené Brown and Tara Brach
- Somatic and breathwork – reconnecting body wisdom to deepen spiritual presence
- Mindfulness meditation – anchoring awareness in the present moment to bring clarity and spaciousness to the mind
You’ll leave with practical tools for transformation and the spaciousness to hear the voice of your soul.
This retreat is for those longing for more than self-improvement—it's for those drawn to a deeper realignment of heart, mind, and body. Through increased self-awareness and the transformative lens of the psycho-spiritual Enneagram, we embark on a pilgrimage to essence. Along the way, we begin to awaken to the truth of who we are and learn to live from a more grounded, whole, and present self.
To fully engage in this retreat, it is important to know your Enneagram Type.
Knowledge of your Enneagram Type is required to get the most out of this weekend for yourself and those who will attend with you. If you have discovered your Enneagram Type then whether you are new to the Enneagram or have been on the journey for a while, this retreat will provide a sacred space to do some transformative soul work.
If you have not discovered your Enneagram Type, we suggest the following resources to help you:
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Online Course:
Know Your Number by Suzanne Stabile https://suzannestabile.com/kyn
Life in the Trinity Ministries -
Typing Interview:
Deep Coaching Institute – Typing Service -
Both tests offer valuable insights into your personality and can be useful tools for the beginning of self-discovery.
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Podcasts to Help You Discern Your Type:
https://suzannestabile.com/kyn
Keep in mind: podcasts and tests are helpful tools, but true typing often involves self-reflection, time, and spiritual discernment. Trust the unfolding and join us when you have discovered your Enneagram type.
Retreat cost is $450
We will gather at the Hi Point Ranch from Noon on Friday until 2pm Sunday.
The pattern of our retreats is a small group of 12 to 15 retreatants with trained facilitators. Learn more about our retreat pattern and format and the Hi Point Ranch here.
Cancellation Policy
Please note that retreats are nonrefundable as each reservation secures one of a small number of available spots.