Well-Being & Inner Growth Retreat

The Enneagram Wayfinder, Nature & Qigong

📅 September 15-18, 2022
📍 Bend of Ivy Lodge | Blue Ridge Mountains, Asheville
📝 Registration closed – inquire for the waitlist.

Wake up. Discover. Reset.

Magic happens when you invest in your inner growth.

What’s Included

A 4-day all-inclusive retreat designed to nurture your mind, body, and spirit.
✔ Comfortable shared lodging (limited single-room add-ons available)
✔ Nutritional meals prepared by our retreat chef
✔ Well-being and personal growth programs
✔ Daily Qigong, yoga, and meditation
✔ Crystal bowl sound healing and sensory awakening experiences
✔ Nature walks and time to reset in the beauty of the Blue Ridge

Morning Programs

Deepen your understanding of yourself and the Enneagram with sessions on:

Enneagram Types, Subtypes, and Centers of Intelligence
Instincts and Awareness Maps
Presence, Well-being, and Reset Practices
The Inner Critic and Growth Paths

Afternoons for Renewal

Enjoy spacious afternoons with optional activities:

Qigong & Yoga
Sound bath meditation
Labyrinth walks & river play
Hiking & rest time

Your Personal Clarity Map

Discover your unique Enneagram type, instincts, and patterns with:
✅ A private coaching session (30-45 minutes)
✅ Optional add-ons: Massage, acupuncture, Enneagram Typing Interview, or Enneagram test

Why the Enneagram?

The Enneagram is a powerful tool for self-awareness and growth—a wisdom map that illuminates personal paths to transformation. It helps you explore your instincts, gifts, blocks, fears, and essence, guiding you toward deeper self-understanding.

Meet Your Guide: Susan Walters Minker

Susan is a developmental life coach, Enneagram practitioner, and co-steward of Bend of Ivy Lodge. She brings a unique blend of eastern and western wisdom, presence-based coaching, trauma work, neurobiology, and somatic practices.

Beyond coaching, she is an Enneagram expert, business owner, former landscape designer, mom, wife, grandma, yogi, and nature lover.

Retreat Team

🌿 Chef Dava – Nourishing, healthful, and delicious meals
🌿 Lara Diaz – Qigong & Yoga | Acupuncturist, Chinese Herbalist, Death Doula
🌿 Kelie Micho – Crystal Bowl Sound Healing & Aromatherapy
🌿 The Land – The nurturing presence of nature, community, and spaciousness

Retreat Investment

💰 $1240 | Special rate available for Susan’s clients & Bend of Ivy guests – inquire for details.

Retreat Flow

📍 Arrival & Opening (Thursday)

Arrive after 12 PM | Settle in | Hike, rest, read, explore
Opening Circle at 5 PM | Followed by a nourishing dinner and gentle evening

🌅 Daily Schedule (Friday-Sunday Morning)

Morning: Meditation, yoga, or qigong | Enneagram & well-being sessions
Afternoon: Optional activities: Qigong, yoga, labyrinth walk, hiking, river play, rest
Evening: Sound bath meditation, storytelling, fire pit, and s’mores

🌿 Closing (Sunday at 12 PM)

Morning qigong | Final circle & reflections

Praise for Susan’s Enneagram Retreats

"Susan's retreat helped me deep-dive into self-discovery. Her depth of knowledge allowed her to answer my questions and prompt me to ask the right ones. This retreat brought together deeper layers of the Enneagram in a way I had never explored before. Highly recommend!"
— Noelle Rollins, Artist & Business Owner

"Susan is a warm, welcoming, and skilled facilitator. Bend of Ivy is a mystical, magical setting for inner work and learning."
— RH, Leadership Coach

Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?

— Mary Oliver

📩 Registration closed – inquire for the waitlist.
💫 It’s your life, a continuous journey.

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