Facilitation &
Retreat Leadership Courses
NEW COURSE COMING SOON!
Which course is right for you?
While similar in purpose – they are built for different jobs. One teaches you to hold any room. The other walks you through building a retreat start to finish. Here’s the honest difference.
Learn to hold any room
The Art of Facilitation
“How do I actually hold the room?”
Best for
Anyone who leads groups of any kind: workshops, classes, meetings, support groups, circles and retreats.
Main focus
Facilitation, the whole way through. Your presence, more than your activities or content, becomes the instrument of change in the room.
What you’ll learn
- Facilitation styles and methods
- The psychology of groups and group process
- Setting up a group and building a container for deep work
- Facilitating in a trauma-informed way
- Using yourself as the vehicle for transformation
Included
A 45-minute consult with Carrie
Guided audios and meditation exercises
Learn to build and lead a retreat
You Are the Facilitator
“How do I build a retreat and lead it well?”
Best for
Anyone who wants to lead retreats, from low-key to intensive, with every detail covered start to finish.
Especially well suited to small retreats of 14 people or fewer.
Main focus
The retreat itself, step by step. Unlike most retreat trainings, it puts real weight on facilitation and creating safe space.
What you’ll learn
- Retreat design and planning
- Finding the right location
- Holding safe space
- Trauma-informed, nervous-system-regulating retreats
- Creating, launching and consciously marketing a retreat
- Turning 1:1 work into group retreats
Included
Three retreat facilitator resources Carrie has relied on in her own career
Ongoing support and community
Online & self-paced· Video lessons + PDFs· Lifetime access
$399per course · one-time payment · 7-day refund window
LIVE EVENTS
Prefer to learn in-person, with Carrie in the room?
Learning online is one thing. But experiencing it in person is another. The courses can teach you the skills. The live events help you practice in
real-time with real people and real feedback.
BIG ISLAND, HAWAI’I
A WEEKEND IMMERSION IN LEADING GROUPS WITH SKILL, SAFETY, AND DEPTH
Art of Facilitation is a weekend immersion for people who work with groups — therapists, yoga teachers, business owners, retreat leaders, coaches, healers, creatives, and community leaders — who want to move beyond simply hosting experiences and into the deeper, more skillful art of true facilitation.
Many people can organize an event. Far fewer know how to read a room, regulate group energy, establish emotional safety, work with challenging dynamics as they arise, and guide people through real transformation without causing harm. This immersion is for those who sense that facilitation is not about charisma or performance or even a beautiful face, but about presence, discernment, personal discipline, and embodied leadership.
Caroline “Carrie” Culverhouse draws from over a decade of intensive clinical training, trauma-informed group psychotherapy, spiritual teaching, and more than 200 retreats led around the country. Her approach bridges psychology and spirituality in a way that is practical, grounded, and immediately usable — without bypassing, guru posturing, or performative “holding space.”
WHAT THIS WEEKEND IS (AND ISN’T)
This is not a certification mill, formulaic framework, or performative leadership training.
It is an experiential, relational immersion designed to sharpen your facilitation instincts, deepen your nervous system literacy, and help you lead groups with clarity and integrity.
WHAT WE’LL EXPLORE
Over the course of the weekend, participants will learn:
The difference between hosting, teaching, leading, and facilitating — and when each role is actually needed
How to establish psychological and nervous system safety in groups without over-controlling or over-sharing
Reading group dynamics in real time: power, projection, resistance, collapse, and dependency
How trauma, attachment styles, and unspoken group roles shape what unfolds in a room
The facilitator’s inner landscape: countertransference, ego, savior patterns, and “spiritual performance”
When to intervene, when to pause, and when to let something unfold organically
How to hold intensity, emotion, and conflict without re-traumatizing participants or yourself
Ethical facilitation: boundaries, responsibility, and knowing what is not yours to carry
This weekend blends teaching, experiential practice, live demonstration, group reflection, and supervised inquiry, allowing participants to feel the material in their bodies — not just understand it intellectually.
THE OUTCOME
Participants leave with:
Greater confidence and clarity in their facilitation style and capacity
A deeper understanding of group dynamics and how to create psychological safety
A toolbox of practices to increase group participation and group satisfaction
A more grounded, embodied relationship to leadership itself by connection with one’s personal spiritual path
This is Phase 2 work — for those who know that true, grounded facilitation changes lives.
WHO THIS IMMERSION IS FOR
This immersion is ideal for people who:
Already lead groups or retreats and want to refine their craft
Feel called to lead, but want to do so responsibly and skillfully
Have outgrown surface-level facilitation or “one-size-fits-all” methods
Want to create spaces that are both spiritually meaningful and psychologically sound
February 6th-7th, 2027
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM SATURDAY + SUNDAY
LOCATION: KOHALA COAST. PLEASE EMAIL FOR ADDRESS/DIRECTIONS.
$399 Early Bird Discount ( Ends February 1st)
$475 Thereafter
Yummy snacks and beverages are provided throughout the weekend.
Participants are asked to please pack their own lunch, allowing for personal dietary needs and preferences.
If you have trouble checking out, or want to pay through Venmo send an email to info@carolineculverhouse.com
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
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JOIN INTEGRATIVE AWAKENING, FOUNDER CAROLINE CULVERHOUSE, FOR YOU ARE THE FACILITATOR, AN IMMERSIVE, EXPERIENTIAL WEEKEND DESIGNED FOR THOSE WHO FEEL CALLED TO CREATE AND LEAD RETREATS OF THEIR OWN.
THIS IS NOT A CERTIFICATION MILL OR A ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL FORMULA. IT IS A GROUNDED, HONEST TRANSMISSION OF WHAT IT TRULY TAKES TO FACILITATE RETREATS THAT ARE IMPACTFUL, ETHICAL, AND TRANSFORMATIVE FOR YOU AND YOUR CLIENTS.
This weekend covers the practical, relational, and energetic foundations of retreat leadership, including:
❋ How to conceptualize and design a retreat that is aligned, ethical, and personally and professionally sustainable
❋ Choosing retreat locations, venues, and accommodations
❋ Food, logistics, and hospitality considerations
❋ Basic and complex psychological group dynamics and facilitator responsibilities
❋ Skillful space-holding: what to do, what to avoid, and how to stay grounded
❋ Facilitation do’s and don’ts learned from years in the field
❋ How to launch, fill, and facilitate retreats without burnout or over-marketing
❋ Navigating real-life challenges that arise in retreat environments
We will dedicate time for brainstorming retreat ideas, receiving feedback, and learning from fellow participants—creating a collaborative, supportive learning container.
ADDITIONAL BENEFITS
Participants of You Are the Facilitator weekend will receive a 50% off discount code for Caroline’s continuing education courses in this field, supporting ongoing learning and integration beyond the weekend.
WHO THIS IMMERSION IS FOR
Therapists, coaches, yoga teachers, spiritual teachers, healers, wellness business owners, and facilitators
Emerging retreat leaders
Those who feel called to lead retreats and want to do so with confidence, clarity, and integrity
LOCATION: Details available soon
January 8th + 9th 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, SATURDAY + SUNDAY
INVESTMENT:
$699 IF PAID IN FULL BY January 3rd
$799 THEREAFTER
Yummy snacks and beverages are provided throughout the weekend.
Participants are asked to please pack their own lunch, allowing for personal dietary needs and preferences.
If you have trouble checking out, or want to pay through Venmo send an email to info@carolineculverhouse.com
Not sure where to start?
Book a complimentary course consultation with Carrie. You’ll talk through where you are, what you want to lead, and which path makes the most sense.
No obligation to purchase - just a genuine conversation.