BIG ISLAND, HAWAI’I
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
BIG ISLAND, HAWAI’I
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:
We will dedicate time for brainstorming retreat ideas, receiving feedback, and learning from fellow participants—creating a collaborative, supportive learning container.
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.
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
December 5th + 6th 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, SATURDAY + SUNDAY
$399 IF PAID IN FULL BY November 30th
$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.
BIG ISLAND, HAWAI’I
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:
We will dedicate time for brainstorming retreat ideas, receiving feedback, and learning from fellow participants—creating a collaborative, supportive learning container.
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.
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
APRIL 18th + 19th 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, SATURDAY + SUNDAY
$399 IF PAID IN FULL BY April 13th
$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.
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