About this Event
You are the Facilitator: Design, launch and Facilitate Your own Retreats
Ready to take the lead? Join seasoned retreat facilitator, certified yoga and meditation teacher and licenced psychotherapist, Caroline Culverhouse, for a hands-on experience where you'll learn to design, launch, and facilitate your very own retreats. This event is perfect if you want to turn your passion into action and create impactful, memorable and transformational day, weekend or week retreats. This two day workshop is perfect for those of you in rh healing, helping and wellness professions who want to move from one on one work with your clients and students to group work.
This weekend covers the practical, relational, and energetic foundations of retreat leadership, including:
Choosing retreat locations, venues, and accommodations
Food, logistics, and hospitality considerations
Skillful space-holding: what to do, what to avoid, and how to stay grounded
How to launch, fill, and facilitate retreats without burnout or over-marketing
Basic and complex psychological group dynamics and facilitator responsibilities
Budgeting in a way that you actually make an income from retreats while offering a quality experince
Facilitation do’s and don’ts learned from years in the field
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.
Participants leave this weekend with a full retreat theme and schedule planned, feeling prepared to move forward into taking care of all the logistics and well on their way to their first successful retreat happening sooner than later!
Agenda
🕑: 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Introductions and orientation
🕑: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Defining “Retreat” and types and Themes of Retreat
🕑: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Lunch break
🕑: 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Ideal Retreat Scheduling and Pacing
🕑: 02:15 PM - 03:00 PM
Retreat location and accommodations
🕑: 03:00 PM - 03:45 PM
Retreat food and meal prep and cooks
🕑: 04:00 PM - 04:30 PM
Retreat Budgeting
🕑: 04:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Closing Circle and Evening homework Discussion
🕑: 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Opening Circle and 2nd day Orientation
🕑: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Facilitation Skills and Creating Safe Space
🕑: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Lunch break
🕑: 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Facilitation Skills: Psychology of leadership
🕑: 02:15 PM - 03:00 PM
Facilitation Skills: Being Trauma Informed
🕑: 03:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Co-facilitators, contractors and work study
🕑: 03:30 PM - 04:45 PM
Design own Retreat Partner Collabs
🕑: 04:45 PM - 05:15 PM
Closing Circle and What’s Next
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Village Yoga Sedona, 6657 Arizona 179, Sedona, United States
USD 615.41
