The Art of facilitation
A Retreat Facilitation Immersion WeekenD
October 3-4, 2026
with Caroline Culverhouse
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.
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
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.
Graduates of this weekend are currently leading retreats across the United States, here on Hawaiʻi Island, and internationally—including Italy.
Caroline has facilitated over 150 private and group retreats since 2008, working with individuals and groups across the U.S. and internationally. This weekend offers a rare opportunity to learn directly from her decades of real-world experience—beyond theory, templates, or social-media-driven models—rooted instead in integrity, nervous-system awareness, and skillful facilitation.
The immersion is held at Caroline’s private home on the Kohala Coast, offering expansive ocean views, a serene natural setting, and the calm that supports deep learning and integration. Teaching sessions are intentionally woven with spacious breaks to enjoy the pool, gentle yoga, meditation, and time to reflect.
Kohala Coast Immersion
October 3-4, 2026
10:00 am - 5:00 pm Saturday + Sunday
Location: Kohala coast. Please email for address/directions.
Investment:
$499 if paid in full by september 23, 2026
$575 if 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.
