The Integrative Awakening Team

Caroline Culverhouse

MSS, LCSW, CGP, CTP, E-RYT

By profession, she is a clinical social worker, certified clinical trauma professional, retreat facilitator, yoga and meditation instructor, co-founder of hOMe PYM and founder of Integrative Awakening, the Women's Healing and Transformation Program , the hOMe PYM 200 hour Teacher Training program and the Somatic Awareness & Release Method. Caroline is licensed in both Pennsylvania and Hawaii for clinical social work. Personally, she is a modern mystic, yogi, and seeker of Truth.


Caroline’s primary calling is to be a helper of women's emotional and spiritual health and to be of service to humanity in general by offering services and experiences that support an embodied, integrated experience of awakening. Her specializations include facilitating experiential transformational group processes and training professionals on the integration of psychological methods with spiritual teachings and metaphysical practices. Since 2009 Caroline has led over a hundred private and public group retreats. Her teaching style is powerful, honest, irreverent, and compassionate. 
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Outside of her work at Integrative Awakening and hOMe, Caroline engages in human and sex trafficking awareness and prevention efforts through activism and philanthropy. She also enjoys DJing ecstatic dance, spending time with her daughter and friends, yoga, hiking, backpacking, and spending copious amounts of time meditating in the red rocks of Sedona and the unfettered raw ocean-scapes of the Big Island.

Degrees & certifications

Psychotherapy​

  • Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) - licensed in both HI and PA

  • Masters in Social Service from Bryn Mawr College, PA

  • Bachelor's in Psychology from Emory University, GA 

  • Certification in Adult Psychodynamic Psychotherapy from the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia, PA

  • Certification in Group Psychotherapy and continuing education from the American Group Psychotherapy Association

  • Continuing education on somatic and holistic trauma treatment with Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, Janina Fisher, Richard Schwartz, and Peter Levine in methods including Somatic Experiencing, Internal Family Systems, Emotional Freedom Technique, trauma-informed psychodynamic psychotherapy, and more

Holistic Modalities​

Leann Green

Leann Green is local—a life-long resident, native to the Big Island of Hawaii—with over 8 years of personal training experience. She is certified through the National Academy of Sports Medicine and is one of 3 who hold the highest level of certification in Buddhi Yoga, allowing her to recertify others in this discipline. Buddhi was created by master mind Jen Liming who resides on the Big Island. The practice is physical, mental, and spiritual. It encourages individuals to push through perceived limitations and transcend into personal power and freedoms. It’s evolutionary practice takes yoga to another level with dynamic movement, free dance, and aspects of Kundalini tied together in a unique flow.

Leann employs a holistic training philosophy that cultivates her clients’ physical, mental, and spiritual awareness for lasting, life-changing results. She assesses the multifaceted needs of the individual collectively, then crafts a structured fitness program tailored to their wants and goals. Leann’s dedicated client base reflects the passion she devotes to their wellness throughout their fitness journey

Jeannie Savage

After growing up in New York City and then spending years as a professional educator in Pennsylvania, Jeannie has spent the past 5 years as a grateful resident of the Big Island of Hawaii. With her youngest leaving for college, Jeannie is thrilled to join our team as a certified yoga and breathwork instructor.

Christopher Neithamer

Meet Christopher J Neithamer, E-RYT Hurqalya Energy Healer, Heart Rhythm Meditation and Yoga Teacher, iamHeart Private Retreat Guide. Christopher is the co-founder of hOMe PYM, a retreat and healing center in Berks County PA. Christopher has had a long journey of self-exploration, personal work, and training that led him from the Reconnaissance Marines to meditation, energy healing, and yoga. His primary specialty is Hurqalya energy healing in which he spiritually treats issues such as depression, infertility, diabetes, emotional wounds, and more. He teaches alignment-based flow yoga and Heart Rhythm Meditation. His teaching style is warm, down-to-earth, safe, helpful, and caring. Christopher’s greatest passion is helping others discover their heart, so that they can live peaceful, joyful, loving lives of purpose and intention.

Rene Lombardi

Rene Leonardi

Originally from Colorado, Rene has called the Big Island home since 2021, where she has undergone profound physical and spirital healing. Her journey began with over a decade of experience as a pharmacy technician in both retail and hospital settings. Observing the limitations of western medicine in achieving deep-rooted healing, Rene explored alternative modalities, realizing that true wellness requires a holistic approach that addresses energy, spirit, mind and body.

Rene holds an Associates of Science degree, a Medical Assisting degree, and is a PTCB Certified Pharmacy Technician. This background gives her a unique perspective on the shortcomings of western medicine, emphasizing the importance of a comprehensive approach to health. Her primary focus is on energy work, holding certifications in Emotion Code, Body Code and Belief Code, along with her current training for Yoga Alliance RYT 200 certification. She combines her diverse experience and knowledge to guide clients towards a higher level of wellness, facilitating the release of imbalances and trapped energies in the body, allowing it to heal naturally.