Create the ultimate & ideal Retreat Itinerary
- Know exactly how to structure your retreat, so that your clients get the best experience, and want to come back with all their friends
- Top 3 biggest mistakes facilitators make with their schedules (and most Importantly how to avoid them)
- Master the art of combining structured activities with free time, so that your clients have the most transformational experience, while being able to have flow, ease and space to integrate and connect
- Discover my proven step-by-step way to create your ideal schedule that has high participant engagement and immediately leads to bookings for your next retreat
Retreat Schedule Flow
The Key components
- Learn the essential elements that make a retreat schedule the most transformative and nurturing experience for your clients
- Get feedback like “It was the best week of my life” , “I feel so rested and renewed” (actual words often heard by my clients at the end of a retreat.)
- How to ensure participants leave your retreat with happy memories, profound experiences and actionable insights.
Top Mistakes Made
- I will identify exactly for you the 3 most common pitfalls that can derail your retreat’s success.
- You will learn how to steer clear of these errors to create a seamless and memorable experience for your clients (the kind that has them re-booking immediately and going home to tell all their friends to go).
- Avoid the mistakes both newbies and seasoned retreat leaders make with their schedules by knowing exactly what they are and how to avoid them.
Unforeseen Changes
- Master the art of combining structured activities with the necessary and all important ‘integration time’.
- How to ensure your schedule meets the diverse needs of your participants while maintaining a cohesive flow.
- How to pace the activities so that no one feels rushed, and running over won’t disrupt the overall schedule.
- My real life examples of how I navigated what could have become a retreat disaster.
Client engagement
- How to retain participants excitement and commitment to the activities from start to finish.
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Handling negative feedback so that it doesn’t affect the smooth running of your retreat.
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What to do with the client meltdown or when one of the participants sabotages the group energy, and activities.
- How I keeping My facilitator sanity and stress levels in check when running multiple back-to-back retreats in different locations around the world.
I was running my first retreat a little while ago, and reached out to Claudia for some 1:1 coaching. She gave me most incredible advice before I went. She was so easy to communicate with and everything she said was spot on.
Claudia has been an ongoing, amazing support for me. I feel really privileged and proud to be able to say that I trained with her and that I am also now offering retreats. I feel like I’m finally emerging out of the imposter syndrome, that I’m doing this. I’m really, really proud of it, and that it all started with HolyMama. Thank you.
Your Host: Claudia Spahr, Award winning Founder of HolyMama
Best Business Woman and LuxLife Awards Winner, Claudia has hosted hundreds of transformational retreats across the globe since 2008. She’s witnessed countless healings by bringing people together in the Resonant Retreat LoveField.
But it’s not just her own success, Claudia’s been supporting spiritual leaders and entrepreneurs in over 40 countries since 2018. Many of the HolyMama Certified Retreat Leaders have gone on to become market leaders in their territories. The ripple effect by the HolyMama movement has changed the face of retreating for mothers and children worldwide.
Prior to birthing HolyMama in 2013, Claudia founded a yoga beach resort in Goa, raising it to international acclaim with raving reviews in international media, such as, “One of the World’s Best Yoga Resorts”.
Before her two decades as a wellness pioneer and status quo disruptor, she worked as a broadcast journalist and foreign correspondent for TV and radio, reporting for CNN, BBC, Swiss National TV and independent TV channels.
Claudia has 3 children she birthed in her forties and lives between Southern Spain, Ibiza, Switzerland and dream retreat locations.
Your Ideal Retreat Schedule Template
Customisable to suit any type of retreat, to ensure you have a solid foundation to build upon and tailor to your specific goals and audience.
A Blueprint for Designing Your Retreat Schedule
So that you can confidently plan and execute a retreat that consistently delivers powerful results and fosters lasting connections among participants.
Actionable Ideas for Activities and Timelines
Get inspired with new concepts for activities and scheduling that will keep your participants engaged, energised, and eager to participate.
Learn the proven strategies for retreat
Transformation, Healing and Flow
Whether you’re just starting out, looking to enhance your existing retreat schedules, or seeking a fresh way to maximize participant engagement and satisfaction, this masterclass series is for you.
It’s for retreat leaders, healers, therapists, coaches, entrepreneurs, mentors, consultants, teachers, team builders and educators, regardless whether you’re new to retreats or have previously hosted retreats anywhere in the world.
You May be asking this?
IS THIS LIVE?
No the live sessions are now run so you get instant access to the workbook and three hours of replays . You can see an IG live I did with a first tip here.
IS THIS LIFETIME ACCESS?
Yes, you can access this time and time again to plan your retreats.
I'M NEW TO RETREATS
Perfect, this will give you a great idea of what to expect and how to handle the complexity of scheduling.
I'VE DONE RETREATS BEFORE, WHAT WILL I GAIN FROM THIS?
Expert insights from someone who has two decades of experience and run 100s of retreats around the world, at many different kinds of locations, with different cultural norms, expectations and clients from over 50 countries attending.
TELL ME ABOUT THE DONATION PART
Yes, this is totally grassroots and we’re starting by planting very fertile seeds (similar to how HolyMama started in 2013). This project will plug into NGO work currently already in process in the region. See below for details on Amanda Al Arja.
Amanda Al Arja: Healing H-Arts Project Founder
Amanda Al Arja is a humanitarian first and foremost, putting human holistic wellbeing as the core value of her work as a Psychologist, Expressive Arts Therapist, dialogue facilitator and peace seeker.
Being from Palestine, she developed her interest in researching, understanding Collective and Intergenerational Trauma. Focusing on the process of healing using Expressive Arts Therapy and Holistic Wellbeing care could promote a better functioning society in Palestine and aid in conflict transformation.
She has done research also in existential psychology specialising in meaning of life and expressive arts. She offers Expressive Arts group therapy, retreats and Self Care training for psychologists, social workers and humanitarian workers in several institutions and NGOs. She holds a BA degree in Psychology, Sociology and MA in Community Psychology from Birzeit University, Palestine and a Diploma in Expressive Arts Therapy from Women’s Christian College, India.
On a personal note, Amanda is married to an Indian and currently living in India while keeping Palestine alive in her heart. She is a proud mom to a 4 year old daughter, Aadya, vegan activist, gym enthusiast, yogini and a tennis player.
