‍ A Facilitator Certification for Creating Meaningful & Transformational Experiences

Whether you guide yoga classes, lead workshops, facilitate retreats, hold circles, support clients, or simply feel called to create more meaningful experiences for others, the ability to hold space is one of the most valuable skills you can develop.

The Art of Holding Space is a 6-week facilitator training designed to help you confidently create intentional, engaging, and transformational experiences rooted in presence, embodiment, connection, and purpose.

Built around Clarissa Mae's Transformational Arc Method™, this training provides a practical framework for designing and facilitating experiences that support growth, reflection, healing, learning, and authentic transformation.

Rather than focusing on a specific modality, you'll learn the foundational principles that support all effective facilitation—from yoga classes and retreats to workshops, ceremonies, community gatherings, and beyond.


Logistics + Structure: 6-Week Online Training

  • 6 live Zoom sessions

  • Private Course Material Access

  • Private call with Clarissa Mae

  • Reflection assignments

  • Facilitator practicum

  • Final experience design project

  • Certificate of completion

Eligible for 20 Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Credits (CECs).

  • “I felt so safe in the space that was given, which enabled me to fully release emotions that I had stored within my body. I felt so relaxed, calm, and peaceful. Her voice, guidance, and the manner in which she spoke made me feel so very calm and relaxed. Her overall presence was calming and made me feel so safe. Everything she said and did was so much more than I could have hoped for.”

  • “It was a moving, emotional, powerful, beautiful experience. The mantra was very meaningful to me and is something I will use going forward. Clarissa did an absolutely beautiful job. I would highly recommend this teaching. Clarissa is just a beautiful person with an ability to make you feel at ease in all her areas of teaching. Her voice is soothing when it needs to be and energetic when it applies. She has a way of knowing when a person needs a little extra personal hug or attention.”

  • “I love Clarissa’s calm, smooth approach, but also how she helps you to drop in deeply, and feel safe and supported. She has mastered another powerful tool to help her clients heal and transform what is needed on their journey.”

  • “I felt safe and was able to drop in very quickly with Clarissa and go deep. I had some powerful insights and felt a shift. Clarissa is a wonderful guide! Her voice and messages were clear and direct, and felt supportive and nurturing. I also felt the encouragement to explore and expand in new ways that were just perfect for this moment in my life.”

  • “Clarissa inspires me to do more, and to learn more about the practice. She’s very well organized and presents information so I can understand it easily. Clarissa makes sure to foster a welcoming, compassionate space for us to explore as individuals. Her passion for both the practice and sharing the practice with others, her skills as a teacher and leader, and her regard for her students is clear and evident.”

During this journey we will explore:

  • Foundations of holding space

  • Ethics, boundaries, and facilitator responsibility

  • Presence, embodiment, and nervous system awareness

  • Energetic stewardship and self-care for facilitators

  • Trauma-aware facilitation principles

  • Group dynamics and participant engagement

  • Ritual and experience design

  • Sequencing transformational experiences

  • Integration and closing practices

  • The Transformational Arc Method™

  • Practicum and real-world application

The Transformational Arc Method™

Throughout the training, you'll learn to guide participants through a transformational experience using the six stages of the Transformational Arc Method™ to design an original experience, such as a workshop, retreat, circle, class, ceremony, or community gathering. Participants will receive feedback and guidance to help refine their offering and confidently bring it to life.

Arrive
Create safety, welcome, and intention.

Ground
Support presence, regulation, and connection to self.

Open
Invite curiosity, trust, and possibility.

Deepen
Facilitate meaningful exploration and transformation.

Embody
Help participants experience and integrate learning through action and practice.

Integrate
Create space for reflection, meaning-making, and sustainable change.

This framework can be applied to virtually any experience you create, allowing you to design offerings with greater clarity, confidence, and impact.

Credits + Investment:

Receive up to 20 CECs through the Yoga Alliance

Investment: $697 + tax or 3 payments of $235 + tax


There is an opportunity to add an additional in-person weekend retreat at the end of the training.
More information can be found HERE

This program is for you if you are:

  • Yoga teachers

  • Wellness practitioners

  • Coaches and mentors

  • Retreat leaders

  • Circle facilitators

  • Energy practitioners

  • Community leaders

  • Anyone called to guide meaningful experiences for others - no previous facilitation experience required

By the End of This Training You Will:

  • Understand the foundations of effective facilitation

  • Create safer, more intentional containers for transformation

  • Navigate group dynamics with greater confidence

  • Design experiences using the Transformational Arc Method™

  • Develop your unique facilitation style

  • Leave with a practical framework you can immediately apply to classes, workshops, retreats, ceremonies, and community gatherings

The world needs more spaces where people feel welcomed, supported, connected, and inspired. This training will give you the tools, confidence, and framework to begin creating those experiences with intention.

APPLY HERE