A Five-Week Virtual Facilitator Training
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 5-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.
What You'll Learn
Together we'll explore how to:
Create welcoming, intentional spaces where people feel supported
Build trust and authentic connection within a group
Guide meaningful experiences with confidence and presence
Navigate group dynamics with greater ease and awareness
Thoughtfully open, deepen, and integrate an experience
Design offerings using the Transformational Arc Method™
Lead in a way that feels authentic to you
The Transformational Arc Method™
Every meaningful experience has a rhythm.
Throughout this training, you'll learn to design and facilitate experiences that gently guide participants through six intentional stages:
Arrive • Ground • Open • Deepen • Embody • Integrate
Rather than relying on scripts or formulas, you'll learn to recognize the natural flow of transformation and create experiences that feel grounded, connected, and purposeful.
Learning happens through practice.
Throughout the training, you'll begin designing your own experience using the Transformational Arc Method™. Whether it's a yoga workshop, retreat, seasonal gathering, meditation series, wellness offering, or community event, you'll receive personalized feedback and leave with an experience that reflects your unique voice and is ready to share.
Your Training Includes
Five live Zoom sessions Oct 22-Nov 19 (90–120 minutes each)
Private Student Access to course content
Reflection and integration practices
Facilitator practicum (up to 5 hours)
A private mentoring session with Clarissa
Personalized feedback on your final project
Certificate of Completion
15-20 Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Credits (CECs)
Is This Training For Me?
This training is for anyone who feels called to create meaningful experiences for others.
You might be a:
Yoga teacher or aspiring teacher
Wellness practitioner: massage, reiki, acupuncture, etc.
Coach or mentor
Retreat leader
Circle facilitator
Community builder
Or someone simply beginning to explore what it means to hold space for others
No previous facilitation experience is required. If you’ve been in one of my cacao ceremonies you know how much I value Curiosity and that’s all you need here, a willingness to learn, and a desire to serve with authenticity.
Gather with a supportive community from across the Black Hills region and beyond, including South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, and wherever this work calls you.
Together, we'll explore not only what you want to offer, but how you want people to feel when they leave your space.
Investment
Early Bird: $600 - sign up by September 15th
Regular Tuition: $700
Dates & Times
Thursday evening Zoom calls starting at 6pm MT.
October 22
October 29
November 5
November 12
November 19
All calls will be recorded and recordings available on the private student page. Live attendance is encouraged.
October 22
By completing this training, you'll leave with a practical framework you can use immediately, greater confidence in your ability to hold space, and a thoughtfully designed offering that reflects your unique gifts and is ready to share.
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.