Level One: Self Facilitation

Sample Schedule

2 Day Online Psychoeducation 

5 Day Retreat Experience on Bowen Island

- 2 DAYS OF ONLINE PSYCHOEDUCATION -

Day 1 – Online Psychoeducation

• 9:00 am – 12:00 pm – Psychoeducation 

  • Our story

  • Breathwork Essentials

  • Trauma Renegotiation

• 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm – Lunch

• 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Psychoeducation 

  • Polyvagal Theory and Nervous System Foundations

  • The Window of Tolerance: Hypo/Hyperarousal 

Day 2 – Online Psychoeducation

• 9:00 am – 12:00 pm – Psychoeducation 

  • Somatic Foundations

  • Breathwork Bell Curve

  • Neuroanatomy Foundations

• 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm – Lunch

• 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Psychoeducation 

  • The HPA Axis: Physiological Stress Response

  • Holistic Treatment Model

- 5 DAYS OF IMMERSIVE RETREAT-STYLE TRAINING -

Arrival Day – Retreat

• 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Arrive and Settle

• 5:00 pm – Dinner 

• 6:00 pm – Community Guidelines

• 7:00 pm – Opening circle 

Day 2 – Retreat

• 7:00 am – Morning Movement and Breathwork

• 9:00 am – Breakfast

• 10:00 am – 1:00 pm – Psychoeducation Program and Safety Agreements

  • Review psychoeducation material

• 1:00 pm – Lunch 

• 2:00 pm – Free Time 

• 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Embodiment Program and Breathwork Circle

  • Core Theme: Cultivating Safety & Trust

• 7:00 pm – Dinner

• 8:00 pm – Self-Integration Time 

• 10:00 pm – Quiet Time 

Day 3 – Retreat 

• 7:00 am – Morning Movement and Breathwork

• 9:00 am – Breakfast

• 10:00 am – 1:00 pm – Psychoeducation Program

  • Review psychoeducation material

• 1:00 pm – Lunch 

• 2:00 pm – Free Time 

• 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Embodiment Program and Breathwork Circle

  • Core Theme: Cultivating Presence & Playfulness

• 7:00 pm – Dinner

• 8:00 pm – Self-Integration Time 

• 10:00 pm – Quiet Time 

Day 4 – Retreat

• 7:00 am – Morning Movement and Breathwork

• 9:00 am – Breakfast

• 10:00 am – 1:00 pm – Psychoeducation Program

  • Review psychoeducation material

• 1:00 pm – Lunch 

• 2:00 pm – Free Time 

• 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Embodiment Program and Breathwork Circle

  • Core Theme: Cultivating Empowerment + Boundaries

• 7:00 pm – Dinner

• 8:00 pm – Self-Integration Time 

• 10:00 pm – Quiet Time 

Day 5 – Retreat

• 7:00 am – Morning Movement and Breathwork

• 9:00 am – Breakfast

• 10:00 am – 1:00 pm – Integration and Breathwork Circle

• 1:00 pm – Lunch 

• 2:00 pm – Free Time

• 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Ecstatic Dance Ceremony and Breathwork Circle

  • Core Theme: Cultivating Giving & Receiving

• 7:00 pm – Dinner

• 8:00 pm – Cacao and Gifting Ceremony 

• Closing Circle 

Departure Day – Retreat

• Morning Off

• 10:00 am – Breakfast

• 12:00 pm – Departure

Level Two: One-on-One Facilitation

Sample Schedule

1 Online Indigenous Reconciliation Workshop

 1 Online JEDI Psychoeducation Workshops

7-Day Retreat Experience on Bowen Island

- 2 ONLINE INDIGENOUS RECONCILIATION AND/OR JEDI WORKSHOPS -

• Workshops will be offered 2 – 4x online per year

• Workshops will be approximately 2 – 4hrs

- 7 DAYS OF IMMERSIVE RETREAT-STYLE TRAINING -

Arrival (Day 1) – Retreat

• 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Arrive and Settle

• 5:00 pm – Dinner 

• 6:00 pm – Community Guidelines

• 7:00 pm – Opening circle

Day 2 – 6 (Retreat/Training) 

• 7:00 am – Morning Movement and Breathwork

• 9:00 am – Breakfast

• 10:00 am – 1:00 pm – Somatic Coaching + Breathwork Facilitation Protocol

  • Learn the daily Somatic Coaching and Breathwork Facilitation Techniques

  • Receive psychoeducation around the “why” and “how” of the techniques

  • Watch a demo of the techniques from the head facilitators 

  • Questions and reflections

• 1:00 pm – Lunch 

• 2:00 pm – Free Time

• 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Somatic Coaching + Breathwork Facilitation Practice 

  • Choose a partner to work with

  • One partner will be the “Practioner” and the other the “Lender”

  • The Practioner will practice leading the Lender through the Coaching technique, then guiding the practitioner into a full-hour Breathwork Practice where the Practioner will practice the hands-on and verbal facilitations taught earlier in the day. 

  • Head facilitators will still guide the overall journey, offer direct facilitation, and support the “Practitioners” during the experience. 
    

  • Integration after Breathwork will be focused more on the experience of the facilitation versus the personal journey from both Practioner and Lender. Questions and reflections will be encouraged.
    

    • Short Break (10 – 15min)

  • Switch role and repeat a 2nd round

  • End with questions and reflections

• 7:00 pm – Dinner

• 8:00 pm – Self-Integration Time 

• 10:00 pm – Quiet Time 

Departure (Day 7) – Retreat

• Morning Off

• 10:00 am – Breakfast

• 12:00 pm – Departure