WITH JAMES ELPHICK
Slow Paradise Retreat Training
A supported month long journey for coaches, facilitators and practitioners who want to create meaningful, sustainable retreats , combining the inner work of becoming a retreat leader with the practical steps to bring your vision into reality.
By the end of this month you'll have a retreat you're ready to share with the world, and you'll have someone beside you while you create it.Starting in mid August. Early Bird price until 31st July £395/£495 thereafter.
If you have been thinking about running a retreat..
You have ideas.A vision.A sense of something you'd love to create.Yet alongside the excitement can come uncertainty.Am I ready?Will anyone book?What if I fail?What if I get it wrong?This programme explores both the practical and personal sides of retreat creation.From vision, pricing and venues to self-doubt, visibility, leadership and trust.A space to explore what you want to create, what's holding you back, and how to begin bringing it to life.
This programme is for you if...
🌿 You feel called to create a retreat but haven't yet taken the leap.🌿 You have ideas but struggle with self-doubt or overthinking.🌿 You want to create experiences that feel meaningful rather than performative.🌿 You want to lead from authenticity rather than pressure.🌿 You're interested in one-to-one, small group or collaborative retreat models.🌿 You want practical guidance without aggressive marketing strategies.🌿 You'd like to create retreats that support freedom, travel, creativity and meaningful work.
What Makes This Different?
Most retreat trainings focus entirely on logistics.Others focus entirely on energy/mindset.This programme weaves both together.We'll explore practical retreat design, pricing, venues, marketing and guest experience.We'll also explore the internal parts that can try stop us from ever bringing our vision into reality.The parts that fear failure.The parts that fear success.The parts that doubt our worth.The parts that struggle to receive.And the parts that dream of creating something beautiful
THE JOURNEY
Session 1 . The Call: Your Visionary & ProtectorInner journeyWhy are you drawn to creating retreats?
Meeting the soul desire and your vision.
Meeting the part that pulls back from it.
Understanding what happens when we step into leadershipPractical foundationsWhat kind of retreat are you imagining?
Who is it for?
What transformation or experience do you want to create?
Solo retreat or collaboration?
What format feels aligned? (one-to-one, small group, residential)Outcome:
A clearer sense of your retreat idea and what is asking to be created.Session 2 . Becoming the Retreat Leader: Worth, Receiving & ValueInner journeyRaising Self-worth
How to receive money for meaningful work
Creating visibility without collapse.
Create confidence not comparison.Practical foundationsUnderstanding your retreat value
Beginning to explore pricing
Costs and basic budgeting
Creating something financially sustainable
Avoiding undercharging and over-givingOutcome:
A retreat idea that feels both meaningful and realistic.Session 3 . Bringing the Vision Into FormInner journeyTrusting your creative process
Working with perfectionism
Letting the retreat become yours rather than copying others.Practical foundationsChoosing location and accommodation
Creating the retreat structure
Designing the guest journey
Balancing activity, rest and integration
Timelines and planningOutcome:
A clearer retreat framework that you can begin building.Session 4 . Sharing Your Retreat & Making It RealInner journeyCalming your inner system when it's time to share.
Staying grounded when uncertainty appears.
Learning to stay consistent and motivated up to the deadline.Practical foundationsFinding aligned guests.
Sharing your retreat vision
Gentle marketing
Enquiries and conversations
Boundaries with participants
Next steps.Outcome:
A grounded plan for moving your retreat into the world and getting guests signing up.
What You Will Leave With
By the end of the programme you'll have:• A clear energetic and practical blueprint for the retreat you want to create• Greater confidence in your ability to lead• A deeper understanding of the parts that may be holding you back• Practical tools for working with self-doubt, perfectionism and over-responsibility• A retreat concept, theme or format that feels aligned with who you are• Greater clarity around pricing, budgeting and financial sustainability• An understanding of venues, bookings and ways to reduce unnecessary risk• A marketing approach that feels authentic rather than forced• Greater trust in your own voice and leadership• A practical roadmap for bringing your retreat to lifeMost importantly, you'll leave with a clearer sense of how to create retreats that feel meaningful, sustainable and true to who you are.
Whats Included
Four live group sessions (90 minutes each)Guided workbook and practical retreat-planning templates.The Retreat Circle. A Facebook community where your ideas and developments can be shared.Weekly reflections and homework to help you move your retreat idea forwardThe Retreat Circle . A private Facebook community that opens one week before the programme beginsA small, supportive group of like-minded coaches, facilitators and practitioners walking the journey alongside you
ABOUT ME
Over the years I've led six group retreats and two 1.1 retreats in Corfu and Morocco. I have co hosted two and collaborated with others, I have also facilitated many other transformational experiences, and explored different ways of bringing people together for meaningful connection and growth.What I've discovered is that creating a retreat is rarely just about finding a venue, setting a price or filling places.Often the biggest challenges are internal.Alongside the practical lessons of retreat planning, I've become increasingly interested in what happens within us when we step into leadership, visibility and creation and how to create real change and transformation within.My own work draws on a lifetime of spiritual practice.
I live in Corfu Greece for six months of the year and this year I am holding 1.1 retreats there and a group retreats near Angkor Wat in Asia.
INVESTMENT
Founding Cohort£395 Early Bird until 1st August 2026£495 Standard after this date.Maximum 6 participants.
Let the retreat you create can be nourishing not only for your guests, but for you too