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How to Craft Transformative Retreats (For Yourself or Others) With Nina Butler


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How can you use travel as an intentional tool for growth? Today, I’m joined by Nina Butler to learn about retreat planning and how you can create transformational travel experiences for yourself as a solo traveler or as a facilitator for a group.

Figuring out how to harness the power of travel to transform is what Nina Butler does best. She went from a high school dropout to working and sailing around the globe on private yachts at 16 to eventually getting a Ph.D. in philosophy. She became a yoga instructor and launched her retreat business, InRetreat, which crafts immersive transformative travel experiences designed to open the mind and expand the heart.

Nina shares some powerful concepts around intentionality and how to set the framework for a transformational experience. She gives plenty of advice on curating your own retreat-like experience, and we dig into the business side to talk about things like what to avoid doing as a facilitator, how to scout for locations, and the most powerful tools to promote your retreat.

Have you ever been on a retreat? Do you want to plan a retreat for yourself or others? I'd love to hear about your experience and hope you’ll share them by sending me an audio message.

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Tune In To Learn:

  • How she went from high school dropout to Ph.D. and yogi
  • The mind-body connection and how to free yourself from your thoughts and foster gratitude for difficult experiences
  • How she was able to get a job on a yacht at 16, the skipper’s lifestyle, and how that led her to her university studies
  • How she defines a retreat and advice on setting intentions (for your retreat and in life)
  • The five ingredients for an epic retreat
  • Why you need to get out of the way when facilitating an experience for others
  • Her favorite African retreat and how she finds her locations
  • Advice for packaging your retreat and how it’s possible to have your trip paid for as a host
  • The most powerful tools for marketing and how to promote before you launch
  • How her studies in philosophy have changed her perceptions of life
  • How to create a container for transformation
  • And so much more
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