LEAD | A Mastery Programme for conscious leaders
Master the art of energetic intelligence, trauma-aware and somatically-rooted transformational facilitation.
A professional training for facilitators, coaches, psychologists, personal developers, and conscious leaders.
What is LEAD?
LEAD came from the insight that my knowledge, gathered across a decade of retreats, 1:1 work, and global teachings, wasn’t meant to stay behind closed doors.
It was time to share it with the right people.
People who guide others.
People who want to bring both psychological depth and energetic precision into their work.
People who know there’s more than talking—there’s touching truth through the body, the field, the unseen.
I created LEAD for them.
For you.
LEAD bridges ancient energetic wisdom and modern psychology into a mastery-level path of transformational facilitation.
It is for the professional who wants to see deeper, hold stronger, and lead from a place of embodied clarity.
This is not a beginner’s course.
This is a programme from the inside out.
The kind that activates your innate capacity to hold, lead, and transform.
The kind that sharpens your seeing, stills your nervous system, and expands your impact.
Welcome to LEAD.
Where we lead together.
Testimonials
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Valuable to learn from someone who truly embodies what she teaches — she lives and breathes it — and Karlijn can translate it to the group in such a practical and clear way. All the while, there is space for the inner processes to unfold and grow on every level: mind, heart and body. Grateful.
- Nikita Rijken | Coach, bodyworker & change manager
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The most valuable moment was when Karlijn role-played someone frozen by emotional intensity. She voiced what she felt—‘too much, too close, doesn’t help’—and I could feel how calm in her body impacted mine. It taught me how to tune in more gently, slow down, and be more.
– Lotus, assistant & trainer at Smile
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Wat een bijzondere workshop dag met een heel bijzonder onderwerp. Het is altijd een genot voor mij om van Karlijn te mogen leren. De setting voelde veilig, geborgen en gedragen – echt een plek waar ik mezelf kan zijn, vrijuit kan experimenteren, spelen en nieuwe dingen mag uitproberen.
– Britta Hall, Ayurvedic therapist & HR manager
A learning trajectory for those ready to shape embodied consciousness
This is for you if you are
Drawn to the intersection of Psychology, energy, Kundalini, trauma, transformation, group dynamics, and embodied healing
A longing to upgrade your coaching, therapy, or facilitation skills in navigating body and soul
Called to hold groups with even more clarity, courage, and stillness
Curious about how to safely work with clients and transformation through the body
Ready to develop together and share skills and insights
Longing for a professional container and like-minded professionals that challenge, see, and support your growth
LEAD as programme for refinement
LEAD is a high-level Leadership Alignment Programme—crafted for conscious facilitators, coaches, psychologists, spaceholders, and personal development seekers.
It weaves together psychology, energy work, trauma-awareness, and Tantric principles into a refined, embodied art of transformational facilitation.
Whether you work 1:1, in groups, in business, or in sacred ceremony, LEAD sharpens your intuition, calms your nervous system, and aligns your leadership from the inside out.
Each Masterclass Day focuses on a different facet of transformational work: from group psychology and quantum energetics to Tantric healing and evolutionary development.
With over 20 years of experience in the field, Karlijn brings depth, play, and razor-sharp clarity to this space of growth.
These aren’t just skills—they’re capacities that shape how you show up, listen, lead, and transform the spaces you enter. At LEAD, you will learn to:
Hold deeper, safer, and more effective 1:1 and group sessions
Master energetic awareness and Kundalini-based facilitation
Understand group psychology, projection, and power dynamics
Navigate trauma and resistance with compassion and precision
Strengthen your intuition and energetic literacy
Anchor your leadership in stillness, clarity, and presence
Lead from alignment—whether in sessions, boardrooms, or rituals
Hold transformative spaces in a wider context
Your facilitator |
Karlijn Kouwenhoven, MSc.
Psychologist, Tantra facilitator, transformational coach, leadership development & change consultant and founder of KABIRA.
LEAD is not just a training I facilitate—it’s a collection of decades of jewels of personal development from across the globe. It is a solid programme in which I’ve woven science, ritual, both energetics and knowledgeable leadership into something that breathes, lives, and truly transforms people. LEAD is my legacy in which I pass on the flame for others to build on existing knowledge and deepen their own practice.
A day of professional self-care and development.
Verbindelaarsweg 138, 6711 VD Ede
A spacious, light-filled loft nestled at the edge of the Veluwe forest.
Free parking and a 1 km walk from Ede-Wageningen Station
THE MASTERCLASSES
Each Masterclass is a full-day deep dive into one topic. You can follow them individually or join the full trajectory. Every day includes:
Theory and a knowledge-based framework
Live demos and guided practices
Somatic integration
Peer reflections and sharing
SEXUALITY UNTANGLED
Addiction, anxiety, boundary violations, manipulation, entanglement, and attachment. We explore the realm of sexuality and the pelvic area. This day offers a grounded, trauma-informed approach to navigating the tender terrain of sexuality-related trauma.
April 3
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PARTNERSHIP PATTERNS
Couples include two systems combined, a new entity of relating, with at times years of built-in habits and behaviourial patterns. We explore most commong partnership dynamics, how to create interventions, and move beyond stagnation. We explore how to integrate the body and physical knowledge into techniques, or to your own dynamics of relating (in any paired dynamic). Expect ground, tools for deeper connection and a wiser body.
May 15
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ENERGETICS MATRIX
Ready to unlock the quantum mechanics of transformation? We shape our reality and allow multiple frequencies of reality at the same time. In this masterclass, we work with sigils, numerical codes, imagination, and energetic principles to reshape our reality. Learn to trust your intuition, develop a strong energetic vocabulary, and realize change can happen in an instant. This workshop will change your current paradigm.
June 26
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POWER, PUSH & PULL
Our push & pull dynamic develops in early child hood. The capacity to reach, hold, grab, push and pull influences how we, throughout our lives, relate to concepts as desires, boundaries and how we use our power. In this workshop we explore how to reverse unhealthy patterns in our bodies and repattern our innate responses - harnassing our push & pull potential, efficiently and in alignment with the environment.
31 July
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PSYCHOLOGY: GROUP DYNAMICS
Do you work with groups? Want to uderstand how to navigate and move groups in a certain direction? Understand the forces at play in facilitating groups. Navigate power, projection, validation, and belonging with clarity and grace. Learn how to be able to predict and influence group dynamics.
4 September
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TANTRIC HEALING
Tantric Healing is an advanced 1:1 energy healing method that activates Kundalini energy along the spine and chakras. Through breathwork, energetic touch, and guided sublimation, the body opens in a profound way. This masterclass covers the core framework of Tantric Healing and includes theory and hands-on practice.
16 October
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EVOLUTIONAIRY DEVT & SPIRITUALITY
In this masterclass we will work with our somatic body, which means we will experience through the body how spirituality (higher chakras) and evolution are intertwined. This day is mostly experienced based and will give you the experience of oneness and the development of individuality coming from it. It will link heaven and earth together.
17 November
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TRAUMA & TOUCH
How to navigate clients out of trauma through touch? We explore the impact of different kind of touch, working on different layers of the physical and energetic body. How do we touch? What can we reach? What are major bodily structures involved in most common trauma? And do we navigate the world of unsafety and touch?
18 December
CORE Behind the Scenes
Unpack the alchemy behind the CORE Retreat. A rare look behind the curtain into the mechanisms and experiences of decades of this transformational retreat. (For CORE Graduates only)
Dates 2026 tbc
Practicalities
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9:30h Doors open
10:00h Start
13:00h Lunch break
17:30h Closing
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5x Full-Day Masterclasses (10:00–17:00)
LEAD Certificate of Completion
Personal LEAD Notebook
Coffee, tea, and healthy lunch
Access to the LEAD Online Community
Bi-monthly intervision calls, personal guidance and follow-up with Karlijn possible upon request.
Each training has a maximum of 18 participants for depth and intimacy.
It is possible to join a single Masterclass.
The group of participants is a balanced mix of consistent programme participants and new professionals that join for a single masterclass. This allows us to constantly learn from each other, exchange knowledge and insights and to flourish in a larger community of facilitators.
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Yes, the group of participants is a balanced mix of consistent programme participants and new professionals that join for a single masterclass. This allows us to constantly learn from each other, exchange knowledge and insights and to flourish in a larger community of facilitators.
Investment
Punchcard 5x | €1250,- incl. VAT
Single Masterclass | €300,- incl. 21% VAT & Lunch
Business invoices available
Ready to lead?
You’re invited to step into the next level of your leadership. Let’s align, and LEAD.
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Questions? Email info@kabi-ra.com or book a free Discovery Call