CORE RETREAT | Release. Reset. Reclaim

Release | Reset | Reclaim.

Do you feel like something’s missing, but can’t quite put your finger on it?

You have achieved what you wanted, but it still doesn’t feel fulfilling?

Or you’re tired of playing small, making choices that aren’t fully yours, and feeling stuck in repetitive patterns?

If you’re ready for more freedom, clarity, ease and fulfillment—this is your invitation to transform. 

▽ ABOUT THE PROGRAMME

The CORE programme is designed to help you break free from unconscious beliefs, emotional blockages, and outdated patterns that kept you stuck in cycles of dissatisfaction. Over the course of the training, you’ll uncover and address the root causes of your inner struggles—whether it’s seeking external validation, unresolved fear, or confusion about your true desires—and create lasting change in your life.

This is an immersive, hands-on experience that challenges you to confront your discomforts, push past resistance, and reclaim your authentic self. This journey is about getting real with yourself and making the commitment to create the life you want—one that is aligned with your true values and desires. 

PRE-TRAINING
– Free Discovery Call
Clarify your intentions for the programme, and what you want to achieve.
– KICK-OFF CALL 
Optional Zoom Call to get to know other participants and align on final practicalities | Wednesday April 16th 20h 

DURING TRAINING
– 5-Day CORE Training Week
Practical, transformative techniques that will shift your mindset, release emotional blockages, and give you new tools for dealing with stress, fear, and negative self-talk.
– Accommodation for 4 Nights
Comfortable, serene environment in nature for full immersion.
– Personal CORE Workbook
A tailored guide to help you reflect, integrate, and track your progress.
– Organic, Home-Cooked Meals
Nourishing, plant-based food prepared by our private chef to support your energy and clarity throughout the programme.

POST-TRAINING
– 2 x 2-Hour CORE Guided Integration Calls
Group calls to support you and your tribe as you integrate the practices into your daily life.
– Optional Coaching
1-on-1 follow-up optional 30mins sessions with your mentor for up to 21 days after the programme to ensure your transformation continues.
– Online CORE Graduate Community
Stay connected with like-minded individuals for continued support and growth.
– Access to Exclusive CORE Graduate Events
Keep learning and evolving with special events for graduates only. Dates 2025: 9 February, 1 June, 5 September & 23 November  
– HEARTCORE Retreat
Access to this invitation-only retreat for CORE graduates.

▽ WHAT TO EXPECT

The CORE Programme uses a range of practical and evidence-based tools, including:
– Psychology and NLP for understanding and rewiring both mental and emotional patterns.
– Gestalt and Tantric Healing to address unresolved emotional and physical blockages.
– Active Meditation and Movement practices to get you out of your head and into your body.
– Coaching and Bodywork to help you release stored tension and gain clarity in your life.

While each experience is unique, most participants report:
– Greater openness to life and experiences.
– Improved emotional awareness and the ability to process feelings in real-time.
– A calmer, more grounded sense of self, with more confidence and clarity.
– The ability to let go of fears, doubts, and limiting beliefs.
– A deeper understanding of their personal protection mechanisms and how to move past them.
– Practical tools for staying aligned with yourself in day-to-day life.
– A solid support structure to fall back on, during the transformational process

▽ THE CORE JOURNEY

Day 1 | THE FOUNDATION
– Agreements of the Field
– Active Meditation
– Personal Coaching

Day 2 | CHILDHOOD DECONDITIONING
– Emotional Release Tools
– Parents Meditation
– Inner Child Meditation

Day 3 | BURN 
– Active Meditation
– What do you Want Meditation
– Inner Critic Ritual

Day 4 | FEARLESS
– Circle of Fear
– Power Initiation

Day 5 | THE BEGINNING
– Way Forward
– Closing

▽ BACKGROUND OF CORE

In the last 10 years, the CORE Programme has transformed the lives of over 200 graduates across five countries. It is designed to be practical, impactful, and adaptable to each participant’s unique journey. It’s not about following rigid doctrines or “one-size-fits-all” methods. It’s about finding what truly works for you, and using it to create lasting change.

“This programme laid the foundation for my Tantric experiences. As if I, after years of meditational practices, stagnation and professional support, could finally hear, sense, taste and feel life in its totality again. I understood something profoundly about who I am in my deepest core.” – Karlijn 

▽ DETAILS

– Duration | The training takes place over five days, with full immersion from early morning until late evening.
– Technology-Free | We encourage you to fully disconnect from phones and distractions to stay focused on your transformation.
– Commitment | Be ready to engage deeply and integrate your learnings. The process is designed to shift you profoundly, and can be intense. Schedule a day off right after the training and schedule time for integration the week after. 

▽ YOUR TEAM

MSc. KARLIJN KOUWENHOVEN | Lead Facilitator
With years of experience in psychology, meditation, and self-development, Karlijn is known for creating powerful, clear, and transformative experiences. For details check www.withkabira.com/about.

“I have not experienced anything else that pierces straight through the CORE as rapidly and profoundly as these practices. This is what I wish upon my dearest friends and family.”

DAVIDE BRAHMANAND BARBUTO | Assistant & Mentor
Davide Brahmanand Barbuto is a leadership coach and somatic practtioner. His journey of self-discovery started in 2017 graduating with CORE, that has been allowing him to professionally become a leader, to feel confident and to be more connected with his own body, therefore more connected with himself. He is on a mission to bring more kindness into the world through supporting others into being kinder and accepting of themselves.

“CORE keeps a special place in my heart. It allowed me to face one of my deepest fear: anger. It allowed me to realise how this fear was holding me back from knowing myself and expressing my need. More than anything though, it allowed me to feel complete. To experience deep peace!”

DURGA BLANCA WENNEKES  | Assistant & Mentor
Durga is a ´24 CORE graduate with over 15 years in yoga and bodywork. After a corporate career of over two decades, she created her company B-conscious to guide people towards body awareness and aliveness. She practices the yoga of devotion, Bhakti yoga, and has been sharing this practice through kirtan gatherings and immersions with her group The Bhakti Groove. Her global travels on a bicycle gave life-changing insights. She loves working with groups, sharing her playfulness, care and inspiration.

“CORE gave me a tough loving kick under the butt. Clarity arose from underneath the layers of stories I used to hold on to. The imprints and tools I took from CORE support me in my life-after-CORE. Grateful”

SANNE TEN WOLDE | Retreat Chef
Sanne prefers to cook plant-based, sugar-free and with products from her father’s bio-dynamic vegetable garden. The dishes she cooks are therefore very seasonal. I love combining different cuisines with a focus on nutritious, innovative and caring. Her positive, bubbly energy can be felt miles away or actually, tasted in every bite. This week, she is the cherry on the cake.

Finca Vrij
Kapelleweg 29
Scharendijke

An inspiring, hand-built retreat centre in a tranquil, nature-based environment.

Arrival: Wednesday afternoon, 15h
Closing: Sunday evening, after dinner. Exact closing time depends on the group process.

▽ INVESTMENT & APPLICATION

CORE is an all-inclusive training with personal attention. To guarantee adequate guidance, the training includes max 16 participants. 

EARLY BIRD | €1950,-(until Jan 14)
REGULAR BIRD | €2150,- (until March 20)
LATE BIRD | €2350,- (until start of the programme)

Tickets include 21% VAT. Prices include training, accommodation, and meals. Business invoices available upon request.
For students /low-income participants payment plans are available (downpayment required).

To apply or learn more, email info@withkabira.com.

▽ DISCOVERY CALL

Are you ready to take the next step? 

Book a Free Discovery Call with Karlijn. During this call, you’ll have the chance to express your goals, challenges, and intentions, and gain clarity on how CORE can support your personal growth.

Please complete this intake form beforehand

▽ TESTIMONIALS

“KABIRA. Tough love, full on, naked LOVE.” | Mira, project coordinator at Municipality

“Alles mag er zijn. Alles zal licht krijgen. In liefde en aanwezigheid. Zo dankbaar. Bedankt team voor jullie helderheid.” | Samma Sati, Psychologist & Tantra facilitator – CORE ’24

“I feel a deep connection with myself. It’s meeting with peacefulness, silence, and at the same time excitement and enthusiasm from every little experience of my life.” | Ananda Amit Goldenberg, Lead Facilitator International School of Temple Arts (ISTA) 

“I was stuck in my life and oh so ready to move on. I needed a big nudge and this retreat gave me exactly that, and so much more. I feel now that I am me, I am strong and that I am ready for this world!” | Theleya Britta Hall, Marketeer & Yoga teacher

“This retreat has changed my life!
To me it’s the most transforming of all the retreats, workshops etc I’ve ever done. It opens, grounds, gives expansion, insights, integration, deep memory. It is a big fat Initiation in living who we are truly meant to be; free, playful, open and beyond all limitations of the mind! Karlijn is the best facilitator you can wish for. I don’t think there’s anyone in which retreats I have more faith in than hers.” | Tamara Indira Spaan, Mother & Teacher

“Yes, I was very impressed by this retreat, it was a high level and I enjoyed it. It was like the bootcamp of retreats and I felt so ready.” | Anonymous

“There are so many retreat offers, and I can imagine very well that for people who need help don’t know where they should be. When they come out of this retreat it is truly a gigantic gift because bullshit is no longer possible.“| Anonymous

“I recommend it because of the variety of exercices, the combination of tantra with NLP and innerchild work. The rituals embedded in the process. The presence of Karlijn and the assistance during the hole retreat taking care that every personal process was getting enough attention. The amazing morning dancing. The awareness how important it is to integrate. Also the huge amount of aftercare moments, wich has been helping my proces in the weeks after the retreat.” | Anonymous