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The Heart iQ Facilitator Intensive

Become the Kind of Facilitator the World Needs Next

Lead Transformational Group Experiences That Awaken Collective Intelligence, Liberate Suppressed Life Force Held in the Shadow, and Unlock the Wisdom of the Body

June 25th - 29th, New Eden - Netherlands

July 9th - 13th, Casa Sagrada, Colorado, USA

 

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“I've been a therapist for 30 years & if others like me want to shed the therapist paradigm & move into real heart centered, transformative work, THIS IS THE PLACE TO BE!" 
Joyce Lynn, Graduated from the Heart iQ Academy in 2013 

If you’re a coach, therapist, or healer and you’ve felt the limits of one-on-one work, this is your invitation into something deeper... 

The Heart iQ Facilitator Intensive is a powerful, 4.5-day live experience where you’ll learn to:

  • Lead transformational group experiences that go beyond coaching
  • Unlock the amplified power of Circle Work and group intelligence
  • Liberate bound emotional energy stored in the body
  • Deepen your confidence, presence, and facilitation range


Most space holders try to “help” by solving problems.

In Heart iQ, we do it differently.

We read and attune to the emotional field of a group.

We expand the nervous system’s capacity to receive love.

We create healing not by fixing — but by opening to what’s already here.

You’ll walk away from this training with more than insight.

You’ll have real-world experience, new tools, and the embodied knowing that you can hold a group… and lead it somewhere truly transformational.

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“Healing happens in connection, not isolation. When we gather in tribe, we unlock a field of transformation that no one can access alone.”


CHRISTIAN PANKHURST, FOUNDER OF HEART IQ.

What Makes Heart iQ Different?

Heart iQ is not just about learning to facilitate groups — it’s about learning how to work with the field.

This modality blends circle work, somatic awareness, emotional range, shadow integration, and trauma-informed care. At its core, Heart iQ is about expanding into more of our true essence by tuning into love, connection, and community.

We don’t just focus on the wound. We open to the intelligence of the body and the wisdom of the tribe.

We don’t just reveal the shadow. We liberate life force by integrating repressed parts and expanding our ability to receive connection, presence, and belonging.

We don’t just teach tools. We give you a transmission that changes who you are in the room.

 
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Go Beyond One-to-One Work


You’ve likely felt it already: the limitations of working only in one-on-one containers.

There are places your clients can’t reach alone.

Heart iQ and Circle Work unlock a new realm of transformation — powered by the intelligence of the group field.

Learn to lead spaces where collective resonance creates the breakthroughs no single session ever could.

Stand Out in a Crowded Market


Coaching has exploded. So has competition. If you want to rise above the noise, skill isn’t enough — mastery is.

Most facilitators are trained to guide individuals. Very few know how to hold a room.

This training gives you a rare and potent skillset that positions you as a leader others remember, trust, and refer.

Multiply Your Impact and Income


Group work isn’t just more powerful — it’s more scalable.

When you know how to hold deep, safe, and amplified group spaces, you can serve more people, more deeply — without burning out.

Whether you want to run retreats, grow your community, or expand your offerings, this training sets the foundation.

Step Into What’s Next


There comes a point on every facilitator’s path where technique isn’t enough.
Where you realize you’re no longer meant to follow methods — you’re meant to embody a transmission.

You’ve done the trainings. You’ve read the books. You’ve coached, guided, held space.

But something in you is stirring — a deeper knowing…
That the next chapter of your leadership won’t come from more information — it will come from transformation.

This intensive isn’t just about learning a new tool.
It’s about becoming the kind of leader who channels wisdom in real-time, who reads the room without words, and who creates spaces where others remember who they truly are.

It’s about anchoring into a kind of presence that doesn’t just facilitate growth — it amplifies it.

You’re not here to stay in the known.
You’re here to become a vessel for something bigger than yourself.
To become a clear, coherent signal that calls others home.

Where Leaders Go to Expand Their Capacity to Hold Space 

 

Anyone can learn techniques. But the world’s most impactful leaders don’t just share information—they transmit a deeper frequency of presence, mastery, and embodied transformation. 

If you’re a coach, therapist, facilitator, or leader, the Heart iQ Facilitator Intensive is a full-bodied immersion into a new way of holding space. You won’t just learn how to facilitate; you’ll experience firsthand the power of a high-coherence field and what it means to anchor transformation in your own being. 

Great leaders don’t just guide others through change—they become the change. This is where you step into that level of mastery.

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Is This Training For You?

This training isn’t for everyone. It’s for those ready to step into their leadership edge, embody presence, and learn how to hold the kind of space that transforms lives — including your own.

✅ This *IS* for you if…

✔ You feel a call to lead — even if you’re just starting out.

✔ You’ve done personal growth work and are ready to share it.

✔ You want to learn how to facilitate safe, deep group experiences.

✔ You value presence, resonance, and emotional authenticity.

✔ You’re willing to be seen, stretched, and supported in tribe.

🚫 This is *NOT* for you if…

❌  You’re seeking a passive or purely theoretical experience.

❌  You resist being vulnerable or doing your own inner work.

❌  You’re looking for a rigid method or step-by-step script.

❌  You’re not open to feedback or co-creative learning.

❌  You believe true leadership is about control, not connection.

Is This Training For You?

This training isn’t for everyone. It’s for those ready to step into their leadership edge, embody presence, and learn how to hold the kind of space that transforms lives — including your own.

✅ This *IS* for you if…

✔ You feel a call to lead — even if you’re just starting out.

✔ You’ve done personal growth work and are ready to share it.

✔ You want to learn how to facilitate safe, deep group experiences.

✔ You value presence, resonance, and emotional authenticity.

✔ You’re willing to be seen, stretched, and supported in tribe.

🚫 This is *NOT* for you if…

❌  You’re seeking a passive or purely theoretical experience.

❌  You resist being vulnerable or doing your own inner work.

❌  You’re looking for a rigid method or step-by-step script.

❌  You’re not open to feedback or co-creative learning.

❌  You believe true leadership is about control, not connection.

Client Spotlight: Jenni Morris, Colorado, USA

 
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BE INSPIRED

What Others
Have Experienced

"This training is heart-centered, heart-led and heart-opening. You will laugh. You will cry. But most of all you will deepen in an experience of what it is to truly feel loved and to love others authentically from your innermost heart.”

 
- Priya Mahtani, Graduated in 2014

"I can't see how I could do the work in my community helping and mentoring young men, giving them a sense of purpose and belonging, without using the Heart iQ model. Now I am giving back. Thank you!""

 
- Dan Hartley, Graduated in 2012

"Since using Heart iQ with my clients, I'm having amazing results. It's changing peoples lives! They're sharing, expressing, and feeling without holding back."

 
- Marc Adams, Graduated in 2013

"It has made such a HUGE difference in myself and my abilities to be present with clients. It has TRANSFORMED MY COACHING!"

 
- Kim Joy, Graduated in 2014

"This young man, Christian Pankhurst, knows how to articulate these messages as well as, if not better than I can. He is a profound source of wisdom and depth.


NEALE DONALD WALSH, NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLING AUTHOR OF CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD

What You’ll Learn & Receive

This isn’t just information. It’s transformation — layered, embodied, and designed to last.

Over 4.5 days, you’ll build the essential skills, fluency, and confidence to begin leading Heart iQ Circle Work. Whether you’re just starting out or deepening an existing practice, this training meets you where you are, offering a powerful first step on the path to Heart iQ mastery. While true mastery takes years, this journey lays the foundation for becoming a skilled facilitator of embodied, connection-based group work.

 

  • Learn how to lead circles using the Heart iQ Open S.P.A.C.E model

  • Receive a transmission of the  4 energetic dimensions of circle work: Relational, Emergent, Alchemy & Liberation

  • Learn how to facilitate without rescuing, fixing, or diagnosing

  • Learn how to receive feedback, track group energy, and open to intelligence of the Field

  • Learn how to build the inner capacity to be a non-anxious, regulated presence

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What is a Heart iQ Open S.P.A.C.E Circle? 


The Core of This 4.5 Day Intensive

At the heart of this intensive lies the Open S.P.A.C.E Circle — Heart iQ’s foundational practice and methodology for trauma-informed, attuned group facilitation. 

This is the root system of all that you’ll be embodying and practicing during the event. 

An Open S.P.A.C.E Circle is a somatically anchored sharing space — one that invites truth to arise naturally from the body, not the mind. It’s undirected, unforced, and co-created moment by moment, based on what’s alive in the field. 

Unlike therapy, coaching, or advanced trauma process work, Open Space is not about fixing or performing. It’s about cultivating a group nervous system of presence, resonance, and coherence — so that when someone speaks, they are not just heard, they are felt. 

Throughout the event, you’ll be part of an intimate practice pod of around 8 participants, where you’ll have the opportunity to refine your skills, explore a range of Circle Work tools, and receive real-time feedback and guidance to support your growth as a facilitator.

The Open S.P.A.C.E. Framework

 
Heart iQ’s Open S.P.A.C.E Circle is guided by five core competencies: 

S – Slowing Down 

We create safety through tempo. By slowing down, we allow the body to speak, the field to settle, and truth to emerge gently and fully. Healing happens when things become feelable — and feelable happens when there’s space.

P – Presence 

We train our capacity to stay with what is — to witness without rushing, fixing, or pulling attention. This is the ground of all authentic facilitation.

A – Attunement 

We listen with our entire nervous system — becoming available to feel and be felt, to track impact, and to reflect with sensitivity and care.

C – Connection 

We build a resonant, relational field where individuals feel not only accepted, but belonged. Where your truth can touch others, and theirs can touch you.

E – Embodiment 

We support truth to be shared not just with words, but through tone, breath, sensation, posture, and presence — so that what’s felt becomes fully expressed and integrated.

What You’ll Be Learning and Practicing 


During the intensive, you’ll be developing the real-world, embodied skills to:

  • Create and maintain somatic safety and co-regulation in a group setting

  • Hold space for truth-telling without fixing, teaching, or collapsing into emotion 

  • Track subtle cues and amplify what’s alive in the room — without taking over

  • Invite depth, authenticity, and connection in a way that feels gentle, clean, and clear 

  • Help participants share from their bodies, not their stories — and be witnessed in wholeness 

  • Reflect and mirror with precision and care, so others feel seen, felt, and met 

  • Practice attuned leadership that slows down the field, bringing safety and coherence

  • Guide a group to speak into what’s unspoken — not through confrontation, but through presence

Explore What’s Possible — Without Needing to Master It All Now

You’ll be immersed in a wide range of Heart iQ Circles, offering a powerful window into what’s possible as you deepen your mastery. While the field is emergent and ever-responsive to the group, you can expect to experience a variety of transformational circles and themes — each designed to expand your awareness, inspire your facilitation, and reveal the full potential of this work. Some of the formats we may explore include…

  • Grief Circles – help others name and feel their losses in a safe, held field

  • Shame Sharing Circles – invite exiled parts to be met with love and resonance

  • Wisdom Council Circles – access the intelligence of the group without advice-giving

  • Dare to Share Circles – open tension-releasing truth in the group for greater unity

  • Needs & Boundaries Circles – support participants in naming and expressing what they truly want

  • Generational Release Circles – create space to speak what no longer belongs to us

  • Clearing Circles – resolve unspoken tension and restore relational coherence
RECEIVE A TRANSMISSION OF WHAT'S POSSIBLE

The R.E.A.L. Model of Heart iQ Facilitation

A Glimpse into the Future of Your Mastery

 

One of the most powerful reasons to attend this intensive live is to receive a direct transmission of what’s possible in this work — a felt, energetic imprint that you carry into your personal and professional life.

This is the foundation of embodied leadership: where who you are becomes the medicine, and your presence speaks louder than any technique.

During this immersion, you’ll be guided through four advanced Heart iQ circle formats — not to learn how to facilitate them (that takes years to master), but to experience their depth, power, and transformative potential.

These circles form the R.E.A.L. Model — a dynamic map of how collective intelligence moves through group space, offering different flavors of healing, awakening, and expansion.

Each one reveals a unique dimension of what’s possible when space is held with attunement, presence, and amplified field awareness.

Once you experience them, you’ll never hold space the same way again.

Relational Circles

A space where two or more individuals come together to explore the intelligence of the field between them — deepening intimacy, polarity, truth, and connection.

This is the evolution of “us.”

Emergent Circles

A surrender into the intelligence of the collective field — where “we” awakens and something greater moves through us all.

This is where “me” becomes “we” — and the magic unfolds.

Alchemy Circles

A therapeutic group space where trauma is gently revisited, re-patterned, and healed through physicalization, attunement, and corrective experience.

This is healing in motion — where the nervous system rewires in connection.

Liberation Circles

A space for shadow work, emotional range expansion, and the reclamation of bound life force.

This is where power and permission meet.

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Hear From Those Who’ve Experienced It

Watch as past participants share how this facilitator intensive has transformed their professional and personal lives—more impact, more income, doing what they love.

 
VERY SOON THIS COULD BE YOU

More Participant Experiences

"Eye-opening is the best way to describe this retreat. I was confronted with difficult truths and shadow aspects of myself, yet in the safety of the field, I was able to face them, move through them, and step into liberation. The experience was deeply transformative, and I’m leaving with so much to carry forward into my life."

 
Anselm Achberger

"Every Heart iQ retreat leaves me with a full heart and a renewed sense of possibility. It has expanded my capacity to feel, express, and connect more deeply than anything else in my life. The experience is nothing short of magical, and Christian and Sumir are masterful facilitators who hold the space with unwavering presence."

 
Sasha Langesfeld

"Experiencing Heart IQ Circle Work was nothing short of profound. It felt like stepping into an ancient way of healing—where deep listening, attuned touch, movement, and raw expression replaced the numbing and suppression of modern life. In this masterfully held space, I confronted and embraced parts of myself I had long rejected, receiving imprints of compassion that redefined how I want to live. Witnessing others in their liberation became my own. This wasn’t just personal healing—it was a portal for collective awakening."

 
Karmen Kovic

“One of the biggest gifts I received from my time with Christian was learning to trust my body as a guide for authentic connection. A simple yet powerful exercise on co-regulation helped me realize that my attempts to connect with my partner through words weren’t enough—what she needed was presence, attuned physical touch, and deep listening beyond words. That night, I simply held her, and like magic, we refound our connection. Since then, this practice has transformed how we relate—bringing more depth, presence, and ease into our relationship. I’m deeply grateful for this unexpected yet life-changing gift."

 
Chris Brawer

Client Spotlight: Coco, NC, USA

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Meet Christian...


Before I could guide others into wholeness, I had to find it for myself.


Hi, I’m Christian Pankhurst, founder of Heart iQ™, and I’m honored to be your guide on this path.

My journey began in a childhood marked by intensity and unsafety — experiences that led me to years of anxiety, panic, and inner disconnection.

Through these challenges, I developed Heart iQ™: a trauma-informed, body-based approach to healing and group facilitation that now helps thousands of others lead with more presence, depth, and authenticity.

I’ve spent the last 20 years refining this method and training facilitators across the globe.

Along the way, I’ve integrated wisdom from both Eastern and Western traditions — always with the goal of creating safe, attuned group spaces where transformation happens naturally.

If you’re ready to deepen your impact, lead from your heart, and become a master of embodied spaceholding, I’d be honored to walk beside you on this journey.

Now, let me introduce you to the rest of my team — the ones who’ll be supporting you every step of the way.

THE TEAM

Heart iQ Facilitators, Teachers & Embodiment Coaches

Sylvie FrĂśhlicher

Heart iQ Facilitator & Embodiment Coach

Sylvie FrĂśhlicher is a skilled somatic coach, circle facilitator, and embodiment teacher passionate about empowering clients to embrace bold, vulnerable, and authentic self-expression. She has a unique ability to create playful yet deeply transformative spaces, enabling individuals and groups to connect with their true essence and foster meaningful growth.

Sylvie’s expertise spans conscious communication, somatic intelligence, powerful self-expression, deep listening, and loving curiosity.

A strong advocate for inclusion, Sylvie is dedicated to amplifying unheard voices and creating spaces where diversity is celebrated and respected. She believes in the power of authentic self-expression as a catalyst for social change, beginning with the transformation of individuals and radiating outward to impact communities.

Sylvie’s holistic and integrative approach reflects her belief that true transformation arises from embracing both our strengths and vulnerabilities, enabling us to show up fully for ourselves and the world around us.

Sumir Brown

Heart iQ Facilitator & Lead Teacher

 Sumir is a sought-after international facilitator specializing in Women’s, Men’s, and Couples retreats. Her work focuses on attunement to love, expanding consciousness, and the art of beingness, guiding individuals toward deeper connection and self-awareness.

As the co-founder of New Eden, a retreat center in Friesland, The Netherlands, Sumir has created a space for personal and collective transformation. She is also co-owner of The Lilley Center, a wellness hub in the United States, and founder of Feminine Rising and Humanity’s Heart, a nonprofit fostering compassion and unity.

Since 2014, Sumir has played a vital role in nurturing Heart iQ, co-creating New Eden, and building multiple successful ventures. Her partnership with Christian reflects her commitment to cultivating relationships founded on emotional intelligence and mutual growth. Through her unique blend of personal growth and professional expertise, Sumir empowers individuals and couples to unlock their potential, embrace vulnerability, and embody their fullest expression of being.

Lara Kolesar

Embodiment Facilitator

Lara is the Founder of the BodyAsMuse Method and The Art of Ecstatic Touch, both born from her devotion to the body as a gateway to presence, pleasure, and profound transformation.

She opens herself to the field of aliveness and gently attunes others to it—guiding them home to the truth of who they are through touch, breath, movement, and the body's innate intelligence.


Rooted in a lineage of subtle awareness and energetic alchemy, her work draws from the wisdom of authentic Tantric Yoga, bodywork modalities, Heart IQ, and somatic awakening.

Her approach is grounded in years of hands-on experience and her own journey of healing and deepening embodiment.

Through workshops, retreats, and collaborative events, she creates compassionate spaces for individuals to slow down, attune to themselves, and discover the pleasure of being fully in their bodies. Her work invites others to embrace the body as a sacred ally, opening the door to more connection, vitality, and truth.

Choose Your Location

You can attend the Heart iQ Facilitator Intensive in the Netherlands or the United States. Explore the options below and when you're ready to apply, simply click "Begin Your Application"

 

Join Us in the Netherlands


📍 Location: New Eden Retreat Center, Friesland, Netherlands

🗓️ Dates: June 25–29, 2025

💶 Investment: 

  • Early Commitment Bonus (Save 50%): €995

  • Standard Rate: €1,995

    (Tuition only – accommodation & meals extra)

🍽️ Meals & Accommodation: €460

Includes 4 nights in shared occupancy and 3 nourishing vegetarian meals per day.

Upgrades to private rooms available. Camping options offered at a lower rate.

🌀 Why New Eden? 

New Eden is our own dedicated retreat center, nestled in 50 acres of private forest. It’s a sanctuary of presence, magic, and transformation — far from distractions, fully devoted to your growth. This is where Heart iQ was born and where it’s most powerfully felt.

 

Join Us in the United States  


📍 Location: Casa Sagrada, Downtown Loveland, Colorado

🗓️ Dates: July 9–13, 2025

💵 Investment: 

  • Early Commitment Bonus (Save 50%): $995

  • Standard Rate: $1,995

    (Tuition only – accommodation & meals not included)

🏨 Where to Stay: 

Casa Sagrada is located in the heart of Loveland with a wide selection of local Airbnbs and hotels just minutes away. Once registered, you’ll receive a curated list of recommended accommodations and nearby restaurants — everything within easy walking distance.

🌀 Why Casa Sagrada? 

This stunning, renovated church blends urban soul with sacred energy. Under vaulted ceilings and stained glass, you’ll step into a space that feels both grounded and transcendent — like being taken to church in the most heart-opening way. It’s a place where community, transformation, and your authentic leadership can truly come alive.

 

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The Final Invitation 


This isn’t just another training. It’s a turning point.

If something in you feels the pull — a knowing, a quickening, a quiet “yes” — this is your invitation to follow it.

Whether you’re ready to expand your impact, deepen your embodiment, or finally feel part of a community that gets you, this journey will meet you where you are… and take you where you’re meant to go.

You don’t need to have it all figured out. You just need to show up.

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