Working with Acraya
as a Facilitator
The depth of a dark retreat journey is made possible by the depth of presence supporting it.
"Our mission is to provide a space where clients feel safe enough to surrender, and as a facilitator, you are the heart of that container."
We are so glad you’re here. At Acraya, we believe the depth of a dark retreat journey is made possible by the depth of presence supporting it.
This guide will walk you through how we work together, how we care for our clients, and the flow of our professional partnership. We look for facilitators who bring an attuned, heart-centered, and compassionate presence to every interaction.
The Opportunity
Our "proof of concept" first dark retreat site is expected to launch June 2026.
We use our in-room technology to enable the very best facilitators in the world to make themselves available to our clients as they experience the profoundly life-altering, sacred offering that is the darkness.
Because we value client safety so deeply, many clients will not be able to complete their dark retreat without a qualified facilitator. As we scale, this creates an opportunity for you to automatically grow and sustain your healing practice.
Your Role
On-Demand Support
Be available within 24 hours while a client is in retreat. You are the safety net that allows them to surrender.
Preparation & Integration
Provide emotional support, meditation guidance, and integration support before and after the journey.
Teaching & Skill Development
Help clients build the 'inner muscles' of emotional processing and witness consciousness where needed.
Deep Respect
Always move with deep respect for a client's choice, consent, and personal pacing.
Understanding Our Clients
Advanced Journeyers
Highly skilled practitioners with significant experience. They often require very little support.
Intermediate Journeyers
Have sat at least one meditation retreat and have some experience with deeper emotional work.
Beginning Journeyers
New to meditation or working with intense emotional challenges. They need a facilitator who is also a teacher.
Facilitator Requirements
Because of the profound nature of dark retreats, we maintain high standards for our facilitation family to ensure everyone’s safety.
- Educational RootsPsychology background, plant medicine integration, or 5+ years clinical or client experience.
- Trauma-InformedSpecific training in trauma-informed practices and space-holding.
- Personal PracticeConsistent meditation (3+ years), one 10-day silent intensive, and your own dark retreat (5+ days).
- Embodied PresenceWe value facilitators who have done their own deep emotional 'homework'.
Our Commercial Relationship with You
Billing & Fees
Set Your Own Value: You establish your own rates, which we bill to the client on your behalf.
Acraya Support Fees:
• 20% "Enablement & Booking" fee for clients we send you.
• If you bring your own client, 5% fee for any sessions you bill while they are in retreat
• $20 platform fee per retreat period to cover setup of in-room platform to enable you to support your client during retreat.
Getting Paid
We process payments once a month (on the 15th) via ACH or stablecoins. You’ll receive your total billings minus our fees.
Growing Together
Affiliate Love: 15% commission on room stays for clients you bring (initially 5% during friends & family launch).
Discounts for Your Clients & Community: You’ll receive a discount code to share (no discount during friends & family launch, but tracked for commissions).
Your Wisdom Stays Yours
You retain full ownership of your intellectual property. Anything you bring to the table remains yours.
Working with Clients
Client relationships will be managed through a piece of software called “Homecoming”.
It provides a robust back-end platform that enables messaging, exchange of information and resources, and session notes for each client. It’s everything you need to stay in touch.
Provided at no cost until you exceed 5 active clients, after which it is roughly $30/month.
Frequently Asked Questions
In a word, yes. This is precisely why we take client and facilitator matching so seriously, and ensure pre-existing relationships before the client enters the dark.
Ultimately, there is no substitute for in-person presence; however, we believe that working with the best facilitators in the world provides more benefit than the cost of not being physically present.
More importantly, we believe deeply in making this sacred technology of darkness available to the world on a larger scale, which simply isn’t possible without resolving the constraint of an on-site facilitator.
Provided you meet the minimum requirements, yes. We are working primarily with clients who are seeking spiritual or personal growth and transformation rather than esoteric domains.
Their needs fit skilled practitioners in spirituality, healing, and psychology: mindfulness and emotional processing support. These skills are not unique to darkness, simply more necessary.
Once you've been selected by a client, ultimately, that will be between the two of you. You get to plan how and when to complete the sessions they've purchased, whether to charge for in-room support and how much, and so forth. Acraya simple enables you the client relationship with you, and you're in charge of how you're going to work together.