The Facilitation Lab

What is the course?

A comprehensive, four-month training into the art of facilitating transformation - designed for both experienced and emerging facilitators seeking to deepen their presence, broaden their toolkit and stand in their full confidence. Whether you're new to holding space or have years of experience, this journey is a deep dive that will support you in developing the practical skills, embodied awareness and inner confidence needed to navigate group work with care, clarity and creativity. For those who have already done some facilitation training with us, this is an opportunity to go deeper and get a comprehensive overview of a wide diversity of tools, practices and perpectives. For those who are new to Change in Nature, this is an invitation to step into a rich learning community where practice, reflection and shared exploration create the foundations for confident, compassionate facilitation.

What will we explore?

There will be an intimate group limited to 12 people. Each module blends teaching, experiential work and peer reflection to deepen your understanding and stand in your transformative power as a facilitator. Core themes, which can be applied to both in-person and online settings, include:

• The Foundations of Holding Space
  Building presence, trust, safety, and attunement in group settings.

• Facilitation Tools, Models & Methods
  Group process design, decision-making tools, check-ins and embodiment practices.

• Introduction to Trauma-Informed Facilitation
  Understanding nervous system responses, psychological safety and boundaries in practice.

• Holding Strong Emotion
  Responding to vulnerability, emotional overwhelm, shutdown or other emotional responses with steadiness and skill.

• Awareness of Inclusion and Equity
  Exploring an introduction to power dynamics and building containers where all voices matter.

• Creativity & Emergence
  Using story, movement, nature, ritual and play to deepen engagement and insight.

• Conflict Transformation
  Addressing interpersonal tension, disagreement, resistance and disruption with openness and structure.

• Transformative & Breakthrough Facilitation
  Creating moments of insight, collective clarity and deeper change.

• Your Unique Facilitator Style & Inner Work   
  Exploring your values, edges, triggers and growth areas as a practitioner.

• Working with AI as a facilitation tool  
  Looking at strengths and weakness and strategies to maintain human support, empathy and accountability

• Ethics & Boundaries in Group Work
  Consent, scope of practice, confidentiality and group agreements.

What is the Course Structure?

• Live Sessions:
  2 hours every two weeks (via Zoom), including teaching, practice and group dialogue.

• Coursework Between Sessions:

• Personal reflection

• Practice tasks to try out learnings in real-world settings

• Readings, videos, podcasts and other inspiration

• Facilitation Practice (Key Component):

• Facilitation opportunities for the cohort with peer feedback

• Facilitate two external sessions (in your community or work setting)
  → Each with self-reflection, peer feedback and process notes

• Peer Circles:
  Small group online meet-ups for support, debriefing and learning from one another

Who is this For?

This course is open to all levels - from those just starting out to experienced facilitators seeking new edges. You might be:

• A coach, educator, team leader, therapist, consultant or practitioner.

• Looking to hold more space as a career path or in your community.

• Curious about how to bring more presence and impact to your work with groups

When?

All timings are 9-11am on Wednesday mornings (UK time), except for the first session (28th January) and the session on 20th May which are 9am-noon. Session are recorded, so it is possible to catch up if you miss any.

• 28th January 2026 (3 hours)

• 11th February 2026

• 25th February 2026

• 11th March 2026

• 25th March 2026

• 8th April 2026

• 22nd April 2026

• 6th May 2026

• 20th May 2026 (3 hours)

• 17th June 2026

What will you come away with?

At the end, you will receive a Certification of Completion. While not an external accreditation, Change in Nature’s facilitation courses are widely recognised for their depth and integrity. Participants consistently share outstanding feedback and apply the learnings in organisational, community and transformational settings.

However, the course is so much more than a formal training. It’s an invitation to step more fully into your craft and calling as a facilitator. This journey will take your practice to new depths. You'll come away with not only tools and techniques - but the embodied confidence to hold complex, alive and transformational spaces with grace and clarity.

The aim is that you will feel rooted in your unique voice as a facilitator, with a deeper trust in your presence and leadership. You will have grown your confidence to design, hold and reflect on powerful group processes, from beginning to end, and gain a clearer sense of the bigger picture of group transformation. Most of all, we hope that you will leave this course changed - not just as a facilitator, but as a human being. You will have not only refined your skills, but deepened your purpose and your capacity to share your gifts more skilfully with others. Facilitation is not just something you “do” but a way of being.