Who This Is For
Perfect for anyone who supports personal or professional growth:
Coaches & consultants
Managers & supervisors
Educators & facilitators
Therapists & wellness practitioners
HR & organizational leaders
Whether you’re starting fresh or expanding your current practice, this program equips you to lead with clarity, presence, and purpose.
Recommended Skills & Background:
2+ years of facilitation, teaching, coaching, or group leadership experience
Strong interpersonal communication and emotional intelligence
Experience holding space for others in creative-workshop settings
Self-directed and comfortable with participant recruitment and community building
Education/Training:
Degree or formal training in psychology, human-centered design, creative workshop facilitation, education, social work, organizational leadership, or related fields (recommended)
Course Breakdown (100 hours)
Week 1 – Welcome + Foundations of Facilitation (9 hours)
Orientation + Cohort Agreements
Introduction to The Mindful Method and Life 4.0
Creating psychological safety + presence
Guided Practice: Opening Rituals + Breathwork
Week 2 – Mindset: Shifting Internal Narratives (8 hours)
Introduction to somatic awareness + neuroscience of mindset
Practice: Life Design Framework + Needs Assessments
Peer Pods: Sharing and feedback on personal narratives
Week 3 – Understand: Systems Thinking + Present State Mapping (8 hours)
Facilitating visual thinking + systems maps
Practice: Life Design futures foresight methods
Hakomi Integration: Contact + Mindfulness in Coaching
Week 4 – Somatic Awareness I: Body Wisdom + Grounding Techniques (8 hours)
Trauma-aware facilitation + the nervous system
Practice: Body Scan + Somatic Exercises
Coaching Circle: Co-regulation and presence
Week 5 – Reimagine: Visioning and Creative Facilitation (8 hours)
Design thinking for futures thinking
Practice: Future Self Letter + Daily Practice
Peer Pods: Metaphor-based storytelling exercise
Week 6 – Prototype: Experimentation + Habit Change (8 hours)
Cue-Routine-Reward framework + iterative habits
Practice: 1-week micro-habit experiment + measurement
Hakomi Integration: Organicity and behavioral change
Week 7 – Facilitation Lab I: Peer Practice + Feedback Loops (9 hours)
Practice Teach: 30-minute facilitation per student
Peer and Mentor Feedback: Time management + presence
Group Reflection: Self-evaluation prompts
Week 8 – Decide: Alignment + Ethical Choice-making (8 hours)
Tools for decision-making and principles prioritization
Practice: Possibilities + Decision Matrix
Integration: Mind-body alignment in choice-making
Week 9 – Somatic Awareness II: Emotional Safety + Tracking (8 hours)
Reading the room: tracking, titration, and pacing
Practice: Mid-session adjustments using somatic cues
Trauma-Informed Tools: Repair and re-entry techniques
Week 10 – Embody: Integration and Ritual Design (8 hours)
Closing cycles + ceremony for growth
Practice: Create and lead a closing ritual
Peer Pods: Reflect on participant transformation moments
Week 11 – Facilitation Lab II: Final Capstone Teach (9 hours)
1-hour facilitated session led by each participant
Live Feedback: Rubric-based evaluation by peers + mentors
Coaching: Readiness for certification + growth plan
Week 12 – Licensing, Launch Planning, and Community (9 hours)
Business strategy for workshop delivery
Licensing details + content toolkit access
Community Invitation: Join the global Mindful Studio network
Celebration + Closing Circle