Fundamentals of Embodied Facilitation
Ripening the Fruit, Sharpening the Blade
Professional Mastery Training
1 year course
next cohort starts may 2026
MAY 2026 - APRIL 2027
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Fundamentals of
Embodied Facilitation
WITH MARCIA B & CLAIRE RUMORE
Professional Mastery Training
Cultivate the art of true Embodied Facilitation
We’re excited to have you join us for an incredibly unique one year learning journey.
During this training, you’ll cultivate the depth, rawness and beauty of true Embodied Facilitation while benefiting from the wisdom and guided practices that anchor such learning.
Our aim is to create a structure that supports your evolution as an individual, allowing the falling away of what is not you, to reveal more and more of your essential and embodied self as a Facilitator.
"Facilitation is the art of supporting your students in accessing their own experience. It's about clearing a path for your participants to notice what is happening, the meanings and feelings they attach to it, and to discover for themselves how they want to integrate those experiences into their lives. As a facilitator, the techniques and information you know matter less than your ability to clear space for your students' to experience the work for themselves."
— Marcia Baczynski (Founder, Coach and author of Creating Consent Culture: A Handbook for Educators)
Radical, Embodied & Total
How this course is different from other facilitation courses
Our approach to facilitation is different because it is alive, fluid, responsive, grounded and authentic. Our aim is to fully embrace that we know nothing – even as teachers and facilitators.
We source, instead, from the present moment, even as we are prepared and seasoned with our content. There is something more potent that comes through when we don’t rely on our intellectual knowing. Fundamentals of Embodied Facilitation teaches the radical method of guiding a group or individual from a place of emptiness, of knowing nothing, of being the hollow bamboo. That is to say, we practice dropping perfection and cultivating clear intuition and sensing.
This course increases your capacity to feel and be present with everything that is happening in the space, always receptive to the intelligence of the group and each moment arising – no matter what.
We learn to lay down any templates or ideas of how ‘our’ facilitation should look like, inviting the ‘greater facilitation’ of the field, the moment unfolding, and all that they contain.
There is no hierarchy (or idea that we know better) through which we separate ourselves from the group. Therefore, while we as Facilitators are the ones holding the group with our energetic authority, we simultaneously know to follow the greater guidance of what is happening in the now.
With this unique way, we create a safe home for vulnerability (our own and others’) in the space, which is the gateway to real intimacy, truer connection and deeper transformation.
It is the teachings of intimacy, intuition, vulnerability, emptiness and loving, compassionate presence which weave through the course content and offer their gifts for your personal growth and style of facilitation. We replace perfection with intuition, being right with staying connected, hierarchy with synarchy and synergy, tools with pure presence, ideas with embodied wisdom, and knowing with sensing and feeling. Consequently, we also understand that any trigger or discomfort is our Guru, our benevolent Teacher.
Our approach to facilitation is different because it is alive, fluid, responsive, grounded and authentic.
HOLDING SPACE HOLDING POWER
If you’d like a grounded introduction to the approach we teach inside this training, you’re welcome to begin with our free Power Awareness Toolkit for Facilitators. It offers a clear exploration of the three types of power that shape every facilitated space — role power, personal power, and social power — and how becoming conscious of these dynamics supports ethical, embodied facilitation. This resource is designed to help you sense whether this work resonates with you before deciding how, or if, you want to continue.
What the Training Offers
Training Overview
A full year of guided learning, with lessons offered in both written and audio formats to support different learning styles
18 live teaching sessions (two per month), including space for group dialogue and Q&A
- 6 in-depth masterclasses led by experienced practitioners and skilled guest teachers
3 facilitated Study Hall sessions to support accountability, integration, and community learning
Additional supportive resources and bonus materials to practically support your facilitation journey
An optional 7-day in-person immersion retreat in South Africa* for embodied integration and deep practice
* The in-person retreat is an additional investment and not included in the core course fee.
Learning Spaces & Format
All of our course materials are hosted within a private course cohort on Mighty Networks, a secure and dedicated learning platform designed to support depth, reflection, and connection. This private space allows participants to move through the material at their own pace while remaining held within a shared learning container.
Our live teaching calls take place on Zoom, offering real-time guidance, embodied practice, and integration. Across these two spaces, we engage in meaningful dialogue, explore and discover together, learn from one another’s experiences, and ask questions within a confidential and supportive environment.
Participation requires a stable internet connection. While a desktop or laptop is recommended for accessing Mighty Networks and live Zoom sessions, you may also join using a tablet or mobile device.
Live Sessions & Timing
All live teaching sessions, including core teaching classes, Study Halls, and Masterclasses, will take place on Tuesdays throughout the training. This consistent weekly rhythm is designed to support ease of planning and sustained engagement over the year.
Classes are held at 7:00pm SAST, which corresponds to 10:00am PT, 1:00pm ET, and 6:00pm UK. Please note that while the class time will always remain 7:00pm South African Standard Time, other time zones may shift by an hour during periods of Daylight Saving Time. We recommend double-checking your local time as needed.
For those unable to attend live, recordings will be made available within the private course space, allowing you to engage with the material in your own time while remaining connected to the learning process.
“Facilitation is a relational art. Whether you’re with one person or a thousand, the same awareness applies — presence, attunement, and the capacity to hold the field. This training is for facilitators, coaches, therapists, and educators who want to deepen and refine how they hold space for others.”
— Claire Rumore, (Sex Educator, Erotic Blueprint Coach & Senior Faculty at Shakti Shiva Academy)
An Invitation Into the Work
Who This Training Is For
This training is designed for practitioners who wish to cultivate a more embodied and grounded facilitation style.
It is especially suited for somatic practitioners, breathworkers, coaches, psychologists, sexologists, bodyworkers, dance and movement leaders, personal growth facilitators, and spiritual development guides, as well as those working in adjacent fields who hold space for others and want to do so with greater presence and integrity.
Embodied Personal Growth
The depth and quality of facilitation do not arise from accumulated qualifications alone, but from the presence and quality of being that holds the space. This training supports a process of gently unlearning limiting patterns, stories, and beliefs, while deepening self-trust and self-love.
As you become more rooted in your essential essence, your facilitation naturally becomes clearer, more attuned, and more impactful—for both you and those you guide.
Learning Together in Presence
Together, we meet in truth and vulnerability, showing up as we are, quirks and all. You will practice fully sensing the moment, listening to your body and intuition, and staying rooted within yourself amidst whatever arises. Through this, you learn to meet intensity with steadiness and compassion, embodying the presence of the loving Witness. From this work, ripples of transformation extend into your daily life, relationships, and creative expressions, as inner and outer worlds begin to move in greater harmony.
The naked truth of our human experience, felt inside the body, heart and mind in each moment, is what our work is based on. Your embodied experience of the now is what becomes your ground and guide as a facilitator – through storms, choppy water and difficult terrain as well as rainbows, clear skies and calm waters.
Are You Ready to Learn?
Facilitate from humility, emptiness, and “knowing nothing”, even as you are experienced and prepared
Hold your power and your vulnerability at the same time
Guide from a place of steady, embodied presence
Radically trust the moment, your intuition, and your body’s knowing
Balance solid grounding with fluid responsiveness
Remain rooted in your centre, even when intensity or chaos arises
- Meet uncertainty with curiosity, openness, and self-responsibility
You Will Learn and Practice How To
Listen continuously from body (sensation and intuition), heart (feeling), and mind (awareness)
Sense and respond to individuals, groups, and the wider field from embodied listening
Release mental agendas and allow guidance to arise from within
Meet whatever arises with full-body presence and openness
Stay deeply connected to yourself while holding space for others
Integrate steadiness and flexibility in live facilitation contexts
How this course supports your personal growth
The actual quality and depth of facilitation do not depend on accumulated qualifications or knowledge. The true pearl of a loving, fun and effective facilitator is the presence and quality of their pure being that fills, and thus holds, the space.
And so this course is a journey of continuously emptying yourself out of limiting patterns, stories and beliefs while falling more and more deeply in love with yourself as you are. Your future students and participants will benefit greatly from the polished jewel of your essential essence.
Together we meet in truth and vulnerability – simply being ourselves, quirks and all – in each given moment. You will practice fully feeling the moment, your body and your intuition while staying rooted inside your being – whatever happens around you. In this way, you will learn to feel and respond to the intensity of any situation while simultaneously embodying the presence of the loving Witness.
From all this, ripples of positive transformation flow into your everyday life and into all your relations and creations. The inner and the outer will seamlessly merge more and more in your living and loving.
"A way to think of facilitation is as a type of dance, and the group as the dance floor. When I dance, how I feel on the dance floor is a reflection of how I’m feeling about myself and about life. If I’m feeling insecure, it will be apparent. If I’m feeling confident and excited, the results will show. The dance floor, or the group, are the mirror, and from the mirror, I learn not only how to show up in general but how I’m showing up in the unfolding. "
~ Claire Rumore, (Sex Educator, Erotic Blueprint Coach & Senior Faculty at Shakti Shiva Academy)
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Facilitation Team
Marcia Baczynski
FACILITATOR
Marcia Baczynski is a skilled facilitator, educator and coach with over 20 years of experience leading groups through transformative experiences. Her primary mission is to help adults who want more connection and intimacy to overcome shame and get in touch with what they truly want – romantically, sexually and relationally – even if it’s off the beaten path. Bringing wisdom, humor, and creativity to all aspects of her work, and a fresh perspective on love, sex and relationships, Marcia shares her expertise in boundaries, communication, consent, open relationships, LGBTQ+ experiences and sex positivity.
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In 2004, Marcia co-created Cuddle Party, a non-sexual workshop and social event centered around boundaries, communication and touch, and in 2006 created its facilitator training program, which now has over 200 facilitators around the world. She is faculty at the School of Consent, teaching both Wheel of Consent workshops and the Like a Pro training for practitioners. Marcia is the co-author of Creating Consent Culture: A Handbook for Educators, which guides teachers and community builders on how to facilitate consent-based interactions in their classrooms and communities.
Over the course of her career, Marcia has facilitated and taught over 1000 in-person events and online experiences, and worked with tens of thousands of clients and students.
Learn more about Marcia at www.askingforwhatyouwant.com
Claire Rumore
FACILITATOR
Claire Rumore is a certified Erotic Blueprint™ coach, an Urban Tantra™ trained sex educator, and a skilled facilitator & coach for the past 20 years.
She became a student of Shakti Malan, founder of the Shakti Shiva Academy, in 2010 and was one of her first North American students. She worked alongside Shakti from 2011 until Shakti’s death in 2017, helping to produce events, trainings, and curriculum, including the original Totality Therapy training curriculum.
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In addition to her work in sexuality, Claire has also worked in tech & innovation consulting since 2014 where she learned, amongst other things, how to facilitate ethnographic research and innovation design sprints at large companies globally. She also worked for an organisational development firm in San Francisco, Ca that specialised in facilitated participatory group work. She helped revise their ground-breaking book “Facilitator’s Guide to Participatory Decision Making.” She also became a graphic facilitator in 2015.
Claire has been involved in facilitation work in large and small ways, ranging from groups, conferences, workshops, extended courses and online classes to couples work, private gatherings and 1:1 sessions.
Claire brings ❤️HEART❤️and 🌈PLAY🌈 to her facilitation style as well as a wealth of experience, resources, and insight.
Learn more about Claire at www.ClaireRumore.com
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Module Content
Foundational learning and embodied practice
Trimester 1
Module 1 — What is Facilitation?
Live Classes: 12 + 26 May 2026
Facilitation is an art weaving together concrete skills with internal and external processes. In this module, you’ll learn:
- What facilitation is (and how it is different from teaching, coaching or mentoring)
- The core skills make for good facilitation
- What you are responsible for (and what you are not responsible for)
- How to foster your participants’ inner experience.
Module 2 — Creating a Sense of Safety
Live Classes: 9 + 23 June 2026
Feeling safe is fundamental to learning from our experiences. In this module, we’ll explore:
- What safety is and isn’t and how you can foster this feeling in your participants.
- Practical tools for building emotional safety within a group
- Preparation for managing physical safety considerations
- How to manage privacy and confidentiality concerns for in-person and online groups
Module 3 — Building a Container
Live Classes: 7 + 21 July 2026
“Container” is the term we use to describe both the physical space of your workshop and the shared emotional context for the work you will be doing with your participants. In this module, we’ll discuss:
- Practical considerations of how to work with the physical environment of your workshop
- Rituals and practices to help your participants feel seen, safe and held
- How to create powerful openings and clear closings
Trimester 2
Module 4 — Facilitation in Practice
Live Classes: 8 + 22 September 2026
Facilitation is a practice of the personal, interpersonal and contextual. In this module, we will practice skills that develop all three areas, including:
- Tools for tracking what is happening in your room, within and between participants
- How to bring heartfelt presence and clarity, even when you get activated by your students
- Skills for group management and meaningful participant engagement
Module 5 — Facilitating through challenges
Live Classes: 6 + 20 October 2026
This module will give even more opportunity for facilitation practice. We will explore:
- How to facilitate through common obstacles and concerns
- Balancing structure and flow as unexpected information enters the room
- Tools for protecting your vulnerable students and understanding group dynamics
Module 6 — Power, Integrity and Accountability
Live Classes: 3 + 17 November 2026
Working with groups, it is normal and expected that “stuff” will come up and sometimes we will not handle it well. Perfection cannot be our goal, but if that’s true, what will we replace it with? In this module, we’ll explore:
- What integrity and accountability mean for a Shakti Shiva Academy facilitator
- How power plays out in a group dynamic, both as a facilitator and among your participants
- The profound power of clear guardrails and meaningful apologies
Trimester 3
Module 7 — Self-Care as a Facilitator
Live Classes: 12 + 26 January 2027
As a facilitator, it’s important to be in good working order so you can show up for your participants, as well as to have tools to take off the “space-holder” hat afterward. In this module, we will:
- Dig deeper into your own boundaries and limits as a facilitator,
- Get clear on how expectations and intentions can help or hinder you
- Brainstorm ways to open yourself up and close yourself down before and after an event
Module 8 — Planning Your Workshop
Live Classes: 9 + 23 February 2027
In this module, we will review crucial factors that will help you set up your workshops. To set you up for success, we’ll guide you to:
- Determine the scope of what you will do
- Write compelling invitations that are extensions of your facilitation
- Find excellent venues and awesome assistants
Module 9 — Integration and Celebration
Live Classes: 9 + 23 March 2027
In our last month together, it’s time to celebrate! In this module, we will:
- Review all that we have covered
- Help you determine your next steps
- Celebrate your completion of the Fundamentals of Facilitation course!
Masterclasses
Learning with experienced guest practitioners
Dan Brulé
Lessons from a Lifetime of Facilitation: 90 priceless minutes with Dan Brulé
Live class: 19 May 2026
Dan Brulé has been teaching breathwork since before it was even a ‘thing’ and brings his wisdom of a lifetime to this lively conversation and Q&A. Dan has spent over five decades exploring the power of breath. From childhood breath-holding contests to near-death experiences, deep-sea diving, and medical X-rays, his life has been a study of how we breathe — and what our breath reveals about who we are. Dan will share tips like, “Staying connected to your own breath while guiding others is the key to authentic, powerful facilitation” and other lessons from his journey dedicated to the breath with us. Oh, and did we mention that we’ll breathe together too!
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Dan Brulé, world-renowned Pioneer in Breathwork, is a modern day teacher & healer, an innovative, unorthodox, irreverent, creative, game-changing entrepreneur. He trains the people of the world to use the power of breath and breathing to relax and energise their body, focus and expand their mind, calm and balance their emotions, and nourish and uplift their soul. He is the author of Just Breathe.
Jeremy de Tolly
Elevate Your Presence: Speak with Confidence and Impact in Any Setting
Live class: Tuesday 16 June 2026
In this Masterclass, you will explore embodied, heart-centered communication with Jeremy. He will share his Radiant Voices Process with you, supporting you to bring your voice into the world with greater presence, clarity and authenticity. The work will also support you to manage your ‘communication system’ consciously to foster a safer and more powerful container when facilitating groups and one on one. He will also share simple vocal practices for use in group work to regulate nervous systems and create connection.
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Jeremy de Tolly is a communication coach who helps people overcome fear and anxiety around speaking and singing so that they can express themselves with confidence, clarity, and ease. Through his Radiant Voices Process, he’s helped thousands of people—from CEOs to yoga teachers—show up powerfully as their authentic selves.
He’s trained in multiple modalities, including energy coaching, Tension & Trauma Releasing Exercises (TRE®), and Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT). He uses trauma-informed somatic therapies and mindfulness methods to help people overcome their fears of expressing themselves and being heard and seen. In the process he’s been featured in publications such as GQ, Men’s Health, and Rolling Stone. When he’s not coaching clients, he makes music as a singer, guitarist, pianist, and studio producer. He lives between Toronto, Canada, and a beautiful farm in Elgin, South Africa.
Denyse & Anaisa (SafeMediation)
Restorative Justice & Repair in Trauma-Informed Communities
Live class: 13 October 2026
This masterclass is led by Anaisa Seneda, Founder and Principal Mediator of Safe Mediation, together with Denyse Ford, Associate Mediator; both are long-standing leaders in restorative justice and relational repair within embodied and conscious sexuality communities. Drawing on decades of combined experience, Anaisa and Denyse offer a grounded, trauma-informed approach to addressing harm, accountability, and repair in complex relational and professional contexts. Their work integrates restorative justice principles, psychological insight, and practical tools to support safer spaces, ethical leadership, and meaningful dialogue, especially where power, intimacy, and vulnerability are present. This session is designed for Tantra and embodiment professionals seeking clear frameworks for responding to harm, navigating difficult conversations, and fostering integrity, responsibility, and relational trust within their communities.
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Anaisa Seneda is a restorative justice practitioner and conflict resolution expert, and the Founder of Safe Mediation, an international practice supporting repair, accountability, and dialogue in complex and emotionally charged contexts. With a background in engineering, an MBA from INSEAD, and advanced training in psychology, trauma-informed practice, and Eastern traditions, Anaisa works at the intersection of consciousness, power, intimacy, and ethics. She is widely trusted within conscious sexuality and embodiment communities for her grounded, strategic, and deeply respectful approach to addressing harm while preserving dignity, autonomy, and relational integrity.
Denyse Ford is a sociologist, restorative justice practitioner, educator, and mediator with Safe Mediation, specializing in accountability, consent, and relational repair in complex and sensitive environments. She has experience supporting trauma-aware responses to harm within conscious sexuality, Tantra, and spiritual communities. Known for her grounded presence, clarity, and ethical integrity, Denyse offers practical and compassionate frameworks for addressing misconduct, power dynamics, and relational rupture. Her work centres dignity, choice, and responsibility, supporting individuals and communities to move toward meaningful repair and restored trust.
Zahava Griss
Observing the Caste System: who we learned it’s ok to love
Live class 1: 10 November 2026
How Facilitators Can Interrupt Caste: creating a love and liberation culture
Live class 2: 24 November 2026
When you facilitate, you define the culture of the container. It’s an opportunity to make the “over culture” visible and to replace it with something more authentic, more accountable, more welcoming, more dignifying. Creating culture starts with your own relationship to your cultural roots, your ancestors, and the dignity of your people(s). We will explore the importance of grieving regularly, grieving personally, collectively, and ancestrally, to be and facilitate a heart centered culture. We will explore what shame is, how to melt it, and how to grow ongoing melting shame practices. Underneath the content of what you teach, is the way your body communicates with other bodies… the way your body is part of a collective shift from a “trauma bonding” culture to a “dignity bonding” culture!
About Zahava
Zahava Griss (aka Z, pronouns: they/them) is the founder of Embody More Love, a spiritual kinky dance community for personal & cultural liberation. Since 1999, Z has been facilitating dance, embodiment and eros as a source of healing, creativity, building community, and shifting our culture. Z’s performance rituals, books, coaching, grief rituals, and workshops invite a dismantling of oppression so we can create more truthful, empowering, and meaningful relationships.
Their core offering is Play with Power & Gender through Dance, a 3 month spiritual kinky dance immersion.
Jared Lim
Planning for Profit: Design a financial roadmap that supports your mission, grows your income, and aligns with your values
Live class: 19 January 2027
Too often, purpose-led facilitators pour energy into their work without a clear financial structure to support it. No matter how strong your mission or how sincere your desire to serve, it becomes significantly harder to create and sustain the impact you’re here to make long-term if your business isn’t profitable. This session offers a clear, practical approach to designing a financial roadmap that helps you make aligned decisions and build a business that can truly support the work you’re here to do.
Our time will include: clarifying a meaningful profit goal, building a first-cut budget and financial plan, creating space to reflect on your relationship with finances, and building confidence in your ability to lead your business financially.
You’ll leave with a downloadable budget template, a practical framework, and a concrete starting point for creating a financial plan that moves you toward your goals with clarity and confidence.
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Jared Lim is the founder of Entrepreneur Awaken, a coaching company focused on helping conscious entrepreneurs grow profitable, scalable businesses without compromising their wellbeing, freedom, or values. He is also the co-founder of Sacred Ways, a retreat company that offers transformational experiences in Peru and Hawaii for those called to deep inner healing and spiritual deepening.
Jared is a Certified Accelerated Evolution Master Coach with over a decade of experience as a founder, coach, and advisor, supporting entrepreneurs by integrating deep inner work with strategic execution.
Marcia Baczynski
Marketing That Works (and Feels Good!)
Live class: 2 February 2027
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- It must be effective.
- It must be consent-based.
- And it must feel good (to you AND your students).
Bonuses
Practical and integrative support
Study Hall Sessions
Accountability & Community
Live classes: 28 July 2026, 1 December 2026 + 30 March 2027
We’ve built in 3 “Study hall” style sessions at the end of each semester for additional support.
The purpose of these sessions is to provide 90-minutes of unstructured time for questions, conversations, exploration & inquiry.
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There’ll be an opportunity for you to share about how the course is going for you and breakout groups will give students a chance to get to know each other and share personal experiences and insights.
You can also simply use this time to focus on your assignments – you’ll have accountability built right in.
Online BlissDance Classes
Drop-in classes with Kali Satyagraha Widd
Live classes: 29 July 2026, 25 November 2026, 31 March 2027
BlissDance is a sublime facilitation tool because all life is energetic eros, and as such is constantly in motion, changing in every moment, and transforming and evolving. When we as facilitators keep flowing with life, embodying our desires and following our bliss, we can powerfully transmit these satoris to others energetically.
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BlissDance is a profound Tantric Movement Practice of Awakening: awakening in us our universal desire for Truth, Presence, Love, Connection, Beauty, Freedom, and Pleasure!
BlissDance, like Tantra, supports the powerful integration of all seeming polarities such as the sacred, profane and the sexual; the light and the shadow; and the masculine and the feminine.
Kali is the co-founder of the BlissDance Certification Training and Senior Faculty at Shakti Shiva Academy. She is a lover of life and love, and is passionate about supporting humanity to transition into the Age of the Heart through Unity Consciousness.
Office Hours with Lisa Grace
A regular ongoing opportunity for connection, inquiry & sharing
Most Mondays on Zoom – event listings in our Circle of Fire on Mighty Network
Receive additional support from Shakti Shiva Academy Faculty Lisa Grace as you move through the Fundamentals of Facilitation course materials.
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Please use this space to check-in, ask questions, start conversations, initiate inquiry, request support on your path or simply share what’s moving for you in your messy living loving human life. The hour together will be led by the desires of the emergent group and Lisa Grace may offer a meditation or other practice…
Think of this intimate hour as a free coaching session with Lisa!
It’s our weekly gift to you 🎁
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Fundamentals of Embodied Facilitation is designed for those already guiding others — facilitators, coaches, counsellors, therapists, and educators — who wish to deepen their presence and refine their facilitation skills. Whether you work one-on-one or with large groups, this training supports you in holding a grounded, relational field while delivering your work with greater awareness and authenticity.
— Claire Rumore, (Sex Educator, Erotic Blueprint Coach & Senior Faculty at Shakti Shiva Academy)
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Financial aid will be available to a limited number of students in the form of partial bursaries. Please note that bursary awards are based on several factors, including the size of our award fund and the approximate number of students enrolling at the full tuition rate.
All students requiring assistance are welcome to apply for financial aid. We welcome applications from serious seekers of all races, sexual orientations, and beyond.
The actual quality and depth of facilitation do not depend on accumulated qualifications or knowledge. The true pearl of a loving, fun and effective facilitator is the presence and quality of their pure being that fills, and thus holds, the space.
The Roots of Fundamentals of Embodied Facilitation
The late Shakti Malan, whose legacy and teachings are the structure of our work, always held space with such vulnerability and pure presence. She continuously bowed to the great wisdom of each arising moment felt inside her body. This is the ground on which this course stands.
Marcia Baczynski and the Shakti Shiva Academy co-created the curriculum for this course. Marcia is the co-founder of Cuddle Party™ (events that are about consent, boundaries and touch) and was instrumental in creating their very successful international facilitation program.
What we (Shakti Shiva Academy) wove into the tapestry of this training are the unique flavours and stories of the Academy – stories, practices, experiences, tools, etc., which anchor Embodied Facilitation into the landscape of practice and real-life experience.
F.A.Q
Does the course require specific knowledge or experience?
No. Actually, sometimes the less you know, the better it is as this can open you to beginner’s mind and enable you to meet the materials in a fresh way. What is important, however, is that you are totally committed to doing the work of becoming more of you who really are. This course is specifically designed for those individuals who are willing to take responsibility for and participate in their own evolution while at the same time having a deep desire to play a role and be of service in bringing a new world into being.
Who is this 1-year training for?
This training is designed for facilitators, educators, practitioners, bodyworkers, therapists, and individuals seeking personal and professional growth. The course focuses on embodied facilitation training, and aims to empower participants in their personal and professional lives.
Are there any prerequisites to participating in this course?
No. It’s not a requirement that you’ve completed any previous courses with Shakti Shiva Academy. This course both stands alone and also forms Year-2 of our BlissDance Training Certification.
If you’ve previously participated in the BlissDance Foundation Training, then this course is the next step on your journey to certification.
What about confidentiality?
Your journey remains completely confidential. If you wish to share on the Private Course Cohort on our Mighty Network Community Platform, there is a confidentiality agreement in place.
What if I need more support?
We’ve built in 3 “Study hall”- style sessions at the end of each semester for accountability, community and additional support.
“Office Hours” is a weekly online gathering space hosted by faculty member Lisa Grace. You’re welcome to use this space to check-in, ask questions, start conversations, initiate inquiry, request support on your path or simply share what’s moving for you in your messy living loving human life.
Are the facilitators available for private sessions?
If you find you require additional support aside from the LIVE calls and group coaching sessions provided with this program, then you are welcome to approach either of the facilitators and book private sessions. These sessions are booked and paid separately and negotiated between you and the facilitator in their private capacity.
You’re also able to book 1:1 coaching and transformational mentorship sessions with Shakti Shiva Academy’s highly skilled team of faculty.
Do I have to finish the course in a certain time period?
Nope! All the course materials are downloadable, so you can work through them at your own pace. This is not yet another to-do. There is a carefully curated structure in place to support you to get the most out of the materials. We do however encourage you to keep current with reading or listening to the modules and attending the live calls each month. You can always return to assignments and complete them in your own time.
IMPORTANT: If you’re taking this course as part of your BlissDance Certification Training qualification, then you’ll need to have completed all of your assignments no later than 6 months after the completion of the course.
What materials will I need for the training?
You’ll need reliable internet access, a computer, speakers and/or headphones.
Do I need good internet or internet skills to do this programme?
Only for downloading and interaction in the Q&A aspect of the live coaching calls. We will give you all the support we can – and you’ll see that, once you’re in the flow, it’s really easy.
What is your refund policy?
Unless you cancel your registration timeously, the Shakti Shiva Academy does not offer a refund for any other reason.
During the first month of the course, that is up to and including 31 May 2026, you can de-register from the course by writing an email to info@shaktishiva.academy
If you selected the monthly payment plan when registering, we will cancel your future payments, however, please take note that no refunds will be provided.
If you selected to pay in full upfront when registering, we will refund 90% of your payment.
After 31 May 2026, you can no longer de-register from the course.
I’m taking this course as part of my BlissDance Facilitation certification with the Shakti Shiva Academy, what are the requirements that I need to be aware of?
You will need to have:
- Attended 80% of the LIVE classes. (If you’re in an awkward time-zone and are committed to watching the class recordings and doing the ‘work’, then please send an email to info@shaktishiva.academy and we’ll connect with you to discuss what your participation in the course could look like)
- Watched the recordings of any LIVE classes you may have missed
- Completed all assignments
- Attended the 7-day in-person retreat in South Africa (Ideally, you will participate in the retreat offered during the year you’re taking the course, however if this is absolutely not possible, you may attend the in-person retreat when we next offer the Fundamentals of Embodied Facilitation course)
Terms & Conditions
You can read our full terms & conditions here.
Still have questions?
If you’re interested in participating in this 1-year Fundamentals of Embodied Facilitation Training Course and still have questions that need answers, please schedule a free 20 minute discovery call with Principal & Senior faculty Rhianne van der Linde here.
Together we meet in truth and vulnerability – simply being ourselves, quirks and all – in each given moment. You will practice fully feeling the moment, your body and your intuition while staying rooted inside your being – whatever happens around you. In this way, you will learn to feel and respond to the intensity of any situation while simultaneously embodying the presence of the loving Witness.
Certification
Shakti Shiva Academy is known for the depth of content it offers. What qualifies us to work with others is the wisdom and maturity that we develop through immersing ourselves in life’s rich experience with clarity, awareness and an ever expanding heart. It is our intention that after completing all three years of your chosen learning path, you will not only have a vastly expanded relationship with your own inner landscape, your sexuality and the world you live in, but that you will be richly equipped to facilitate this work for clients and students who come your way.
We have three learning paths in which you can study to become a certified facilitator.
Year-1 Courses for Personal & Practitioner Mastery - Choose your Certification track:
Year-2: Fundamentals of Embodied Facilitation for Professional Mastery
This course can be taken as a stand alone embodied facilitation training to support the work you’re already doing in the world or it can be taken as Year-2 of your certification training.
Year-3: Focused Facilitation Training for Specialist Mastery
Small cohorts, high touch & personal engagement with your facilitators, completion of your dissertation summarizing your 3-years of experiential & theoretical learning.
On completion of your chosen 3-Year learning path, you will be prepared to comfortably and confidently facilitate private clients and you’ll have all the skills required to guide and facilitate both small and medium sized groups.
Selected students may continue to Year-4 and qualify as a Totality Therapy Facilitator. Depending on your chosen learning path, your 4th year will require a minimum of two additional Short 7-week courses. Totality Therapy is an experiential rather than a theoretical curriculum – and includes a series of 1:1 high touch mentorship & supervision sessions with a Shakti Shiva Academy Faculty member. More details coming soon.
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