SUPPORT
- 'Gathering in the Grove': The monthly group opportunity with Co-Founders Anatolia and Patrick and other facilitators to ask questions, receive support and connect.
- 24/7 community message thread to ask questions and share your experiences for support.
- Add-on 1:1 coaching on your facilitation journey by Anatolia or Patrick.
- Access to this course after completion.
RESOURCES
You will receive templates and scripts, including:
- Meditations to get you 'into the right state' for sessions
- Group meditation scripts
- Event structure
- Music playlists
- Warm up exercises
- Logistics and administration check lists
- Co-Lead pre and post event check in support questions
- Support team welcome document and more!
By the end you will have all the resources you will need to run events.
FINDING YOUR UNIQUE FACILITATION STYLE
You're not here to be a carbon copy of other 'new-age' facilitators.
The course provides you with support to be your unique version of a guide for people in the Human Forest ecosystem, including:
- Opportunities to reflect on and share your own experiential stories that you will use to add flavour and weight to your facilitation.
- Activities to understand the facilitator archetypes you have within you and at your disposal.
- Support to acknowledge areas for improvement and what to do about it.
CREATING A GROUP CONTAINER
The dynamics of the group and how you work with them will make or break your event.
The course will support you to work with group dynamics, including:
- Using intentions to set and shift the vibe of the space.
- Using 'deep listening' skills to finesse your facilitator antennae to know what the space needs and how to adjust accordingly.
- Working with sexual energy in a way that feels expansive and exciting for yourself and the group rather than stifling and creepy.
- How to inspire a 'brave space' to create greater self awareness, responsibility and growth.
- Working with emotional expression, supporting the current of life moving through bodies in a supportive way.
SHADOWS AND TRIGGER SUPPORT
Since we're all human and various emotional needs arise in us at different times, your understanding of unbalanced relating tendencies (shadows) and how you handle triggers and conflict is important.
In the course, you will be guided through modules including:
- Support with basic trauma awareness and how to support people if they are in a triggered state.
- A Conflict Resolution technique to use that once you see this dynamic in the world, you will not be able to un-see it! And you will know how to get out of it.
- Support to create a structure of events that is 'trauma aware'.
- Examples of different unbalanced relating behaviours that show up in the Human Forest.
CEREMONY CREATION
We will walk you through the basics of ceremony for a space like the Human Forest and empowering you to be your own space ceremony creator so people can feel your essence.
In this section you will also find meditations and scripts to connect your event with the land in a considerate way, bringing nature into the room.
PATHS OF EMBODIMENT
The course offers you as a facilitator tips and support to get yourself and others into a state of physical receptivity and body awareness that will support the journey.
This includes supporting people to be aware of their somatic experiences and how to act from this wisdom. Also to know their own boundaries, and how to work with consent in verbal and non-verbal ways.
FACILITATOR COMMUNITY
You will have access to an online community of facilitators around the world to:
- connect with through the community thread, ask questions and get to know.
- Share and receive resources.
- Potentially work with other facilitators in different countries if you hit it off!
EVENT ORGANISATION
You will have access to modules specifically supporting you to ease the pressure of event organising, including:
- Add on option to advertise your events through our official Human Forest Project social media
- Marketing your events in a way that feels ethical and hearty so you don't feel like you're selling your soul.
- Organisational check lists to make task allocation easy.
- Refund and cancellation policy script policies.
- Check list and tips to finding the right venue.
- The profit-for-purpose business structure that creates connections with local regenerative organisations, supports our environment and supports you and participants to see that your events are part of a larger ecosystem of our world.
Course Modules
- What to Expect from this Training - A message from Patrick, Co-Founder and Facilitator of the Human Forest Project
- The History of the Human Forest Project - A Message from Anatolia, Co-Founder of the Human Forest Project (4:21)
- How to Prepare for this Training (2:42)
- What IS the Human Forest? (8:54)
- Values of the Human Forest Ecosystem
- The Foundations of Ceremony
- Acknowledgement of the Earth
- The Power of Meditation to set the Scene
- A Ritual in Presence: Teaching presence as the key to transformation and nourishment
- Paths of Embodiment (2:28)
- Why 'Deep Listening' is Vital
- The 'Brave Space': Encouraging individual proactivity (self responsibility)
- Feeling Brave (In a Blindfold)
- Sexually Charged Energy (6:32)
- Celebrating and Supporting Emotional Expression, Awareness and Release
- Energetic Hygiene: How to Keep Your Boundaries Tight
- Consent and Boundaries (2:59)
- Common Participant Challenges
- Fears and Desires: Practicing Awareness
- The Theatre of Shadows
- Trauma-Aware Facilitation
- How Trauma Shows Up in the Human Forest
- How to Support Trauma Activations (23:01)
- It's in the Repair: Conflict resolution techniques
- Why You Need a Support Team
- The Importance of a Co-Lead
- Are you Building a Nest or Scattering Seeds?
- The Venue
- Your Facilitator Biography
- Pre/Post-Event Logistics and Communication
- Finding Your Community: Marketing and advertising your events
- An 'Elevator Pitch from the Heart': How to explain the Human Forest (4:14)
- 'Profit for Purpose': Your win-win business structure (3:16)
- Creating the Nest: Preparing the space
- Potential Risks: Liability
- Event Pricing
- Cancellations and Refunds
Message from Anatolia, Co-Founder, The Human Forest Project
FAQs
How long will the course take to complete?
It really depends on you and how long you it takes you to complete the approximately 59 lessons to a level that feels true for you.
We recommend taking at least 15 minutes per section to read, then 15 minutes to complete the lessons that have activities.
Do I have to have gone to a Human Forest to sign up for the Facilitator Course?
Ideally yes, however, there's a caveat. Since we're a small, yet blossoming movement, there aren't currently many Human Forests running around the world - yet! So it's not always easy to attend one. However we understand that you might want to be part of the community and the movement. If you can't make it to a Human Forest in person, we would recommend you still participate in the online Facilitator Course and before creating a paid Human Forest, you run one with friends and or family to experience the magic of it, at least once.
Is there an in person training?
We are definitely preparing an in-person training somewhere however everyone completing the training in person will need to have completed the online Facilitator Course anyway. This is because the course is the backbone of being a Human Forest facilitator. It will allow you space and time to sink into the important foundations of running a Human Forest. Then the in-person training will support facilitators to deeply embody the teachings, practice and meeting facilitators from around the world, and more!
Will you be available to help me if I need support when completing the course and when I am running events?
Yes. We have many different options for support.
In this Teachable portal of each lesson you will be able to ask questions, we also have a dedicated community thread for sharing and questions.
We also have a monthly group webinar 'Gathering of the Grove' where you can practice your facilitation skills and up-skill through training.
If you need further 1:1 hourly mentoring support for an additional cost, you can choose if you want to work with Anatolia or Patrick.
How much does additional 1:1 hourly mentoring cost?
A one off session is $80AUD and a three session package is $180AUD.
Can I advertise my Human Forest events through your channels?
Yes, you can for a small fee.
Do keep in mind that we will only be sharing the event on our social media however you will be advertising it.
In our community thread you will have access to the form to submit all the information our team will then advertise.
We will also make you an admin for the Facebook event to respond to enquiries and tag you on Instagram if you have one.
Please note that if your co-lead has not completed the Facilitator Course, we cannot advertise your event. We will only advertise for facilitators who are aligned with the values and processes we believe create a safer Human Forest.
When can I start running my Human Forest?
Although you can run a Human Forest before completing the course, we recommend you finish the course first.
Do note that you will not be able to advertise through our channels until you have completed the course and have attended at least one of our monthly online webinar meet-ups 'Gathering of the Grove'.
Is there a certificate I get at the end of the course?
Yes, when we know that you have completed the course.
Do note that it specifies that you have completed the course, not that you are officially affiliated or working with the Human Forest Project. You will be running your own business under your own name, simply using the Human Forest course structure. The certificate also does not hold weight from an insurance perspective.
Am I allowed to call my event a Human Forest?
Yes, you can call your event a Human Forest, or the Human Forest Experience.
Can I use the Human Forest Project branding and name?
You cannot officially call your event a "Human Forest Project" event. We cannot oversee every Human Forest nor cover you under our insurance. You are wholly responsible for your own event.
Does the Human Forest Project cover my event insurance?
You will need to get your own event insurance. We will be happy to share the insurance we have used for our Australian facilitators. For international facilitators, you will need to search for event insurance similar to massage courses.
