Immersive Women’s Circle Facilitator Training

Learn to confidently create, facilitate and hold meaningful women’s circle

There is something powerful about women coming together in circle.

A space to pause, connect, reflect, be witnessed and simply be themselves.

But creating and holding that kind of space requires more than gathering a group of women together. As a facilitator, you need to understand how to create a space that feels safe and respectful, how to hold space without fixing or advising, and how to confidently guide a circle while allowing each woman to have her own experience.

The Women’s Circle Facilitator Training is an immersive five-day professional training experience designed to give you the knowledge, practical experience and confidence to create and facilitate your own women’s circles.

And you won’t only learn how to facilitate a circle.

You will have the opportunity to hold one.

Learn. Experience. Facilitate.

Some things are best learned through experience.

Across five days, you will experience circle as both a developing facilitator and a participant as part of the training program.

Through teaching, discussion, reflection and practical experience, you will explore the foundations of circle facilitation while beginning to discover your own style and vision.

You will learn about:

• The foundations and purpose of women’s circles
• The role and responsibilities of the facilitator
• Creating safe, respectful and inclusive spaces
• Holding space without fixing, rescuing or advising
• Values, boundaries and circle agreements
• Creating themes, activities and meaningful experiences
• Structuring, opening and closing a circle
• Facilitating different personalities and perspectives
• Developing your own facilitator presence and style
• The practical considerations of offering your own circles

As part of the training, you will also have the opportunity to plan and facilitate a women’s circle within a supported learning environment, allowing you to put what you have learned into practice before offering circles of your own.

Your Circle, Your Way

There is no single way a women’s circle needs to look.

You may feel called to create circles around connection, wellbeing, personal development, spirituality, life transitions, creativity or simply providing women with a place to gather and feel heard.

Throughout the training, you will explore your own vision:

• What do you want women to experience in your space?
• How do you want your circles to feel?
• What wisdom, experience and creativity do you bring to the facilitator role?

You are not being trained to replicate somebody else’s circle.

You are learning the foundations that allow you to confidently and responsibly create your own.

Supporting You Beyond the Training

The intention is for you to leave the five days not only trained, but ready to begin bringing your circles into the world.

Following the intensive, you will retain online access to the course content and resources, allowing you to revisit your learning as you begin facilitating.

You will also receive printed course materials to use throughout the training and refer back to afterwards.

Professional Business Photography

As part of your training, professional photographer Sarah Jane will join us to create professional imagery of you within an authentic women’s circle setting.

Sarah Jane specialises in heart-centred photography for holistic practitioners, spaces and events, bringing an understanding of how to capture this work in a way that feels natural, professional and aligned.

You will receive five professionally edited images to use as business assets as you begin promoting your circles, developing your professional presence and growing your offering.

Additional images will also be available to purchase directly from Sarah Jane should you wish to expand your collection.

This is an intentional part of the training experience — supporting you not only to develop the skills to facilitate women’s circles, but to leave with professional assets that help you take your next step.

Who Is This Training For?

This training is for women who feel called to create meaningful spaces for other women.

You may already work within counselling, coaching, holistic wellbeing, meditation, healing, yoga or another supportive profession and want to introduce women’s circles into your work.

Or this may be the beginning of an entirely new direction.

You do not need previous facilitation experience.

You simply need a genuine desire to learn how to hold space for women responsibly, confidently and in a way that feels authentic to you.

About Your Teacher

Michelle Garbutt

Michelle is a holistic counsellor, coach, meditation teacher, energy healer, facilitator and founder of The Australian Holistic Academy.

Michelle has completed Imogen Bailey’s Honouring Heart Teacher Training, enabling her to deliver the Women’s Circle Facilitator Program through The Australian Holistic Academy.

Her approach combines professional foundations with heart-centred, experiential learning, creating an environment where you can develop your skills while discovering the facilitator you want to become.

Professional Recognition

IICT-recognised training
Complete professional training recognised by the International Institute for Complementary Therapists (IICT).

Step Into the Facilitator Role

You may have attended women’s circles and wondered what it would feel like to hold the space yourself.

Or perhaps you have carried the idea of creating your own circles but haven’t known where to begin.

Over five immersive days, you will learn the foundations, experience circle, practise holding space and begin developing your own way of facilitating.

You won’t leave simply knowing how to create a women’s circle.

You’ll leave having already held one.

Women’s Circle Facilitator Training

4-Day / 5-Night In-Person Intensive | IICT Recognised | Maximum 9 Women

5-10 May 2027
Werri Beach / Gerringong, NSW

Your investment includes five nights accommodation, meals, intensive in-person training, printed training materials, ongoing online course access and five professional business images.