The Work That Reconnects Facilitator Training
From Thursday 16 October 2025, six months,
Online with Margo van Greta
This training gives you the skill and confidence to be a facilitator in the Work That Reconnects.
In this time of unprecedented challenges in our world, we need people who are awake, and who will make a positive contribution.
“The Work that Reconnects helps people discover and experience their innate connections with each other and the self-healing powers of the web of life, transforming despair and overwhelm into inspired, collaborative action.” Joanna Macy
It takes the form of a transformative journey through the Spiral of Hope, Honouring our Pain for the World, Seeing with New Eyes and Going Forth.
What you can expect:
Course Structure
Prerequisites:
Online, with Zoom.
Cost with Early Bird discount until 16 August 2025:
£1200/£900/£600
There are 3 prices, to make this course available to all:
In this time of unprecedented challenges in our world, we need people who are awake, and who will make a positive contribution.
“The Work that Reconnects helps people discover and experience their innate connections with each other and the self-healing powers of the web of life, transforming despair and overwhelm into inspired, collaborative action.” Joanna Macy
It takes the form of a transformative journey through the Spiral of Hope, Honouring our Pain for the World, Seeing with New Eyes and Going Forth.
What you can expect:
- You will discuss how to lead WTR sessions, courses and events with groups.
- You will identify the target group(s) you will work with.
- You will practise leading the Spiral Journey of The Work That Reconnects: Gratitude, Honouring our Pain for our Worlds, Seeing with New Eyes, and Going Forth.
- You will experiment all aspects of leading sessions, including group building and safety,
- You will differentiate rank and roles in a group.
- You will design a session or course, using the 8 steps for course design.
- You will evaluate your design and facilitation skills after receiving constructive feedback from yourself, trainees and the trainer.
Course Structure
- Ten facilitated experiential online sessions
- Ten buddy group sessions (groups of around 3)
- Facilitate WTR exercises with constructive feedback, to yourself, from trainees and the trainer.
- Integration material, weekly study.
- Individual exercises
- Two individual coaching sessions with Margo
- Course design
- Identify your key audience.
- Promotion, websites, finance, become a registered WTR facilitator
Prerequisites:
- You have actively participated in The Work That Reconnects/Active Hope experiential courses for at least 12 hours, with a qualified facilitator.
- Active participation during the sessions.
- You have read at least one of the books Active Hope, and/or Coming back to Life.
- Write a short introduction of who you are, why you would like to participate, plus any previous relevant experience in leading groups.
- 2025: Thursday October 16, 30, November 13, 25, December 11.
- 2026: Thursday January 15, 29, February 12, 26, March 12.
- 7-9pm UK time, Check the time in your time zone here
Online, with Zoom.
Cost with Early Bird discount until 16 August 2025:
£1200/£900/£600
There are 3 prices, to make this course available to all:
- Generosity £1200: To financially support those without the means to participate.
- Sustainable £900: The regular price to sustain this course.
- Subsidised £600: For those on low income and in need of financial assistance,
About the Trainer
Margo van Greta is a pioneer of holistic spirituality. She creates a safe and supportive space for deepening your inner journey.
She met Joanna Macy in 2000 and fell in love with The Work That Reconnects. It combines her roles as a social activist, Ecovillage resident, and Buddhist practitioner. She facilitates courses based on Active Hope and The Work That Reconnects, both on-site and online.
Originally from the Netherlands, she has lived and worked in Spiritual Ecovillage Findhorn in Scotland, UK, since 1991. She is passionate about integrating spiritual practice into daily life and created Heartbeat Findhorn: Inner Work for Outer Action, providing online courses. She facilitates The Work That Reconnects, the Transformation Game and Feeding Your Demons. She has been a Buddhist practitioner since 1987, created Togme Sangpo Buddhist Group Scotland, and teaches Buddhism.
She has been involved in creating and facilitating experiential training in Ecovillage Findhorn
She lives in a small eco-house and loves her daily walks to the beach.
What participants say:
"I enjoyed the communal experience of going through the spiral, seeing and getting to know people from other countries who are very engaged in their communities and doing great things."
"I loved that there were so many different formats - big group sessions, buddy groups, individual homework."
"I learned a lot from facilitating within this group, receiving feedback, and watching others."
"Integration materials were excellent at augmenting facilitated sessions and filling any gaps."
"The well-chosen videos and articles were great complements to what we've been learning."
"I appreciated the session design, with opportunities to facilitate in the big group and receive/give lots of feedback."
"I'm now feeling much more confident in facilitating my own sessions!"
Participants Work That Reconnects Facilitator Training, March 2024
Margo van Greta is a pioneer of holistic spirituality. She creates a safe and supportive space for deepening your inner journey.
She met Joanna Macy in 2000 and fell in love with The Work That Reconnects. It combines her roles as a social activist, Ecovillage resident, and Buddhist practitioner. She facilitates courses based on Active Hope and The Work That Reconnects, both on-site and online.
Originally from the Netherlands, she has lived and worked in Spiritual Ecovillage Findhorn in Scotland, UK, since 1991. She is passionate about integrating spiritual practice into daily life and created Heartbeat Findhorn: Inner Work for Outer Action, providing online courses. She facilitates The Work That Reconnects, the Transformation Game and Feeding Your Demons. She has been a Buddhist practitioner since 1987, created Togme Sangpo Buddhist Group Scotland, and teaches Buddhism.
She has been involved in creating and facilitating experiential training in Ecovillage Findhorn
She lives in a small eco-house and loves her daily walks to the beach.
What participants say:
"I enjoyed the communal experience of going through the spiral, seeing and getting to know people from other countries who are very engaged in their communities and doing great things."
"I loved that there were so many different formats - big group sessions, buddy groups, individual homework."
"I learned a lot from facilitating within this group, receiving feedback, and watching others."
"Integration materials were excellent at augmenting facilitated sessions and filling any gaps."
"The well-chosen videos and articles were great complements to what we've been learning."
"I appreciated the session design, with opportunities to facilitate in the big group and receive/give lots of feedback."
"I'm now feeling much more confident in facilitating my own sessions!"
Participants Work That Reconnects Facilitator Training, March 2024
