The Art of Conscious Facilitation

An immersive development experience to deepen your capacity to facilitate groups and conversations with greater confidence and awareness.

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Why This Program, Why Now?

Facilitating well isn’t always easy. As you take on the role of facilitator, you might find yourself navigating unclear agendas, managing group tension, or trying to guide conversations where emotions run high and outcomes feel uncertain.

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It’s common to question your approach—Am I holding too much? Not enough? Am I doing it right?

In today's landscape of complexity and rapid change, facilitation has become an essential leadership capability. Whether you’re guiding a meeting, holding space for difficult conversations, or leading a group through change, how you facilitate a space can shift what’s possible. The old ways of leading; directing, fixing, controlling often fall short.

Growing the Inner Foundations of Conscious Facilitation

Your facilitation impact is shaped by not just what you do, but by how you show up. In every room and every interaction, your presence and energy influence what unfolds. 

This 3 day residential program is designed to grow your capacity from the inside out—strengthening the core foundations to help deepen your awareness, skill, and range as a facilitator so you can create environments where real transformation becomes possible. 

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    Presence

    Cultivate a deeper connection to self—so you can stay grounded, aware, and open in the midst of complexity or emotion.

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    Relational Intelligence

    Build your ability to read the room, navigate dynamics, and create safe, inclusive spaces where people feel seen, heard and able to genuinely contribute.

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    Systemic Awareness

    Develop the lens to sense what’s happening beneath the surface—across individuals, groups, and the wider context—and respond with insight and care.

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    Discernment

    Refine your capacity to know what’s truly yours to hold—and what isn’t—so you facilitate with integrity, boundaries, and trust in the process.

What You’ll Walk Away With

  • Understand what it truly means to facilitate—not by leading from the front, but by creating the conditions for others to think, connect, and contribute.

  • Whole body-based practices to stay open, grounded, and resourced—especially when tension, emotion,or uncertainty arise.

  • The ability to listen beyond words and ask questions that spark insight, unlock group wisdom, and move conversations forward.

  • The capacity to stay with discomfort, difference, and moments that matter—without rushing to fix.

  • Develop the awareness to read group dynamics and sense patterns, energy, and interdependencies.  

  • Expand your ability to move between structure and emergence, lightness and depth - depending on what the moment calls for.

  • This isn’t a one-off. You’ll leave with grounded practices, reflective tools, and a community of peers to support your ongoing development as a conscious facilitator and leader.

A Developmental Experience,
Held in Community

Conscious facilitation is not something we master alone. It’s honed in relationship with ourselves, with others, and within the systems we serve.

This experience is designed to stretch and support you as you grow your facilitation capacity, while being held in a community of peers on the same path.

You’ll experience:

Practices that land in your body—not just your head

You’ll move, breathe, notice, and anchor your learning in lived experience.

A space where you can be real

You won’t need to perform or have it all together. Honesty, reflection, and insight are welcome here.

Learning that draws on everyone in the room

The group’s wisdom is a resource—not just the facilitators’. You’ll learn with and from each other.

Time to slow down and make sense

You’ll have space to pause, reflect, and connect the dots in real time—not just after the fact.

Frameworks that deepen your practice, not complicate it

You’ll explore vertical development, the Thinking Environment®, and Systems-Inspired Leadership in ways that feel grounded and usable.

A multi-layered experience

You’ll be invited to explore yourself, your relationships, and the systems you’re part of—and how they all show up when you facilitate.

Retreat in nature, without the noise

You’ll rest, reset, and immerse in this work on a peaceful 10-acre estate, with nourishing meals and space to breathe.

Integration that lasts beyond the retreat

You’ll leave with practical tools, reflective practices, and embodied insights you can return to—long after the retreat ends.

This Program Might Be Right for You If You…

⦿ often find yourself in facilitation or leadership roles—but quietly wonder “Am I doing this right?”

⦿ want to feel more grounded and confident when holding space for groups, especially in high-stakes or emotionally charged moments

⦿ have relied on instinct or experience so far, but want a stronger foundation and clearer approach

⦿ sometimes second-guess your impact, and want to trust yourself more in the room

⦿ care about creating inclusive, thoughtful spaces, and sometimes feel  unsure how to hold both structure and emergence

⦿ want  to deepen your practice in a way that feels authentic, not performative

⦿ are looking for strategies and practices that stick and support lasting change

⦿ are ready to stop doing it alone and join a community that offers honest feedback and real support

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Panorama Retreat and Resort
27th - 29th May 2026

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Panorama Retreat and Resort is within 1 hour from Melbourne, nestled amidst the breathtaking Dandenong Ranges. 

Individual ensuite rooms with breathtaking, magnificent views and serene surroundings. All meals provided. 

EARLY BIRD PRICE
$2,600
(plus GST)
before 31st December 2025

FULL PRICE
$3,000
(plus GST)
after 1st January 2026

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About Your Facilitators

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  • Founder and Director of the Thinking Field

    Candice is an expert in human-centred leadership and facilitation. With more than 20 years’ experience across Africa and the Asia-Pacific, she helps individuals and organisations cultivate inclusive, relational cultures capable of meeting complexity with grace.

    Trained directly by Nancy Kline, Candice is a Faculty member of Time To Think, leading facilitator and coaching certification programs. She has a gift for co-creating spaces where people feel safe, seen, and stretched, and her facilitation draws on deep respect for inner wisdom and the power of presence.

    Candice’s work spans public, private and not-for-profit sectors, and she brings a unique perspective as a descendent of South African First Nations and co-facilitator of an award-winning Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Allyship program.

    She holds a BA in Psychology and English, a Master’s in Literary Studies, and brings a rare blend of insight, integrity, and humanity to her work.

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  • Co-Founder, Ikigai Leading

    Margot brings over two decades of global leadership and organisational development experience to her work. With an executive career spanning Europe, South America, and Australia—including senior roles with the Volkswagen Group—she has led large-scale transformations across public, private, and not-for-profit sectors.

    Blending deep systems awareness with expertise in vertical development and adult learning, Margot supports leaders to deepen their self-awareness, expand their capacity, and lead with greater clarity and care. Her presence is warm and grounded, enabling her to hold challenging spaces with compassion and precision.

    Known for her thoughtful provocation and strength-based approach, Margot creates reflective environments where insight, growth, and real change can emerge. She holds a Bachelor of Psychology, postgraduate qualifications in Business and Human Resources, is a Harvard Kennedy School Alumni, and  certified coach in multiple leadership methodologies.

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  • Co-Founder, Ikigai Leading

    Monique is a highly experienced coach and facilitator with a 20-year track record supporting leaders, teams, and systems to navigate change, strengthen culture, and lift performance. With a background in both internal leadership roles and consulting across a broad range of sectors Monique brings a practical and relational lens to her work.

    Her approach combines systems thinking, vertical development, and values-based leadership to help people step into their full potential with authenticity and intention. Monique’s adaptive communication style and ability to build trust quickly enable her to connect with individuals at all levels, from boards and executive management to emerging leaders and line-level implementers.

    Deeply intuitive and highly strategic, Monique is skilled at sensing what’s needed and creating conditions for transformation to unfold. She holds a Bachelor of Psychology, postgraduate qualifications  in Management, and is certified in several leadership and coaching methodologies, including NLP Master Practitioner.