Spiral Journey International Programs
7-Month International Facilitator Development Program
Co-facilitated by Molly Brown, Constance Washburn, Sara El-Sayeh, ian goh, Rukmini Iyer, and Yulia Smagorinsky
Join an international cohort of people dedicated to the Great Turning towards a just and thriving future for all beings. Participate in our 7-month online learning community to develop facilitation skills in the Work That Reconnects. Offered annually from September through April.
In session. Applications will open again in April.
The Thawing
Taking Capitalism Through the Spiral
Facilitated by Sara El-Sayeh
Capitalism and post-capitalism or post-growth will be our thematic focus for our time together.
Facing Fragility – Toward Building a Culture of Coliberation
an advanced anti-racism workshop for white-bodied folx
Facilitated by Leah Pearson and Yulia Smagorinsky, with guest facilitator Queen Rev. Mutima Imani
We invite you to work with us toward building a sane, loving, compassionate and brave anti-racist culture.
This course builds emotional, somatic, cognitive and social capacity to confront white supremacy and systems of oppression while developing the tools to stay engaged without overwhelm. Through guided learning, somatic practices, and self-regulation techniques, participants will explore the difference between safety, challenge, and overwhelm, as well as activation versus trigger responses.
This workshop is designed to meet both training prerequisites for the International Facilitator Development Program: 12-hour full spiral WTR as well as Anti-Oppression training.
New cohort starting April 18 2026
3-hour Mini Spiral SJ Scholarship Fundraising Series
Offered by the Spiral Journey Facilitation Team, SJ FDP Alumni and SJ FDP current cohort participants
In a world that is changing fast, many of us are carrying both love and heartbreak for the Earth—often silently, often alone. We feel the weight of what is happening to our planet and all its beings, even when we don’t always have spaces to name it or share it. This 3-hour online experiential circle is a gentle invitation to come together, to honour what we are feeling about our world, to examine our place within the larger web of life, and to remember that our pain is not separate from our care.
Free self-paced mini spiral
Offered by the Spiral Journey Facilitation Team: Sara El-Sayeh, Ian Goh, Molly Brown, Rukmini Iyer, Constance Washburn and Yulia Smagorinsky
The following programs will be offered again in the future,
new dates to be announced:
Inner and Outer Landscapes of Oppression
An Asian Lens for Anti-Oppression Work
Facilitated by Rukmini Iyer
This six-part series invites participants to journey into the interconnections between inner and outer systems of oppression, drawing on the philosophy and practices of the Work That Reconnects. While much anti-oppression discourse has emerged from the U.S. context of race, this offering brings an Asian-centred and global perspective, weaving in reflections on caste, class, religion, labour, gender, colonialism, and ecological harm.
This anti-oppression workshop qualifies as a pre-requisite for those applying to the Spiral Journey Facilitator Development Program this year.
Embracing Elderhood on Behalf of All Life
Next cohort time TBD
Facilitated by Constance Washburn and Mary Oak
Join us in supporting one another in stepping into the role of Elder as sage, peacemaker, and activist. This interactive course builds community and nurtures conscious awareness in service to transforming our humanity, our Earth, and our future.
A Seven-Session Journey of Exploration and Connection
Constance Washburn and Mary Oak will offer a 7-webinar series following the Spiral of the Work That Reconnects to explore what it means to be an Elder in these challenging times. Provides 16 hours of WTR practice and experiences.
Inside Out
Reclaiming Heart and Spirit Through the Challenges of our Times
Facilitated by Molly Brown and Mark Skelding
Join us on a six-month journey to uncover and release the potential and will for transformation deep within ourselves, our communities, and the more-than-human world.
Drawing on Psychosynthesis and the Work That Reconnects, we will explore practices of self-awareness, belonging, will, and ecological identity.
In session – new dates TBD
Imagination for Liberation
Facilitated by Sara El-Sayeh
Imagination for Liberation is a 6-week course for self proclaimed (closeted) dreamers who are ready to claim their role in changing the(ir) world through the power of imagination.
In session – new dates TBD
Mindful Earth Liberation
an online workshop in 5 sessions for WTR facilitators
Facilitated by Dr. Angela Miller-Porter and Queen Rev. Mutima Imani
Registration closed. New dates to be announced.
Fluidity of Life
Facilitated by Yulia Smagorinsky
Life is a verb. In this 6-week workshop, we will explore qualities of life as always changing, shedding, dying, renewing, in constant flow and movement. Through visualisation practices, engaging of all senses and moving through the expanded spiral of the Work That Reconnects, we will deepen into our interconnectedness with nature.
Work That Reconnects: The Expanded Spiral
a 12-hour WTR workshop
Facilitated by Rukmini Iyer
Who this is for: people new to the WTR, or those lightly familiar but without a formal course.
What you can expect: clearer ecological identity, language for systems and interdependence, and a small, well-scaffolded commitment to carry into your context.
This workshop qualifies as a pre-requisite for those applying to the Spiral Journey Facilitator Development Program this year.
casting the spiral
a 3-day online WTR workshop along the expanded decolonized spiral
Facilitated by Sara El-Sayeh
Casting the Spiral – an expanded decolonized spiral to move beyond despair when the world is folding over itself.
This workshop qualifies as a pre-requisite for those applying to the Spiral Journey Facilitator Development Program this year.