Mindful Facilitation for Empowerment (Training of Trainers)
Pracha Hutanuwatra & Jane Rasbash's Legacy Training
IMPORTANT NOTE: Program Venue Change
The venue for the Mindful Facilitation for Empowerment (Training of Trainers) program, originally scheduled to be held at Wongsanit Ashram, Nakhon Nayok Province has changed to our home location at Gaia Ashram in Udon Thani.
Program Details
Date: September 26th – October 11th 2026
Location: Gaia Ashram, Thailand
Course Fee: THB 57,000
Includes: Accommodation and 3 vegetarian meals daily
Recognition: Certified by Gaia Education, UK.
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Nurture Deeper Learning and Empowerment
This legacy training program is an intensive residential program held at Gaia Ashram from September 26th – October 11th 2026. It is inspired by the teachings of Late Pracha Hutanuwatra, an engaged Buddhist activist, and Late Jane Rasbash, former active member of Gaia Education. They both were vital contributors to the ongoing development of our Ecovillage Design Education and Training of Trainers curricula, sourced from their pioneering work in Mindful Facilitation.
This program offers participants invaluable skills in mindful participatory facilitation, community building, and more. It’s designed to empower leaders, educators, and community workers who are committed to sustainable and regenerative futures.
This program is one of the most comprehensive and intensive Gaia Education Training of Trainers (ToT) available and a vital step on your journey to becoming a certified Gaia Education Trainer.
Discover how this training can empower you and inspire you to become a certified Gaia Education Trainer. Find out more and register here to secure your spot. Be part of the change and connect with like-minded individuals who share your passion for empowerment, sustainability, and community building.
Who is Pracha Hutanuwatra?
Pracha Hutanuwatra was an engaged Buddhist activist, social critic, new paradigm leadership trainer and mentor. Pracha established the intensive Training of Trainers where participants gain skills, concepts and attitudes to work in their local communities, appropriately identifying needs and actions with the local people towards sustainable, regenerative futures.
Our dear teacher and mentor Pracha Hutanuwatra passed away on 13 May 2023. He has left behind a huge legacy in the many students, colleagues and friends whose lives he inspired to ‘be the change’.
“Decision making is education
Relationship is education
Self-cultivation is education”
– Pracha Hutanuwatra
Scroll below to read more about Pracha’s life and his story of humble beginnings and his educational approach:
Who is Jane Rasbash?
Jane Rasbash was a prominent figure in the field of education for sustainable development, with a focus on empowerment and engaged spirituality. Jane co-facilitated Training of Trainers with Pracha Hutanuwatr for over 15 years. This work has been instrumental in promoting participatory facilitation across Asia and internationally. Based in Findhorn Ecovillage, Scotland, Jane’s expertise in Ecovillage Design Education (EDE) and Grassroots Leadership Training has left an indelible mark in Myanmar, Thailand, and Bangladesh. Jane was also passionate about Nature connection and the Work that Reconnects.
Jane served as a Board member of Gaia Education for 10 years and during her time, demonstrated her commitment to fostering positive change. As the main guide for ‘Mindful Facilitation for Empowerment,’ she brought her wealth of experience to empower participants in their journey towards sustainability and positive transformation.
Jane Rasbash, our dear friend and colleague passed away on 31 October 2024, exactly on the day of her birthday and on the day of Samhain.
What is Pracha Hutanuwatra & Jane Rasbash's Training of Trainers Legacy?
This special Legacy ToT will stay as true as possible to Pracha and Jane’s incredible teachings that they developed over decades. Every aspect of human interaction needs facilitation.
Mindful participatory facilitation is an invaluable skill for leaders in a shifting paradigm as it is equalizing and empowering rather than hierarchical and dominating. In this experiential training participants will co-create a safe space and gain ample facilitation practice in a supportive environment.
Participants will deepen their awareness and experience in how to teach, facilitate and train people, by enabling collaboration among a community of learners. Participants will flourish in a dynamic balance of mindfulness practice and open experimentation within the design and facilitation of holistic education sessions.
The course will inspire you to know what you are most deeply called to teach and why this kind of empowerment education is critically important for the future of life on Earth. The training will be certified by SEM College & Gaia Education. Content will be adapted and designed to meet the needs of participants drawing from the following topics.
What Topics of Learning will this ToT cover?
This training forms one of the requirements to become a certified Gaia Education Trainer.
* During the Practice Teaching topic participants will facilitate their sessions in English
* The Sustainable Development Goal topic is an optional 3 hour module for Gaia Education Certification
About the Learning process?
- Participatory & Experiential
- Contemplative & Reflective
- Creative & Transformative
- Active & Practical
- Intensive
Our educational approach is as important as the contents of the course, where learning, playing, working and meditating together in a community of practice, merges to foster compassion, intellectual understanding and social commitment. Three pillars support the approach:
Meet the Program Team
Sunisa Jamwiset Deiters (Om)
Petra Čarman
Tu Hong (Heaven)
Who Would benefit from this Training of Trainers program?
- Those who look for personal empowerment and leadership training
- Facilitators looking to become certified Gaia Education Trainers in order to host or deliver EDE programs
- Teachers and facilitators who are interested in participatory and empowering methods of delivering content
- Facilitators who are looking for methods to draw collective wisdom from group learning processes
- Community workers who want to engage deeply with their teams
- Eco villagers who are looking for facilitation skills that help to build a community
Program Venue
This program originally scheduled to be held at Wongsanit Ashram, Nakhon Nayok Province has changed to our home location at Gaia Ashram in Udon Thani.
Accommodation
Gaia Ashram provides simple yet very comfortable accommodation in our beautifully built natural buildings on our land. We offer hostel style dormitory bunk beds, and private single rooms, and double rooms. All rooms / bunk beds come with a fan & mosquito net.
Dormitory accommodation is included in the course fee and private single rooms and double rooms come with an extra fee. We have limited availability of private rooms. Here are the costs to upgrade to a private room for the duration of the course:
- Private single room: THB 3,600 THB extra
- Private double room: THB 8,500 THB extra
Please contact gaiaschoolasia@gmail.com to reserve your room.
Food
During the course we serve three vegetarian meals and tea prepared by our resident team. We also provide two herbal tea breaks with fruit or some healthy snack. All our meals are vegetarian. If you have any dietary restrictions or needs please contact the staff.
Course fee
- Full Fee
THB 57,000
- Early bird ticket, Register and pay deposit before 30th June 2026 (only 5 tickets available)
THB 52,500
Food & Accommodation are included. All fees are to be paid in Thai Baht.
Special Package Deal:
Join the Mindful Facilitation for Empowerment (Training of Trainers) from September 26 – October 11 + the 17-day Permaculture Design Certificate Course from October 12 – 30 and get 10% off on both courses.
How to register
Step 1 : fill out the registration HERE
Step 2 : make a deposit payment of THB 10,000 to secure your spot.
After the payment we will send you confirmation email and information package for your preparation to participate in the program.