A training and mentorship path for those who don't just want to keep practising — they want to carry this work to their own people, their own city, their own language.
See how it works ↓Think of a dandelion head: a single living globe that lets go of its seeds. Most drift, some take root, and the ones that land well become new centres of growth. That's exactly how this work has always spread — not by scaling a company, but by people who learned it deeply and then held space for others.
The Dandelion Circle is where that happens on purpose.
You've been practising for a while, and people have started coming to you for the way you listen.
You already work with people — as a coach, therapist, teacher, facilitator, or leader — and you want more depth in how you hold a group.
You'd like to open a circle where you live, or in your own language, and you don't want to improvise it.
Something in you knows that the next step isn't taking more — it's giving back.
If two of these are you, this path is for you.
It isn't a certificate you buy. It's an apprenticeship: you learn it, you're mentored through it, then you hold it — with us behind you.
Everyone starts as a member of the Circle. There's no shortcut: you can only hold for others what you've walked yourself. Most people who join the Dandelion have been in the Circle for a year or more.
The method, taught from the inside: how a circle works, how to open and close a space, how to hold silence, how to mirror without judging, how to work with what comes up in a group — including the difficult parts.
You're paired with Paolo and an experienced facilitator. Regular supervision, honest feedback, and a small group of peers walking the same road at the same time.
You step into a live circle beside someone experienced — first assisting, then leading parts of it. You learn by doing, with a net underneath you.
Your own group, in your city or your language, with the method, the materials and the school behind you — and a share of what it generates.
Nothing teaches you a practice like having to hold it for someone else. Facilitators consistently say this was the step where their own practice finally matured.
Holding a group well is a skill — usable in coaching, therapy, teaching, leadership, or anywhere people need to be heard properly.
Your own circle, with the school behind you and a share of what it generates. For some it's a vocation; for some it becomes a living.
This devotion is what strengthens the school from within — keeping the culture coherent while multiplying its reach.— on the Dandelion Circle
We take a small number of people at a time — this is mentorship, and mentorship doesn't scale. We'd rather have a short conversation with you than a form.
Tell us where you are in your practice and what you'd like to hold. We'll answer personally.
Almost always, yes. The path assumes you've lived the practice from the inside — usually for a year or more. If you come from a serious practice elsewhere, write to us and we'll talk.
It isn't a course with an end date so much as an apprenticeship — training, then supervised practice, then your own circle. Most people move through it over the course of a year.
No. Some train to deepen their own practice, or to bring the skills into work they already do. Opening a circle is an invitation, not an obligation.
Yes. Facilitators who open their own circle share in what it generates. We'll be transparent about the numbers when we talk.
That's usually a good sign. Write to us anyway — a conversation costs nothing and often makes the answer obvious.
If something in you is already leaning this way, that's worth a conversation.
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