Nature as a Catalyst for Transformation

Professional Growth Guided by Nature`s Intelligence. A 2-Day Professional Training for Coaches, Leadership Trainers & Facilitators

Available dates:

19-20. Sep 2026.

Location: 

Basel, Switzerland

Duration: 

2 days

Price / person:

CHF 1400

About this event

Step outside. See differently. Work deeper.

This two-day intensive training introduces a powerful extension to your professional practice: integrating Nature, natural cycles, and environmental awareness into coaching and leadership development.

Rather than adding more theory, this program equips you with direct, applicable tools that deepen client insight, accelerate progress, and create lasting impact. When you work with Nature as your co-facilitator, you expand your ability to guide meaningful transformation, both professionally and personally.

This is not a passive learning experience. It is immersive, practical, and experiential.

Why Nature Matters in Coaching

*Nature is not just a backdrop, it is an active partner in the learning process.*

Natural systems offer open guidance on life events, perspective, and immediate feedback. They mirror internal processes, make abstract challenges tangible, and create conditions where insight emerges more naturally and efficiently.

When clients experience (e.g. through the body) rather than analyze, change happens faster.

When you incorporate elements such as seasons, weather patterns, and sensory awareness into your work, you enable clients to:

  • Access deeper self-reflection, gain insight faster and more intuitively
  • Break habitual thinking patterns, move from thinking to experiencing
  • Build resilience and adaptability, develop resilience through embodied learning
  • Connect insight with action, build stronger connections between goals and actions to achieve those goals more effectively

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What You Will Learn

This training provides a structured yet flexible framework for integrating nature into your work.

You will develop the ability to:

  • Use Nature as a mirror and support for personal and professional challenges
  • Apply metaphors, inspiration from natural systems to unlock greater and creative insight
  • Design coaching sessions that incorporate outdoor environments
  • Work with cycles (daily, seasonal), weather, geography as coaching tools
  • Facilitate sensory-based awareness exercises
  • Guide clients through embodied experiences, not just cognitive reflection
  • Adapt your approach to different environments and client needs

You will also strengthen your own presence, awareness, and adaptability as a facilitator.

Your experience during the training:

Over the two days, you will move between structured learning and open exploration.

You will:

  • Work outdoors in natural settings
  • Engage your senses in new ways
  • Bring nature to indoor sessions
  • Reflect individually and in groups
  • Practice facilitation techniques in real time
  • Experiment with new formats and approaches

Expect a balance of challenge and tranquility. The environment itself becomes part of the learning process.

A new set of professional tools for you:

This training is not about replacing your current methods, it enhances them.

You will leave with:

  • A broader range of coaching interventions
  • Greater flexibility in session design
  • Increased confidence working outside traditional settings
  • Tools to deepen client engagement and outcomes

These approaches can be integrated into:

  • One-on-one and group coaching sessions
  • Leadership programs
  • Team development workshops

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Expert Facilitators

Beáta Szablics

Nature and forest therapy guide, embodiment coach, yoga nidra deep rest trainer, sound healing and story weaving facilitator with diverse additional training in mental health first aid and somatic experiencing. Beáta`s long-time work with Nature expands from guiding forest bathing and nature-based relaxation programs in Basel to training stress management and resilience through creative workshops for groups and individuals at various corporate, educational and social organizations.

She is also the co-founder and president of the Wellbeing Hub, Basel`s first wellbeing and offline-community space.

Manuela Siegfried

Nature and forest bathing guide and trainer, Elemental Rhythm Breathwork Facilitator, Sound healing, Heart Math and Heart meditation, NLP coach, co-developer of the Biophilic Connection Training. Born and raised in Costa Rica from Swiss parents, now living in beautiful southern Puglia, where she facilitates a diverse range of programs to support people in finding the transformation they are looking for. 

Learn more about Manuela and her work HERE

Their combined expertise ensures a balance between diverse style of facilitation, structure and field of work.

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Who This Training Is For

This program is designed for professionals who want to elevate their impact:

  • Coaches (executive, life, career, performance, health)
  • Leadership trainers and facilitators
  • HR and L&D professionals
  • Consultants and change agents
  • Therapists and wellbeing practitioners (non-clinical focus)

You will benefit most if you:

  • Already work with individuals or groups
  • Are open to experiential learning
  • Want to expand your toolkit beyond traditional methods
  • Are willing to step outside your own comfort zone

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What the Program Includes

Two full days of immersive learning, combining indoor and outdoor environments.

Duration: 2 days from morning till the afternoon with short breaks.
Location: Indoor & outdoor sessions in and around Basel, Switzerland. Depending on weather conditions, we may be working in Merian Gärten, Wenkenpark, forests in the Münchenstein-Muttenz-Rheinach, Baselland area.
No prior experience with nature-based work is required, only openness and professional curiosity.

Meals: Morning and mid-day snacks and lunch bites, a variety of tea are included in the program on both days.

Format:

  • Small-group practical workshops, guided indoor and outdoor sessions in and around Basel
  • Individual and group exercises
  • Reflection and integration sessions
  • Real-time application of tools

This is not:

  • A lecture-based seminar
  • A purely theoretical framework
  • A scripted methodology

This is:

  • Experiential, hands-on learning in and with nature
  • Direct application in real-  life settings
  • A professional upgrade to your existing practice

Training Highlights

Learn by doing, not by listening: You will experience every method yourself before applying it.

Nature as co-facilitator: Move beyond controlled environments into dynamic settings.

Immediate application: All tools are designed to be used with clients right away.

Expand your comfort zone: You will engage in the same growth process you expect from your clients. Be ready to stretch your limits as we cannot control Nature. We invite you to lean into the learning regardless location, weather or other life circumstances as conditions. The same as you would expect from your clients.

Work with real complexity: Nature introduces unpredictability, mirroring real-life coaching situations.

What Makes This Training Different

Most professional development stays within familiar boundaries. This program intentionally moves beyond them.

*You will not just learn new tools, you will experience a different way of working.*

This shift is what allows both you and your clients to access deeper levels of insight and change. This professional training invites you to step into the same space you create for your clients: one of growth, uncertainty, and discovery.

If you are ready to expand how you work, and how your clients experience change, this program offers a practical, grounded, and impactful next step in your professional development.

Additional Information

Bookings are non-refundable.

Indoor and outdoor locations will be organized for the group. Exact locations will be shared prior to the sessions. This is highly weather dependent.

Transportation to the indoor and outdoor session locations is not included. We aim to select places that are easily accessible by public transport, car or bike in and around Basel. This information will be provided a few days prior to the program.

You have to be able to walk on uneven, slippery ground, stairs, sit and stand without assistance.

Please make sure you follow the instructions regarding clothing, what to bring and how to prepare. This information will be provided a few days prior to the program.

Any allergies you may have, we appreciate you sharing with us prior to the training.

Photos and videos might be taken during the training and might be used on our marketing channels. Please inform us if you do not want to be included.

We reserve the right to change training content without prior notice.

Nice to meet you!

Hi! With an active and impactful, 20-year international career in tourism and hospitality operations, and market-first product launches, I have spent many years shaping innovative guest experiences and building successful businesses across the global travel industry.

I’m also a trained nature and forest bathing guide, relaxation instructor, embodiment coach, mental health first aider guiding individuals and groups on their well-being journey.

Over time, I discovered a natural alignment between my professional expertise in tourism and my passion for wellbeing, which led me to integrate both fields into my work. I passionately aim to combine strategic tourism knowledge with wellbeing practices to create programs that are both deeply impactful and smart on business grounds. My approach is rooted in both professionalism and genuine care, ensuring that all my programs, consulting and training, are structured, intentional, and responsive to real-life needs. I am committed to bridging the wellbeing and tourism sectors in ways that elevate both industries. I look forward to welcoming you to my programs, trainings and sharing work that reflects passion, purpose and expertise.

Beáta

You will find more information about my work in tourism on LinkedIn

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