Facilitating Transformational Workshops: Group Dynamics and the Power of Presence

Join Daisy Lee for an immersive training event designed to deepen your facilitation skills and presence as a workshop leader. Facilitating Transformational Workshops: Group Dynamics and the Power of Presence brings together proven techniques from Qigong practice, somatic awareness, and group psychology to help you create safe, impactful spaces for others. Taking place on Monday, October 12, 2026, at the renowned Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, this training offers both experienced facilitators and emerging teachers the tools to guide groups with authenticity, grounding, and transformational impact.

Daisy Lee, a seasoned Qigong teacher who blends traditional Chinese teachings with contemporary insights, will guide you through the practical and spiritual dimensions of group facilitation. Her approach integrates inner cultivation—the kind that comes from consistent Qigong practice—with real-world group dynamics. Whether you lead yoga classes, wellness workshops, healing circles, or corporate training sessions, this training event in Stockbridge will equip you with tangible frameworks for reading the room, holding space with presence, and facilitating genuine transformation.

This training is rooted in the belief that the facilitator's inner state directly shapes the group's experience. You'll explore how your own grounded presence becomes an anchor for others, and discover how traditional Qigong principles of flow, balance, and vital energy naturally translate into powerful group facilitation.

What to Expect

Expect a day of embodied learning that moves between experiential practice, group dialogue, and structured skill-building. You'll begin with grounding Qigong practices that cultivate the inner calm and vitality essential to holding space. From there, Daisy will guide you through live demonstrations and real-time group exercises that reveal how presence ripples through a room—and how subtle shifts in your energy, breath, and attention directly influence collective experience.

The training balances teaching with doing. You'll participate in sample workshop segments, practice facilitating with peers, and receive feedback that helps you refine your approach. Throughout the day, you'll learn to recognize and work skillfully with group dynamics: the energy shifts, the unspoken tensions, the moments when a group is ready to go deeper. Sensory awareness practices will sharpen your ability to perceive these subtle signals.

By the end of the training event in Stockbridge, you'll leave with a toolkit of techniques, a felt sense of what grounded presence feels like in a group setting, and a clearer vision of your own facilitation journey.

About the Artists

Daisy Lee is a dedicated Qigong teacher and practitioner whose work bridges ancient Chinese wellness traditions with modern facilitation science. She brings 15+ years of personal Qigong practice to her teaching, using breath, movement, and subtle energy awareness to cultivate vitality and inner peace. Daisy's unique gift lies in translating these inner cultivation practices into accessible frameworks that transform how facilitators show up with groups.

Venue & Location

Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health sits on 200 serene acres in the Berkshires, nestled in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. This world-class wellness retreat center creates an environment of natural beauty and contemplative calm—ideal for deep learning and skill development. The space itself supports transformation, with studios designed for movement and practice, comfortable accommodations, and nourishing meals prepared with intention. Stockbridge is easily accessible from major Northeast cities; ample parking is available on-site, and the center is located near regional transit hubs.