Moonshadow Emerging Leaders Cohort
A three-week virtual cohort for facilitators, coaches, and leaders developing their own workshops and bodies of work.
Saturdays · June 6, 13, 20 · 10am–12pm PT Led by Ashley Abubakar
You have a workshop in you.
Maybe more than one. You've been circling it for months — sketching outlines, talking it through with the same two friends, opening the doc and closing it again.
What's missing isn't the idea. It's the room. A small group of people who take the work seriously, who'll tell you what landed and what didn't, who'll watch you teach the thing you're afraid to teach and help you find what's actually there.
Most facilitator trainings hand you a framework and call it development. Most peer groups stay polite. This is neither.
If any of this is familiar
You're somewhere in the middle of building. Not a beginner — you've held space, you've taught, you've led — but the next thing you want to make is bigger or stranger or more yours than what you've done before, and you don't quite know how to test it.
You're tired of polite feedback. You want people who'll actually tell you when something isn't working.
You've been told to "just start" — but starting in a vacuum hasn't gotten you here. You need a real audience, even a small one, and a real container.
You're done waiting until the work is "ready" to share it. You want to develop it in front of people who can hold the unfinished thing without flinching.
What we do, week by week
Three weeks. Three live sessions. One presentation.
Week 1 — June 6 · We meet your work where it is.
Each participant brings what they're developing — the sketch, the half-formed idea, the workshop they've taught twice and want to rebuild. We map what's actually there.
Week 2 — June 13 · Facilitation lab.
We work on the live craft of holding a room — pacing, transitions, how you handle the moment something goes sideways. Real-time feedback from the group.
Week 3 — June 20 · Final presentations.
Each participant teaches a piece of their workshop to the cohort. We respond as practitioners, not as cheerleaders.
During this three week cohort you will also get two one on one session with Ashley.
What happens after the cohort
Each participant has the opportunity to lead their workshop inside the Moonshadow Membership — marketed by us, attended by a community already oriented toward this kind of work. You bring the workshop you developed in the cohort; we handle the announcement, the registration, the room.
We'll also produce short clips from your workshop — usable across your own social channels, your Substack, your site. Footage of you teaching, in a real room, to real participants. The kind of thing that's almost impossible to make on your own.
This isn't a credential. It's a launch — into a community that's ready to receive what you're building, and a small archive of evidence that you can teach what you say you teach.
By the end of three weeks, you'll have:
- A workshop you've actually taught — not just designed
- Feedback from a group of practitioners who watched you teach it
- A clearer sense of your own facilitation voice
- A workshop scheduled inside the Moonshadow Membership, with marketing handled
- Clips of yourself leading, ready to share
Who this is for
Facilitators, coaches, writers, teachers, and community leaders who are already in the work — and who have a workshop, course, or body of work they're developing right now. You don't need to be polished. You need to have something underway.
Who this isn't for
This isn't for someone looking for their first taste of facilitation, or for someone who wants a credential to add to a website. It's for people already in the work who need a real container to develop something specific. If you don't have a workshop or body of work in motion, this isn't the right room — yet.
Led by Ashley Abubakar
Ashley is a Shadow Work Community Weaver and the Founder of Moonshadow. She's spent years holding space for emerging leaders, facilitators, and practitioners across in-person and virtual containers — including Barry Michels, the Shadow Summit and the Moonshadow Membership. She brings a steady, exacting eye for what makes a workshop land, and a real generosity toward the work as it's becoming.
Read more about Ashley →
The details
When: Saturdays — June 6, 13, 20 · 10am–12pm PT
Where: Live on Zoom
Size: Small enough that we'll know each other's work by week three
Tuition: $495 · payment plans available
Standalone: Outside of Moonshadow Membership — you don't need to be a member to apply
Application required: We review every application and respond personally
Apply
Applications take 20–30 minutes. We ask real questions and want honest answers over polished ones. Once you submit, we'll be in touch within two weeks.
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Questions?
Reply to any Moonshadow email, or reach Ashley.