“Henry has an incredible way as a faciltiator. He is inclusive, communicative, flexible, open and highly skilled.” ~ Rebecca, Psychotherpist

Current Roles…

Co-Founder & Facilitator at Common Roots
Associate Facilitator & Trainer at The Groupwork Centre
Educator & Project Manager of Advanced Groupwork Facilitation Program (online)
Student of Gestalt Psychotherapy at Gestalt Therapy Australia

Qualifications…
Adv. Dip. Group Facilitation at Groupwork Institute
Certified Teacher of Open Floor Movement Practice
B.Eng (Civil)(Hons.) at University of Tasmania
Master of Business Administration at University of Tasmania
Level 2 Global Rites of Passage Leadership Training with Rites of Passage Institute

I am an energetic, down-to-earth and adaptive group facilitator and teacher, who uses various tools to connect, up-skill and inspire groups, organisations, and communities. Embracing our wholeness is the focus of my approach.

With diverse cultural roots, moving and engaging with all types of people has always felt like my home base. I stumbled across my fascination of working with groups leading poverty awareness campaigns whilst studying engineering at university. I was blown away by the collective wisdom and personal growth cultivated together, as well as getting a lot done! My career path has since enabled me to study and work across Australia, Africa, Europe, and the US.

My interest in group facilitation led me to study at The Groupwork Centre, in 2013. Since completing this course I have worked as an Associate Facilitator and Trainer for Groupwork, delivering training and facilitation services for various clients around Australia and overseas.

Whilst journeying through life, my dance practice has been my richest education and deepest love. Dance is a place I remember and forget. The space I can let go, connect to my body, and feel my most resilient self.

I have studied conscious dance across the world and became a certified teacher of the Open Floor Movement Practice in 2016 - an enlivening mindful movement and dance inquiry. I see Open Floor as a catalytic tool to nourish and develop ourselves and our communities. I enjoy regularly teaching classes and workshops in Melbourne and Tasmania. From an engineer to a dance teacher... who would have thought.

If you’d like to get to know me a bit better, here’s a few podcasts i’ve recently been on:

Henry Fowkes: Validation, Co-Regulation and Midwifing the Magic in Groups

Dance As A Path To Healing with Jake Potter & Henry Fowkes