The Weave is your offering — the workshop, gathering or facilitation you are designing.

The Loom is the journey arc: its shape, movement and container. The Work That Reconnects spiral, a Rite of Passage, the Hero or Heroine's Journey — each Loom offers a different way of structuring a transformative journey.

The Strands are the practices, songs, activities and rituals you weave through the Loom — drawn from a shared commons of facilitation wisdom across multiple traditions.

This is where you start. Open the Weave Intentions — Event and Group Info dropdown to name your Weave, set your participant count and number of days, and clarify purpose — who this is for, what they need, what you hope for.

Browse Strands filtered by tradition (WTR, CfL, AoH, NAT, SONG, Rel, SOM) or by phase in the active Loom. Use the search bar or phase filter to narrow your options. Click any card to open the full description, facilitation notes and reflection questions, then add it to the relevant phase of your Weave.

Use Loom Info to read about the active Loom and its phases. Change your Loom from the dropdown in the green banner — this will update the phases across the whole app.

This is where design becomes flow. Your phases appear in sequence — each showing the strands you've chosen from the Strand Bank. Slow down here. Consider how one practice moves into the next. Add facilitation notes to each phase.

The numbered phases are the Loom itself. Around them sit the wider container: Pre-arrival Sparks and Call-ins (how you engage participants before they arrive), Opening the Container and Closing the Container — unnumbered, because they hold the journey rather than belong to it.

Click the ✎ circle on any strand to add your own note for that practice — it turns gold when a note is saved. These notes carry through to the facilitator guide.

Add Rhythms & Rituals — practices that repeat across every day, such as morning meditations or daily check-ins. These will auto-populate into every day of the Weave.

Use ✦ Add custom practice to create your own strand if something you want isn't in the commons yet. You can also submit it to the commons for review.

When you're ready, click ↓ Send to the Weave to auto-populate your schedule, or build the Weave manually.

Drag strands from the left panel into any day column, or use Send to the Weave from the Loom to auto-populate. Drag items to reorder within or between days. Add meals, breaks and time blocks from the left panel.

Set a start time for each day — all clock times cascade automatically. Edit any duration directly in the item. Per-person activities (check-ins, circles) calculate timing automatically from your participant count.

The coloured left edge on each item shows which Loom phase it came from, so you can read the shape of the arc down each day. Click ⓘ on any item to open its full strand card without leaving the page.

When your design is ready, the left panel holds your outputs: ↑ Save Day Plan stores the schedule with your Weave, ↓ Download facilitator guide exports the complete formatted plan, ✦ Generate draft flyer creates an editable Word document for promotion — built from your Weave Intentions — and 🖨 Print Day Plan gives a clean day-per-page version for the wall or clipboard.

Every Weave you save lives here. Click any card to reopen it exactly as you left it — loom, strands, notes, intentions and day plan all restored.

On each card: 🔗 copies a share link, ⧉ duplicates the Weave under a new name — the fastest way to start a similar event without rebuilding from scratch — and × deletes it. Sort the collection by recency, title, loom or duration.

A pocket resource for when you need to shift the energy — not strands to place in the arc, but tools to reach for in the moment. Filter by energy level, setting or type. Hit 🎲 Random Spark for something unexpected. Add any Spark directly to the Weave.

The coloured dot on each strand card shows the level of facilitation skill and experience needed to hold the practice well. This is not a judgement — it is an act of care for you and your group.

If you see a red dot, we strongly advise against delivering this practice without further training. You are welcome to reach out to the Kindling Commons core team, or contact the relevant tradition organisation directly for training, support or co-facilitation.

The coloured cross ✚ on each strand card shows the Care Level — the degree of awareness, attunement, and trauma-informed holding required in the room. Every participant comes carrying experiences you cannot see. Trauma is not the exception — it is present in every room.

If you see a red cross ✚, we strongly advise against delivering this practice without further training or support. Please reach out to the Kindling Commons core team, or contact the relevant tradition organisation for guidance, co-facilitation, or training referrals.

For somatic practices, trauma-informed resources and practitioner support, visit the Care Hub tab.

The Kindling Commons draws on practices, frameworks and wisdom from multiple traditions. We are committed to honouring the sources from which this work flows.

Attribution will be deepened and broadened as the commons grows. If you notice an error or omission, please get in touch.

The Kindling Commons can be built as a bespoke facilitation design tool for your own practice, organisation, or training programme — using your own frameworks, your own practices, your own language, and your own brand.

Previous bespoke builds have adapted the architecture for coaching frameworks, leadership programmes, and organisational development work. The tool keeps everything that makes the Commons useful — the strand bank, the arc builder, the day planner, the export — and replaces the content and vocabulary with yours.

To enquire, use the form below. It maps directly to how the tool is built, so the more you can fill in, the faster and more accurate the build. Your responses are saved automatically as you type and submitted directly when you're ready.