Meta Pets Facilitator · Level 2 Certification
Where shadow work becomes the capacity to hold others.
You deepen the work with shadow and the integration of processes. Your capacity expands to accompany both individual and group processes, developing more discernment, presence, and sensitivity to hold what emerges.
Next cohort · October 2026
ICF Continuing Coach Education
10 hours CCEU recognised by the International Coaching Federation.
Recommended before you start
Meta Pets Explorer (Level 1), or equivalent 1:1 coaching, therapy, or facilitation experience.
Level 2 Facilitator
Deepening shadow work, expanding your capacity to hold others
Meta Pets Facilitator is the second step of the Method. Building on the Explorer foundation, you deepen your relationship with the Shadow → Gift → Essence process and learn to hold it — not only for yourself, but for the individuals and groups you accompany.
Level 2 of 4 in the Meta Pets certification path.
From your own process to holding it for others.
Working with the shadow is not eliminating what unsettles us, nor avoiding what creates tension. It is recognising it, understanding it, and transforming it into a resource — the same principle at the heart of the Method, now applied to the more delicate terrain of accompanying someone else through it.
As a Facilitator, you move from private reflection into shared space. You learn to notice gaze, breath, posture, and pause; to reflect a person's exact words before adding your own; and to let a card, a mantra, or a Gestalt dialogue open a doorway without turning it into a fixed interpretation. The same care that makes the Method safe for one person is what makes it safe to hold for a group.
Because this level asks you to hold more, it is also where the Method meets professional coaching standards: your practice is observed against ICF competencies, and the training carries ten hours of Continuing Coach Education recognised by the International Coaching Federation.
What you'll experience
We live in a moment where people aren't just looking for quick answers.
They're looking for spaces where they can understand themselves, express themselves, and reconnect from a more human, more conscious place.
The Meta Pets Facilitator Certification exists to accompany those who want to facilitate transformation processes using symbolic, creative, and experiential tools. Through coaching, metaphor, deep listening, imagination, and archetypal work, this training proposes a new way of accompanying people and groups. You'll learn to hold spaces where each person can discover their own answers.
Because when the way we observe changes… the way we live, accompany, and grow changes too.
What you'll cultivate
Discernment
Read what a card, a silence, or a group is really asking for — before choosing how to respond.
Presence
Stay grounded in the room, even when something difficult surfaces in someone else's process.
Group holding
Extend the safety and structure of 1:1 sessions into circles, classrooms, and teams.
Course content
10 guided sessions · 2 hours each · daily practice between sessions
Foundations, trust & safety
Orientation to the Facilitator path, the learning contract, and the ethics that protect the sacredness of the work. Sessions 1–2.
Listening, inquiry & koans
Somatic and embodied listening, first-contact contemplation, and the questions that open a card without forcing an interpretation. Sessions 3–4.
Agreements, presence & group practice
Facilitating in trios, opening a safe field for others, and naming Shadow, Gift, and Essence live. Sessions 5–6.
Advanced Meta Pets practices
Gestalt dialogue, strengths-based facilitation, and dream and archetypal work at a deeper level. Sessions 7–9.
Integration & graduation
A supervised practice demo, ICF-aligned peer feedback, and your Facilitator vow. Session 10.
How we'll do it
The certification is designed as a progressive journey of integration and practice. Each session runs about 2 hours and includes teaching, demonstration, guided practice, integration, feedback, space for reflection, and real-world application.
How it works
100% online
You access everything from the World Happiness Academy platform, from anywhere in the world.
Practice between sessions
Daily card practice and journaling between the ten live sessions, at your own rhythm.
10 live sessions · 2 hours each
Guided facilitation practice with the group. Dates are confirmed upon enrollment.
ICF Continuing Coach Education
10 CCEU hours recognised by the ICF, plus a supervised final practice demo.
Who is it for?
Coaches & therapists ready to hold groups
You already work one-on-one — this level gives you a clear structure to bring the same depth to circles and cohorts.
Educators & facilitators
Bring shadow work and emotional intelligence safely into classrooms, teams, and wellness workshops.
Explorer graduates going deeper
You've lived the Method yourself — now learn to hold it for others with more discernment, presence, and safety.
What this certification enables
By the end of the training, you'll be able to:
- ✦Facilitate Meta Pets experiences in individual and group sessions
- ✦Integrate the method into coaching, wellbeing, and human development processes
- ✦Use symbolic tools, metaphors, and archetypes professionally
- ✦Design spaces for transformation through listening, presence, and awareness
- ✦Apply ICF-aligned competencies in facilitation and accompaniment
- ✦Bring experiential, creative, and reflective dynamics into your practice
- ✦Expand your capacity to accompany people from a more human, more integrative perspective
- ✦Become part of the international community of Meta Pets Facilitators
The creator of the method
Luis Miguel Gallardo
Luis Miguel Gallardo is the founder of the World Happiness Foundation and creator of the Meta Pets Method. Over more than a decade, he has built one of the most ambitious frameworks for conscious transformation — combining Jungian depth psychology, Gene Keys, Theta healing, Gestalt dialogue, and positive psychology into a single living system.
The Meta Pets Method emerged from his own journey — more than 10,000 hours of practice, research, and facilitation. Today it is practiced by coaches, therapists, and educators in more than 50 countries.
Frequently asked questions
Is the training recognised by the ICF?
Yes. The Facilitator level includes 10 hours of Continuing Coach Education (CCEU) recognised by the International Coaching Federation.
How much is the Facilitator training?
USD 847. A limited number of partial foundational scholarships (50% and 75%) are available through the World Happiness Foundation — apply on this page.
Do I need to complete Explorer first?
Meta Pets Explorer (Level 1) is recommended before Facilitator, since this level builds directly on the Shadow → Gift → Essence practice you develop there. If you already have significant coaching, therapy, or facilitation experience, reach out and we'll help you find the right starting point.
Will I actually facilitate groups during the training?
Yes. From the middle of the program onward you practice in trios and small groups, with observer feedback aligned to ICF competencies, building toward a supervised practice demo in your final session.
What if something difficult comes up for someone I'm holding?
Meta Pets is a coaching and self-inquiry tool, not therapy or diagnosis. You'll learn clear professional boundaries — protecting confidentiality, never diagnosing from a card, and referring out when someone needs clinical care.
In which languages is the training available?
The Method is currently taught in English and Spanish, with a Portuguese cohort in preparation.
metapetsworld.org
A living practice. Every morning.
Your daily companion in the method
Each morning, your Meta Pet awaits. A card, a koan, a 7-minute theta meditation — and Felicia, your conscious guide, whenever you need her.
- ✦Your daily cosmic card draw
- ✦Guided meditation for each of the 64 archetypes
- ✦Felicia — your AI guide through shadow and essence
- ✦A global community in practice
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Continue your path as a Meta Pets Facilitator
Ten guided sessions, ICF-recognised CCEU hours, and a community of coaches, therapists, and educators walking the same path.
Level 2 · Facilitator
USD 847
1 payment · USD 847
Partial foundational scholarships (50% and 75%) are available through the World Happiness Foundation.
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The Constellation
Meta Pets World orbits a wider family of projects.
- World Happiness Foundationthe global movement for Happytalism
- Prof. Luis Miguel Gallardofounder & author
- Nine Paths to Onethe contemplative literary & music saga
- Mindful Diving Institutethe first standard for mindful scuba diving
- World Happiness Academytrainings & certifications
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