The Alchemist's Workshop ToT Course

Course Overview

This course is an advanced training-of-trainers course for experienced facilitators who want to turn ordinary workshops into transformative learning experiences.

Blending the art of play with the craft of instructional design, it explores how trainers can distill complex ideas into interactive and memorable experiences.

Participants learn practical frameworks, creative strategies, and facilitation skills for designing play-based sessions that spark curiosity and insight.

Like an alchemist’s lab, the workshop is both experimental and reflective — a space to mix, test, and refine your own formulas for powerful learning.

Meet the Facilitator

Dr. Natout (PhD, University of Oxford) is an educator, speaker, trainer, and founder of Therefore Play — a consultancy and learning academy that blends play, creativity, and communication for leadership and personal transformation.

With over 20 years of experience leading workshops for professionals, leaders, educators, students, and organizations around the world, Mahmoud helps people reconnect with their voice, confidence, playfulness, and creative edge.

Our Signature PL∴Y Approach

At Therefore Play, we see trainers as modern-day alchemists—people who turn ordinary learning material into sparks of transformation.

In The Alchemist’s Workshop, our approach to training the trainers is grounded in play, reflection, and practice. We invite participants to experiment, co-create, and rediscover the joy of facilitating learning and growth that truly connects.

Through hands-on experiences, creative tools, and moments of deep dialogue, trainers learn to design sessions that engage both heart and mind.

The goal isn’t just to pass on knowledge—but to cultivate presence, curiosity, and the confidence to make every learning space come alive.

Testimonials

Took Me a Level Beyond

“Some workshops might be attended for a certificate, yet The alchemist workshop TOT by Dr. Natout was not a normal training course! It was a real alchemic transformation and reconnection to the child within. Teaching us how to play, heal, learn and teach. It took me a level beyond all the limitations I held!”

Building an Experience

“I loved this course. I was able to understand that when preparing to a workshop, my goal should be on building an experience for the participants, a joyful, memorable experience, just as Mahmoud did ❤️.”