Weekly classes
Yoga
The structure of Hatha and the flow of Vinyasa, breathwork in cold air, and moments of complete silence. You leave worked and calm, like after a day in the mountains.
Human Performance Lab
Come back to the source of your own life.
We start with the body. Then we clear what stands in the way, one centre at a time, until life moves freely again.
The model
Seven centres. One life moving through them.
Old traditions mapped seven centres along the spine. Maslow mapped human needs from survival to self-transcendence. Both describe the same climb. Everyone needs all seven, and the work is to clear the way through each one.
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Root
Safety and ground
What blocks it Fear, survival stress, a body that never rests.
What opens it Sleep, cold water, strength, bare feet on the earth.
Maslow: physical needs
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Sacral
Creativity and pleasure
What blocks it Shame, numbness, all work and no play.
What opens it Movement, dance, the ocean, making things with your hands.
Maslow: safety
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Solar plexus
Will and power
What blocks it Doubt, powerlessness, decisions left to others.
What opens it Real challenge, breathwork, decisions under pressure.
Maslow: esteem
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Heart
Love and connection
What blocks it Grief that was never felt, a heart kept closed to stay safe.
What opens it Community, long dinners, honest relationships.
Maslow: love and belonging
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Throat
Voice and truth
What blocks it Silence, pleasing others, truth padded until it means nothing.
What opens it Sound, singing, saying the true thing out loud.
Maslow: respect and recognition
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Third eye
Insight and clarity
What blocks it Noise, overload, a mind that never goes quiet.
What opens it Meditation, focus, silence, real research.
Maslow: self-actualisation
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Crown
Connection to something larger
What blocks it Isolation, meaninglessness, a life that is only about itself.
What opens it Contemplation, silence, nature, service to others.
Maslow: self-transcendence
Methods and programmes
Ways in, from one evening to a whole season.
A weekend in Ericeira
Activation weekend
- Let go. Arrive, drop into the body, and burn what you are leaving behind in a fire at sunset.
- Strengthen. Cold ocean at dawn, breathwork, a hard physical day on the cliffs, then fear, discipline and purpose.
- Rise. Recovery, a personal vow for the months ahead, and the closing circle.
For people who carry a lot
Coherence Under Load
For founders, leaders, scientists and operators who carry responsibility, fear, power or grief. The work trains the capacity to stay present, truthful and effective when the load rises, so the people around you steady too.
One to one intensives · Small closed cohorts · Decision rooms · Silent sessions
Expeditions
Ildfjell
Physically demanding journeys in wild nature, in small groups. The mountain does most of the teaching.
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Relationship work
A guided practice for two people, working with what moves beneath a relationship. Body first, then words.
Through the year
Trauma and resilience programmes
Trauma education weekends, nervous system regulation, somatic work, breathwork and integration circles, with clinicians, researchers and veterans who know the field.
Steward for human performance and clinical research
Tamina Ansari
A psychotherapist, bringing clinical rigour to the work.
Longevity
Built by life, for life.
Longevity here is not a supplement stack. It is sleep, cold water, a strong body, close people, meaningful work and a fire to sit by. Then technology that measures and supports it, from heart rate variability to sleep, so the practice holds when life gets heavy.
How we build longevity technology- Sleep
- Cold water
- Strength
- Close people
- Meaningful work
- Nature
- Fire
The fire was in you all along.
Everything on this page is a way back to it. Start with one evening, one weekend, or one honest conversation.
Find your way in