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SOMOS

Cultivate calm, build resilience & reconnect with your true self.

Learn how to activate your somatic intelligence

Thu 17 - Sun 20th July 2025

Invest in Your Nervous System Capacity

SOMOS is nature based self-leadership course filled with practical tools and practices that you can integrate into your everyday life; leading to deeper relationships, greater clarity and focus, and an elevated capacity to thrive under pressure and navigate the unknown.​​​

Explore the relationship between your mind and your body

It is easy to get lost or stuck in our heads, repeating the same patterns and stories. SOMOS shows you how to activate your somatic intelligence; your senses, your emotions and your deeper embodied intuition. 

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SOMOS is a journey of self-discovery enabled through somatic practices, community dialogue and nature connection.

Topics Covered

Skills and practices for becoming a more embodied and resilient leader

Body Listening & Movement

Regulating Your Nervous System

Mindfulness & Dynamic Meditation

Nature Connection & Creativity

NVC Inspired Empathic Communication

Sociocracy & Somatic Facilitation

Self-Confidence & Public Speaking

Cold Immersion & Breathwork

Mitigating Stress & Avoiding Burn Out

Join Us

Thu 17 - Sun 20th July 2025

Why SOMOS?

The mind is brilliant, but it has limitations. If we want to grow as leaders we need to learn how to get out of our heads and unlock a deeper wisdom that exists within us.

We created SOMOS because we felt that leadership training focusses too much on the mental work without giving time and space for embodiment practices and nature connection. The magic happens when we combine the self-reflection and group discussion with creative and somatic activities that help to activate a state of deeper presence and connectedness.

Transformational learning cannot exist just in the mind, it needs to be embodied.

SOMOS refers to the Somatic Operating System that exists in all of us, or in other words our 'bodymind'. SOMOS also means 'We Are' in Spanish. If you are curious about learning how to live a more embodied life and how to cultivate a more regenerative culture at home and at work, then you have come to the right place. 

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Testimonials

"SOMOS was a transformative learning experience for me in so many ways. The design and facilitation is thoughtful and intentional, drawing on content that is thought-provoking and interconnected, with time and space for personal and collective integration. The team behind SOMOS have managed to create that elusive experience of community, belonging, challenge and learning in a setting of incredible natural beauty and genuine belonging. I have learned practical skills that I’m already applying to my personal and professional life, reimagined what it means to be regenerative and embodied in my work and relationships, and made friends for life. Can’t recommend enough - just say yes!"

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Sarah Brown

Head of Learning and Learning Improvement at International Schools Partnership Limited

"The SOMOS experience offered a perfect balance of personal reflection and collective integration, set against the backdrop of the natural beauty of Selgars Mill Estate! The SOMOS team cultivated a wonderful sense of community and belonging throughout the programme with a great balance of content, embodiment and time in nature. I’ve not only redefined my approach to regeneration and embodiment in my work and relationships but also forged inspirational connections and had a great time as well!"

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Elif Baloglu

Senior Global Marketing Manager at American Express || ex. Unilever

"This was such a transformative experience that I will remember forever among such amazing people, in such a beautiful place!"

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David Bole

Head of Sector Capacity & Green Economy at the Forestry Commission

"SOMOS set within the beauty of Selgars Mill was nothing short of a magical experience. Everything from the design of the programme, the short activities, the self-reflection time and nature immersion was well thought out and gently facilitated so that every part of the day was invigorating. All of this was accompanied by delicious and nourishing food. The result was to leave with a rejuvenated mind, body and soul equipped with the tools to thrive in both personal and professional life."

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Nida van Leersum

Consultant | Project Manager

SOMOS is about learning to see ourselves and our lives as a living system

There is a reason why we feel better and think clearer when surrounded by nature. There is a reason why we get that breakthrough idea after going for a run. A deeper human intelligence exists within each of us. What we need is not more over-intellectualised stories and theories, but rather a space to reconnect with ourselves, each other and the natural world. It is only when we engage our emotions, our senses and our whole being in the process of change that we begin to face our shadows and transform our behaviours. 

"I had never been to retreats, events nor workshops on these topics and Somos was for me a great combination of introduction to concepts,  self reflective practices,  sharing with others and nature filled and meaningful moments. A gift to myself, my family, my friends and the people I work with."

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Clelia Paraluppi

Quality Assurance Officer at Delft University of Technology

Who is this for?

SOMOS is for leaders, managers, coaches, facilitators & founders who want to explore how to live a more embodied life and cultivate a more collaborative and compassionate culture within their organisations.

Pricing

All food and accommodation included;

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£550 - shared room

£700 - private room

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Nature Immersion

The highest quality of learning and human development happens when we step into community and learn with and through others. This work is not theoretical, is it deeply relational, practical and embodied. This is why the setting and the facilitation matters so much. Something incredible happens when we go into nature. We get out of our heads and start to relax. We start to notice the sounds, the colours, the textures and the interconnected life that surrounds us. Eventually this awareness shifts inwards and the process of inner transformation can begin. 

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Hosted at Selga rs

Somos is hosted at Selgars Mill Estate, a venue that is filled with a unique mix of indoor and outdoor spaces that include a 200m2 events barn, cosy stone cottages, an 18th century converted Mill House, countless fireplaces, kitchens, waggons, cabins, woodlands, bridges, ponds, wild birds, starlit skies, secluded fields and moments of magic and art at every corner.

"The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honours the servant and has forgotten the gift."

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- Albert Einstein

Facilitation Team

We created SOMOS because we are passionate about the role that embodiment and nature immersion can play in field of human and organisational development and we want to explore this passion with others. We think of SOMOS as a community of practice rather than a course or a qualification. We are creating a safe container where we can experience the sensory magic of Selgars Mill, listen more deeply to our embodied intuition and learn from each other through group dialogue and feedback. 

Anton Chernikov

Anton is an entrepreneur who has been working at the intersection of tech, sustainability and real estate for the past 12 years. He is the founder of House of Transformation and Selgars.

"In 2016 I almost died from a rare case of Meningitis. I was in hospital for over a month and unconscious for 10 days. I came back to London with no job, no savings and a huge amount of stress in my mind and body. Dance, art and spending time in nature changed my life. It helped me to confront my own limiting beliefs and grow in self-confidence and focus. It helped me develop as a person and a leader.

SOMOS at Selgars and Focus & Flow Fridays in London is my way of sharing the tools and practices that have enabled this transformation to take place." 

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Kasia Stepien

Kasia is an educator, embodiment guide, mindfulness practitioner and group learning facilitator. She has worked with community leaders, non-governmental organisations and educators across Europe, delivering workshops and training courses on social change, wellbeing and sustainability. 

Kasia weaves together her passion for embodied practices, nature and communities and creates spaces for people to be, learn and connect with themselves, each other and the Earth based on compassion, authentic expression, self-awareness and play. 

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