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What is SOMOS?

SOMOS is a journey of self-discovery where we teach you how to rewire your nervous system for success.

SOMOS is our flagship leadership programme, designed to help you reconnect with your true self and build a vision and strategy for your life and career that feels truly aligned. 

We will be sharing practical tools and somatic practices for regulating your nervous system as well as offering space and time for nature connection, self-reflection and group integration. 

Navigating Life's Transitions

Throughout our lives and careers we will face many transitions. Perhaps it is a breakdown of a relationship, the closing of a project or business, a burn out or health scare, a change of job or a relocation where you need to rebuild your sense of home and identity. ​

Spending time in nature with a new community of people can help you make the best possible choices during these transformational moments in your life. 

Exploring the Relationship between Mind, Body and Nature

It is easy to get lost or stuck in our heads, repeating the same patterns and stories. SOMOS is about activating your somatic intelligence; your senses, your emotions and your deeper embodied intuition. When we do this we activate our flow state and awaken our creativity. It is from this state of being that we can make smarter and wiser decisions for our lives. 

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. 

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

Summer Programme 2025

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 and potential that exists within us.

We created SOMOS because we felt that leadership training focuses 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. 

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!"

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!"

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!"

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."

Nida van Leersum

Consultant | Project Manager

"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."

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;

£550 - shared room

£700 - private room

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 15 years. He is the founder/owner of House of Transformation and Selgars.

Throughout my life and career I have been researching and experimenting with how to cultivate states of sustained focus and flow. What I have learned is the importance of consistent self-reflection, somatic practices for regulating your nervous system and spending time in nature when making big strategic decisions and processing complex emotional dynamics and situations. The process of inner transformation requires us to get out of our default patterns of thinking and behaviour, and to listen to the wisdom that exists within our emotions, sensations and embodied intuition. 
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SOMOS at Selgars and Focus & Flow in London is my way of sharing the most effective tools and practices that have enabled me to develop as a person and asa leader.

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. 

Join Us

Summer Programme 2025

Thu 17 - Sun 20th July 2025