Embodied Direction for professionals and organisations.
Leadership from the inside out
Elementair werk (Elementary work) guides professionals and leaders to restore the natural coherence between thinking, feeling and action. Through embodied practice you learn to turn tension into stability, noise into clarity, and pressure into direction. The result is leadership that feels grounded, congruent and naturally connected.
From effort to presence
- Calm focus instead of constant tension
- Natural decision-making and clarity under pressure
- Authentic connection with yourself and others
- Resilience through inner alignment
A systematic path to embodied presence
Rooted in Nei Gong — Daoist internal training for stability and vitality — Elementair werk combines depth of tradition with the clarity of modern leadership practice. A well-aligned inner organization is the foundation for clarity, effectiveness and authentic action.
Organisations
Training in clarity, stability and embodied presence for professionals, teams and organisations.
From short online sessions to tailored leadership programmes, each training is carefully aligned with the context and needs of the organisation.
Individual
Attention training and embodied practice for greater clarity, stability and presence.
Individual guidance tailored to professional and personal development.
Organisations worked with
Batian Nieuwerth
Mattijs has the ability to give language and substance to ’embodied leadership,’ allowing us to understand from the sensations in our bodies where we need to provide direction and what actions are required of us. In a down-to-earth manner, Mattijs helps you discover what you encounter within yourself. By offering accessible ‘simple’ exercises, he enables us to incorporate this aspect into a daily practice that we can integrate into our own lives.
Caroline Wiedenhof
, Dutch Government
Mattijs’s training prove that simplicity and depth do go together. He introduces consideration for vitality to the working space, with very practical methods for everyday. These make work healthy and joyous and they stimulate interconnectedness and judgement.
Paulus Nabbe
, Think Yellow
The love for my work makes it easy to give it all my time and attention. It is much harder to give some attention to my self. […] Inspiring classes with a healthy dose of humor and relativity. Next day I always feel sharper and more energised!
Corina den Broeder
, Ministry of Finance
Foremost, the training is fun. Moreover, it helps me to deal with most anything with a spacious and joyful mind, an open view and a healthy body – at work and everywhere. And to laugh at it, when that does not work out!
Mattijs M. van Katwijk
Mattijs is a mentor and trainer in Embodied Direction.
Since 2015 he has guided professionals and organizations such as the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Police and Portaal.
The last three years he was training full-time in Asia, deepening the internal arts that form the foundation of his work.
His approach combines precision and depth — clear, experiential and free from spiritual clichés.
Here’s more about Mattijs .
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