Mastering calm

In a world that rewards speed and reaction, calm has become a rare form of power. The Foundation Course Mastering Calm for Effective Leadership helps you reconnect with that power.

Through simple yet profound mind–body practices, you’ll learn to stabilise your attention, regulate tension, and act from clarity even under pressure.
This course distils key principles from the Daoist internal arts into accessible techniques for modern professionals who value depth, integrity and effectiveness.

Discover how composure is not a fixed state, but a skill. One that transforms how you lead, decide and relate.

What you will learn

• Stay calm and centred amid chaos and pressure.
• Stay present with challenges instead of reacting from defence.
• Make decisions rooted in values rather than passing emotion.
• Communicate with grounded strength and clarity.
• Maintain credibility and trust by acting with integrity.
• Become a beacon of calm and confidence in times of rapid change.
• Engage a fuller range of intelligence by integrating mind and body.
• Cultivate creative, non-judgemental responsiveness.

Course Overview

This one-hour video course introduces foundation practices from Elementary werk: concise, powerful exercises based on the principles of Daoist internal arts.
They are designed for professionals who seek to optimise their internal conditions for clearer thinking, stronger presence, and sustained energy.

You will learn how to:

• Identify and release layers of physical tension.
• Develop structural alignment for stability and ease.
• Regulate your breath to calm the nervous system and anchor focus.
• Strengthen your ability to stay composed under pressure.
• Transform reactive habits into deliberate, skilful responses.
• Use simple standing and sitting practices to restore balance before meetings, conversations, or key decisions.
• Deepen perception through non-judgemental listening and awareness.

Each section includes guided video instruction and reflection exercises to integrate what you learn into daily life.

Key Principles

The practices draw from the Daoist understanding of energy, structure and awareness, yet are entirely practical for contemporary leadership.
You will explore how attention, posture and breath form a single system, and how small internal adjustments can shift the way you feel, communicate and perform.

This mindset shift is the cornerstone of effective leadership: it creates a ripple effect of calm and confidence across your work, teams and relationships.

Practical Details

Format: Video course (on-demand)
Duration: Over one hour of concise, guided content
Language: English
Investment: €90 (valued at €395)

Join the Course

Optimise your internal operating system through the fundamentals of mind–body practice.
Learn to act from calm rather than urgency and let clarity become your new baseline.