Nervous-System Reset Weekend

Who this is for

High performers who want a low-stakes way to try this work.

Founders, executives, senior creatives, professionals. No prior experience needed.

You will probably recognise at least three of these:

You sleep enough hours and still wake up without energy.
You have not been still in a way that actually felt still in a long time.
You can feel tension in your jaw, chest, or shoulders right now — and you have stopped noticing when it leaves.
You have tried meditation. It helped some. It did not move the physical layer.
You want a structured weekend, not a silent retreat or a wellness vacation.

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What you leave with

Three things by Sunday evening.

01

A felt experience of regulation

Inside the weekend you'll feel the difference between your normal baseline and a regulated state — not as an idea, as a body. By Sunday afternoon, most people are operating from somewhere they haven't been in a while.

02

A toolkit you can actually use

Specific practices for specific situations. You leave knowing how each tool works in your own body, not just in theory.

03

Clarity on what's next

Whether the work is yours or not, you'll know by Sunday afternoon — and if it is, you'll know whether the cohort or 1:1 is your next step. No pressure either way.

The Toolkit

Five practices, taught and rehearsed across the weekend.

Face Stretch A short physical sequence that releases unconscious tension in the face — jaw, eyes, brow — and resets your internal state in under five minutes. Useful before meetings, after meetings, and at any point in the day when you notice your face is doing something you didn't ask it to.
Grounding Body Exercises A set of small, precise movements that root you in your own physical presence — useful when you're spinning, ungrounded, over-analytical, or stuck in your head. Two minutes of this is often the difference between functioning and not.
Absolute Breath A breath technique that creates an immediate, felt shift in the body's relaxation level. Reliable, repeatable, deployable in any context — at your desk, in a car, before a difficult call, in the middle of the night.
Grounding Meditations Short guided practices, five to ten minutes, that you can use at the end of a hard day, before sleep, or as a recovery protocol after high-stakes events.
New Breathing Patterns Specific patterns for specific states — patterns that activate, patterns that regulate, patterns that quiet the system before sleep. You learn the patterns; they become yours.

You also leave with a 10–15-minute daily practice that holds the rest of it together.

Format

Three days. Roughly 15 hours of contact.

Friday, 18:00 — 21:00
The Establishing Session

Orientation, framework, first full breathwork set. By the end of Friday, most people leave with their shoulders down and their breathing slower than when they walked in. The deeper structural work happens Saturday.
Saturday, 10:00 — 18:00
The Core Day

Three sessions across the day. Between sessions, the toolkit gets built — each practice is taught right after the session that opens the relevant layer of the body, so you know what each tool does in your own system before you take it home.
Sunday, 10:00 — 15:00
Integration

Slower, deeper. We build the daily practice you carry forward. A short individual conversation with João about whether the cohort or 1:1 is your next step. Closing lunch.

The Space

A working room, not a wellness resort.

A private top-floor dojo-style room in central Lisbon. Wooden floors. Natural light. No distractions. Six people maximum, four is typical.

Investment

€650

per seat · six seats per workshop

All three days of guided work
Saturday and Sunday lunches
Post-workshop daily practice
One follow-up integration call two weeks after

Early bird: €550 if booked more than thirty days out.

Travel and accommodation are on you. Lisbon is walkable. There is plenty within five minutes of the space.

Upcoming Dates

Workshops run roughly every six to eight weeks.

Next workshop — TBA 6 seats

Apply

Three questions. I reply within 48 hours.

Fit matters in a small room. The application takes two minutes — three questions about where you are, what you've tried, and what you're looking for. If it's a fit, I'll confirm your seat and send details.

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FAQ

Do I need prior experience?

No. The work teaches itself.

Plant medicine or altered-state experience?

No. No substances. Breath alone.

Medical conditions?

Tell me in the application. There are a few specific contraindications. I will be honest with you about fit.

In active therapy?

Usually additive. The two work on different layers. If you are in active crisis work, we can talk timing.

What to wear / bring?

Comfortable clothes you can lie down in. Everything else is provided.

What's the next step if I want to go deeper?

The Six-Week Cohort or 1:1 work. We talk about it Sunday — no pressure either way.

Reset your nervous system in a weekend.