The Foundations Cohort

Small teams don’t just need wellbeing, they need room in the system to breathe.

Join our Foundations Cohort

The cohort runs over three months, long enough for teams to feel the shift.

This stage is offered at a founding rate, in recognition of the organisations helping to ground this model in lived practice before it scales more widely.

The work is supported through live weekly practice sessions built into the flow of the working week, so capacity is developed in real time.

Come experience the shift in your organisation, from the inside. If this feels like the right next step, the first conversation begins here.

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When people have more capacity, they can stay present, think clearly and meet challenge without tightening.

We help organisations build cultures with capacity, where clarity, agency and steadiness are a baseline, not a reaction to stress, and where performance becomes a byproduct of capacity rather than pressure.

Small Shifts brings practices into the rhythm of the working day that recondition physiology moment-to-moment, so culture grows from capacity, not compliance.

Why this matters

In small organisations, pressure doesn’t spread across a large system, it lands on people. When there isn’t extra capacity, even one person tightening can change the feel of the whole team.

When there is nowhere for that strain to be absorbed, leaders often become the stabilising force by default. The load doesn’t always show up in metrics, but it shows up in how the room feels, in pace, tone and decision-making.

This isn’t a wellbeing issue.
It’s a capacity issue, the system is simply running out of room.

Our Approach

Small Shifts works from the inside out, by increasing the capacity people are operating from, and then aligning the environment so that new states can hold, not just appear in short bursts.

When there is more room in the system, people have more choice in how they meet the moment. And when the environment supports that capacity, the change sustains itself rather than slipping back under pressure.

We don’t ask people to act differently, we create the conditions that make different behaviour possible.

Inspire

Change begins when people experience what a regulated state feels like in their own body, more room, more ease, more presence. The system recognises the difference before the mind explains it.

Train

Rather than importing support forever, we build it inside the organisation by developing an internal facilitator, so the culture can generate and sustain its own capacity over time.

Sustain

Once people can access that state, we weave simple practices into everyday moments, meetings, transitions, pauses, so capacity becomes part of how the team operates, not a one-off intervention.

During the three months, we lay the foundations of a capacity-based culture by developing:

A lived practice inside the team
regular guided sessions that recondition physiology in real time

Internal capability
an in-house facilitator trained to keep the culture resourced from within

Ongoing stability
light-touch coaching to help integrate the work into daily rhythm

Cultural reinforcement
a library of guided practices the team can return to anytime

Leadership depth
sessions for founders/senior leaders on holding culture without holding strain

Evidence of change
impact measurement that tracks the shift in capacity over time

Evidence in practice

When physiology shifts, people gain access to more clarity, regulation and cognitive range, which is what makes different behaviour available in real time.

Across NHS teams we’ve seen this translate into practice. After a single session, people reported lower physiological stress and greater mental clarity; over time, regular practice created more internal space, faster recovery after pressure, and a steadier baseline to operate from.

This didn’t just change how people felt individually, it changed how teams functioned together. There was more ease in communication, less spillover of stress between people, and a noticeable increase in collective capacity.

“The power of breathwork is a life-changing experience that has given me energy, focus, and a deeper connection to myself.” NHS participant

Small, repeated shifts in physiology changed what was culturally possible, not through effort, but because people had more room inside their system to meet each moment differently

"The Functional Breathwork and Movement Series has seen some of the highest engagement we've had across the Trust, sustained throughout its duration. It was fantastic to see staff taking time for their mental, physical, and spiritual well-being. Many attendees work in high-pressure clinical roles, so it was inspiring to see them learning new skills despite their busy schedules. Feedback shows that colleagues found the sessions helpful for managing stress, offering practical tools to bring themselves back to the present moment. By the end, many were recommending the sessions to colleagues and eager to use the techniques with patients and peers.”

Zara, Health & Wellbeing, Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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