Sessions of Vitality
Led by an ex-Buddhist monk of 15+ years, and an accredited Head of Leadership today, working with the likes of the UK's NHS.
Lead like a monk. Navigate complexity with
calm, clarity, and connection.
Your world is busy: minds overwhelmed, workplace fragmented, home life compressed. You're effective, but you're running on fumes.
The real problem isn't the pace. It's the lost ability to pause. Without pause, there's no clear thinking. Without clarity, reaction replaces response. Reactive leaders create reactive teams, caught in cycles of firefighting, conflict, and burnout.
PlayfulMonk in Residence is a three-day immersion that teaches you how to stay calm and connected in complex situations. It's not about acquiring silence. It's about remembering how to inhabit it.
You'll learn three core skills that separate calm leaders from reactive ones. These aren't abstract concepts. They're concrete, practiced skills developed over 15 years of monastic training.
The pause before you react. Where wise decisions live.
Perceiving what's really happening (in yourself and your systems).
Knowing what actually matters, and where to direct your energy.
The real bottleneck isn't strategy—it's presence.
Effective, but exhausted. Making decisions on fumes. You know something has to change; you just don't know what.
Your team is stuck in reactive mode. Conflicts take weeks to resolve. You need a leadership culture shift, not another training.
Your team is fragmented. Trust is low. You need to rebuild psychological safety—fast.
Managing regulatory pressure, market volatility, or organizational change. You need to think clearly under pressure.
You don't just want to perform. You want to lead from what matters most. You want to create organizations where people thrive.
Learn the Three Powers that separate calm leaders from reactive ones.
Ground yourself in silence. A guided mindfulness session to begin.
Interactive workshop introducing Silence, Listening, and Focus.
1:1 Coaching to apply the Three Powers to your actual challenge. Small group peer learning.
Transform how you work with tension and complexity. This is where burnout reverses.
Ground yourself again. Presence becomes practice.
How to hold complexity without rushing. Why tension is information, not a problem.
Identify beliefs keeping you stuck. Release what no longer serves you.
Experiment, iterate, and create with confidence.
Ground yourself.
Experimenting with permission to fail. Creating solutions with curiosity, not anxiety.
1:1 Coaching on your big questions. Peer support and accountability.
Amaranatho
Facilitator & Ex-Monk
"Amaranatho's background is rare. He spent 15 years as a Buddhist monk, bringing deep understanding of solitude, uncertainty, and the power of reflection. He also holds a degree in artificial intelligence and two decades of professional leadership experience."
Currently serving as part-time Head of Faculty and Leadership at Blend Associates (NHS UK), he walks alongside those who lead to help them live and lead from presence, purpose, and possibility.
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