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Corporate Performance Workshops

Corporate Performance Workshops are short, educational and interactive sessions delivered in workplace and organisational settings. They focus on how breathing efficiency influences focus, decision-making, stress tolerance and performance under pressure.

Their purpose is to build practical understanding and capability. The workshops help teams and leaders recognise how physiological stress alters attention, emotional regulation and cognitive efficiency — and how breathing patterns play a central role in that process. Participants are introduced to simple, evidence-led methods they can use immediately to stabilise focus and composure in demanding situations.

Participants are introduced to simple, evidence-led methods they can use immediately to stabilise focus and composure in demanding situations.

Corporate Performance Workshops are designed to sit alongside existing leadership, performance, or wellbeing initiatives, without competing with or replacing them.

Breathing Efficiency

Breathing efficiency is approached as a modifiable factor in performance, reflecting how breathing regulates the nervous system and, in turn, influences clarity of thought, stress reactivity, decision-making, and composure in high-pressure environments.

The workshop focuses on making these effects visible and usable. Through guided exercises and simple awareness drills, participants experience how small changes in breathing alter their state in real time, giving them clear physiological cues they can recognise and use during cognitively or emotionally demanding moments at work.

We look at:

· Why focus and cognitive performance depends on efficient oxygen utilisation and nervous system regulation, rather than

simply breathing more air — particularly under pressure

· Common breathing myths and habits that unintentionally increase physiological stress and reduce focus during

demanding situations

· How unnecessary loss of carbon dioxide during stress limits calm thinking and sustained attention, and how this can

be mitigated in the moment

· Simple, discreet ways of adjusting breathing under stress that can be used during meetings, presentations and

challenging conversations

· Why focus and cognitive

performance depends on efficient

oxygen utilisation and nervous

system regulation, rather than simply

breathing more air — particularly

under pressure

· Common breathing myths and habits

that unintentionally increase

physiological stress and reduce

focus during demanding situations

· How unnecessary loss of carbon

dioxide during stress limits calm

thinking and sustained attention,

and how this can be mitigated in the

moment

· Simple, discreet ways of adjusting

breathing under stress that can be

used during meetings, presentations

and challenging conversations

· Why focus and cognitive performance depends on efficient oxygen

utilisation and nervous system regulation, rather than simply breathing more

air — particularly under pressure

· Common breathing myths and habits that unintentionally increase

physiological stress and reduce focus during demanding situations

· How unnecessary loss of carbon dioxide during stress limits calm thinking

and sustained attention, and how this can be mitigated in the moment

· Simple, discreet ways of adjusting breathing under stress that can be used

during meetings, presentations and challenging conversations

No previous breathing or mindfulness experience is required.

Organisational Benefits

From an organisational point of view, the value lies in greater control over stress, more consistent focus and composure, and the wider effects this has on engagement, relationships and performance.

Because breathing can be adjusted within any role or situation, the workshops support performance and resilience without altering organisational procedures, company structures, or established training frameworks.

From a business perspective, these workshops:

· Help employees recognise early signs of cognitive overload or rising stress, allowing for earlier self-regulation

· Provide clear, evidence-led principles employees can apply independently in demanding situations

· Support more consistent focus, emotional control, and composure in high-pressure environments

· Reinforce a culture that values education, self-awareness and sustainable performance

· Improve engagement by giving employees tools that help them function better at work, not just feel supported

· Help employees recognise early

signs of cognitive overload or rising

stress, allowing for earlier self-

regulation

· Provide clear, evidence-led

principles employees can apply

independently in demanding

situations

· Support more consistent focus,

emotional control, and composure

in high-pressure environments

· Reinforce a culture that values

education, self-awareness and

sustainable performance

· Improve engagement by giving

employees tools that help them

function better at work, not just feel

supported

· Help employees recognise early signs of cognitive overload or rising

stress, allowing for earlier self-regulation

· Provide clear, evidence-led principles employees can apply independently

in demanding situations

· Support more consistent focus, emotional control, and composure in high-

pressure environments

· Reinforce a culture that values education, self-awareness and sustainable

performance

· Improve engagement by giving employees tools that help them function

better at work, not just feel supported

What's Included

Each Corporate Performance Workshop includes:

· A focused 60–90 minute interactive session delivered on-site or virtually

· Clear, practical explanations grounded in physiology and performance science

· Guided breathing-based exercises and awareness drills woven into the session

· Optional resources for participants who want to explore their own breathing patterns further

· Optional follow-up support for organisations or individuals seeking deeper coaching

· A focused 60–90 minute interactive

session delivered on-site or virtually

· Clear, practical explanations

grounded in physiology and

performance science

· Guided breathing-based exercises

and awareness drills woven into the

session

· Optional resources for participants

who want to explore their own

breathing patterns further

· Optional follow-up support for

organisations or individuals seeking

deeper coaching

· A focused 60–90 minute interactive session delivered on-site or virtually

· Clear, practical explanations grounded in physiology and performance

science

· Guided breathing-based exercises and awareness drills woven into the

session

· Optional resources for participants who want to explore their own breathing

patterns further

· Optional follow-up support for organisations or individuals seeking deeper

coaching

If you’d like to explore whether this would be a good fit for your organisation, feel free to get in touch.

Disclaimer

Contact

Holistic Origins Ltd.

Registered Office: 124 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX

Company No. 13554087

Disclaimer

Contact

Holistic Origins Ltd.

Registered Office: 124 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX

Company No. 13554087

Disclaimer

Contact

Holistic Origins Ltd.

Registered Office: 124 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX

Company No. 13554087