THE HUMAN RHYTHM

Experiential Day: Awakening

Nature · Nervous System · Sensing

An experimental day where movement, breath and plants reconnect us with the intelligence of the body.

STEP OUT OF THE NOISE -
RETURN TO YOUR NATURAL RHYTHM

Spring in Portugal is a time of opening.
The landscape begins to bloom.
Scents return to the air and life slowly
moves outward again.

This day invites you to reconnect with that same movement within yourself. To step out of constant mental activity and return to the intelligence of the body.

Through movement, breath and direct
contact with nature we awaken the nervous system and rediscover the clarity that arises when
the body begins to sense again.

HUMAN RHYTHM PRACTICE

with Krys

Krys is the founder of The Human Rhythm.

The Human Rhythm explores how the nervous system, movement, communication and human connection shape
the way we live and work.

Human Rhythm Practice combines movement, breath and sensing to release emotional tension, awaken fresh energy and reconnect with the natural rhythm of the body.

Drawing from somatic mindfulness, contemporary movement and breath-based activation, the practice offers simple tools that support clarity, presence and authentic connection.

Practices that can be integrated into everyday life.

NATURE & PLANT EXPERIENCE

with Laura

Laura is a herbal educator who guides people into direct contact with the sensory world of wild herbs.

During a gentle herb walk we explore the plants growing around us. We learn to recognise their scent, texture and flavour while rediscovering the richness of our local flora.

Back in the roundhouse we continue with a creative workshop using fresh flowers and leaves. Using the traditional technique of
flower pounding, natural pigments from petals and plants are transferred directly onto fabric.

Each participant creates a unique botanical print to take home.

The day also includes a fresh herbal lunch prepared with seasonal plants.

A DAY TO

Move · Breathe · Sense · Create

Somatic sessions
Movement and breathwork
Guided herbal walk
Creative plant workshop
Nourishing herbal lunch


  • Sunday · 2 May

    10:00 – 18:00
    Roundhouse · Monte Rosa

    Price: 150 €

    Includes herbal lunch and materials for the creative workshop.

    Limited places


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THE HUMAN RHYTHM

Experiental Space 01: TO BE

The Human rhythm at work

TO BE is a curated experiential space
at the intersection of neurobiology, work psychology
and embodied practice.

The space brings together communication psychology, somatic awareness, breath and
body-based work with an understanding of the rhythmic nature of human performance and recovery
within the context of modern working life.

Daily life today is accelerated, condensed and increasingly shaped by digital environments.
Attention, communication and decision-making are under constant pressure.

The human organism, however, functions rhythmically. Focus, resilience and regeneration
do not arise in a continuous, uniform way.

Over time, a quiet form of overload begins to emerge - often unnoticed for a long time.

It appears as technostress, sensory overload, fragmented attention, inner distance,
reduced recovery or the feeling that despite responsibility and commitment
something essential is slowly being lost.

Digital systems and AI create new spaces of possibility. Yet these spaces are often not consciously integrated.
Instead, they quickly fill again with speed, information and expectations.

TO BE opens an experiential space
in which the human rhythm becomes perceptible again and tangible within everyday working life.

Not through increased performance. But through a conscious relationship with attention,
presence, transitions and connection.

Less inner compensation. Clearer decisions. More stable, more human collaboration.

The experiential space brings together embodied practice with insights from neurobiology, work psychology
and cultural development.

TO BE is body-based and shaped by communication, somatic awareness,
breath, presence and cyclical ways of working.

Designed for

Leaders and decision-makers
Teams in phases of transition or exhaustion
Organizations that want not only to implement New Work, but to embody it
People in positions of responsibility - for others and for themselves

  • Experiential spaces for nervous system regulation
    Working with overstimulation, inner acceleration and mental fatigue - not analytically, but through lived experience.

    Navigating digital density
    Integrating remote work, video calls, parallel communication and information load into a working reality that remains humanly sustainable.

    Working with transitions rather than tasks
    Attention is placed on beginnings, interruptions, phases of intensity and closure - the moments where overload often emerges and remains unnoticed.

    Rhythm, pauses and presence
    Experiential alternatives to constant availability and uniform pace - without an optimization mindset.

    Relationship, resonance and appreciation
    Work is understood as a social process. Contact, tensions, missing recognition and cooperation are consciously included.

    Embodied learning instead of method transfer
    Insights emerge through experienced shifts in state - not through tools, models or trainings.

  • Work in digital environments
    can only remain sustainable
    when it stays aligned
    with the human rhythm.

    TO BE opens an experiential space
    that makes this visible.

    It shows what becomes possible
    when people work with their nature
    instead of constantly pushing against it.

  • Technostress is a well-established concept in research - with clearly identified drivers.
    Studies describe several forms of technostress, including techno-overload (too much, too fast), techno-invasion (work extending into private life), techno-complexity (increasing technological complexity) and techno-uncertainty (constant change). These dynamics are linked to mental fatigue, stress and reduced performance.

    Video calls create a specific and measurable form of fatigue.
    Video conference exhaustion - often referred to as "Zoom fatigue" - has been empirically studied. Researchers link it, among other factors, to nonverbal overload, constant self-awareness, enforced eye contact and increased cognitive load. Validated measurement tools exist, including the Zoom Exhaustion & Fatigue Scale.

    Recognition is not a soft topic - it is a risk and protective factor.
    The Effort-Reward Imbalance model (Siegrist) shows that when high effort is not matched by sufficient reward - including respect, status and recognition - the risk of stress-related health consequences increases.

  • When the human rhythm is continuously ignored in everyday work,
    measurable risks begin to emerge - economically and humanly.

    Typical consequences include:

    • rising sick leave and stress-related absences

    • technostress caused by information density, constant availability and digital overload

    • silent exhaustion among high-performing employees

    • loss of work-relevant capabilities in remote settings, such as concentration, self-regulation, clear communication and the ability to build relationships

    • inner disengagement and increased turnover despite modern work models

    These effects are not only culturally visible -
    they are economically relevant.

    TO BE starts earlier.

    Not as a repair measure,
    but as an investment in human work capacity
    under digital and AI-supported conditions.

Interested in Experiental Space 01: TO BE?

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Human qualities are not soft skills.
They are becoming key competencies.

48 %

of employees worldwide report symptoms of burnout.

Boston Constulting Group; 2024

Belonging and relationship quality measurably reduce exhaustion -
often more effectively than many traditional performance measures.

BCG; 2024

21%

Only about

of employees feel emotionally
connected to their job.

Gallup, State of the Global Workplace

Technology is taking over tasks.
What matters now is how humans use the space it creates.

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