Leading from Within

Harnessing Embodied and Spiritual Intelligence

A one-day Leadership Encounter that invites leaders to engage deeply with both their somatic and spiritual systems.  The experience enhances resilience, emotional intelligence, intuition, and leadership presence, while fostering a stronger inner compass of meaning, purpose and connection beyond the self. 

The Encounter weaves time outdoors, inviting the natural world to serve as an active partner in learning and reflection. Crafted for changemakers, whether organisational leaders, coaches, consultants, or activists, the Encounter offers a transformative space to realign, recharge, and expand the capacity to lead with clarity and purpose.

To lead in times of increasing complexity and uncertainty, leaders must engage with their somatic and spiritual systems and integrate them into their psychological system.

The Encounter offers a powerful pathway to this integration, guiding participants through the vertical dimension of the Integrated Systems Coaching Framework. This unique approach releases the psychological energy needed for complex thinking.

This Leadership Encounter takes place at Emerson College, situated in a 23-acre Biodynamic and Botanic landscape in the rolling countryside of East Sussex.

We spend time in the beautiful gardens working with nature and in the Pixton Garden Room, a beautiful room with an open fire in the manor house, overlooking the College grounds.

Emerson College

At Emerson College, lunch is the main meal of the day, made with delicious seasonal vegetables, often from the Emerson Kitchen Garden or from other local biodynamic and organic growers. The lunches are usually accompanied by a large bowl of fresh salad and followed by a tasty dessert.

Healthy Lunch

Facilitators

Dr. Valentina Canessa-Pollard

Senior Lecturer &

Coaching Psychologist

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Terence Sexton

Leadership

Psychologist

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Booking Details

Date: Saturday 13th June 2026

Time: 09.30 - 16.00 hours

Location: Emerson College, East Sussex, UK

Price:

  • £185 Early bird available until 31st March 2026

  • £215 Standard

5% of ticket proceeds and 30p per ticket from Fundeey will be donated to Rewilding Britain.

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