We need workplaces where people genuinely thrive — not just fit in
The future of work requires humans to be more connected to themselves, each other, and the systems they’re part of.
Somatic intelligence for leaders, teams, and the workplaces they’re building
The organisations getting this right aren’t the ones with the best frameworks.
They’re the ones whose people know how to be present with each other — across difference, under pressure, in the middle of change.
That capacity doesn’t come from another methodology. It comes from the body.
Embodied New Work brings somatic intelligence into organisational life — through leadership development, team practice, and facilitation that changes not just what people know, but how they show up.
This is the work behind the work. The foundation that makes everything else possible.
Who I work with:
Coaches and facilitators
who want to bring the body into their practice without compromising rigour or safety, and who sense that verbal methods alone leave something important unaddressed.
Leadership teams and organisations
who are navigating complexity, cultural transformation, or the gap between the culture they say they want and the one they actually have.
Conference and event organisers
who want embodiment as a genuine strand of their programme — not a warm-up, not a break, but content that lands in the room and stays.
Three ways to work together:
Embodiment
Essentials
for COACHES & FACILITATORS
4-week online cohort
Somatic tools you can use with clients. Grounded in practice, not just theory. Each session combines embodied exercise, facilitation technique, and peer reflection — so you leave with something you can actually use.
→ Next cohort: June 2026
Embodied @
Work
for TEAMS
Custom engagement
Not a one-off workshop. A sustained shift in how your people lead, decide, create, and collaborate — designed around your specific culture, challenges, and context. We begin with a diagnostic conversation. Everything after that is built for you.
Speaking &
facilitation
for CONFERENCES & EVENTS
Keynotes and workshops that bring embodiment into the room from the opening moment. Designed for mixed groups with no prior somatic experience. Built around your theme. Delivered with the kind of stage presence that only comes from 20 years in a movement studio.
Ana Bernardes
Psychologist, Embodiment Facilitator
Many somatic practitioners can’t speak the language of organisations. Most organisational consultants don’t know what the body holds. Ana has been working at both edges.
A psychologist with over 20 years of experience in business consulting, experience design, and movement pedagogy, and trained in Social Presencing Theater, Authentic Movement, Holistic Dance, and Embodiment Coaching.
She has worked with leadership teams at multinationals, both multinational corporations and small-to-medium enterprises, as well as non-governmental organisations around Europe, and brought embodiment to conferences and universities.
The combination is unusual. The results are specific. Embodied New Work is a space that encourages self-awareness, growth, and connection by bringing these elements together.
What clients say:
The focus on the body was what I was looking for, as I realized how important the intuitive mind is for me when undertaking action. Realizing that just a simple change of posture can affect the way I can express my leadership potential was an eye opener to me.
A. (Leadership in the body)
A standout moment was Ana Bernardes session on Theory U embodiment and our “dance with gravity” – a powerful reminder of the body as a listening instrument, and a beautiful reflection on the japanese concept of Ma – the space in between
(EMCC conference 2025)
The somatic workshops brought theory to life. I feel equipped to bring
(EMCC conference 2025)
more presence and bodily awareness into my coaching sessions now.
As I had no experience with Authentic movement until now, these exercises provided surprising connections and insights for me. They also created, in my opinion, a very special form of container, which helped deepen other experiences.
R. (Leadership in the Body)
Ready to bring this into your organisation?
The first conversation is a diagnostic one — to understand what you’re navigating and whether this work is the right fit.