SOCIOLOGY /ORG PSYCH

SOMATICS /DESIGN THINKING

SOMA RASA STUDIOS

HOW DO ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEMS LIVE IN THE BODY?

ABOUT

Most organizations try to solve burnout, innovation, engagement, and leadership as cognitive or cultural problems. But culture lives in bodies.

Every organization teaches people how much space to take up, what emotions are acceptable, what gets rewarded, and which parts of themselves must be left behind to succeed.

Over time, these patterns become embodied. That’s where my work begins.

I work at the intersection of somatics, organizational sociology, and the future of work to help organizations understand not only what people do, but what their systems repeatedly teach people to become.

somatic sociology

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WHAT SETS US APART

Somatic sociology is an interdisciplinary framework, drawing from sociology, organizational studies, phenomenology, and somatics, to understand how social system like organizations, technologies, and social systems become embodied.

We begin with investigations like:

  • What kind of body does this workplace reward?

  • What emotional states are required to succeed here?

  • Which human capacities are strengthened?

  • Which slowly disappear?

  • What happens to creativity when urgency becomes the default?

  • What does constant digital communication teach the nervous system?

  • What does performance culture feel like in the body?

Investigations on

  • Work & Culture

    What does success require from people’s bodies? How do we relate to change - in the body and the organization? Where does cognitive performance override bodily presence? What invisible behaviors are consistently rewarded? Which aspects of work culture exist only in policy and which exist in the body?

  • Leadership

    How can embodiment be the central practice of the new generation of leaders and organizations? What happens to decision-making under chronic urgency? How do leaders communicate pressure without realizing it?

  • Creativity & Innovation

    What conditions reliably produce original thinking? How do we learn to harness the power and wisdom of pleasure rather than trying to erase the body, the erotic, the connective tissue from society? What does innovation feel like in the body? How do we listen, support, collaborate and grow through co-regulation? Through fusion?

  • Attention & Sustainability

    Can deep attention be the most pleasurable experience we have in our collective bodies? What is communication culture teaching attention? What body does high performance currently require? What would sustainable ambition actually feel like?

  • "What organizational conditions repeatedly produce the patterns we’re expecting individuals to recover from?

    The future of work will be shaped by the kinds of humans our technologies, organizations, and cultures continually ask us to become, and understanding those patterns is the work of somatic sociology.

  • "Every detail was thoughtfully executed. We're thrilled with the outcome."

    —Former Customer

services

  • Thought-provoking talks at the intersection of somatics, work, organizational culture, and the future of work.

  • Interactive sessions that combine social science, somatics, and practical reflection.

    • The Somatic Sociology of Burnout

    • The Body at Work

    • Sustainable Ambition

    • Attention, Technology & the Nervous System

    • Creativity Beyond Hustle

  • A collaborative engagement for organizations navigating culture, burnout, leadership, or transformation. Rather than applying a one-size-fits-all wellbeing framework, we investigate the embodied patterns your organization is producing and identify opportunities for meaningful change.

    Longer-term strategic partnership for founders and leadership teams exploring culture, organizational design, and the future of work through an embodied lens.

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