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Emotional awareness for where it gets hard.

Stay clear when it's hardest.

Based in the Alps. Available online and on-site across Europe.
9 yrs in Buddhist Hermitage Cultivating Emotional Balance teacher training Theory U, Presencing Institute

Emotional awareness training for anyone who works where it gets hard.

In a tense, high-consequence situation, a difficult meeting, a conversation that matters, something older and faster than the rational mind takes charge. Emotions arrive before we decide, and often decide for us. That isn't a character flaw. It's biology, and it can be trained.

I started to learn about the mind during nine years in a Tibetan Buddhist hermitage, applied it in mental health work and on high-altitude expeditions, and trained to teach it through the Cultivating Emotional Balance Teacher Training, the secular programme developed by Paul Ekman, Alan Wallace and Eve Ekman. Now I bring the same tools to people navigating a world that might be confusing and does not stop being demanding.

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Tools to respond rather than react

Anger, fear, contempt arrive before the decision. Awareness is the first step towards choice: noticing the emotion while it is still forming, so that, little by little, the response becomes a choice instead of simply firing.

Surface what's driving the reactions

Our reactions draw on a store of triggers: some shared by every human through evolution, others written in by our own history. The practice brings it into view and allows us to gradually loosen its hold.

Presence you can train

You're in the room but not quite there. Someone talks to you and you have to ask them to repeat it. Attention training, the same used in three-year contemplative retreats, builds it back.

"Gabriel quickly created an atmosphere of trust that allowed for honest, constructive exchange. His expertise in de-escalation gave our team concrete, workable tools — and a real sense of collective momentum."

Yassine Ghouti Terki, Camp Director, CCAS Vaudagne
Who this is for

For anyone who recognises that emotion-driven decisions are costly and burnout is never far away.

Managers & team leads Medical & care professionals HR & L&D professionals Anyone under sustained pressure
Gabriel Mazur leading a workshop session with a group
How we work together

Team workshop

Half-day or full-day. One to six sessions. In person. Between 4-9 people.

From €1,200 · inquire for quote

Schools & universities

For teachers, students, or both. Tailored to the institution.

Quoted per project

One-to-one

Six sessions is a typical arc. Remote or in person.

From €200 / session

Mountain retreat

Up to 5 days. Small group. Alps. Once or twice a year.

Limited places · inquire early
Let's talk

Bring this to your team, your practice, or yourself.

Tell me what you're working on. I'll come back with a format that fits — or an honest steer toward someone who fits better.

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