Eric Pellini speaking to a live audience
STILLPOINT

Pressure Is the Invisible
Performance Variable

Talks and workshops for workplaces, educators, coaches, and parents exploring how to respond when pressure builds.

This isn’t motivation. It’s restoring capacity.

Eric Pellini facilitating an embodied performance session
ABOUT THE WORK

Strategy matters. So does the capacity to use it under pressure.

Time away can feel restorative. Yet familiar reactions can return when the demands do. This work brings experience and reflection together to explore a different response.

Capacity means having room to notice what is happening and choose how to respond. Eric brings breathing practice, discussion, and reflection into that exploration, grounded in the meetings, decisions, and conversations people face.

Explore the framework behind the talks: The Subtle Identity Drift →

THE EXPERIENCE

Understand the pressure.
Practice a different response.

A two-hour workshop for adults, including a break. One connected experience: understand how pressure shows up, explore a reset, and connect what you notice to how you want to act.

01 · CONTEXT

Understand

A 15-minute talk opens the workshop: how pressure shapes attention and reactions, and what it means to have room to choose a response.

02 · PRACTICE

Experience

Try a short breathing practice for daily life and discuss what you notice. Then explore a 25–30-minute guided breathing reset, with time to reflect afterward.

03 · REFLECTION

Apply

Use Subtle Identity Drift (SID) journaling to notice where daily reactions have moved away from what matters to you. Connect your values to a concrete behavior to try.

Participation is a choice. People can adjust their pace during guided practices. No one is required to share personal experiences with the group.

A SHORTER OPTION

The 15-minute talk

For an agenda with less time, the opening talk can stand alone. It introduces pressure, capacity, and choice for the same adult audiences. It is not a guided breathwork session.

Discuss what fits your event

Looking for a private-group experience? The 90-minute Somatic Breath Journey is separate from this workshop and is for private groups, rather than workplace or school groups.

MEET YOUR FACILITATOR

A short introduction to Eric.

Get to know Eric before discussing your event.

Eric Pellini speaking into a microphone
General introduction · 1:06Playback trouble? Watch on Vimeo ↗
ERIC'S BACKGROUND

Coaching experience behind the sessions.

Eric has led workshops, breathwork sessions, and events. His facilitation draws on years of strength and performance coaching, work with people in demanding roles, and his own endurance training.

BUILT UNDER LOAD
Eric Pellini competing in endurance race Eric Pellini triathlon finish

Endurance racing, obstacle courses, and triathlons inform how Eric understands pressure in the body.

PERFORMANCE BACKGROUND

A look at the strength and endurance training that also informs Eric’s approach.

PEOPLE & PROGRAMS I’VE WORKED WITH

A few examples from Eric’s coaching work:

Hedge fund managers College athletes First responders Programs at Equinox Greenwich & New Canaan High Schools
WHO THIS IS FOR

Built for people under real pressure.

Eric leading a group workshop

Teams & Leaders

  • Teams making decisions under urgency and constant mental load
  • Leaders who need a way to downshift without disengaging from their work
Eric with Greenwich javelin athletes

Educators & Coaches

  • Adults supporting others through demanding moments
  • Educator and coach groups exploring their own responses to pressure
A father playing with his children outdoors

Parents & Parent Groups

  • Parents carrying pressure from work into home life
  • Community groups wanting space to practice a steadier response
PLAN YOUR EVENT

Start with your audience and your goal.

Tell Eric who will be in the room, how much time you have, and what you want the event to address. Together, you’ll discuss whether the 15-minute talk or two-hour workshop fits, and shape the examples around your audience and purpose.

The inquiry is the first step. Confirm the fit and scope with Eric before booking your event.

Workshops for up to 50 adults with Eric facilitating. Larger groups need a separate discussion of scope and staffing.

Discuss your event

Bring the work into your room.

Tell Eric about your adult group and the moments where pressure gets in the way. Start a conversation about the talk or workshop that fits your event.

Discuss your event