Client voice

103 reviews. Every single one says: go.

“Rémi knows how to get people's buy-in, regardless of their appetite for or openness to well-being practices. He guided us through an easy yet powerful session, leaving us all rejuvenated and grounded. I hadn't expected to learn so much or for it to be so actionable. I highly recommend reaching out to him for any manager looking to be intentional about teamwork, well-being, and fostering growth.”

Lomax Ward

General Partner, Outsized Ventures

“The impact it had on my mental clarity and overall well-being was simply remarkable. I felt way lighter and refreshed after the session. Remi shared his insights on the potential of breathing exercises for stress management at our last event. His talk left everyone inspired and eager to explore this valuable tool for personal and professional growth.”

Joao Moita

Founder & CEO, Product Circle

“As a team leader, I know the challenges we all go through at different times-and that we are much stronger and truly connected when we share our vulnerabilities. This experience, very out of the box, had the ambition to shake us up, taking each one of us to a deeper level of self-knowledge while sharing with all team members. Break the ground to recreate a stronger ground.”

Isabel Machado

Head of Design, Usercentrics

The mechanisms

Some of the mechanisms at play.

We train specific, measurable functions of your nervous system. No woo. No hand-waving. Physiology.

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CO2 Tolerance

Your ability to tolerate carbon dioxide fluctuations determines your response to stress and anxiety. We train it systematically.

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Autonomic Switching

Moving between sympathetic activation and parasympathetic recovery. The faster you switch, the less you are stuck-the more you are in the right state at the right time. In control, empowered.

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Vagal Tone

We expand the window of what your nervous system sees as manageable, increasing your capacity for calm, connection, and clear thinking under pressure.

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Neuroplasticity

The brain rewires through repeated experience. Every session creates new neural pathways-replacing default stress patterns with trained, intentional responses that become automatic over time.

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Reframing

The mental practice of stripping a thought down to its raw components, creating distance, and observing it without attachment. Not positive thinking-structural clarity. See the pattern, name it, let it pass.

The team

Built by an operator.
For operators.

Remi Ribas Co-Founder of equipped.

Ten years in tech. Built a 45-person office from zero. Hit the numbers.

Burned out. Panic attacks, depression, chronic pain.

Spent 2,100+ hours rebuilding from physiology up.

Came back as an operator: inherited a P&L 35% in the red. 12 months later: +30%. A 65-point swing.

Since: 800+ people trained. 350+ sessions. 11 founders. 7 organisations.

He speaks both languages — operator and physiology.

Leah Johns Chairwoman

Sasha Lukavchenko Advisor

Meet the team

Where do you start?

For You

Equip yourself.

You operate at high intensity and you know you need a way to be in the right state at the right time. Being stuck is not an option. This is evidence-based and result-oriented. You do the work. We give you the tools.

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For Your Team

Equip your team.

You lead people and need something more powerful than another team offsite. A shared physical experience that changes how your team operates. Not for Monday-for good.

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For Your Portfolio

Equip your founders.

Your founders' nervous systems are the engine of your success-yet they have never been trained. Deploy nervous system training as infrastructure across your portfolio companies. Improve resilience. Reduce risk. Increase velocity. You are not just money-capital at its smartest.

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What we offer

Multiple pathways.
One nervous system.

Public Group · 75 min

Breathe for Mental Performance

Train your nervous system to shift from reactive to regulated. Breathing patterns that build CO2 tolerance and vagal tone. Leave with the ability to think clearly under pressure-anytime, anywhere.

Up to 12 people

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Public Group · 50 min

Breathe for Physical Performance

Most people are limited not by their muscles but by how they breathe. This class changes that.

Up to 18 people

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Public Group · 50 min

Meditations Lab

Meditation works — but with so many flavours (seated or moving, eyes open or closed, still or active), where do you start? Each session pairs two techniques — from mindfulness to trataka and beyond — so you feel the difference in your own body, not just hear about it. No two sessions are the same; you leave with a practice that actually fits you.

Up to 18 people

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1:1 · Programme

Nervous System Coaching

A structured, personal programme to shape a nervous system that matches your ambition. Assessment, personalised protocols, accountability. Not just a session-a system.

6–12 sessions

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Private Group · 90–120 min

Breathe for Teams

Looking for something more powerful than another team offsite. A shared physical experience that changes how your team operates. Not for Monday-for good.

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Our method

notice · shift · expand

Every equipped. practice is designed to train one or more of these three skills.

Notice

Read your own signal.

Most people have no idea what state they are in until it is too late. Noticing is the skill of detecting subtle shifts in your internal landscape: how activated am I right now? How is that level of activation shaping what I can think, create, decide, and who I can be? Your level of arousal determines what you can and cannot access. Noticing is the first move-everything else builds on it.

Shift

Right state, right time.

There is no bad state-only being in the wrong state at the wrong time. Paralysis before a presentation. Racing thoughts when sleep is needed. Flat energy when your team needs fire. Shifting is the ability to move deliberately between states so you are never stuck. Not suppressing what you feel-steering it.

Expand

Handle more. Break less.

Expanding means training your nervous system to tolerate greater complexity, pressure, and discomfort without collapsing or shutting down. Holding a difficult conversation while staying connected to the outcome. Grasping complex ideas under time pressure. Sustaining focus when everything pulls you away. A wider window means more of life is workable.

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