The Dynamic Equilibrium Method
The 6 principles
The foundation of every programme - from open events to one-to-one work.
In nature, stable systems are not the motionless ones, but the ones that keep adjusting. Personal sustainability is not a destination - it is a practice.
Living systems do not fix themselves by tearing themselves down - they correct in motion, in small, repeated steps. We build on what already works, not on the archaeology of failure.
A person exists in relationships, teams, communities, ecosystems - balance is a property of the connections. And a whole that sacrifices its parts is not in balance; it is in exploitation.
A system is more than the sum of its people - but it cannot sustain itself without them. That is why sustainable systems begin with the people who lead them.
In nature you do not observe dynamic equilibrium - you take part in it. The rhythm of your steps, the terrain, the weather are systems in continuous adjustment; walking through them, your own system begins to do the same.
Literally: every step is a controlled fall, corrected instantly. We work while walking because the mind, in motion, does what the body does: it rebalances.
What it rests on
The method is mine, but it is not invented out of nothing. Below is the scientific evidence we have.
1. What we know about coaching
- Gerhát, R., Ocsenás, D., & Münnich, Á. (2025). „Enhancing performance, self-efficacy and well-being: A randomised controlled study in solution-focused business coaching” International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring, 23(1), 24-48.
- Haan, Erik & Nilsson, Viktor (2023). „What Can We Know about the Effectiveness of Coaching? A Meta-Analysis Based Only on Randomized Controlled Trials” Academy of Management Learning & Education. 22. 10.5465/amle.2022.0107.
- Cannon-Bowers JA, Bowers CA, Carlson CE, Doherty SL, Evans J, Hall J (2023). „Workplace coaching: a meta-analysis and recommendations for advancing the science of coaching” Front. Psychol. 14:1204166. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1204166.
2. Why in nature it's different
- Ohly H, White MP, Wheeler BW, Bethel A, Ukoumunne OC, Nikolaou V, Garside R., (2016). „Attention Restoration Theory: A systematic review of the attention restoration potential of exposure to natural environments” Toxicol Environ Health B Crit Rev. 2016;19(7):305-343.
- Oppezzo, M., & Schwartz, D. L. (2014). „Give your ideas some legs: The positive effect of walking on creative thinking” Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 40(4), 1142-1152.
- White, M.P., Alcock, I., Grellier, J. et al. (2019). „Spending at least 120 minutes a week in nature is associated with good health and wellbeing” Scientific Reports 9, 7730.
3. What proofs we have about nature-based coaching
- Berg, Agnes & Beute, Femke (2021). „ Walk it off! The effectiveness of walk and talk coaching in nature for individuals with burnout- and stress-related complaints” Journal of Environmental Psychology. 76. 101641. 10.1016/j.jenvp.2021.101641.
- Ivaldi, Antonia. (2023). „Understanding and Restoring the Self in Nature for Well-Being: A Phenomenological Analysis of Walking Coaching Experiences” The Humanistic Psychologist. 52. 206-222. 10.1037/hum0000314.
The papers above explain why we work the way we do. This is not a promise of outcome: what changes for you depends on what you bring and on what you do between sessions.
From principles to practice
The method is the science; the programmes are its practice - stages of the same mountain day, from the first shelter to the climb.