Studio Mirari is a coaching and facilitation practice that uses improvisational theatre as a technology for human development — creating the conditions for people to experience themselves differently, and to make sense of what shifts.

The name comes from the Latin mirari — to wonder, to be astonished. That moment of genuine curiosity, when a fixed perspective opens and something new becomes visible, is what the work is designed to create.

Studio Mirari is not a motivational practice. It is not a performance optimisation programme. It is a rehearsal room — a space where new ways of thinking, relating, and responding can be tried before they need to work under real pressure.

Sessions combine three elements: embodied improv exercises, reflective dialogue, and presence-based practice.

The improv exercises are not about being funny or performing. They are precise tools — designed to interrupt habitual patterns, create moments of genuine spontaneity, and surface how you actually respond when the script runs out. The dialogue that follows helps you make sense of what just happened and why it matters. The presence work like grounding, body awareness, deliberate stillness, etc. allows for judgment to be suspended just long enough for the experience to sink in and change you.

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No, and it doesn't matter. This isn't comedy and it isn't performance — nobody's put on a stage to be funny, nobody's graded, there's no audience. The exercises are structured so the stakes stay low while the experience stays real. Being "good at improv" is not a requirement; being willing to try something before you've figured it out is the only ask, and we build up to that gently.

Most coaching works primarily through conversation — insight, reframing, goal-setting. Most therapy works through exploration of the past and its emotional residue. Both are valuable. Neither is what Studio Mirari does.

Studio Mirari works through embodied experience — through doing, rather than talking about doing. The body is the primary instrument, experience is the primary way. Change happens in the session, because you felt a different way of doing, not just another insight.

The intellectual framework is constructive-developmental psychology — specifically Robert Kegan's adult development theory and Jack Mezirow's transformational learning. The goal is not behavioural change or symptom relief. It is developmental transformation — a qualitative shift in how you make meaning, relate to others, and inhabit your own life. For more info, see below.

Yes. Studio Mirari is grounded in constructive-developmental psychology — primarily the work of Robert Kegan on adult development and Jack Mezirow on transformative learning. Kegan's research describes how adults grow by transforming the way they make meaning, not simply by acquiring new information. Mezirow's work shows that the deepest learning comes through disorienting experiences and shifts in identity, met with critical reflection.

These aren't fringe ideas. A 2025 paper in the Philosophy of Coaching journal (Carden & Crosse) argues that competency-based coaching is no longer sufficient for the complexity clients face today — and points specifically to constructive-developmental theory and transformative learning as the frameworks the field needs to move toward. Other scholars in the same literature (Burt et al., 2024; Garvey et al., 2024) argue that coaching expertise comes not from technical proficiency in applying models, but from presence, responsiveness, and ethical awareness.

Improvisational theatre is how Studio Mirari puts these frameworks into practice — creating the embodied, real-time conditions that developmental theory says are necessary for genuine change, but that most coaching only talks about.

If you'd like the underlying reading, I'm always happy to share it.

Most applied improv work focuses on skills — communication, collaboration, creativity, agility. These are real outcomes, and they matter.

Studio Mirari uses improv as a developmental technology rather than a skills delivery mechanism. The exercises are selected and sequenced to create the specific conditions that developmental psychology identifies as prerequisites for genuine adult transformation.

The difference is the intention behind the work, and the depth of what's possible when improv is used that way. You leave not just with better communication skills — but with a different view of yourself as a communicator.

Both, but you usually enter through different doors. Workshops are for teams and groups (8–20 people). The one-to-one programme is for an individual leader or professional going deeper. Most teams start with a single workshop, that can later become part of a series; most individuals start with a 30-minute conversation. If you're not sure which, that's exactly what the intro call is for.

Workshops run a half-day or full day, for 8–20 people, with multi-session programmes for sustained work. One-to-one programmes run 4 to 12 weeks. Talks and live experiences are scoped to the event. Everything begins with a free 30-minute conversation.

Workshops start from €2,500 per session. One-to-one programmes are priced by length and scope — we'll set it in the intro conversation. Talks from €1,500. Exceptions can be made for specific types of organizations or groups. Every engagement starts with a free 30-minute call, no obligation.

I am based in Mechelen, Belgium, but in-person sessions can take place across Belgium and nearby. Workshops are most powerful in the same room. One-to-one coaching is available online.

Nothing. Come as you are, with whatever is actually live for you. Preparation is the very habit we're loosening — so the one thing you don't need to do is prepare.

Book a 30-minute conversation. We'll look at what you're navigating, whether this is the right fit, and what would serve you best. If it isn't a fit, I'll tell you — and point you toward something that might be.