Leadership that turns intention into action.
Manipura is the solar plexus — the seat of personal power, clarity and transformation. We work with senior leaders to navigate complexity through deep connection with self and others.
Face-to-face in London or online · For leaders, teams and organisations
20+ years
senior leadership practice
FCIPD
Chartered Fellow, CIPD
HPMA
Trustee Board member
Doctoral
research in complexity & leadership
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“An exceptional combination of academic rigour, practical insight and personal warmth… She creates environments where people feel safe to think differently, contribute openly and embrace new perspectives. Many colleagues described Janine's sessions as the highlight of the day.”
“She brings clarity, motivation and a deeply reflexive stance that immediately draws learners in… translating complex ideas into something accessible and energising, without ever losing intellectual depth.”
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Four ways to begin, depending on what you need now.
- 01Explore Executive Coaching
Executive Coaching
One-to-one strategic development for senior leaders and C-suite executives. Bespoke engagements grounded in evidence, contemplative practice and lived operational experience.
- 02Explore Executive team interventions
Executive team interventions
Group interventions for leadership teams and organisations. Designed for institutional resilience, regulation and presence under pressure.
- 03Explore The Joy Series
The Joy Series
A curated dialogue series exploring the intersection of high performance and meaningful, sustainable joy — for leaders unwilling to choose between the two.
- 04Explore Meditation for Busy People
Meditation for Busy People
The Meditation for Busy People course delivered for your team. A 90-minute session covering the taster elements, or a three-week deep dive that develops a sustained practice.
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Executive coaching
One-to-one coaching for senior leaders and C-suite executives navigating complexity, pressure and change. Face-to-face in London or online.
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Bespoke away days and leadership sessions, designed around your team's context — helping leaders work well together inside complexity.
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Janine La Rosa
A C-suite executive, coach and doctoral researcher.
Janine works at the intersection of senior leadership, contemplative practice and applied research. Her aim is to develop leaders equipped to navigate complexity through genuine connection — with themselves, with their teams and with the moment they're in.
20+ yrs
industry practice
Doctoral
Research in leadership
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The meaning of Manipura
From Sanskrit मणिपूर — mani, jewel; pura, city.
The third chakra, located at the solar plexus, is the energetic centre of will and self-trust. It is where insight becomes movement — where the leader steps forward, grounded and warm-hearted, into decisions that shape teams, organisations and lives.
Manipura Leadership is built on a simple conviction: leaders who cultivate inner clarity make better outer choices. Intention, embodied, becomes action.
The seed sound · रं RAM
Each chakra carries a bija, or seed mantra — a single syllable that tunes attention to its quality. For Manipura, that syllable is RAM (pronounced rahm), traditionally chanted on a long, steady out-breath to settle the solar plexus, steady the nervous system and gather scattered energy back into the centre of will.
In practice: inhale through the nose, then on the exhale let the sound raaammm hum low in the belly. Three to nine rounds is plenty before a decision, a difficult conversation, or the start of the working day.