Spaces for iNNer Growth
Milan · Japan · Tibet · Amazon and beyond
We believe inner work is a responsibility, to ourselves, to others, and to the small part of the universe entrusted to our care.
iNNer creates spaces where people can turn inward, so they can return to the world with greater clarity, presence and purpose.
Vision, Mission & Promise
Our vision
A world where we devote as much care to cultivating our inner world as we do to shaping the world around us, and where we cultivate joy in order to share it with others.
Our mission
To create spaces where people can turn inward through philosophy, meditation, silence, nature and meaningful human connection, and return to the world with greater awareness, presence and purpose.
Our promise
A more fulfilling life, cultivated from within.
For more than two thousand years, philosophers and wisdom traditions have asked the same fundamental question: What does it mean to live well? Aristotle called it eudaimonia: a life of human flourishing, shaped by who we become and how we live.
External circumstances matter, of course, but their effect on well-being fades faster than we expect — the famous hedonic adaptation. What endures is how we pay attention, how we relate to our thoughts and emotions, and the bonds we form with ourselves and others.
At iNNer, we believe inner work is the best route into good relationships and a sense of purpose. Greater self-awareness can transform the way we relate to others. Compassion for ourselves can deepen our empathy for those around us. Stillness can help us hear what we truly value, turning busyness into purposeful action.
That is why we see inner work as a preparation for serving others, not an end in itself.
Our promise: inner work will not take us away from the world. It will change the way we meet it.
Turn inward. Return to the world more fully.
The iNNer Path
A series of themed encounters dedicated to exploring one of the territories we often know least: our iNNer world.
The Context
We live in a culture that prepares us remarkably well to deal with the outside world. We learn to analyze data, understand markets, manage organizations, solve complex problems, and make decisions under pressure. And yet, very few of us learn to understand and train the mind through which we experience all of this.
The Science & Research
A growing body of research suggests that practices such as meditation and mindfulness support attention, emotional regulation, resilience, and our capacity to respond to stress. The benefits go well beyond the mind: research associates meditation with changes in the brain networks involved in attention and emotional regulation, with a reduction in physiological markers of stress, such as cortisol, and with better regulation of the autonomic nervous system, among many other positive effects.
The Bridge
What contemplative traditions have explored for thousands of years through direct experience is now being examined by psychology and neuroscience through the lens of modern science.
The iNNer Path is the place where these two worlds meet, offering us new tools and perspectives to bring into our work and our lives.
The Journey & Invitation
Together, we will explore attention, the mind, meditation, self-awareness, emotions, the body, self-compassion, stillness, and the relationship between our inner life and the way we live, work, lead, and relate to others.
Each gathering will bring together ancient wisdom, contemporary neuroscience, conversation, and a short experiential practice. No previous experience is required. Just curiosity and big smiles.
Upcoming iNNer Gatherings
A space to discover our next gatherings, experiences and journeys.
Milan · 2026
By invitation only. If you would like to join us, please write to
pauleansoleagaabascal@gmail.com
Japan · 2027
Dates to be announced
An iNNer journey into Japanese wisdom, meditation and nature.
Form our Founder
Dear Friends of iNNer,
When I was young, I was an enthusiastic, romantic dreamer who wanted to live in the most cosmopolitan city in the world: London.
I never dreamt of making money or climbing any career ladder. I ended up working in finance by chance, rather than choice. Bank of America’s equity derivatives team was looking for an engineer who was good with numbers; I was looking for a job that would allow me to support myself and meet people from all over the world.
Finance turned out to be fascinating and intellectually stimulating. But also emotionally harsh. After a while, the identity that had once given me comfort started to feel like a costume. I began to feel that my spontaneity, my inner joy, my crazy, authentic soul were slowly withering, like a rose deprived of water or sunlight.
The present moment is the only place where life’s beauty manifests, but I was rarely there. My mind was always one step ahead, worrying about tomorrow.
Until my mother put Epictetus into my hands. Until I decided to stop long enough to listen to my inner voice. Until I discovered the healing power of philosophy, meditation and silence.
And then I realised: we spend decades studying, learning and preparing ourselves to navigate and succeed in the outer world. Yet we dedicate very little time to nurturing the very place through which we experience all of it: our inner world.
I found my inner freedom again, and everything changed. Not because my outer circumstances did, but because I did. The world was the same, but the eyes through which I saw it were clearer and brighter.
My life has been so profoundly enriched by this journey that I could not keep it to myself. In Seneca’s words (Letter 6 to Lucilius): “No good thing is pleasant to possess, without friends to share it.” That is when I decided to write Philosophy and Finance: A Love Story.
The book was born from the conviction that worlds that rarely speak to one another have much to offer each other. Philosophy and finance. Entrepreneurship and ancient wisdom. Values and value. Outer achievement and inner fulfilment. Doing and being.
iNNer is the next step in this journey of sharing. And, like the book, it is born from the desire to build bridges.
The world has too many walls. We need way more bridges.
I hope iNNer can become one of them. And I hope we can build it together.
With love,
Paule
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Paule Ansoleaga Abascal
pauleansoleagaabascal@gmail.com
