YOGA WITH ISABEL IN KENT: A Safe and Effective Practice, Informed by the Latest Research on Health and Wellbeing.
Isabel yoga is informed by the latest research in neuroscience, anatomy and psychology. This is changing what we know about why pain occurs (particularly chronic, re-occurring and intractable pain). It is also providing a new understanding on how to achieve physical changes safely, effectively and on a long-term basis (such as gaining flexibility, mobility and balance). Isabel brings all these elements into her class, as well as warmth and humour. Practicing yoga this way you will experience a particularly deep release of tension. Added to this is the fact that yoga practiced in this manner is intrinsically mindful, which means that this practice is especially useful for stress, anxiety and low mood.
Isabel's in depth training and experience allows her to run mixed ability classes which are useful and enjoyable for the wide range of students in the class. If you are unsure about yoga, or have had past experiences where you felt forcefully pushed into simply 'making yoga shapes', why not give this class a go? Remember: All body shapes, ages and levels of ability can practice yoga. The key is that poses are adjusted to work with, and for each person.
Last updated June 30, 2023, 12:30 a.m. UTC
I have practiced yoga for over 25 years and teaching since 2010. I am also a biologist and a counsellor.
My yoga teaching is grounded in classical yoga as well as anatomy, neuroscience and psychology, and informed by the latest research in health and wellbeing.
I teach a style of yoga in the Scaravelli tradition, where we undo tension very deeply and reclaim the body’s natural movement (regardless of age, body shape, gender, etc.). The ‘aim’ of this yoga is to help us become who we are; to feel at ease ‘in our own skin’.
I provide private specialist yoga sessions. This is a highly therapeutic modality which is bespoke to the student and addresses the specific habitual psychological, postural and tension patterns which may be affecting freedom of movement, contributing to physical injury/illness or impacting mental health.
I also run a number of group classes. In these, you won’t practice yoga to become good at ‘making yoga shapes’. We practice to integrate body/mind/emotions, enable functional movement and promote health. Through mindful practice we become aware of unhelpful postural and movement habits; we start noticing how our emotions and thoughts manifest in, and shape our bodies. This helps us reclaim movement, freedom and strength and find ways to deal with stress and pressure.
Yoga also help us find our place in the world, clarify our relationship with what surrounds us and bring inspiration into our lives. In this way, we feel both lighter and more sure-footed (both literally and metaphorically).
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND:
Before turning full-time to yoga teaching and counselling, I worked for 9 years at the British Red Cross; prior to that I worked some 15 years in International Development, in research programmes funded by the Dept. for International Development and at various UK universities.
KEY QUALIFICATIONS
3 years, 500 hours Yoga Teaching Diploma (British Wheel of Yoga and Inner Yoga Trust)
6 months antenatal yoga certificate (BWY and IYT)
10 months anatomy for yoga teaching certificate (Gary Carter, Natural Bodies)
Emergency First Aid Certificate
Biology Honours Degree; MSc in Rural Resources and Environmental Policy; Certificate in Business Studies; Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling .
