Holistic and science backed support

for your physical and mental health challenges

Are you experiencing anxiety, stress, depression, feelings of overwhelm, burnout or other mental health challenges?

In my bespoke 1-to-1 sessions I combine different modalities: movement, breathwork, mindfulness, relaxation techniques and counselling skills.

Together we find the right combination of practices to balance your nervous system, build confidence, and support a deeper understanding of the workings of your mind and how it affects your thinking, your relationships and your outlook on life. Bringing different modalities together in this unique way tailored to your individual needs supports your mental, emotional and physical health, and over time builds the resources needed to find more ease, build resilience, and cope with the inevitable ups and downs of life.

Get in touch with me

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I reached out to Isabell as part of my recovery from burnout. Isabell’s knowledge of the complex workings of the nervous system, her gentle and caring approach, and her expertise in facilitating restorative yoga poses provided me with just what I needed to restore some inner balance and calm. I also really valued Isabell’s guidance on how to think about and reframe my experience of insomnia and anxiety. Her words will stay with me and guide me when I encounter life’s inevitable challenges and anxious moments in the future.

Private client

Together we find out which tools and techniques are most supportive for you.

We work from the top down, the bottom up and the outside in (a biopsychosocial approach)

Top-down

The way we think and our general attitude affect not only our mental state, but also the body. Focusing attention, and questioning our thoughts and feelings allows us to regulate the nervous system from the top down.

Bottom-up

Somatic practices including breathing and relaxation techniques, and movement (yoga) help to stabilise and calm the mind from the bottom up.

Outside-in

An empathic, confidential therapeutic relationship supports well-being from the outside in.

Why these specific tools?

Humans are adaptive and the body has a variety of built in responses which help us deal with stress. However, when stress becomes chronic, when we experience anxiety or panic attacks, depression or burnout, stress hormones accumulate in the body and can stick around for a long time wreaking havoc and affecting all our internal systems.

Sometimes we benefit from up-regulating the nervous system and sometimes we need to down-regulate it to support balance and calm.

We can do this through:

Moving the body, building strength and mobility, and challenging balance as we do in yoga helps to metabolise stress hormones and move the nervous system towards balance again.
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Relaxation techniques help to stimulate the parasympathetic nervous system which contributes to feeling calmer and more relaxed over time.
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Breathing has a direct physiological link to the nervous system and therefore shaping the breath as we do in breathwork can often have the most immediate effect on regulating the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system.
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Mindfulness, meditation, and self-compassion techniques enhance our understanding about ourselves, and pave the way for beneficial change.
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Empathic, active listening and counselling skills add yet another dimension for healing. Talking about what’s difficult and feeling truly heard in a non-judgmental and confidential space can build the basis for selecting appropriate somatic techniques and also continuously assess how well they are working.

The purpose of tailor-made and holistic 1-to-1 sessions

Alleviate anxiety & stress through an integrative approach

Build self confidence

Develop resilience

Improve mobility & strength

Deepen your understanding of yourself

Create inner resources for emotional balance

Develop tools for daily life

Foster self-compassion

Feel truly heard and seen

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“Isabell is one of the best yoga teachers I have come across in over a decade of practising across different schools in London. I decided to take some private lessons to get her support in bringing my body (and mind) back to strength and alignment after a series of health issues. Her approach was thoughtful, methodical and extremely well tailored. She was able to harness my alpha personality and need for a quick rebound while giving me a deeper understanding of the benefits of careful pace, strategic alignment, breath work and restoration in a way that worked for me.”
Private client

“I would just like to say how much I have appreciated your support over the last year. You are incredibly wise and have so many tools in your ‘tool box’ to adapt to where I am at any point. Your help has been transformative to me at such a difficult time. There have been days I’ve seen you when I’m not sure how I can carry on and your calm, wise, insightful work with me always helps.”
Private client

Take the first step

Ready to get in touch?

It can be great to have a brief phone conversation to see whether these sessions might be beneficial for you. We can then arrange how to proceed. Sessions can be held at my home or yours, or live online. Therapeutic sessions often work best as a series (which also comes at a discount).

Book a free 15-minute discovery call

Private yoga sessions

Receive individual guidance around your needs and interests

Explore

Postural alignment
Building strength or mobility
Mastering challenging postures
Working with injuries and health conditions

These tailor made sessions allow you to develop understanding, receive support, and give you a bespoke framework to continue working with on your own. Private sessions are suitable for one-to-one tuition or small groups. Sessions can be held at my home or yours, or live online. Sometimes one off sessions work, sometimes a series of sessions is helpful (and also comes at a discount).

Get in touch with me

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“Whatever mood or physical state you are in, Isabell has incredible capacity to adapt the session to your specific needs. She runs her session with deep knowledge, great empathy and incredible professionalism. She is definitively one of the best yoga teachers in London.”
Private client

“My series of six private classes with Isabell really transformed my yoga practice. It was incredibly helpful to have classes tailored to my own practice. Isabell was really patient and thoughtful and came up with a series of new ways for me to approach handstands, arm balances and headstands - and I was astonished at the progress I made, after years of being terrified of inversions. I would strongly recommend private classes with Isabell to anyone who wants to develop their practice.”
Private client

“After just 6 sessions the results were amazing. My strength was vastly improved, my body more toned, I was able to do more challenging poses than before my health issues and I had a deeper sense of clarity in my individual practice at home and in other classes. Isabell has a charming but satisfyingly strong personality, and I can’t recommend her more highly to both beginners and more seasoned yogis no matter their shape, size or strength.”
Private client

“Isabell is a truly incredible yoga teacher. I value my weekly one to one sessions with her enormously as they provide a wonderful environment in which to develop my practice and calm my mind. I couldn't recommend Isabell more highly.”
Private client

“I have received 121s from Isabell for years. Lessons are tailored to my requirements: building core strength, spending 40 minutes analysing warrior one, headstand practice, meditation techniques, whatever I suggest. Equally Isabell will suggest areas I might like to inquire into more depth and areas of improvement. We have the time to investigate the subtleties and nuances of asanas in a way that is not possible in an open class. As a direct result of these 121s my appreciation of all that yoga can offer has widened and deepened. My practice is now truly ‘my practice’.”
Private client

Sessions can include

Movement / yoga (e.g. vinyasa flow, restorative, yin)

Breathwork

Guided relaxation and meditation

Privates can help to

Focus attention

Support learning and understanding

Take your practice to the next level

Costs for tailored private sessions

Sessions can be in person in my little yoga room or at your home, or live online

One-off private sessions

£99 for 60 minutes

Regular sessions at a 10% discount

£445 for a bundle of 5 x 60 minutes

Concessions are available on a sliding scale. 90 minute sessions are also available.

When booking private sessions you consent to the Terms and Conditions.

My expertise

I’m passionate about bringing together the skills I trained in over many years to provide science-backed tools for growth and healing. I continuously do self-study and training, so that the tools I’m offering are evidence based and efficacious. Sessions are built on my interest in bringing together insights from ancient wisdom traditions with a modern understanding of human psychology, and my training in neuroscience.

I aim to meet you in a trauma-sensitive way: invitational, inclusive, and aware of the differences and diversity of lived experiences.

I’m not a counsellor, but I have trained in counselling skills up to level 3 with the Counselling and Psychotherapy Training Academy. This certifies me to integrate counselling skills into my professional offering. I’m trained in an integrative approach to counselling which means that I draw on a range of frameworks particularly person-centred counselling, but also cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and psychodynamic theory. I adhere to the ethical framework of the BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy).