What began as a necessity became a true path
After years of daily tension and discomfort, yoga became much more than a physical practice. Through consistency, discipline, and patience, it brought less pain, more strength, and a profound transformation.
After years of daily tension and discomfort, yoga gradually became much more than a physical practice. Through consistency, discipline and patience, she experienced a profound transformation: less pain, more strength, better posture, improved breathing and a deeper sense of balance.
What began as a necessity became a true path!
Today, Isabelle teaches Vinyassa flow and yoga sculpt in both French and English.
Trained in Paris and Brussels, in French and English, she continues to learn through reading, practice, online courses and ongoing study.
For her, teaching and learning always go hand in hand.
In 2026, she chooses to join her partner Fred in the Azores and bring Selvamar to life: a place designed to host retreats, movement and meaningful moments in an exceptional natural setting.
Finding relief and building strength
Isabelle is Belgian, born in 1979. Originally from Brussels, she discovered yoga almost ten years ago through a very personal need: finding relief from terrible chronic back pain since she was a child.
Standing at 1.83 metres tall, she spent 35 years of her life without doing any sport.
As no osteopath or physiotherapist had ever been able to help her, she finally decided to take the advice of a sporty friend who suggested she build up her back muscles to ease her pain.
As the only sport easily accessible to her was yoga, she decided to sit down on a mat…
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Teaching and learning always go hand in hand
A lifelong student of yoga
Her training includes:
- 200h Hatha/Vinyassa teacher training in French, in Paris (YUJ)
- 50 h preparatory training, in English, Brussels (Yoga Room)
- 200h Hatha/Vinyassa teacher training, in English in Brussels (Yoga Room)
- 50 h Yoga sculpt teacher training in English in Brussels (Yoga Room)
- 75 h Power flow teacher training in English in Brussels (Yoga Room)
- 30 h online training in Yoga History
- Sound healing training – Aki Sound Studio in Brussels
She also teaches weekly classes at the European Parliament in Brussels.
Through her training and teaching experience, she has developed strong foundations in sequencing, anatomy, student guidance, meditation and history of yoga.
For Isabelle, yoga is a lifelong practice.
