Isabel, a lifelong student, began her yoga journey at 15, finding solace and guidance in the practice during life’s ups and downs. Over 10 years later, feeling burnt out and unfulfilled during her public health career, she decided to pursue her true passions—yoga and diving—and headed to Colombia three days later, yoga mat in tow. She spent the next few years as a diving instructor on a small island off the Colombian Caribbean coast.  

Over the years, Isabel has continued along her yoga journey by taking yoga intensives, courses on yoga philosophy, completing her 200-hour YTT in Ashtanga & Vinyasa yoga in Spain in 2022, followed by her 300-hour YTT Ashtanga Training through Miami Life Center. She has also traveled to Mysore, India, to study at Sharath Yoga Center (SYC), deepening her Ashtanga Vinyasa practice. Upon returning to the U.S., she apprenticed under her SYC Authorized L2 teacher, honing her teaching style to accommodate practitioners of all levels while honoring the Ashtanga traditions and practices. She currently leads yoga teacher trainings in the Amazon region of Peru!

Isabel loves being outdoors, connected to nature, and prefers to practice outside whenever possible. In addition to on her mat, you can often find her underwater (scuba or freediving), at the beach, reading in a hammock, going on sunrise hikes, or something of the sort.