Isabella Gutfreund

Yoga Instructor, Co-Owner

Isabella, an E-RYT/YACEP by Yoga Alliance at 200 hours, has been teaching yoga for almost two decades. Born in Barranquilla, Colombia, she and her family immigrated to the United States at the age of 11.

As a teacher, Isabella values the amazing and life-changing journey that the Ashtanga Yoga practice brought to her life, and encourages her students to find that spark their own practice. Her career started as a Kundalini teacher, certified by the Kundalini Research Institute. In addition, Isabella has completed many teacher training hours with David Swenson and John Scott, Rocket Yoga with David Kyle, Sanskrit for Aṣṭāṅga Workshops certified by the American Sanskrit Institute and also courses with Saraswati and Sharath Jois in India. She looks forward to her annual Yatra pilgrimage in India every year as a way to deepen her own yoga and spiritual practice. 

Having taught private, group classes and Ashtanga workshops in a wide variety of venues in the United States, Isabella is proud to have founded Heart N Soul Yoga Studio in 2005 in Northern Virginia. Many of her students (the oldest being 79 years old!) have studied with her for over 10 years and have witnessed the growth that comes with a committed yoga practice and the trust between student and teacher. Isabella also teaches private yoga sessions on Zoom for corporate clients and youth conferences alike.

When not teaching, serving the community or studying Sanskrit, Isabella enjoys binge watching Netflix, interior design projects and hanging out with her silk terrier doggie, Maybelline.