My name is Hanan. I am Kuwaiti-Palestinian, have lived most of my adult life in London and currently reside between London and Kuwait. I have travelled and explored other cultures for most of my life; am fluent in English, Arabic and Spanish, and have working knowledge of French and Italian. Academically, my background includes a BA in Romance Languages, and an MBA from Imperial College, and I love all things flute and percussion related.

I worked in translation, then in IT before ultimately retraining and switching careers to work as strength coach in the wellbeing industry. This career switch happened in 2011, at a time when I was motivated to change by an experience of emotional stress and physical pain. It lead me to experimenting with and certifying in various types of exercise and martial arts including Mat Pilates, Pa Kua Tai Chi, C.H.E.K protocols, ELDOA method among others. 

I found many benefits in all the above, they helped me and were useful to my clients. However, I found that the moment I experienced any significant emotional stress, I would be overwhelmed and feel energetically depleted. I had enough awareness and control of my body - but I did not know how to deal with my mind and the onslaught of unnecessarily stressful thoughts. This inevitably affected the way I functioned in day to day life, and at times also made me physically unwell.

In 2016, I came across a video of a yogi and spiritual master by the name of Sadhguru . Through Sadhguru I learned powerful yogic kriyas and Classical Hatha Yoga practices which profoundly transformed my life. I experienced a phenomenal improvement in my wellbeing, particularly the psychological and emotional aspects. For the first time in my life, I was able to maintain a degree of peace & contentment within me, no matter what was happening around me. This was a tremendous empowerment for me and (among other benefits) enabled me to confront my fears and be more open to life’s opportunities. Such was the transformation I had experienced that in early 2022 I decided to become an Isha Hatha Yoga Teacher so I can facilitate a similar transformation in others.