The Isbourne

The Isbourne Alternative & Holistic Health Service
Community Wellbeing | Beautiful Therapy Rooms | Holistic Treatments. Accessible support for mind, body & soul.

Therapists welcome. The Isbourne aims to create positive lives, advance levels of consciousness and raise spiritual awareness. The centre strives to provide a safe and loving place to explore the self, receive education and enjoy the support of expert teachers and other attendees whilst doing so. The overall aim is to offer joyful and meaningful experiences to as many as possible, embracing all ages, cultures and creeds with love and understanding. See also our new sister branch, the Isbourne College, launched in 2014. The Isbourne College offers accredited learning and CPD courses in holistic subjects. The Isbourne College and the Isbourne Holistic Centre are supported by the Isbourne Foundation.

✨ Could 2026 be the year you feel more grounded, positive and resilient, no matter what life brings?This supportive well...
10/02/2026

✨ Could 2026 be the year you feel more grounded, positive and resilient, no matter what life brings?
This supportive wellbeing series is here to help you do exactly that, with practical tools you can use every day to nurture positivity, strengthen resilience and approach life with more clarity and calm.

🌿 Thrive with Jo Arnold at The Isbourne is a monthly group workshop rooted in evidence‑based positive psychology, guided reflection and gentle group connection. Over the months ahead you’ll explore simple but life‑affirming tools that help support emotional wellbeing and build strength from the inside out.

This ongoing series will help you to:
🌼 Understand what helps you feel buoyant and resilient in everyday life
🧠 Learn practical techniques to support positivity and navigate challenges
🤝 Connect with others on a similar wellbeing journey
✨ Cultivate mindset habits that help you feel more grounded, able and present

Whether you’re seeking clarity after a busy season, wanting to build emotional strength, or simply looking to care for your inner world, this series offers gentle support and lasting tools, one month at a

📅 Upcoming sessions (Mondays, 11:00 am – 12:15 pm):
• 2 Mar 2026
• 13 Apr 2026
• 11 May 2026
• 1 Jun 2026
…all held at The Isbourne Centre, Cheltenham.

📍 Location: The Isbourne Centre, your local hub for wellbeing, learning and connection.

🎟 Booking essential: Spaces are limited and advance registration is recommended.
👉 Link to book in the comments

Grow positivity. Build resilience. Thrive in community. 🌟

🎶 Ever wondered what it feels like to bathe in sound?If your mind is busy, your body tense, or you simply want to reset ...
10/02/2026

🎶 Ever wondered what it feels like to bathe in sound?
If your mind is busy, your body tense, or you simply want to reset from the rhythm of the everyday, this might be your moment to slow down and just be.

✨ Gong Bath & Meditation at The Isbourne is a beautifully immersive sound‑healing experience, guided by John & Tanya Carter of Crystal Conscious. Each session invites you to lie back, relax, and let the deep, resonant tones of the planetary gongs wash over your mind, body and spirit, creating a powerful sense of calm, release and inner balance.

This isn’t just meditation, it’s a sound journey that can help dissolve stress, ease mental chatter, and support emotional clarity. Come with an open mind and a cosy blanket; the gongs will do the rest.

📅 Upcoming sessions (all 6:30–8:00 pm):
• Mon 2 Mar 2026
• Mon 16 Mar 2026
• Mon 13 Apr 2026
• Mon 27 Apr 2026
• Mon 18 May 2026
…and more throughout the year.

📍 At The Isbourne Centre, Cheltenham, a nurturing space where wellbeing thrives.

🧘 What to bring:
✔ Your yoga mat or something to lie on
✔ A cushion and a cosy blanket
✔ Water or a refreshing drink to sip afterwards
(Please note: group gong baths aren’t advised if you’re pregnant.)

🎟 Pre‑booking essential — this experience is popular and spaces are limited.
👉 Link to book in the comments

Feel the vibrations. Experience deep calm. Embrace stillness. 🌟

🌸 Want to start your day feeling calm, energised and in harmony with yourself?Sometimes the most profound shifts come fr...
07/02/2026

🌸 Want to start your day feeling calm, energised and in harmony with yourself?
Sometimes the most profound shifts come from the gentlest of movements. If you’re looking to reduce tension, quieten your mind and move with ease, this is your invitation to arrive a little lighter in body and spirit.

✨ Release, Relax & Revive with Qigong at The Isbourne is a soothing movement class rooted in tai chi and qigong traditions, designed especially for beginners and anyone who wants to feel more balanced, centred and alive.

Guided by experienced instructor Max Watkins, this session uses circular, flowing movements that are gentle on the body yet deeply restorative, helping you to:
🌿 Improve strength, balance and coordination
🧠 Calm the nervous system and ease mental tension
💫 Enhance your sense of wellbeing through mindful, breath‑linked movement

Whether you’re new to qigong or returning to your practice, this class offers a nurturing space to breathe, move and revive your energy.

📅 Fridays, 09:30–10:30 am

📍 Venue: The Isbourne Centre, Cheltenham, a calm, welcoming space for body, breath and wellbeing.
or online

🎟 Pre‑booking is essential: Due to popularity, drop‑ins cannot be accommodated.

https://isbourne.org/events/energise-building-vital-health-with-tai-chi-qigong-exercise

Release what no longer serves you. Relax into ease. Revive your energy and presence. 🌿

✨ What if one breath could help you release stress you didn’t even know you were holding?Step into a powerful practice w...
07/02/2026

✨ What if one breath could help you release stress you didn’t even know you were holding?
Step into a powerful practice where breath becomes the doorway to calm, clarity and emotional release, without words, pressure or expectations.

🧘‍♂️ Conscious Connected Breathwork with Sam Merron at The Isbourne is a gentle yet profound therapeutic practice that uses continuous, circular breathing to help quiet the mind, soothe the nervous system and open space for deep emotional healing. By breathing without pauses between inhale and exhale, you may reduce mental chatter, release stored tension and connect with your inner awareness in a whole new way.

This session is ideal for anyone who:
🌿 Feels emotionally stuck, anxious or overwhelmed
🧠 Is craving greater peace, presence and self‑connection
💫 Wants a new route to clarity, release and deep inner rest
✨ Is open to exploring breath as a tool for transformation

You’ll be welcomed into a calm, caring space where breathing becomes healing, each person’s experience is unique, but many find they feel:
🌸 Less stress and more peace
🌬 A calmer nervous system
🧘‍♂️ Greater emotional clarity and energy
🌙 Heightened self‑awareness and presence

Book you place at https://isbourne.org/events/conscious-connected-breathwork

Ann teaches Flowing Yoga, a style of yoga that helps you feel energised, focused and revitalised. This fun, friendly sty...
06/02/2026

Ann teaches Flowing Yoga, a style of yoga that helps you feel energised, focused and revitalised. This fun, friendly style of yoga will give you an energy boost and over time will improve your balance and coordination, strengthening your body and increasing resilience. Flowing Yoga explores various physical postures (asanas) that will lengthen and tone muscles, shedding tension and opening the body and heart, leaving you refreshed.

Breathwork (pranayama) and meditation are also included in Flowing Yoga. This will bring you fully into the present moment, calming the nervous system, and restoring your body's natural ability to heal and nurture itself. You can open up to a deeper knowing and wisdom hidden beneath our usual understanding. You’ll feel centered and uplifted, able to appreciate and enjoy all that your life offers.

Ann came to yoga in 2003 with an Ashtanga practice, loving the physical challenge of this style. As life placed different demands on her and her yoga, she reached out to other styles to meet her changing needs. Her teaching is now influenced by a broad range of styles, from invigorating Dynamic Vinyasa Flow to calmer Hatha and restful Yin Yoga. That yoga is much more than just an exercise routine and is endlessly adaptable is what keeps her coming back to the practice.

Ann regularly attends silent meditation retreats, including a month-long session. This experience has given her a deep understanding of the transformative effects that meditation can have, and she also includes meditation techniques in her teaching.

Angela offers Awakening with A Course in Miracles and other complimentary teachings.This monthly group is suitable for s...
06/02/2026

Angela offers Awakening with A Course in Miracles and other complimentary teachings.

This monthly group is suitable for students of ACIM and involves all members in discussion and presentation, should they wish, with a meditation designed to move beyond the study and awaken us to the experience of what the Course is teaching.

🗣️ It’s Time to Talk Day.Because conversations change lives.Because silence can be heavy.Because checking in is more tha...
05/02/2026

🗣️ It’s Time to Talk Day.
Because conversations change lives.
Because silence can be heavy.
Because checking in is more than small talk.

This isn’t about being an expert, it’s about being human. 💬

✨ Ask “how are you?” and really mean it.
✨ Share something small you never know who needs to hear it.
✨ Make space even if you don’t have all the words.

Let’s talk. Let’s listen. Let’s show up.
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✨ Ready to drift into deep relaxation and awaken your inner calm?Give yourself the gift of stillness with Gong Bath Soun...
03/02/2026

✨ Ready to drift into deep relaxation and awaken your inner calm?
Give yourself the gift of stillness with Gong Bath Sound Sanctuary with Alicia, a profound sound‑healing experience where you simply lie back, breathe, and let resonant sound waves wash over you.

A gong bath is a deeply immersive meditation and sound therapy that helps quiet the busy mind and invites your body, breath and spirit into a state of coherence. Powerful Planet Gongs and other healing instruments create frequencies that can feel detoxifying, calming, cleansing and revitalising, all at once.

📅 Upcoming sessions at The Isbourne:
• Sat 21 Feb 2026 — 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
• Sat 11 Apr 2026 — 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
• Sat 20 Jun 2026 — 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
• Sat 08 Aug 2026 — 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
• Sat 17 Oct 2026 — 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
• Sat 19 Dec 2026 — 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm 🌟

🎶 Hosted by Alicia Ma Ri Atu Ma, a professional musician, artist and sound healer with advanced gong practitioner training, this sanctuary is for anyone over 18 looking to embrace deep relaxation, inner calm and subtle energy healing.

📍 Location: The Isbourne Centre, Cheltenham, a peaceful sanctuary for your wellbeing.
🧘‍♀️ What to bring: Your yoga mat, cushion, blanket and something to sip afterwards, then simply arrive and settle in.

🎟 Booking is essential (drop‑ins are not accommodated), places are limited and sessions can fill up quickly, so secure your space early.
👉 https://isbourne.org/events/gong-bath-sound-sanctuary-with-alicia

🌿 Lie back. Breathe deep. Let the sound carry you to stillness.

Dive deep into the sacred wisdom of Kabbalistic astrology and uncover the inner light guiding your destiny. This explora...
03/02/2026

Dive deep into the sacred wisdom of Kabbalistic astrology and uncover the inner light guiding your destiny. This exploration blends ancient Kabbalah teachings with the cosmic language of the stars, empowering you to decode your soul’s blueprint, understand your life purpose, and gain clarity on your personal journey.

What you’ll gain:

A practical understanding of the Tree of Life and its connection to astrology

Tools to interpret your own astrological chart through a Kabbalistic lens

Insight into how fate, free will, and divine timing work together in your life

Techniques to align with your soul’s path and harness inner wisdom for decisions and growth

Book your place at https://isbourne.org/events/the-inner-light-of-destiny-a-kabbalistic-astrology-exploration

✨ Yoga isn’t about perfection, it’s about feeling at home in your body.Whether you’re new to yoga, returning after a bre...
31/01/2026

✨ Yoga isn’t about perfection, it’s about feeling at home in your body.
Whether you’re new to yoga, returning after a break, or a seasoned practitioner looking to deepen your practice, this class invites you to move with intention, kindness and curiosity.

🧘 Yoga for Everyone with Jane Macpherson at The Isbourne celebrates yoga in all its forms. Jane’s classes are truly inclusive, blending breath awareness (pranayama), gentle movement, meditation, restorative practices and guided relaxation, and offering adaptations so that everyone can work safely and comfortably with their body.

Jane is a highly experienced teacher trained in multiple styles including Iyengar, vinyasa, yin, vini and restorative yoga, and brings over 20 years of teaching experience. Each session is unique, supportive and centred on your wellbeing.

🌿 In Yoga for Everyone you’ll:
• Move gently but with purpose
• Increase strength, flexibility and balance
• Calm your nervous system with breath and awareness
• Enjoy guided relaxation and mindful techniques
(And discover how yoga can feel just right for you.)

Book your place at https://isbourne.org/events/yoga-for-everyone

✨ Ready to boost your energy, balance your body and calm your mind?Join us for ENERGISE! Building Vital Health with Tai ...
31/01/2026

✨ Ready to boost your energy, balance your body and calm your mind?

Join us for ENERGISE! Building Vital Health with Tai Chi & Qigong Exercise, a transforming movement practice that blends gentle, flowing Tai Chi and Qigong forms to support your wellbeing from the inside out.

Led by experienced instructor Max Watkins, this class offers a warm, supportive space, whether you’re taking your first steps into mindful movement or deepening your practice. You’ll engage in circular, rhythmic movements that help:
🌟 Improve strength, balance and coordination
🌬 Calm your nervous system and ease mental tension
🌱 Refresh and recharge your body’s energy
✨ Enhance physical and emotional equilibrium through breath, posture and flow

This practice is suitable for all levels and welcomes beginners and experienced movers alike, brought to you with kindness and expertise.

Book your place at https://isbourne.org/events/energise-building-vital-health-with-tai-chi-qigong-exercise

✨ Looking for movement that uplifts body and mind as you begin your weekend?Flow into calm, strength and presence with F...
31/01/2026

✨ Looking for movement that uplifts body and mind as you begin your weekend?
Flow into calm, strength and presence with Flowing Yoga, a joyful class designed to help you feel energised, focused and connected with your breath and body.

🧘‍♀️ Flowing Yoga with Ann Morley at The Isbourne brings together fluid asana (postures), breath awareness (pranayama) and gentle meditation to help you:
🌟 Release physical tension and open the body
🌬 Calm your nervous system through mindful breath
💪 Improve balance, coordination and resilience
✨ Feel centred, refreshed and ready for your weekend ahead

This class is suitable for beginners and more experienced practitioners alike, all levels are welcome.

📅 Saturdays (09:30 – 10:45 am)

📍 Venue: The Isbourne Centre, Cheltenham, a calm and welcoming space for wellbeing practice.

🌐 Join in person or stream live for a weekend boost that suits your lifestyle.

🎟 Booking essential: Spaces are limited and drop‑ins can’t be accommodated, secure your place now.
👉 https://isbourne.org/events/flowing-yoga-3

Move with breath. Feel with intention. Begin your weekend with clarity and calm. 🌸

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2 Wolseley Terrace
Cheltenham
GL501TH

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 8pm
Tuesday 9am - 8pm
Wednesday 9am - 8pm
Thursday 9am - 8pm
Friday 9am - 8pm
Saturday 9am - 1pm

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+441242254321

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A hub of wellbeing and spiritual development, running a variety of inspirational courses, workshops and talks

Originally founded in 1995, we remain one of the UK’s leading holistic organisations. We are committed to providing people with the tools, resources and encouragement to inspire happier, healthier and more positive lives.

The educational arm of the organisation was launched in 2014, providing holistic education with professional credibility to a wider audience. As well as developing and running a programme of Quality Endorsed and Accredited courses on a range of subjects, we also provide training for holistic practitioners to help them grow their own businesses and further their professional development.

The Isbourne boasts an impressive programme of distinguished guest speakers from across the UK (and beyond), and a packed schedule of regular classes for all ages and abilities. As a mark of quality all therapists practicing out of our therapy rooms must first be approved through an Affiliation process, and as a result we have a catalogue of over 100 recommended local practitioners offering a vast range of treatments and therapies.

We also offer a variety of services aimed at local businesses, including increasing the effectiveness of internal training and improving the wellbeing of staff. The Isbourne has a thriving outreach programme working with disadvantaged and vulnerable groups within our local community, including Gloucestershire Young Carers and the female prisoners at HMP Eastwood Park.