Meet Sexuality Coach: Isla McLachlan
Sexuality Coach: Isla McLachlan
Isla is an integrative, person centred, trauma-informed and compassion-focussed Holistic Therapist, Clinical Hypnotherapist, Breath-work Practitioner, Somatic & Sexuality Coach, LGBTQ+ Mentor, Retreat Facilitator, and Founder of Breathnosis®.
She holds space for highly sensitive entrepreneurs and high achieving women with AuDHD to reduce stress, heal trauma and feel calmer and connected to themselves, their bodies and their authentic sexuality. She supports them to feel more pleasure, confidence and aliveness, and deepen intimacy in and out of the bedroom.
Her style is warm, person-centred, non-judgmental, compassion focussed, holistic and bespoke, centring your uniqueness, health history, beliefs, preferences, pace, discernment and desired outcomes.
She integrates a variety of evidence-based therapeutic and coaching modalities which work with the conscious, subconscious and unconscious mind, body and spirit, drawing upon the more mystical to connect you to your own sense of spirituality where desired. These include: clinical hypnotherapy, rebirthing breath-work, conscious connected breath-work, breath-work relaxation techniques, somatics, parts work, meditation, mindfulness, transformative coaching, existential coaching, sex, love & relationship coaching, Emotional Freedom Technique, inherited family trauma work, and tantric and taoist embodiment practices.
Through her experience of working with private clients over the past 6 years, she developed a trauma-informed breath-work modality, Breathnosis®, whilst under clinical supervision. Breathnosis® combines the science and holistic healing benefits of clinical hypnotherapy, rebirthing breath-work & somatics.
Breathnosis® opens a gentle gateway to reconnect you to yourself and your body, process emotions, heal trauma and rewire your unconscious and subconscious mind and body & optimise your mental, emotional, physical and spiritual well-being.
She's passionate about trauma-informed, inclusive and affirming holistic therapy and coaching for LGBTQ+ and neurodivergent people and brings her lived experience of being bisexual, an HSP and having AuDHD, alongside her knowledge and clinical expertise.
She predominantly works with clients 1:1 over 3-6 months through Sensual Serenity®, her bespoke holistic therapy & somatic coaching package, which includes Telegram support between sessions Monday-Friday, as well as hypnosis, breath-work and somatic healing recordings from sessions to support you to embody and integrate the work we do together.
She also offers Serenity Space™, a single 2 hour holistic therapy and somatic coaching session package to support you to reconnect to yourself and your body, reduce stress and feel calmer, clearer and more confident about your next steps.
She is also available for group sessions, 1:1 clinics, speaking engagements and training for organisations, events, retreats, webinars, memberships, courses and masterminds.
You can book a complimentary consultation call to discuss your options of working together here:
Book a complimentary consultation to discuss working together:
https://calendly.com/isla-mclachlan/connectioncall
I received 10 breath-work sessions from Isla, all of which I've found to be extremely healing and transformative. I'd never experienced breathwork before so was really amazed by how much my own breath, a resource I always have, can change the way I think and feel when I'm being guided in a session. Some of the sessions enabled me to release trauma from my body from the past that I hadn't been able to fully emotionally process at the time. Some allowed me to connect with parts of myself such as my inner child and have a dialogue with them which enabled healing and expansion. Other sessions were less intense but still deeply relaxing, uplifting and energising. I liked being able to set a different intention for each session and I always found that I'd received an answer or important insight by the end of the breathwork. Being in an altered state of consciousness during the sessions also allowed me to connect with different spirit guides, some of which I was already aware of and some were new to me. This was such a powerful experience in itself and I found that the breathwork would often take me on a journey to wherever I needed to go in that moment and the visions and messages I received would always be very clear. I appreciated being able to chat to Isla both before and after each session as this helped to create a focus and then ground in and integrate each experience. I would reccommend breath-work to anyone as a powerful somatic healing tool. Before I started the sessions I felt disconnected from my body, self-doubting, fearful of failure and out of touch with my own values, sexuality and dreams. After the sessions I felt it much easier to feel grounded and present in my body, I had more courage to make bold choices and go after my dreams, I was able to let go of fear and turn my desires into inspired action. I also felt more confident in terms of body image and embracing my sexuality. Isla is such a lovely person and her caring personality shines through in her one to one sessions. I really enjoyed working with her as she transmits sincerity and a genuine desire to heal, help and encourage. Kathy- UK
My most recent session with Isla was truly magical. I came into the session feeling stressed and anxious; I could feel it in my body. But the breath work and Isla’s incredible guidance helped those difficult emotions move through my body. We did a lot of inner child work, which was hugely powerful. I was able to give my younger self some much-needed validation. It was beautiful! In the days following the session, I felt stronger, calmer, and more ‘myself’. Thank you, Isla, for your continued compassion, kindness, and wisdom. My most recent session with Isla was truly amazing. I was a ball of nerves before I met with her; I felt incredibly tense and anxious – and I could feel it physically in my body. However, throughout the breathing session, I felt the anxiety lift. I realised that I had nothing to fear, and that I’m stronger than I think. As I breathed, I felt deeply connected to my body; something that had felt alien for weeks. After the session, I felt incredibly relaxed. It was as though a weight had been lifted. I could inhabit my body again! Isla made me feel safe, seen and held. I’m so grateful for her kindness, warmth, and compassion. Olivia- UK
I had been struggling with disordered eating patterns that were affecting my mood and physical health. I came to Isla and asked if she would be able to help me with this. After a lengthy consultation where Isla really took the time to listen to my concerns and my emotions, (Isla was able to hold me in a very safe space whilst discussing this) I underwent a hypnosis session which enabled me to go to a place emotionally I haven’t ever been able to access during years of therapy. Isla was incredibly sensitive and aware of my emotional state throughout the entirety of my treatment and checked on my emotional wellbeing afterward. Since my session, I have felt a strong shift in my connection with myself and my body. I have naturally been able to be more present and aware of making healthier lifestyle choices, whilst knowing to be kind to myself. I am connected to my inner-child more than I have ever been and this is no longer an uncomfortable or unmanageable feeling, instead it is positive and easily accessible. Isla provided me recordings of my session one which is adapted for preparing for sleep and one which can be used to aid relaxation during the day. I have tried hypnosis once before and really was convinced it wouldn’t work for me. I believed my mind was one which wasn’t able to be open enough to enter the space I needed to welcome hypnosis. Instead, with Isla, I have realised that once you’re open to the welcoming the change, it’s about finding the right therapist. One that can make you feel safe, heard and held emotionally. I cannot explain just how much of a positive and life-changing experience this has been for me. Thank you Isla! Cassie- UK
