about innersense

A holistic and integrative practice focused on bringing you home to your body

Our Philosophy

We believe that our bodies are our healers. When we come home to ourselves, we come home to healing.

Body

Mind

Soul

When embraced with intention, breath, movement, stillness, and food are potent medicines that can become pathways to vibrant health and inner harmony. By blending the wisdom of the old with the innovation of the new, we help you find bespoke practices to nourish body, mind, and soul.

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Meet our founder

Hello, I’m Amira!

I am a 30-something year old mama currently living in Nairobi, Kenya. I am a retired architect, yoga and breathwork facilitator, yoga nidra guide, menstrual cycle coach and a student of Naturopathic medicine. In 2011, I found out that I have a back injury that would turn my life upside down, or shall I say downside up?

After undergoing surgery, I spent 3 years struggling to get my health back. I was physically weak and emotionally wrecked. I felt like I had no control over my life. Due to the amount of medication I was on, my digestive system suffered and this meant inefficient nutrient absorption, almost non-existent bowel movement and well, don’t even get me started on my hormones.

I intuitively took up yoga, privately, in the quiet and darkness of my bedroom at 6:00 am every morning. The practice started bringing me strength so fast and within the year, it was working its magic on me beyond the physical practice.

Innersense founder Amira holding a bird of paradise

My Story

How it all began

2007

Started architecture school in Cairo, Egypt, eating a fair share of university junk and my health was already on a decline.
2011

A big fall on my back led to my already fragile lumbar spine discs to herniate. In the summer of 2011, I had surgery on my back. I was 21 years old at the time.
2014

I came across a video on YouTube addressing eating animals from an animal welfare perspective and also addressing the health implications of eating factory farmed food. I stopped eating animals and animal byproducts that day. I finally started eating whole foods and my healing journey began.
2015

Started practicing yoga quietly in the morning following YouTube videos. Within three weeks I was free from pain for the first time in years.
2017

Left the world of architectural design to complete my Masters Degree in Islamic Art & Architecture only to later join a renowned wellness center in Cairo on the marketing team and then later joined a Cairo-based health food company as a business and product developer.
2018

Travelled to Thailand for my first yoga teachers training with Bryce Yoga and I started teaching as soon as I landed back in Cairo, Egypt and all the way until I moved out of Egypt in 2021.
2019

Founded UrbanEarthlings Egypt shop and community dedicated to zero waste living and then set off to Italy to volunteer with Kali Yoga and learn the art of hosting world class retreats.
2020

Undertook a yin yoga module with the Summers School of Yin Yoga, Breathwork Facilitator and Inner Journey training with Alchemy of Breath and the Menstrual Cycle Coach and Educator training with Cyclical School.
2021

Moved to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and later to Somerset, UK.
2022

Trained as a yoga Nidra guide with Jana Roemer, transitioned from maiden to mother, moved back to Ethiopia and started studying Naturopathic medicine and Nutritional Therapy with the College of Naturopathic Medicine in the UK after struggling to find solutions for a client and dear friend I was coaching.
2023

Continued to guide yoga and yoga Nidra practices in Ethiopia and slowly started to incorporate some wild-caught fish back into my diet to help reduced inflammation after my health suffered slightly due to the sleep deprivation that sometimes comes with having a little one.
2024

Undertook a yoga Nidra for pregnancy, birth and postpartum with Nadia Raafat, moved to the UK temporarily to give birth to my second baby girl then moved to Nairobi, Kenya where I am right now.
2025

As you read this, I am slowly transitioning out of maternity leave and back to the exciting world of coaching. I’m launching this practice, Innersense, out of the vibrant city of Nairobi, Kenya.

“Amira has very gently ushered me into trusting my body again. After a rather tumultuous introduction to motherhood, I felt defeated, depleted and depressed and it was those morning classes with Amira that have shown me a different reality. I hold deep gratitude for Amira as a person and as an instructor - for holding space for me all the way through.”

Sara El-Sayeh, mother, homeopath and Golden Lotus practitioner