I am taking a break after delivering my role as Crowd Safety Manager for Notting Hill Carnival, exhaling after an intense five months. Processing the experience and slowing the pace down, I'm working with my mind to release judgment, paranoia and the stress it got used to. I am back teaching Pilates at Mill Yard Petworth, and appreciating the deeply relaxing setting the studio is in.
Hello, I'm Íse.
I help make crowds and events safer. As a practitioner and researcher, I study the human condition, how bodies, minds, and social systems interact, and how that impacts safety, wellbeing, and agency. I write about crowd safety challenges and use it to explore broader questions about behavioural psychology, societal trends, and personal empowerment.
My work, and passion, has always intersected between events, crowd safety and event transport, and this now has a name - Zone Ex. I'm really proud to have written the first chapter on Zone Ex for the Guide to Health, Safety and Welfare at Outdoor Events and shared about its importance in an article I wrote on Taylor Swift's Eras Tour crowds.
Having quit all traditional social media, I am an advocate for digital minimalism and have written about the impact of our relationship with our devices on our wellbeing and mental health. My studies of the mind led me to share my own experience with how applying these learnings has transformed my life experience and career. This blends with Human Design and how I use this language to understand how we operate correctly and apply that to improve our relationships and work.
I am on the social web however, enjoying the new way of connecting on our own terms. My handle is @imm@isemurphy.com and you can follow me on Ghost, Flipboard, Threads, Bluesky, Mastodon, or wherever you get your social web feeds.
I host the Safety Sistas podcast to showcase those who work behind the scenes to keep you safe at events and beyond, and have a YouTube channel.
For more see my About page. To stay in touch, you are welcome to subscribe to my newsletter.
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Highlights
Services
Crowd Safety Consulting
Services include strategy development from concept to delivery, from crowd management and Zone Ex to community emergency plans, including workshops, planning training sessions and bespoke training packages for your event or venue.
Pilates Teaching
With a comprehensive Fletcher Pilates qualification and further training in pre & post natal Pilates, stretch therapy, postural restoration, neurobiology and working with the psoas, I teach private sessions, group classes and bespoke workshops.
1:1 Guidance
Using Human Design, personal development tools and twenty years of field experience, I support event professionals to trust their instincts, set boundaries and use their natural talents and self acceptance to find success.
Kind words from clients
“…We tend to reach out to Íse when we are looking for a fresh and different perspective. Without fail Íse is able to show a route that nobody in our team has thought of before. Coupled with her excellent precision and reliability Íse is the perfect lead for any project. It is mainly her versatility that makes Íse apply her talents to any kind of project. With the big picture in mind and never forgetting the detailed solution, we can highly recommend working with Íse. She delivers results that we haven’t found anywhere else.”
Marcel Altenburg, Manchester Metropolitan University
"My private class with Ise was so inspiring and nourishing, she has an incredible way to cue the posture and allow my body to sink in deeply. Her way of communication and space holding was so healing and I have found a new love for Pilates. I can highly recommend working with her."
Tish S.
"I started my Pilates journey with Íse six months postpartum after the birth of my second child. She is nothing short of an amazing teacher. I had experienced pelvic girdle pain, sacroiliac joint dysfunction and diastasis recti in both pregnancies. I’d also had two c-sections in seventeen months. Not an easy subject! Within a couple of sessions working with Íse, the tension and pain in my SI joint and pelvis was reduced. Within a couple of months it had disappeared. Íse has an unwavering commitment to form and a rare ability to identify the root cause of a movement. She identified many areas of compensatory movement in my body (which I wasn’t even aware of!) and the lack of flexibility in my thoracic and lumbar spine. Through her guidance I was able to start engaging with these parts of my body and change the way I move. I can’t wait to continue my Pilates journey with Íse. A life changer."
Amanda E.