Yoga Therapy Specialisms
- Anxiety
- Auto-Immune Disorders
- CFS/ME
- Chronic Pain
- Fatigue
- Fibromyalgia
- Life Transitions
- Long COVID
- Menopause
- Mental Health Conditions
- Mindfulness
- Pain Management
- Perimenopause
- Stress
- Women’s Health
Qualifications
- 2023 Diploma Yoga Therapy (580 hrs), The Minded Institute, London
- 2021 Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Teacher Training – Bangor University and The Mindfulness Network
- 2016 “Yoga For Healthy Lower Backs” Teacher Training
- 2007 – 2009 Pregnancy, Post-Natal and Mummy and Baby Yoga Teacher Training Certification with Francois Barbira Freedman, Birhtlight
- 2005 Yoga Teacher Training Certification (200 hrs), Sivananda Ashram, Kerala
About
Rebecca James is a yoga therapist working with a range of physical and mental health conditions in Hampshire and online. Her special areas of interest include stress, burnout, chronic fatigue, autoimmune conditions, chronic pain, anxiety, depression, sleep disorders, menopause, women’s health and PTSD.
Rebecca runs regular one-day retreats for women in midlife and menopause and for the last ten years has been part of the RESTORE team running therapeutic retreats in beautiful settings in the UK. She also teaches trauma-informed yoga for STAR (Sexual Trauma and Recovery) and runs local community Chair Yoga classes encouraging everyone to come together and enjoy the benefits of yoga and mindfulness. Rebecca’s therapeutic offering is compassion-focused and deeply influenced by her interest in both Buddhist and yoga philosophy.
After a successful career at the BBC, Rebecca felt inspired to share the transformational power of yoga and trained as a yoga teacher at the Sivananda Ashram, Kerala in 2005. Having practised yoga for over thirty years, the healing potential of yoga therapy came into focus for Rebecca in 2017 as a way of recovering from a serious illness which lasted several years.
Rebecca offers The Minded Institute’s 8-week course on ‘Yoga Therapy for the Mind’ and is also a supervisor on The Minded Institute Yoga Therapy (600hr) training programme.
Rebecca is a mother of three and also enjoys singing, Gaga-inspired dancing, growing flowers/vegetables and being out in nature. Her love of nature encouraged her to start teaching mindful yoga classes outside in a magnificent forest, where you will find her come rain or shine.