Rebecca James Yoga Therapy and Integrative Psychotherapy in Hampshire

I am a trained yoga therapist and use evidence-based practices to help people with physical and mental health conditions restore balance and find a sense of wholeness.

I am currently in the final stages of training to become an integrative somatic/yoga psychotherapist at The Minded Institute in London. In order to accrue hours to become accredited with the NCIP I am seeing clients privately in Lower Wield, Winchester and Basingtoke.

I have a particular interest in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT), Internal Family Systems (ISF) and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy although I integrate many different modalities into my sessions depending on the client and their focus for our work together. I believe everyone can flourish and I’ll walk alongside you as we explore the best methods to guide your development together.

I have taken extra courses with Bessel van der Kolk and Janina Fisher to explore how trauma is held in the body and how we can help clients to process this in the present moment to restore a sense of peace in their system.

As Bessel van der Kolk says in The Body Keeps The Score: “In order to change, people need to become aware of their sensations and the way that their bodies interact with the world around them.” Offering yoga and somatic practices can help people to work in this way so trauma can be processed and placed safely into the past rather than being re-experienced in the present.

I offer practices to help clients feel safe, grounded, centred and more at ease before we begin to explore more deeply, always being guided by the client and going at their pace.

If you would like to contact me please email: bex.yoga@gmail.com the first step towards working together would be to set up a free initial phone call so that we can explore if we would be a good fit for one another.

I took my first yoga class in 1989 when yoga was less well known in the UK and still fairly underground. There was a yoga class at my University and a friend encouraged me to go with her. I remember two things about that class. Firstly, I couldn’t touch my toes and secondly that feeling at the end of the class. I felt completely relaxed, blissed-out, it was like coming home. I felt comfortable in my own skin and that was it, I have been practising ever since.

In 2005 I trained as a yoga teacher at the Sivananda Ashram in Kerala, India. Since then I have taught many classes and individual sessions and have taken trainings with inspiring teachers from all over the world. These trainings included yoga for pregnancy, post-natal and mummy and baby yoga. I am still a student of yoga and enjoy learning both from my practice, other yogis and from life.

My practice and way of teaching have developed over the past decades and I now offer a breath-centred, embodied and enquiry-led style of practice.

I am interested in helping people to connect in a compassionate way with their body, breath, mind and inner wisdom so that they can move with more ease through the world and express themselves more fully.

Qualifications and Continued Professional Development

1989 - 1992 Politics and Philosophy Degree University of York

2002 Shiatsu Diploma, London College of Shiatsu

2005 Yoga Teacher Training Certification (TTC) - Sivananda Ashram Kerala

2007 Pregnancy Yoga TTC with Francois Barbira Freedman

2008 Baby Yoga TTC with Francois Barbira Freedman

2009 Post Natal Yoga TTC with Francois Barbira Freedman

2015 Jason Crandall Teacher Renewal Course

2015 Stephanie Snyder whole weekend workshop on hips

2016 Yoga For Healthy Lower Backs TTC

2018 Subtle Yoga Revolution TTC with Kristine Kaoverii Weber

2019 Gentle is The New Advanced - J Brown at Triyoga

2019 Peter Blackaby Workshop

2019 Healing an Anxious Planet - Yoga Campus

2019 Yoga in the NHS - The Minded Institute

2020 The Yoga and Neuroscience Connection with Kristine Kaoverii Weber

2020 Loving Knowing Growing with Tara Brach, Rick Hanson and Joseph Goldstein

2020 Workshop on Chronic Pain with Peter Blackaby

2020 Ayurveda for Yoga Teachers with Chara Caruders

2021 Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Course TTC Level 1 - Bangor University and The Mindfulness Network

2023 Diploma Yoga Therapy, The Minded Institute, London

2024 Foundation Level Non Violent Communication course

2024 Level 7 Integrative Yoga Psychotherapy (NCIP) - completing clinical hours for full accreditation