Testimonials

My husband and have been attending Rachel’s class at the Wolvercote yoga barn for about a year and feel that we have found our ‘yoga home’. We appreciate the calm atmosphere that Rachel creates in the class and her welcoming and inclusive approach. She is also very knowledgeable about the various aspects of yoga and about anatomy, […]

Rachel took over our class (from our very experienced, long-standing yoga teacher) towards the end of her training x years ago. She has been an excellent teacher, pitching the lessons appropriately, with just the right balance of challenge and repetition, always with clear instructions and explanations, with tips on how particular asanas improve health in […]

I first met Rachel in 2013 when I had just been diagnosed with cancer. Yoga was recommended as therapeutic when going through chemotherapy. A friend gave me Rachel’s name and we have been working together ever since. At that time Rachel said that she had limited experience of working with cancer patients, particularly one like me that had a […]

I practice Energy Healing myself and need deep Yoga to “recharge” and support my physical and emotional state after long days of work. I found Rachel some years ago and have become one of her numerous followers. Rachel is not just a professional and experienced Yoga teacher, she is our therapeutic Energy and Yoga guru. […]

Massage and Aromatherapist, Reiki, Polarity Therapy, EFT, Matrix Reimprinting, Hakomi Body-Centered Psychotherapy, CBT Rachel James has taught me yoga for many years and I keep coming back for more, . Her teaching style is exceptional ,as she is able to provide yogic exercises for all levels, comprising asanas as well as meditation. In this busy […]

I’ve really enjoyed the sessions we have been doing on posture and balance over the past few weeks and some of them are slowly beginning to become conscious though I think this takes a long time! Your classes have been a really important part of my life in Oxford, they’ve added hugely to my sense […]

I am a student of Rachel James’ Yoga class at the NOA Centre in Summertown.  I think she is an excellent Yoga Instructor.  She often asks for feedback from her students and her classes are varied from week to week to meet their needs as well as covering core exercises and postures.  She is very friendly and I find […]

Yoga is for me an appointment that I can’t miss. I decided to start with Yoga in order to solve my neck and shoulder problems. Attending the session on Mondays gives me the opportunity to start the week in a very good mood and I can feel all the benefits during the whole week in […]

I have been enjoying Yoga for many years and when I came to Rachel’s class for the first time I knew I need to see her more the once a week! The classes I knew here in Oxford were too fast or too slow, she offers the perfect combination.

Rachel strikes a perfect balance in her classes between the physical and the mental aspects of yoga. Rachel’s yoga classes are always challenging, yet one is never made to feel inadequate as she praises, encourages and celebrates what the individual is able to achieve, regardless of whether or not it is ‘perfect’. Rachel, as a teacher, […]