Holistic Yoga Testimonials

Holistic Yoga Testimonials - What Students Say

I have done much body work in my time. Julia is always coming up with things I have not done before while remaining faithful to the spirit of yoga. She knows how to encourage people and how to be tactful with their various difficulties. She uses her voice well and explains things very well. It is a pleasure working with her.

I was a complete beginner and slightly nervous when I joined Julia's class but she immediately put me at ease. She is very experienced, beautifully spoken and very hands on. Her classes improved my flexibility whilst helping me learn to still my mind. Can not recommend her highly enough.

I have attended Julia's classes for many years; I still travel half-way across London for her classes. Her approach is gentle and yet she does demand the best of you. She is very safety oriented, adds a certain spiritual flavour to the work but remains quite body focused. I think she is very special.

I can’t tell you how happy I am today because I was walking around the kitchen without thinking about my back at all. Spontaneous movement instead of painful awareness - love it. It also helps me to know that I can, and will, slowly get back more flexibility in my back and a better connection between my upper body and my legs. Such a relief to know it will be possible. I think the work you do is so very important. People are suffering pain that yoga can alleviate and I feel glad I am one of the lucky ones.

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Julia is an amazing yoga teacher and has a great ability to teach and guide people at very differing levels within the same class. She has profound knowledge about the body, which informs her practice. I had a very serious back injury last year, and Julia has helped me enormously - I would trust very, very few people with a broken spine and doing yoga but had no doubts whatsoever. She is that rarity, caring, understanding, deeply aware and informed, and also lots of fun. Even on a groggy Saturday morning when I would so enjoy a long lie-in, I always go knowing that I'll feel a hundred percent better afterwards, as this particular yoga does so much to release, open, and inspire body, breath and mind.

Sarah Case

Since starting Holistic Yoga classes I feel more limber, like my joints have been oiled, the arthritis in my knees are less painful and I generally feel a bit taller and my walking stride is longer!! Julia adapts each exercise to suit a number of people so there is a range of choices about how to approach each exercise. Her instructions are very clear so after a few weeks I was able to do the exercises without looking at the screen. If I go wrong Julia corrects me on my positioning, so I feel confident that I’m doing the exercises correctly. I also enjoy the breathing and meditation exercises. I would definitely recommend the classes, as I feel people of all abilities would benefit.

Frances Basham

Julia's yoga classes never fail to soothe the body and mind. Julia is a wonderful teacher, gentle and attentive to individual needs, while nurturing the group as a whole. During the lockdown(s) I have found it more difficult to keep up my practice, but some time with Julia on Zoom or an audio lesson always makes such a difference.

Jill Lenaerts

I am not 'good' at yoga though I have tried it a number of times in the last 10 years, with 4 different teachers. More than any other teacher I have had, I feel in Julia's classes that being 'good' is irrelevant but rather that yoga as a practice is valuable and nourishing, whatever your ability. Julia supports all students, suggests alternative poses, helps you get deeper into a pose and generally gives a really high level of individual support. Right from the start, I felt that Julia made an effort to get to know me and my individual relationship with yoga, which is not something I have found to be the case in all classes I have tried.
With Julia's classes, I am really starting to see how yoga is a practice that can support me in all areas of my life, rather than just a sequence of exercises. Julia helps me to see the connections between how my muscles feel, which poses I find difficult and how this might link to wider areas of my life. This more 'spiritual' side of yoga is something I have found enriches my experience of 'doing' yoga, without ever feeling too intense. In fact, Julia's classes have a real feeling of fun and playfulness about them, which is a great counterbalance to the more thoughtful elements. I work in a job with a lot of responsibility and stress and am usually feeling tired and drained when I come to the classes on a Wednesday night. Yet I always leave feeling physically and mentally balanced - relaxed yet energised and ready to face the rest of the week!

Tessa Ware