Yoga studios in 13 UK cities · Live online 1-on-1
Studio classes in London, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow and 9 more cities, plus private coaching over live video with a teacher who watches and corrects you as you move. One membership works everywhere.
Only at James Yoga
A real teacher on a two-way video call, watching you and correcting your alignment as you move. It isn't a recording and it isn't an app voice. Sessions start at 20 minutes, from your living room, hotel room or garden shed.
One membership, 13 cities. Working in Leeds on Tuesday and Glasgow on Thursday? Your mat's waiting in both. No extra fees and no "home studio" rules.
30-minute classes within a short walk of the main station, timed around peak trains, with showers and lockers included. At our railway-arch studios we hold the pose while a train passes overhead. Members love it.
Woken up to sideways rain? Swap any studio booking for a live online session up to one hour before class, for free. It's the most British feature we have.
22:00 classes for nurses, drivers, chefs and anyone else whose day ends when everyone else's does. Shift workers get a reduced rate with an NHS, transport or hospitality ID.
Mats, blocks, straps, towels and filtered water are all included. Come straight from the office in your work clothes and we'll lend you the rest, freshly laundered.
Live online 1-on-1 coaching
A pre-recorded video can't see that your knee has drifted past your ankle. Your James Yoga coach can, and tells you straight away.
Filter by style, language and speciality (back pain, pregnancy, runners, total beginners). Slots run from 06:00 to 22:30, seven days a week.
Your coach watches a few simple movements to see how you move and where you're tight, then builds the session around you.
Prop your phone or laptop up where it can see your mat. Your coach cues, corrects and adapts in real time over two-way video.
After each session you get a written practice plan and a private replay, so you can repeat it on your own between sessions.
Our story
James never planned to open a yoga studio. He drove the Northern line through the night, and after two years of 3am shifts in a driver's cab his lower back had given up on him.
"I thought yoga was for people with free time. It turned out to be for people with none."James, founder
On his breaks in the Morden depot canteen, James starts stretching between the tables. Within a month six other drivers join him, and the cleaners call them "the 4am Club."
He spends his rest days on 200 hours of yoga teacher training and practises cueing poses on anyone who will stand still, mostly his flatmate.
The first studio opens under a railway arch. A train rumbles overhead every few minutes, so James turns it into a practice: hold the pose and breathe until it passes. Rumble Breath becomes our best-loved class.
In lockdown, James's 84-year-old gran in Aberdeen asks for help with her hip. He props a laptop on the ironing board and coaches her live, twice a week. Her friends ask for sessions too, and live 1-on-1 online coaching is born. 1,000 sessions are booked in the first month.
Studios open in a former cotton mill in Manchester's Ancoats and a converted warehouse in Glasgow's Finnieston. Members start asking whether one membership could cover both.
It can. One membership now covers every city, with a free Rain Check swap to online whenever the weather wins.
Today 60+ coaches teach in 13 cities and online. There's still no studio in Aberdeen. Maggie is 90 and still books every Tuesday at 10:00.
Studio locations
Every studio is within walking distance of the main station and has showers, lockers and free mat hire. Choose a city to book your free first class.
Where it all began. Rumble Breath classes run daily under the railway.
Book in London →Big windows, bare brick and our busiest Sunrise Flow.
Book in Manchester →Slow Vinyasa beside the canal, lit by candles in winter.
Book in Birmingham →Home of the original Night Owl class for shift workers.
Book in Leeds →Our largest room, with lunchtime Commuter Flow for the city centre.
Book in Glasgow →Harbour views and a Yin class that fills up for the Festival.
Book in Edinburgh →Hot flow in a former rope works, with music on Fridays.
Book in Liverpool →Street-art walls and a beginners' course that runs every month.
Book in Bristol →Bilingual classes in Welsh and English, with outdoor flow in summer.
Book in Cardiff →A cobbled-lane studio known for its Sunday restorative class.
Book in Belfast →A riverside studio with a popular 06:30 Power Flow.
Book in Newcastle →Yoga for climbers and runners, in the shadow of the Peaks.
Book in Sheffield →Pregnancy and postnatal yoga, every day of the week.
Book in Nottingham →No studio nearby? Your coach comes to you over live video. Just ask Maggie.
Book a free taster →Simple pricing
Pay as you go at any studio.
Or 4 sessions for £160.
All prices include VAT. Shift-worker rates are available at every studio with valid ID. One free first class and one free taster per person.
Questions
Yes. Your first studio class in any of our 13 cities is free, and your first live online 1-on-1 taster (20 minutes) is free too. No card needed to book.
You pick a coach and a time, join a two-way video call from your phone, tablet or laptop, and your coach watches and corrects your alignment as you move. Afterwards you get a written plan and a replay. All you need is enough floor space for a mat and a device that can see you.
Yes. The Studio Passport covers unlimited classes at every James Yoga studio in the UK, plus Rain Check swaps to online sessions.
Not at all. Around a third of our members start with no experience. Beginner-labelled classes run daily in every city, and a 1-on-1 session is a good way to start if you'd rather learn in private.
Yes. The Studio Passport is rolling monthly with no minimum term. Cancel from your account before your next billing date.
Many of our coaches hold additional training in pregnancy and injury-aware yoga. Tell us when you book and we'll match you with the right coach. Please check with your GP or midwife first.
Your first class is on us
Tell us where you are and what you'd like to try. A coach from your nearest studio will confirm your spot, usually within the hour.
Prefer to talk? Call us, 7am to 9pm daily:
020 7946 0958