Rachel Barlow - Hatha Yoga

Rachel is a yoga teacher, sports massage therapist, movement coach and trainee Health Coach.  She has been teaching yoga since 2007 and offering treatments since 2009.

Rachel started practicing yoga in 2001 before heading to India to participate in her first teacher training in 2005.  After qualifying in Sivananda Yoga, she decided to stay in India for another 18 months to further her studies. 

In 2006 she qualified to teach Ashtanga Yoga from Brahmani Yoga, led by Julie Martin.  Since then, Rachel has continued to further her studies, qualifying from the London School of Sports Massage with a BTEC diploma in Sport and Remedial Massage in 2009; Yoga Nidra from the Satyananda School of Yoga in 2014 and adding various therapeutic tools to her toolkit, including NeuroKinetic Therapy and Anatomy in Motion to name but a few.  

Rachel has a compassionate, therapeutic way of teaching springled with a bit of light-heartedness along the way.   She has the ability to adapt whatever she is teaching to suit everyone she is working with.  Rachel teaches a creative, flowing class which can be gentle, dynamic or a little bit of both with therapeutic knowledge and experience thread throughout guided always by the breath.  

Rachel has worked with a wide variety of people from the very elderly with varying degenerative cognitive and physical ability issues to the young athlete, professional footballers and everyone else in between; has taught in many of the major yoga studios in London and continues to teach and treat privately at her clinic in South East London.  She is currently training to become an Adapt certified Health Coach from the Kresser Institute specialising in functional health and well-being in the USA and will be qualified later this year.  

“Since going to the Shala Yoga Centre I’ve always really enjoyed Rachel Barlow’s expertise and playful style of teaching. Rachel’s huge depth of knowledge, her passion and expertise will make you feel confident while she makes you focus on your core and breath.”
– Sarah Bennie, London

“I love Rachel’s vinyasa flow classes. The pace is just right, not too slow and not rushed, very grounding for the body and for the mind.  I have been experiencing lower back pain issues lately and her flow, with a focus on core and pelvis stability has been so good for my back! Thank you Rachel!”
– Cristina Berra, Italy

“I attend Rachel’s yoga classes regularly. They’re great. She’s an enthusiastic, intuitive and thoughtful teacher. She gets the tricky balance of focus and fun just right.”
– Rhodri, GP, London