{"id":99363,"date":"2024-07-03T01:45:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T01:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harbor.in-testing.co.uk\/?post_type=team-member&p=99363"},"modified":"2025-08-15T09:27:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T09:27:41","slug":"james-chapman","status":"publish","type":"team-member","link":"https:\/\/harborlondon.com\/oldsite\/team-member\/james-chapman\/","title":{"rendered":"James Chapman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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James Chapman<\/h1>\n

Yoga & Massage Therapist<\/h6>\n <\/div>\n
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James Chapman began teaching yoga in 2003 whilst still in training and introduced yoga to many drug rehab clinics in London.\u00a0 He taught specialist yoga for mental health for the NHS for 7 years and also for leading charities Mind & Rethink.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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James is on the faculty of many leading yoga and yoga therapy training companies and has worked as a massage therapist since 2003, having studied extensively with the worlds leading authorities on Myofascial Release.\u00a0 He regularly appears on podcasts for the Sports Therapy Association (STA) as a mental health expert in the field.\u00a0 Over the years James has worked with several Royal families, A list celebrities, diplomats, business leaders, Premiership footballers and professional athletes.\u00a0 His aim is to help people feel better not just in the moment but in the long term too.\u00a0 James runs a Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training company and is an associate\u00a0 for Rethink Mental Illness.\u00a0 He is a plenary speaker for MHFA England on race & ethnicity and runs his own Diversity & Inclusion trainings.<\/p>\n

James Chapman worked as a Senior IT Analyst for years in some of the worlds largest institutions.\u00a0 Several burnouts later, with a chronic spinal condition, and at his lowest point feeling that he couldn\u2019t carry on, he left the City and dedicated his life to improving his health and wellbeing.\u00a0 James embarked on a journey of self cultivation studying psychotherapy and also Yoga and massage, initially just for self development.\u00a0 James then found himself working as a yoga teacher and massage therapist and has done so primarily in the field of mental health for almost 20 years.\u00a0 For most of James\u2019 life recovery, sobriety &\u00a0 happiness were concepts that seemed unattainable \u2013 experience has shown James that the opposite is true.\u00a0 Recovery is likely and possible and James is happy to share the skills that he has learnt on his journey to empower others and to achieve the happiness and serenity they deserve.\u00a0 James is proud to say that he is 21 years sober and living a happy and fulfilling life.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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