Testimonials

Testimonials from Clients

“Yoga Therapy with Julia is so much more comprehensive than working out at the gym, which I was doing before I met Julia. I’m happy that I found someone to work with to get strong, and to clear my pain. I fell hard on some rocks on a hiking trail, right on my back. After that fall, I was incapacitated. Yet, 5 sessions with Julia cleared the pain completely, and it never came back. I am so relieved!”

“In search of healing my shoulder instability and kyphosis (rounded back forward head posture), I’ve tried many people including bodyworkers, yoga teachers and even a postural specialist. No one has come close to changing my posture and stabilizing my shoulder joints like Julia has. She’s a miracle worker!”

Yoga Classes

“A number of years ago, an accident blew out three cervical discs in my spine. I was taken to see several physicians, all of whom told me I would never walk again. I was bed-ridden for two years and crawled to the bathroom daily. I saw physicians every other week and they saw progress but insisted I would never walk. I am very fortunate to have had a world-class heart surgeon father who created specialized exercises to do daily.

In time, I could not only walk, but I could go up and downstairs. I decided to return to yoga. I commenced class with Julia Lorimer, a very experienced yoga therapy instructor. I began to feel much less nagging nerve pain and back pain.

I returned to my doctors and shocked them all. They asked what factor I think made the difference and I told them that my yoga instructor, Julia, had enabled me to live a normal life again for the first time in almost a decade.

My life has been completely changed for the better since I met Julia. I cannot thank her enough for what she has contributed to my healing process. Where physicians gave me no hope, Julia gave me the internal power to heal myself. I am able to walk easily and pain-free today.”

Private Yoga Therapy/Bodywork Sessions

“I have been working with Julia for approximately one year. I started with her when I had severe neck pain from an old accident compounded by years of working and sitting. Even with a standing desk, I was uncomfortable and developing a bump in my neck. Julia started with that issue. Within a few weeks of undergoing her particular and very uniquely focused methods of applying yoga techniques to the body, my neck began to change substantially from a source of great pain and anxiety to what it was supposed to be – a functional part of my body. Julia is completely versed in the anatomy of the body and a certified yoga therapist. What is so compelling about her work, and what compels me to write this testimonial, is that while using that knowledge to adjust and work on actually changing the structural issues that one develops over the years, she also can help one to address one’s own body as its own unique vessel, with all of its own quirks, and no less worthy than any other body that needs to be there for its owner. If you have self-image issues, Julia is a great person to help you with body pain — she is extremely sensitive, and you will not feel embarrassed or concerned that you will be considered judged by whatever body issues you may have. I cannot thank her enough for the integrity and truly thoughtful way she conducts her work with her clients. I am so glad that I am one of them. I encourage anyone with significant or even less significant issues to contact Julia and get help, as she is truly able to help.”

“I found a trusted restorative yoga therapy teacher in Julia.”

“I go to Julia when I’m in pain for hands-on bodywork, informed by years of Iyengar yoga study with me.”

“After two weeks of working with Julia I was pain free for the first time in 30 years. Her yoga therapy instruction gave me relief from pain I could not achieve after years of physical therapy, medications, and two spinal operations. The exercise program she designed for my unique back history, gave me new hope for a life without pain or at the least well managed.”

“For 20 years , Julia has helped me through pain episodes. Early on she taught me special breathing practices for recovering from hyperventilation and more recently how to break the cycle of intense traumatic pain with breathing.”

“I had a bad limp in my hip, and Julia reduced it by 70% in the first session. Hip replacement surgery is not an option for me. In addition to reducing the grinding hip pain, Julia showed me how to improve my posture, gait and alignment in my hip, back and neck by using yoga props in my workout sessions at home. All this in only a few sessions!”

“Julia’s coaching sessions have changed my life. I am more confident and assertive, and generally comfortable with myself and others. What a difference when I remember how I was one year ago. Her meditations have taught me a reliable way to find my own center when I get out of balance.”

“Due to my stiff ankles from a bad ankle sprain, I thought I would never be able to hike around Lake Ross. After only one bodywork session with Julia, my ankle gained enough flexibility to walk around the lake without pain. I’m so happy to have my mobility and freedom back.”

Yoga Retreats

“Julia has a deep understanding of how the body works and she teaches effective methods that helped me to heal my pain. I have been practising yoga over 20 years and Julia’s yoga classes made more impact than any yoga classes or retreats I have attended.”

“A few years back I had a major back problem and the only option left for me was to go for back surgery. Julia was visiting the gurukulam then and she agreed to help me through yoga. Today because of her Therapeutic Yoga work on me, I am free from back problem, without surgery. I requested Julia to offer a Therapeutic Yoga retreat at Arsha Vidya Gurukulum to help others. I strongly recommend you attend Julia’s retreats if you are having back problem.”

“I went to Pennsylvania to attend an intensive chronic back care retreat with Julia Lorimer, who made everyone in attendance glad to be there. For the second year in a row Julia demonstrated to all in attendance why we changed our schedules to be there and the group left with satisfaction and hopes to return again next year. This was my second year and the tone of the group and specific instructions for each of us according to our own needs was as satisfactory as it was last year. The group had doctors and science people, tech folk and just normal people in the ranks and we all bonded and shared well.”

Japa Yoga

“I appreciate the ancient nature of this knowledge and how accessible it is in a western yoga course through Julia’s teaching.”