Somatic Coaching and Spirituality

See The Patterns. Change Your Life.

Through embodied coaching and spirituality, James Scholfield helps you explore the unconscious patterns, conditioning, and projections shaping your relationships, work, and sense of freedom.

The Patterns That Shape Your Experience

Something in your life keeps repeating. You understand your patterns intellectually, yet still find yourself overthinking, feeling anxious or emotionally overwhelmed. You might be carrying tension in work and relationships even when everything appears “fine” on the surface. Outwardly, life may look functional, but internally, something feels unclear, disconnected, or out of alignment.

Embodied coaching is the process of turning inward to understand the unconscious patterns, emotional protections, fears, and conditioning shaping your decisions. Many of these patterns were once helpful ways of staying safe or adapting, but over time, they can begin to limit how freely and fully you live.

Through body-oriented coaching, meditation, and somatic practices, James helps clients explore what may be keeping them stuck. This therapeutic work goes beyond intellectual insight, helping you notice what is happening not only in the mind, but also in the body, emotions, and nervous system.

As awareness grows, so does your capacity for choice. More clarity. More self-trust. More ease. Rather than becoming someone new, this work helps you reconnect with who you already are beneath the noise so life can feel more aligned and purposeful.

James is a certified Body-Oriented Coach through The Somatic School, a Mindfulness Practitioner and Meditation Teacher with Breathworks. He has also trained in counseling and psychotherapy at the Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy Education. Inner work and coaching sessions are available nationwide and online.

The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are

Carl Jung

Testimonials

Earlier in the year we invited James to the Year 13 Wellness Day to run a number of meditation classes for the students. James made the whole day. He was calm, encouraging, and accepting of all that was shared. He offered a variety of techniques to help students cope better with feelings of anxiety or overwhelm during the school day. Thanks, James!

Jess (UK)

Head of Year 13, Kew House School, London

I was a little apprehensive at first but I’m so glad I reached out. As a male it’s sometimes difficult to speak openly about vulnerabilities but James immediately put me at ease. James speaks from experience, is passionate about what he does and has provided me with some great guidance and several techniques to take away.

Andy (UK)

Finance industry

In my sessions with James I always feel safe and comfortable. He creates a space where I can be myself, be safe and let go of my insecurities.
He is kind, generous and loves what he does. His guidance when meditating is what I value the most. He creates a special moment full of trust and peace. My sessions with him are an anchor that reminds me to be more present in my life. His passion towards life and mindfulness is contagious. I highly recommend his mindful coaching sessions. Thank you James. I feel very grateful that you are part of my journey!

Dafne (Spain)

Leisure & Travel industry

James is warm, compassionate, and understanding. He emanates a safe and calm energy. For someone suffering from anxiety of stress, he offers a safe space for you to be heard and healed

Priya (United Arab Emirates)

Human Resources industry

James is superb, creates an easy free space to discuss everything and anything. A hugely personable person, James’s approach and advice has been hugely beneficial to me. Having not taken anything similar to this before any concerns or hesitance on effect were immediately removed. Great service, great guy.

James (UK)

Sports industry

James & I met regularly online to discuss his personal mindfulness practice, his assignments for his training and his experience of going deeper into mindfulness practice as his training progressed. I found James to be a highly intelligent, articulate and engaging mentee. He already had a long standing meditation practice and was committed to developing his own practice, as well as learning how to teach mindfulness skillfully to others. He is a sincere, empathetic and sensitive person who I feel would be ideally suited to your course both on his personal journey and as a way to provide skillful healing to those who need it. He is an honest, authentic and quite deep person who I feel will be a great participant in your intake for this training.

Karen (UK)

Senior Trainer, Supervisor and Mentor for the Breathworks CIC, Mindfulness Training Company

I recently had the privilege of working with James, and I cannot speak highly enough about my positive experience. From the moment we began our session, it was evident that James is not only incredibly knowledgeable but also deeply caring and conscious. His calm energy creates a safe and welcoming space where I felt instantly at ease to explore my wellness journey. James’ expertise shines through in every interaction, as he draws upon his extensive experience to provide valuable insights and guidance. His ability to tailor his approach to my individual needs has been truly transformation, allowing me to make more meaningful progress to my goals. I highly recommend James’ services to anyone seeking support on their path to wellbeing. I am grateful for the opportunity to work with him and look forward to continuing our journey together. Thank you, James, your exceptional presecence, and unwavering support. You have truly made a positive impact on my life.

Christina (USA)

Consultancy industry

James instantly created a safe space and made me feel at ease. I felt relaxed enough to be open and talk freely. Having never meditated before, it is definitely one of my favourite parts about my sessions with James. He guides you through each step and I instantly felt more calm and good about things after. Thank you, James

Cheryl (UK)

Property industry