Claire is a Yoga Alliance-registered hatha yoga teacher (RYT 500) and a licensed Anusara-Inspired™ yoga teacher by the Anusara® School of Hatha Yoga. She completed the Anusara® Immersion and Yoga Teacher Training Programs at the Willow Street Yoga Center (WSYC) in Maryland. She pursued further study at the Asheville Yoga Center in North Carolina and completed the RYT 500 hour certification program under the direction of Stephanie Keach in November 2013. Claire teaches Anusara yoga, a school of hatha yoga that integrates biomechanical principles of alignment with the celebration of the heart and spirit. Her teaching offers a dynamic synthesis of asana technique, yoga philosophy, and the celebration of the intrinsic goodness within each of us. In addition, Claire teaches Yin and Restorative yoga classes. She is honored to be a student of master yoga teachers including Moses Brown and Suzie Hurley.

Claire draws from her career as a psychologist and educational administrator and her training as a Reiki practitioner (Level II) in her teaching of the practices and benefits of yoga. She describes the practice of yoga as balancing the physical, spiritual, and mental aspects of being human. Her classes emphasize building endurance and strength, aligning the breath with movement, and integrating physical actions with mental and spiritual focus. She is dedicated to helping each student recognize his or her innate goodness and honors each person’s unique talents and strengths. Her teaching brings mindfulness of action with remembrance that there is Joy available with each breath.