Move With Claira
~ Choose your Own Adventure ~
In person classes ✧
In person classes ✧
Thursdays | 6pm
Currently Offering
Hot Yoga
@ heldspace
What to Expect
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Class Location: Held Space
studio upstairs behind the bakery: 365 N Beach Rd Suite 201, Eastsound, WA 98245
Payment: sliding scale + open to creative forms of energy/knowledge exchange.
suggested financial value scale $10-50 per class
payment forms taken: Card (online), cash (in-person), venmo (in-person)
cash is my preferred form of financial exchange
I love compensation/trades in many forms: gifts/food, acts of services, or financial exchange.
Please start a dialogue with me first if you are wanting to find a non financial way of “paying” for this class
Attire: This is a heat yoga class
please bring water for yourself, there is a small bathroom with a sink, there is no water bottle filling station
Please wear layered cloths to be able to help regulate your temperature through out the class
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I have a zero harassment policy, you will be removed immediately if there is a form of harassment, slur, or insult. Conflict mediation is available for reconciliation and resolve.
This is a Heated Yoga Class: having experience with yoga or a general movement practice is beneficial for this class
please be prepared to sweat, have your heart rate get elevated, and to be sharing a small room with many people.
Transparency: you know your body the best
If you have any pre-existing conditions or injuries, please talk to me individually so I can be aware and provide accommodations/support as needed through out a given class.
please modify and adjust poses for your bodies needs through out the class. Make the postures fit your anatomy. This studio provides numerous props for this reason.
I provide hands on assistance in my classes and every class I give the option to opt out of touch based assists.
Membership ✧
Membership ✧
A Self Paced platform built on a whole system approach to recovery from injury, surgery, and the complexity of feeling embodied
The goal of these courses and classes are built to create the space of self inquiry to learn how to respect and listen to your body.
Pre-recorded ✧
Pre-recorded ✧
Youtube: Gentle Yoga
Claira has a collection of classes free on youtube that were made while they were recovering from three major surgeries.
How are these classes specialized for people experiencing chronic pain in their recovery process?
Empowering autonomy of choice:
these are all virtually: Claira provides guided verbal queues around making informed choices for people living with structural changes (spine and back specific), nerve damage, neurodivergent, hyper mobility, and many other disabilities that effect one physical body either permanent or while in recovery from major medical intervention.
Accessible movement:
Classes are always beginner friendly, no you don’t need to have a “yoga” practice or background in fitness to enjoy and find improvement.
There is an emphasis around props usage, modifications of poses, and having the breath lead the movements.
Claira verbally guides you through your unique ROM, finding stretch through stability, and prioritizing postural balancing.
Desensitizing the central nervous system:
This is central pillar in chronic pain remission: reestablishing a homeostasis between the top down and bottom up pain signaling of your nervous system. this is practiced from body awareness training, breath work, and properly paces spinal and core activation.
Trauma informed Mindfulness:
through gentle mindful practices you learn how to uncouple emotional triggers from pain sensations in the brain, rewiring and adjusting your bodies response to nociception (bottom up pain signaling).
Thoughtfully increasing one interoception to learn your unique bodies boundaries, and “yes” signals.
~ Example of a Youtube Class ~
This freely given offering came from Claira’s desire to share how their practice on the mat has helped them manage their chronic pain.
Their yoga practice radically changed when they went through multiple intensive surgeries, and permanent structural disabilities. They found that the appropriated western yoga classes they had access to was making their pain worse not better. Since they had the unique perspective as a base level certified yoga teacher to modify and keep a practice up, unlike most. They started recording themselves and are now sharing these practices on Youtube and through building out a self paced surgical rehabilitation membership program. You will find a range of asana (movement), pranayama (breath work), dharana (meditation), and prathyahara (introception).
We know that safe and accessible movement is a pillar of chronic pain management and remission. They hope that these classes can be a haven for people to find relief, empowerment, and a sense of peace in the body again.
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