CLAIRE SAUNDERS

Back in 1999, Claire discovered yoga in an afterwork class in the staff canteen and a whole new world opened up for her.  6 years later came her first Yoga Teacher Training, setting the scene for the next eighteen years of sharing yoga and studying.  She now has over 1000 hours of yoga teacher trainings under her belt, including 600 hours of Rasa Yoga with her teacher Sianna Sherman.  In 2022, Sianna invited Claire to join the Rasa Yoga 200 hour teacher training team and since then she has been marinating in the practices, teaching, and waiting for the time to be right to offer this transformational yoga teacher training.

From her first tentative step onto the mat, Claire has been entranced by the magic and mystery of yoga.  The physical and stress releasing qualities were clear and she embraced them along with a lifelong love of philosophy and myth, which makes yoga a truly liberating and inclusive practice.  Yoga has strengthened and sustained Claire through the many transitions and chaos of daily life and this sustenance is what she seeks to share with her students.   She has an ability to hold space for you to be exactly who you are.

Claire’s mission is to open the power of yoga up to those who can benefit from it the most, by adapting classes and sequences for physical or neurological perceived limitations, so you can feel freedom in your body and mind.  She meets you right where you are, to encourage you into your fullest potential as a yoga student, yoga teacher or purely as you.  She is skilled at spotting how to support you to develop your practice, explore your potential and liberate your inner teacher.

Claire is drawn inexorably to Rasa Yoga  because it helps you to embrace the whole, integrated yoga practice, encourages you to rise together with the collective and transforms your experience.

Rasa yoga invites you to experience the full expanse of practices that yoga has to offer, to fully explore your heart, breath, and alignment, to teach from the heart, to collectively breathe and to align yourself to your highest aspiration.

The invitation is here.  Your teacher has arrived.  Embrace the journey.

Claire has a welcoming attitude to all who join her class, and is dedicated to an inclusive practice for everybody, both physically and neurodevelopmentally.

Claire also offers CPD trainings and mentoring programmes for yoga teachers.