Clara Roberts-Oss

Clara Roberts-Oss

For Clara Roberts-Oss, movement has always been sacred. After spending much of her life as a dancer, she took her first Vinyasa class in 2000 at Jivamukti yoga Center and discovered a feeling of home.

As she moved through the flowing postures seamlessly with an emphasis on breath-body connection, Clara realized that yoga gave her something that dance could not - an emphasis on the internal journey.

Clara Roberts-Oss received her 200 hour Vinyasa Certification with Lauren Hanna at Sonic yoga NYC in 2003. Shortly thereafter, she met Shiva Rea and again felt at home. Shiva, too, understood the idea of fluidity and gave words to the movement that Clara had been doing her entire life. Since then, Clara has been studying under and assisting Shiva.

For Clara Roberts-Oss, movement is the ultimate form of communication with the Divine. She believes the body yearns to move like water and when it does, it hums with excitement.

"I thank all my teachers for sharing their passion of this practice with me: David Life for opening my heart, Stacey Brass for her minute cues that have changed me life, Uma for opening my voice, Dana Flynn for throwing out all the rules and inspiring me to do the same, Constantine Darling for showing me another way, and Paul Ortega for reminding me we are ALL the cosmic dancer."

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Take a break from sitting to stretch out your inner thighs and hamstrings in this mini practice of lunges and splits variations to give your legs some love.
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Pause and reconnect to yourself in this mini pranayama breathwork practice with four-part breath and nadi shodhana (alternate nostril breathing).
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A seated practice for a short break at your desk, on your yoga mat, or in your car.
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Leap into spring with a practice to shed any residual heaviness or lethargy from the winter months.
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Ignite your morning with a strengthening flow complete with a quick physical shake-off. Explore fluid movement through powerful lunges, spine strengtheners, neck releases, core strengthening, and breath work.
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Start your morning with a boost of energy in this fluid practice to awaken your spine and hips. Explore side body stretches in down dog, lunges with spinal movement, breath of joy, and rest in childs pose to finish this short morning flow.
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Move stagnant energy with this heating practice through deliberate, mindful flow and Kapalabhati pranayama (skull-shining breath).
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Decompress from your day with this slow flow to release tension in the spine, side bodies, and hips.
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Ignite your solar plexus in a heating flow focused on building the fire (agni) within your core.
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Roll out of bed and onto your mat with this practice to encourage mobility and fluidity from the stagnation of sleep. Gently flow through a wake-up series for your hips, spine, neck, and hamstrings before closing with an optional savasana.
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Clara Roberts-Oss
Set your intention for the new year, new season, or new week with a gentle flow. Move softly through powerful standing poses and balancing shapes while focusing on gaze (drishti) to help cultivate insight.
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Rejuvinate and remove excess energy from the holidays in this short, invigorating practice. Encourage physical digestion, circulation, and emotional integration with bellows breath, spinal movements, and grounded twists.
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Clara Roberts-Oss
Begin your day gently with Tibetan sun salutations, lunges, wrist stretches, and heat-building planks to shift from sleep into awake and alert.
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Start your day in a different way with this moving meditation from the martial art practice of Chien Lung. Flow through standing shoulder mobility, full body tapping, and shaking to connect to kindness, release tension in the arms and shoulders, and stimulate to the solar plexus.
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Injury, Inquiry and Insight
Rotator cuff issues are very common in vinyasa yoga practices, as we do so many chaturangas while moving quickly. This vinyasa-inspired practice is geared toward those of us working with a rotator cuff issue or those who would simply like to strengthen the muscles around the cuff.
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Injury, Inquiry and Insight
A slow theraputic practice that opens the hamstrings and hips with a few ways to support you in bending your knees. Great for the later phases of knee healing.
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Sunrise Yoga
Foundation is everything. Without it, nothing above would be stable. This practice is designed to strengthen your legs and lower core through moving meditations. Dance your way through the standing series, creating a strong foundation in your legs and pelvis.
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Injury, Inquiry and Insight
Gently open your hips, side body, and legs to find comfort in the low back in this slow-paced hatha practice.