“When I joined Claire’s studio Rising Lotus, I was fatigued and with all sorts of pains that I had ignored for far to long. The entire reason I made the switch from kickboxing to yoga.

After some attendance in Claire’s delicious morning yoga sessions, she caught onto my aches & pains, and said “when your tired of them, come see me” I’m usually much more stubborn in my ways, and a skeptic, but my gut said go.

From the moment we started going through the main spots that had been giving me a hard time, I felt at ease, and confidence in Claire’s ability to investigate the root causes and deliver information. It made sense to me the system she uses, the Neurokinetic Therapy.

We went through a series of exercises and homework to identify the causes, its fascinating, that my shoulder pain could be rooted from clenching my teeth at night. Or that my knee pain that I thought for 9 years was my cartilage is in fact not, but a ligament that I was never in touch with, all of a sudden from her homework exercises the light was shining down and surfacing some even achier issues that were in dire need of attention.

Claire is attentive, investigative, warm-hearted, professional, experienced and passionate for the work she does. I rest assure if you work with her you will feel all of this and more, and if that is not enough you will be on the road to recovery as well.

— Meghan

As a retired professional dancer, I thought I knew my body pretty well.  Then I hit middle age, perimenopause, and was in a car accident that left me doing minimal exercise for months.  This is when I found out about Claire’s yoga teacher training program at Rising Lotus Yoga in Sherman Oaks.  Despite my pain, Claire convinced me that I was in the perfect place for training because I could go at my own pace while learning how to help others work through their own limitations, which is one of the amazing attributes of the team of teachers at Rising Lotus and Claire’s leadership; through yoga you can build strength instead of pushing through pain. 

I also was fortunate to be introduced to NeuroKinetic Therapy.  By working privately with Claire, I was opened to a whole new world of body awareness that was not only fascinating but profoundly helpful to my recovery.  I was learning about motor control and how past injuries have deeply effected how my body was moving, how to change and retrain my body/brain connection so I could use my body in the way it was meant to while strengthening my deepest core muscles.  

In the weeks of working through the teacher training, taking classes at Rising Lotus and being able to work on NKT with Claire I’ve not only gained a deeper understanding of my body, I’m stronger, healthier and feel like I have a clear path for my recovery and a safe place in which to do it.  I’m so deeply grateful that Claire convinced me to persevere.  Through her kindness, vast knowledge and incredible sense of humor, I am forever changed for the better.  Thank you Claire and the wonderful teachers at Rising Lotus!

— Laura Taylor