Claudette has a genuine passion for meeting students where they are, helping guide them toward an experience of greater strength and freedom, while allowing them to discover the wisdom that lies within their own bodies. You'll find Claudette's classes infused with her warm, integrative, and creative spirit. Her enthusiasm and curiosity are catching, and it's clear that her teaching draws on her own love of physicality and mental engagement. Through a deft weaving of precise alignment, thoughtful insight, and a great sense of humor, Claudette's classes create space for self-expression, clarity of focus, and the sheer joy of movement.
Claudette, E-RYT 500, has been practicing yoga for more than 20 years, and has taught yoga to children and adults for more than 8 years. She has been influenced by many teachers, but credits her bold style with her foundation and advanced trainings with Catherine Munro at YogaWorks, as well as her studies of the Universal Principles of Alignment with her beloved teachers, Denise Benitez and Elizabeth Rainey.
A self-described yoga nerd, Claudette came to Sanskrit through of her love of singing, chanting and yoga philosophy. Her formal studies began in 2010 with the American Sanskrit Institute's (ASI) Weekend Immersion, which lit the flame. After completing ASI's Apprenticeship program with Zoe Mai in October 2014, Claudette committed herself to sharing the language with as many people as she can. Most recently, she and her colleagues completed a weeklong Panini immersion (Sanskrit Grammar). Claudette enjoys chanting and studying classic texts, like the Bhagavad Gita and the Yoga Sutras of Patañjali, particularly the grammar and philosophy found within. She shares the beauty of Sanskrit in her weekly classes, workshops and yoga teacher trainings throughout the Pacific Northwest and Western Canada.