Gentle Flow Yoga

an easeful, soulful yoga class for all experience-levels

Led by Claire Coenen

What to Expect

In this slow-paced class, we will gently open the body, listen to its rhythms, find refuge in the breath, and move in ways that cultivate curiosity, compassion, and delight. Thomas Moore writes, “When we relate to our bodies as having soul, we attend to their beauty, their poetry and their expressiveness.” This is a space for relating to the body in that poetic way. Total newbies and longtime yogis are welcome.

Reconnect with your body and mind

About Claire Coenen (M.S.W., M.Ed., M.T.S.)

is a writer, yoga teacher, and facilitator with a passion for sharing the renewing and liberating powers of the creative process with her community. Claire’s first collection of poems, The Beautiful Keeps Breathing (published by Kelsay Books, 2024), explores themes of imaginative power, loss, and healing. Claire offers mentorships, workshops, and retreats focused on writing, collage, yoga, and creativity online and locally.

A lifelong learner, Claire earned a Master of Education & Master of Theological Studies from Vanderbilt University and received her Master of Social Work from The University of Tennessee. In 2021, she completed the Advanced Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Program, a two year post graduate program offered by the Nashville Center for Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Therapy. As a Kripalu-trained yoga instructor and a former psychotherapist, Claire integrates her understanding of the body’s wisdom and depth psychology into her offerings. Claire has been fortunate to work with a multitude of teachers, therapists, and mentors from a variety of different traditions. While Claire has gained knowledge from her formal training, she has tapped into wisdom through her relationships, lived experiences, and creative explorations.

Originally from Athens, GA, Claire loves living in Nashville with her husband Davey and dog, Lion.

Learn more about Claire at www.clairecoenen.com.