An Introduction
Clara Gray offers individual or group personal training service where she helps design and guide you in your own unique yoga and/or fitness program. She also offers group classes around Marin. Along with 6 years as a professional athlete, she brings over 35 years of experience working with athletes, adults, and children in all levels of fitness and needs.
After years of being an athlete Clara knew sports/exercise was and is her passion. She then went to college and got a Bachelor in Physical Education, but before that she was already into full time coaching and teaching various sports and fitness modalities from land to water.
After college Clara got certified as a Personal Trainer, Orthopedic and Cancer Exercise Specialist, Aquatics Therapy, among others training. She is passionate about learning and much more about sharing her life experiences as an athlete and her expertise as a yoga and fitness educator.
Whatever your fitness goals are: Strength, Cardio, Agility, Back Care, Injury Recovery, or Learning to Adapt to Physical and/or Health Constraints, she is eager to help you begin, or renew, your program. Clara is available to coach you at your home, gym (contract permitting), or outdoors.
Clara also teaches regular Hatha Yoga at the Marin YMCA and at Embrace Yoga in San Rafael. She is the faculty for the College of Marin Adapted Physical Education program where she teaches, adapted General Conditioning (Fitness), Chair Yoga and Aquatics. view the full class schedule
Clara Gray, B.S., RYT, ACE PT
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Clara’s Specialties: Hatha Yoga and Yoga Therapy | Pre and Post Rehab Exercise Programs | Orthopedic Exercise Program | All Fitness Levels and for Children and Adults with Special Needs
Offerings
Personal Training
Keep on moving and improving!
Take time to appreciate the one-on-one training. Accelerate the learning process. Private sessions are powerful. You will learn much faster than in a group setting. Your needs and your questions are the priorities. Then go to group classes with more confidence and a better understanding of what your body needs. Injuries don’t need to stop you, all you need is to adapt and keep working the rest of your body while you recover the injured part(s), it works I know!!
Pre and Post Rehab
You don’t need to stop, all you need is to adapt and give some time to heal while keeping yourself moving.
No one should be deprived of doing what they love, because of injuries and unexpected health issues. We should be able to continue to play our favorite sports and participate in our favorite activities, such as gardening, hiking, walking and more. Clara will work with your doctor and physical therapist to help you safely get you back to doing what you love and what makes you happy. You’ll learn to respect your limitations and adapt…and yet continue to have fun as much as possible!
Group Classes
Because working in a community setting makes us strong in many ways!
Clara offers group classes at The Marin YMCA, Embrace Yoga and the College of Marin. Group classes are just as important as individuals sessions because working as a group you can feel the power of community support and have fun with friends while practicing!
About Clara Gray
Clara Gray, B.S., RYT, ACE PT
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Clara Gray teaches Adaptive Physical Education at College of Marin. She also teaches Hatha yoga classes in various locations in Marin and runs her private practice. She has been teaching and coaching land and water fitness/therapy for over 35 years.
A few of her certifications include Certified Personal Trainer, Certified Integrative Yoga Teacher, Orthopedic and Cancer Exercise Specialist, and many other training in different sports and rehab modalities. She works in many different yoga studios in Marin County and has her own personal training business teaching yoga, fitness, and rehabilitation exercise. She works with all levels of fitness and ages.
Clara brings not just her knowledge as a teacher but also her own experience as a professional athlete when she played basketball for 6 years.
Her teaching experience ranges from working with athletes to individuals with special needs and helping individuals with their pre- and post-op rehab exercise programs. She loves to work with all ages including children and youth. She has also a lot of experience working with individuals with Parkinson’s, Multiple Sclerosis, Stroke, and other medical conditions.
Clara’s passion is to help everyone to achieve their health goals and help individuals get back into their life after going through a health or an orthopedic challenge. Help individuals to learn to work with their limitations and get them back into their lives strong and confident to get back to their favorite sports, activities or just doing their daily life routine.
Be Mindful:
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In the Blink of an Eye
In the blink of an eye another week is gone,
In the blink of an eye another week is gone.
In the blink of an eye another month is gone,
In the blink of an eye another year is gone.
And in the blink of an eye l’ll be gone too,
And not just me but also you.
So maybe we should be wishin’ and hopin’,
That we could just keep our eyes open.
And see and appreciate all that we can see,
And learn how we can be, the best that we can be,
Before it’s too late,
Time flies, so let’s not wait.
Whether we have just one life or many, one thing is true,
We should try to enjoy every moment we can; it’s the wisest thing to do.
– Sona Rajput
Clara’s Class Schedules
Strengthening Hatha Yoga
Embrace Yoga Studio, San Rafael
Every Saturday, 10:45am-12:00pm
Come experience Mindful Yoga each Saturday morning at a wonderful studio in downtown San Rafael. This class balances strong and restorative asanas with a focus on alignment and breath to help guide your practice. Open to all levels. First class is free!
Embrace Yoga, 1122 4th St. Upper (or main entrance at 1122 Julia St.) in downtown San Rafael ph.415.491.4363
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Hatha Yoga
Tuesday, Thursday and Fridays, Marin YMCA, San Rafael
Tuesday and Fridays 9-10am and Thursdays 8:30-9:45 am
This is a all around Hathaway practice with focus on alignment, breath and mindfulness. All levels welcome.
Marin YMCA, 1500 Los Gamos Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903
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Yoga and Functional Training
Fridays, Marin YMCA, San Rafael
Fridays 10:05-11:05am
This is a mix of gentle yoga stretches, weight lifting and Functional Training. An all around class where I teach the basics of yoga, proper form and different ways to lift weights for muscle strength and add some functional movements to work on mobility, balance and core.
Marin YMCA, 1500 Los Gamos Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903
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Adapted Physical Education (APE) Program – College of Marin, Kentfield and IVC, Novato
Clara is on the faculty at the COM where I run three different classes to all students, especially the students with injuries and physical disabilities. Each student will be taught to work with their challenges and I will design a special individual fitness program for each student’s needs. There are three classes under the APE program, Adapted General Conditioning, Adapted Chair Yoga and Adapted Aquatics.
Adapted General Conditioning: In this class Clara has her own fitness room with cardio machines and other fitness equipment to offer the students. They will learn to work on their cardiovascular as well as strengthening among other goals. They will be given their fitness routine that we will review that routine often to make sure the student is working to their level and achieving their goals.
Adapted Chair Yoga: In this class we work as a group but adaptation is always offered so students can challenge their bodies and maximize their gain. This class can be done seated in a chair for the entire class or for those students able to, they will be offered some of the standing modifications appropriate to their level.
Adapted Aquatics: In the Aquatics class the student can use the shallow and/or the deep pool, depending on the student needs and water safety level. Clara will make the decision based on a water safety test. The program is very individual and tailored for the students needs and goals, students can use a mix of programs, like swimming laps and some water fitness or focus on one program more than the other. It all depends.
To enroll you must register at the College of Marin website as a college student.
Contact Clara
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