​Clay Nelms

Teaches at The Giving Tree Yoga Studio

Clay Nelms began his yogic journey with Anne-Margaret some seven years ago while she was teaching at The Rock. This first class was right across the street from where he would eventually embark on the journey to complete his 200 hour Chakra YogaTM Training. This fateful meeting would go on to inspire a deep passion for the immensely healing power that yoga possesses and now he is a certified Chakra YogaTM teacher. 

In yoga class, Clay found his greatest passions all in one practice, perfectly balancing the energetic teachings of martial arts, the dance of the asanas and the singing of the chants. Through his teaching, Clay seeks to inspire students to venture further along their own yogic path by providing the building blocks of alignment, breath, and energetic awareness.. Clay’s classes create an atmosphere of possibility while nurturing his students to practice at whatever level they find themselves on any given day. He encourages students to challenge themselves and journey towards the cusp of their own abilities where a resigned: “I can’t,” blurs into a surprising: “I can’t believe I just…”!