Meet Ashley
Ashley Clarke is a Birmingham native whose work lives at the intersection of embodiment, creativity, nature, and healing. She is a certified yoga teacher (E-RYT 500), a Kripalu Mindful Outdoor Guide (KMOG), and a potter whose clay work is rooted in presence and relationship with the natural world.
Ashley is currently completing her MSW at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, with a focus on substance use recovery and mental health, and will graduate in May 2026. She interns at Birmingham Recovery Center and Longleaf Wellness, where she facilitates psychoeducational groups, recovery-informed yoga classes, mindful outdoor experiences, and art therapy groups. Her clinical interests center on nervous system regulation, embodied recovery, and creating spaces where people can safely reconnect with themselves and others. She currently facilitates Mindful Yoga for Recovery, a community-based class held at Birmingham Recovery Center that integrates gentle yoga with guided group reflection, and teaches Slow Flow at yoga[lab] Birmingham.
Ashley completed her 200-hour yoga teacher training at Sacred Glow Yoga (2017), her 500-hour advanced training at Circle Yoga Shala (2021), and her Kripalu Mindful Outdoor Guide certification through Kripalu School of Mindful Outdoor Leadership (2019).
In partnership with the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Ashley has created wellness content for the B-Well UAB app and received grant funding to offer Mindful Writing through UAB’s Psychology Department. She has also presented a Mindful Writing & Yoga workshop through the University of Wisconsin–Madison and serves on the UAB President’s Wellbeing Collaborative team.
Alongside her clinical and teaching work, Ashley’s pottery practice reflects her belief that healing is not only cognitive, but tactile, relational, and lived in the body. Working with clay is an extension of her embodied philosophy—an invitation to slow down, listen, and shape something honest with your hands.
Scroll through this page to learn more about Ashley’s offerings and educational accomplishments. Contact information is also provided below.
Offerings and Events
A Moment of Calm, Social Work Month at Birmingham Recovery Center, March 2026
“Life Hikes” Mindful Walk with author Renee Harmon, Red Mountain Park, March 2026
Mindful Writing & Chair Yoga, Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin- Madison, January 2026
Movement to Recovery NYE Gathering, yoga[lab] Birmingham, December 2025
Chair Yoga, UAB Student Health and Promotion, November 2025
Virtual Chair Yoga, UAB Employee Assistance & Counseling Center Self Care Studio, September 2025
Chair Yoga, UAB Student Affairs Retreat, May 2025
Mindful Outdoor Experience, UAB Student Health and Promotion, April 2025
Chair Yoga, UAB Student Health and Promotion, April 2025
Chair Yoga, UAB Social Work Month Celebration, March 2025
UAB Self Care Studio, September 2024
Chair Yoga, Therapy Brands, November 2022
Your True Nature, UAB Employee Assistance & Counseling Center, October 2022
Flow Down on the Green, UAB, October 2022
UAB Wellness Week, October 17 - 21, 2022
Hiking & Yoga for Red Mountain Park Membership Drive, October 2022
Kripalu Outdoors: Birding & Mindfulness, Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, Faculty Assistant, September 2022
Therapy Brands, Thrive Thursdays, September 2022
The Space in Between: A Gentle Chair Yoga Practice, UAB Employee Assistance & Counseling Center, September 2022
Be In Balance, Self Care Studio, UAB Employee Assistance & Counseling Center, September 2022
Simplify: A Gentle Chair Yoga Practice, UAB Employee Assistance & Counseling Center, August 2022
UAB Student Experience Team Gathering, UAB Student Affairs, August 2022
Self Care Day for Alabama Healthy Kids and First Five Alabama, July 2022
One Day Conference, UAB Career Development Center, July 2022
Hot Summer in the City, A Gentle Chair Yoga Practice, UAB Employee Assistance & Counseling Center, June 2022
The Grove Circle, Flow Down, June 2022
Surviving Well, A Partnership with Forge Survivorship Center and Ascension St. Vincent’s, April - May 2022
Refill Your Cup: A Gift for Mothers and Caregivers, Birmingham Botanical Gardens, May 2022
The Grove Circle, Flow Down, May 2022
May the Fourth Be With You, A Gentle Chair Yoga Practice, UAB Employee Assistance & Counseling Center, May 2022
Alabama Outdoors Party on the Porch, May 2022
Earth Day at Athleta at the Summit, April 2022
The Grove Circle, Flow Down, April 2022
Practicing Peace: An Earth Day Offering, UAB Employee Assistance & Counseling Center, April 2022
Kripalu School of Mindful Outdoor Leadership Alumni Caretakers Weekend, April 2022
Fire Ceremony, Here Now Yoga Mindfulness Retreat, April 2022
Bright Beginnings, A Gentle Chair Yoga Practice, UAB Employee Assistance & Counseling Center, March 2022
The Grove Circle, Yin, March 2022
Shamrocks & Salutations, A Gentle Chair Yoga Practice, UAB Employee Assistance & Counseling Center, March 2022
Yoga from the Heart, A Gentle Chair Yoga Practice, UAB Employee Assistance & Counseling Center, February 2022
The Grove Circle, Yin, February 2022
A Grand View Yoga, Grand Highlands, January 2022
Chair Yoga for Wellness, Therapy Brands, January 2022
Aligning with the New, UAB Employee Assistance & Counseling Center, January 2022
The Grove Circle, Yin, January 2022
Winter Wonderland: A Gentle Chair Yoga Practice, UAB Employee Assistance & Counseling Center, December 2021
Kripalu School of Mindful Outdoor Leadership Mentor, November 2021
Chair Yoga, Therapy Brands, November 2021
Sitting in Gratitude, UAB Employee Assistance & Counseling Center, November 2021
Yoga for Grief with Valerie Thompson, LPC, Earthkeeper Yoga, November 2021
Sitting in Gratitude, Lender Works Wellness Day, November 2021
Global Mala, A Sweet Om Alabama Event to benefit India, Presenter, Vulcan Park & Museum, September 2021
Teal Ladies Yoga, Laura Crandall Brown Foundation, October 2021
First Annual 21st of Teal in loving memory of Jackie McDuff, October 2021
Breathe: Evergreen Member Champion, Red Mountain Park, October 2021
Release: A Gentle Chair Yoga Practice, UAB Employee Assistance & Counseling Center, October 2021
Autumnal Equinox: Reflect & Balance, UAB Employee Assistance & Counseling Center, September 2021
Self Care Studio: Be In Balance, UAB Employee Assistance & Counseling Center, September 2021
Chair Yoga, Therapy Brands, September 2021
Intro to HOGA, Red Mountain Park, September 2021
Gentle Chair Yoga for Mindful Writing, UAB Employee Assistance & Counseling Center, August 2021
Self Care Summit Yoga Series, Alabama Association of Counselors, August 2021
Chair Yoga, Therapy Brands, July 2021
Cool and Calm Chair Yoga, UAB Employee Assistance & Counseling Center, July 2021
International Day of Yoga, UAB School of Education, June 2021
Celebrating the Summer Solstice Chair Yoga, UAB Employee Assistance & Counseling Center, June 2021
Mindful Outdoor Experience, Explore UAB, June 2021
Kripalu School of Mindful Outdoor Leadership Mentorship, May 2021
Turning Off Autopilot Chair Yoga, UAB Employee Assistance & Counseling Center, May 2021
Urban Mindful Outdoor Experience, UAB Wellness Day for Students, April 2021
You're Grounded: A Gentle Chair Yoga Class in Honor of Earth Day, UAB Employee Assistance & Counseling Center, April 2021
Yoga in the Park, Samford Junior Legacy League, April 2021
Urban Mindful Outdoor Experience, UAB Wellness Day for Students, March 2021
Shamrocks and Salutations Gentle Chair Yoga Class, UAB Employee Assistance & Counseling Center, March 2021
Shinrin Yoku: Forest Bathing, Birmingham Botanical Gardens, March 2021
Open Your Heart Chair Yoga, UAB Employee Assistance & Counseling Center, Feb. 2021
Coping, Resilience, Thriving 2020, UAB Employee Assistance & Counseling Center, Dec. 2020
Family Mindful Outdoor Experience , Birmingham Botanical Gardens, Nov. 2020
Anti-Racist Book Club, Co Facilitator, June – Sept. 2020
Lighten Up Book Club, Co Facilitator Birmingham, AL, April 2020 – June 2020
Urban Mindful Outdoor Experience, Temple Beth El, February 2020
Mindfulness Month, UAB School of Education, January 2020
Get Outside! Mindful Outdoor Experience, Red Mountain Park, November 2019
Mindful Outdoor Experience, Moss Rock Preserve, November 2019
Workplace Mindfulness Retreat for Mercedes Benz, Red Mountain Park, August 2019
Chair Yoga and Workplace Mindfulness, United Ability, May 2019
Yoga Teacher Education Programs Panel, Fearless Fest, February 2019
Ayni, Fearless Fest, February 2018
DEGREES, CERTIFICATIONS, TRAININGS, AND WORKSHOPS
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Master of Social Work, *May, 2026*
High Garden’s School of Root Wisdom, PlantFolk, Medicinal Herbalism Program, Nashville, TN, 2022
Circle Yoga Shala Advanced Yoga Teacher Training (500 Hour), Jasper, AR, 2021
Kripalu School of Mindful Outdoor Leadership, Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, Stockbridge, MA, 2019
The Rites of the Munay Ki, Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, Stockbridge, MA, 2017
Sacred Glow Yoga Teacher Training (200 Hour), Villager Yoga, Birmingham, AL, 2017
Yoga & Shamanism, Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, Stockbridge, MA, 2016
The Wilkamayu with Don Mariano Quispe Flores and Odon Medina Calsin, Transformational Healing Arts, Madison, CT, 2016
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Master in Secondary Education, 2012
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Bachelor in English Literature, 2002
Contact Ashley
earthkeeperyoga@gmail.com