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What a magical night! My very first aerial performance (at 40 y/o btw) ever and it went amazing 🤩
Definitely riding the post performance high today!

I feel so blessed to have been able to use a great friend’s song “Slow it Down” by @sarahcello

I can’t believe that just 2 years ago I could barely even lift myself up into the hammock, and look at me now! Flying high with REAL aerialists!!! Performing!!! For people!!! AND they enjoyed it!!!

If there’s something new you want to try but feel you’re too old, just do it! You never know where it will lead you 💚
#aerial #aerialarts #performance #missfitacademynashville by @studioauratn

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a year ago

✨ Good vibes are better when they’re shared ✨
When you refer someone new to Studio Aura, they’ll receive 20% off their first visit — and you’ll also receive 20% off your next service!

It’s my way of saying thank you for helping my little oasis grow 🌱

💌 Just have your friend mention your name at booking!

#imagestudiosfranklin #imagestudioscoolsprings #imagestudios360 taken in Studio Aura by @studioauratn

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a year ago

I recently had another opportunity to share some of my story with #nashvillevoyager
Check out the link below! 💚

https://nashvillevoyager.com/interview/clara-odonnell-of-franklin-on-life-lessons-legacy-highlight/ by @studioauratn

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a year ago

Who wants a free pathos baby?! 🌱

I’ve got 3 babies that need new homes. Stop by Studio Aura and get yours!

#pathos #propagation taken in Studio Aura by @studioauratn

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15 days ago

Same curls, whole new energy 🔥
@m.c_savage just entered her copper era 🍁

Are your curls ready for fall?! Booking link in bio ✍️ by @studioauratn

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18 days ago

Hair artist on the ground. Aerial artist in the air. ✂️✨

There’s something about creating shapes, movement, and flow with my body that keeps the creative part of me alive—and that energy always follows me back behind the chair.

Different canvas. Same creative soul. 🧚‍♀️✨

#aerial #aerialarts #creativity #hairstylisthobbies taken in Miss Fit Academy by @studioauratn

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a month ago

Welcome to the dark side @facesbyjuules

Trading the blonde for a rich, dimensional brunette and I am OBSESSED with how this turned out. 🤎

Sometimes going darker doesn’t mean losing dimension—it means making it richer. ✨

Who else is feeling a brunette era coming on? 👀
Booking link in bio ✨ taken in Studio Aura by @studioauratn

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2 months ago

Life’s been doing a little ✨rearranging✨ lately.

New home. New routines. New chapter. Same me… still voluntarily hanging upside down for fun. 😂

I haven’t been able to give aerial quite as much of my time lately, but I’m learning that maintaining a skill is still progress. Sometimes growth looks like pushing harder, and sometimes it looks like simply refusing to let go.

So here I am—adjusting, adapting, and hanging on. Literally. 🤸‍♀️✨
#aerial #aerialarts #missfitacademynashville by @studioauratn

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2 months ago

For those following along with my macramé shower curtain saga… here’s some footage of me getting knotty. 🪢 All while questioning my life choices.

At this point I’ve spent so many hours on this thing that it would honestly be cheaper to buy a designer shower curtain.

But where’s the fun in that?

Stay tuned. 😂

#macramé #diy #whatscheaper taken in Nashville, Tennessee by @studioauratn

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3 months ago

✨Current mood = just really grateful ☺️ ✨

Grateful that my body lets me do weird things like hang upside down, spinning on a fabric…and somehow I get to call it a hobby (until I turn full professional 😂)

A few years ago I never would have thought aerial would be the thing that shuts my brain off for a minute. Every practice session reminds me that I’m capable of more than I think, and every tiny bit of progress feels like a win.

Now, if I can just stop freaking out my instructor with tricks I want to try 😉

#aerialhammock #grateful #progressnotperfection taken in Miss Fit Academy by @studioauratn

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3 months ago

On today’s episode of “Clara Wants to Become a Professional Aerialist…” 🌙
I tried recreating one of @aerial.faerie beautiful flows. It’s nowhere near as effortless as she makes it look, but I love seeing little bits of progress every time I climb into the hammock. Here’s to falling, laughing, trying again, and slowly becoming the aerialist I dream of being. 💙 by @studioauratn

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3 months ago

Seven years ago, I made one decision that changed the direction of my entire life.
I didn’t get sober because life suddenly became easy. I got sober, and then I had to build a life worth staying sober for.
When I moved back to Nashville, I had almost nothing. I was going through a divorce, barely making ends meet, renting a room from a stranger I found on Craigslist, and trying to figure out who I was all over again.
Slowly, things started changing.
I went back to doing hair. I built a business I love. I opened Studio Aura. Then I was able to move it into an even better space with a window! I found hobbies that filled my soul. Aerial, crocheting, soap making, and whatever creative project caught my attention next. I danced at concerts. I laughed until I cried with friends. I leaned on people when I had a seizure and couldn’t drive. I got to travel to Paris… for work. And now, seven years later, I’m moving into a place that’s all mine.
None of those things happened overnight. They happened one day, one choice, and one sober morning at a time.
Sobriety didn’t give me a perfect life. It gave me the opportunity to create one.
To everyone who has supported me, believed in me, cheered me on, trusted me with your hair, danced with me, traveled with me, or simply sat beside me during the hard days, THANK YOU! You helped shape this chapter more than you know.
Seven years alcohol-free.
Here’s to continuing to build a life I don’t need to escape from. ❤️

#sober #alcoholfreelife #7years by @studioauratn

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3 months ago