Embodied Living Through Movement
Develop Embodiment, Resilience, and Flexibility Through Compassionate Yoga
Local Yoga Classes in Beaufort
All Levels Yoga at The Beau Coast Clubhouse in Beaufort on Shearwater Lane
Tuesdays & Thursdays 9am-10am
This all-levels class focuses on increasing well-being through thoughtfully curated sequences that open mind and body. Strengthen your core, reduce pain, enhance embodiment, and build balance through longer-held postures and hands-on assists designed to support both physical and emotional health. Each class concludes with a long, nourishing savasana and optional head and neck release with essential oils.
Inclusive Donation-Based Classes ~ All are welcome; no experience necessary.
Suggested donation $15-$20
The Beau Coast Clubhouse is located at 401 Great Egret Way
Sign up and pay in person (no pre-registration required). Cash (preferred), check, or Venmo.
Stretch & Restore at Beaufort Barre & Fitness
Wednesdays 10:15-10:45Am
This 30-minute stretch and restore sequence offers the perfect complement to your workout or serves as a gentle entry point for anyone needing to slow down, relax, and stretch. Designed to release tension and open the body, this slow flow features longer holds in each posture to support muscle recovery and invite rejuvenation on all levels. Sign up for class here.
Betsy's Background & Teaching Philosophy
Betsy's yoga journey began at age eleven when she attended her first class, sparking a lifelong relationship with the practice that would become central to her healing and growth. After nearly a decade of dedicated practice, she earned her 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training Certification at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in 2011. Her continued commitment to learning brought her back to Kripalu in August 2012 to complete Shake Your Soul Yoga Dance Teacher Training with Daniel Leven. She deepened her practice further through the Thousand Petals Yoga six-month immersion program in 2014 and their five-month meditation program in 2019.
With over twelve years of teaching experience guiding diverse students from ages four to one hundred, Betsy honors the wisdom that yoga truly is for everyone and every body. Yoga became her pathway to healing during recovery from a decade-long struggle with an eating disorder and body dysmorphia. This profound personal transformation deeply informs her conscious, body-positive approach to teaching, where she holds space for students to explore their relationship with their bodies through compassion rather than criticism.
Betsy's compassion-based classes nourish and nurture the nervous system while realigning and energizing both body and mind. Through thoughtfully sequenced poses, pranayama practices (breathwork), therapeutic adjustments, and yoga philosophy, students experience true embodiment on and off the mat. Her supportive, safe, and non-competitive environment cultivates deep connection to self and others while inspiring exploration, embodiment, and genuine enjoyment of the practice.
At the core of her teaching philosophy lies a commitment to healing—both individual and collective—recognizing that when we heal ourselves, we contribute to healing the world around us.
Other Offerings
Private Yoga & Meditation: Individual and Group Sessions
Private yoga classes offer unique benefits for both beginners and seasoned practitioners, creating space for deeper exploration and personalized guidance. All sessions are thoughtfully customized to your body's specific needs and begin with a pre-consultation to discuss your health and wellness goals. You'll receive documentation of each session to keep as a reference guide, along with mindful assists and therapeutic adjustments that support you in deepening your practice both on and off the mat.
Yoga & Meditation Workshops for Work Teams
Gift your team a transformative yoga and meditation workshop designed to reduce stress, enhance focus, cultivate calm, and support overall well-being. These customized workshops allow your staff to rejuvenate while fostering deeper team connection and cohesion. When you invest in your team's health and wellness, you're investing in the long-term vitality of your business—improving employee satisfaction, reducing burnout, and increasing retention rates.
Yoga for Children & Families
One-on-one yoga sessions for children of all ages help mitigate anxiety, cultivate inner calm, develop confidence and courage, and enhance overall well-being. Betsy thoughtfully customizes each class to honor the individual child's needs, interests, and energy. She also offers small group classes perfect for birthday parties, homeschool groups, aftercare programs, and special events. Additionally, Betsy teaches private family yoga classes where she works with families to create nurturing sequences that bring everyone together. These sessions foster connection, communication, and shared mindfulness practices that families can continue at home.
Email elizabeth.bertram1@gmail.com to book a private session or workshop
Benefits of Private Yoga Sessions
Honoring limitations & Injuries
Transform injuries and limitations into opportunities for growth as Betsy supports you in developing a practice that honors your body's unique abilities and needs. Let yoga become an integral part of your healing journey, creating space for restoration and renewed strength.
Developing a Home Practice
Practice anywhere, anytime with a customized home sequence designed specifically for the areas of your body you want to strengthen, stretch, and nurture. Build confidence and consistency in your personal practice with tailored guidance you can carry beyond the session.
Working on specific postures
Receive detailed alignment cues and personalized adjustments to support mastering specific poses safely and effectively. Deepen your understanding of how each posture serves your body while building the foundation for continued growth.
Cultivating Emotional Well-being
Learn to regulate emotions through conscious breathing and mindful movement. Yoga supports mental and emotional health as much as physical wellness, offering tools for navigating life's challenges with greater ease and resilience.
Celebrating Life’s Events big & Small
Add a meaningful yoga practice to any celebration, from birthday parties to wedding weekends and everything in between. Create memorable, grounding experiences that honor special moments.
Giving a gift
Offer the gift of rejuvenation and self-care through a private session designed to restore, inspire, and nurture both body and spirit.
Testimonials
I have been practicing yoga with Betsy for the last 15 months. I find that Betsy gently pushes me to be a better version of myself. When I leave her class, I feel more balanced, both physically and mentally. I also feel stronger, which is empowering. -Don O'Toole
Betsy’s combination of attention to breath, postures, and mindfulness is perfect. -Maria Brown
Before she even begins a class or private session, Betsy's open, compassionate spirit allows her students to relax. Her nurturing approach to teaching creates space for spirituality and self-reflection, but never feels too serious. Before, during, and after each class with Betsy, I experience an innate sense of comfort, rejuvenation, and vitality. She is one of the best yoga teachers I've ever had. - Marley Parker
Betsy Bertram not only brings expert training to your yoga practice, but she brings heart and healing hands. Wherever you are in your practice, beginner, elder, advanced, if you are searching for someone to inspire you to get on the mat, help you realize your health goals, or just get more out of your current practice, Betsy is the best!! Her beautiful voice guides you through a concentrated flow all while giving really helpful, clear instructions on how to improve and develop deep mind-body connection. I love working with her. - Barbara McKenzie
“Balancing skill and soul, Betsy’s yoga instruction is grounding and inspiring. I always leave Betsy’s yoga class feeling enlivened, aligned and inspired. I’ve practiced yoga with more than 70 teachers and Betsy is one of my top five ever.” - Megan Toben
“Betsy is a very bright light in this world. She vulnerably shares herself and her experiences to help others along on their journey through life. Being guided through yoga asanas with Betsy is unique from anything else I have ever encountered. Besides the fact that she is exceptionally knowledgeable about the practice, the real magic is in her presence and energy. Her soothing voice, words, and gentle assists are nourishing to the mind, body, and spirit. She intuitively offers the yogis exactly what they need. It is a deeply healing experience." - Amy Smith
“Betsy is a gifted teacher and knows anatomy and yoga and meditation that she puts together in her classes to make sure we get the most of the hour without injury. We attended a private lesson with Betsy and she was so helpful getting this stiff old man into some poses by adaptations. Her genuineness, her kindness and her skills make her the consummate yoga instructor.” - John Hughs
“Betsy's gentle spirit and warm welcome for each student make her yoga class one you will remember and want to return to. She thoughtfully guided us through early morning classes with her soothing voice and perfect demonstrations so that I always left with a sense of calm, connection, and increased vitality. Her private sessions allowed her to address our personal goals and bodies with gentle assists and recommendations. Betsy is a gifted yoga teacher for all ages and I fully recommend her classes.” - Charlotte Hughes
“We had the pleasure of working with Betsy when our son joined her for private yoga lessons. Betsy made practicing yoga engaging, fun, restorative, and peaceful. She was playful, adaptable and made the yoga poses relatable for him. They pretended to be superheroes, she let him dress up in his costume and do poses, roaring like lions to learn some breath work, and helped him really take in the core elements through his lens of a child, with ease. She was so creative and incorporated nature into some of the elements as well. Our son loved working with Betsy and I personally found Betsy to be so delightful, so attuned, and ideal for any age to work with her on their yoga practice. We went to a wonderful group class with her later on and our son could enter, more confident with the foundational skills from his time with her. Besty has a natural gift for connecting with others, especially kids, and finding the wonder and joy in them and their time together. We highly recommend Betsy!” -Rachel Thomas
I’ve been doing yoga on my own for several years in various classes. Working with Betsy takes the experience to another level as she customizes her approach based on the poses or areas I want to focus on as well infusing Reiki into her practice for healing and stress relief. Her guidance and patience combined with her ability to articulate the process make each move easy to visualize— and accomplish! Betsy’s meditative approach and healing touch enhance my overall well-being. Her presence is a comfort and she is a joy to work with. I’m so grateful. -Landie Canfield
“Each week we look forward to our young daughter's yoga sessions with Betsy as her calmness and nurturing energy radiate throughout our chaotic household bringing grounding to us all the moment she walks in the door! Betsy is creative and playful while teaching age appropriate nervous system regulation skills, in addition to yoga poses. The tools she's learned from Betsy have empowered her to re-regulate during stressful times. We are so grateful to have a role model for our daughter who embodies warmth and genuine connection, promotes peacefulness and pours love into her work which resonates in our daughter and through our whole family. Betsy is such a gift! Anyone at any level will benefit from practicing yoga with her.”
-Ashely Johnson