200-Hour Inclusive Yoga Teacher Training
Gentle, Inclusive Yoga and Sacred Movement for Every Body
with Bertena:
"I did not begin yoga as a young, flexible, confident person. I found yoga in my forties while living with multiple health challenges. I was insecure, deeply self-conscious, and unsure whether my body belonged in a yoga studio. I could not do many of the poses I saw others doing, and I often carried a quiet sense of shame about everything my body could not do. Still, something within me kept returning to the practice."
January–November 2027 In person and Hybrid Options
You do not have to fit into a certain mold or able to perform advanced poses to become a meaningful yoga teacher. At Rose Temple Yoga School, we believe yoga belongs to every body.
This 200-hour yoga teacher training was created for women who want a more compassionate, inclusive, and spiritually grounded approach to yoga.
It is especially welcoming to women over 40, beginners, plus-size students, people with limited mobility, and those living with chronic illness or physical limitations. Whether you feel called to teach yoga or simply want to deepen your own spiritual practice, there is a place for you here.
The Yoga Teacher Path
This pathway is for students who want to complete the requirements to teach yoga professionally. You will learn how to plan and lead safe, welcoming, accessible yoga classes while developing your own authentic teaching voice.
The Personal and Spiritual Path
This pathway is for students who want the knowledge, experience, and personal transformation of yoga teacher training without the intention of teaching professionally.
This Training May Be for You If…
~You have wanted to become a yoga teacher but wondered whether you were flexible, healthy, young, or experienced enough.
~You want to learn how to make yoga more accessible to different bodies and abilities.
~You are drawn to gentle, chair, restorative, Yin, somatic, or spiritually centered yoga.
~You want to deepen your personal practice, even if you do not plan to teach.
~You want to understand yoga as a complete way of living—not simply a series of poses.
~You feel called to help others reconnect with their bodies in a compassionate and empowering way.
I am Bertena , and I believe your spiritual path should help you hear yourself more clearly—not make you feel as though you are failing another set of rules.
My work brings together education, spiritual coaching, Divine Feminine wisdom, intuitive development, Reiki and energy work, tarot and oracle reading, meditation, somatic awareness, and accessible yoga. I especially enjoy supporting women who are entering a new season of life, reconnecting with their intuition, exploring their spiritual gifts, or searching for practices that honor their bodies and real lives.
My Teaching Experience
Before dedicating myself fully to spiritual education, I spent more than 30 years in higher education. I served as an Associate Professor and Senior Academic Advisor at Western Kentucky University, teaching history, sociology, criminology, and related social sciences.
Education and Academic Credentials
- B.A. in Social Studies Education
- B.A. in Divinity
- M.Ed. in Social Studies
- M.A. in Sociology and Criminology
- M.Div. Master of Divinity
- Ph.D. in Parapsychology and Paranormal Sciences
I am the founder of Rose Temple Yoga School. My yoga / meditation education includes:
- 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training in Thirumoolar’s Ashtanga Therapeutic Yoga tradition
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300-hour Wellness Yoga and Yoga Therapy training
- Advanced Kundalini Yoga training with Guru Singh
- 100-hour Meditation Teacher Training
- Somatic Yoga certification through Brett Larkin
- Restorative, Yin, Aqua, Chair, Thai, Gentle, and accessible yoga training
- Yoga Nidra, breathwork, Ayurveda, and adaptive movement education
My Yoga Lineage
My foundational yoga lineage is Thirumoolar’s Ashtanga Therapeutic Yoga within the Siddhar tradition, passed through Dr. Asana Andiappan and taught to me by Mary Irby of White Crow Yoga. This therapeutic lineage emphasizes the whole person, the eight limbs of yoga, accessibility, spiritual development.
I am a Reiki Master Teacher in the Usui System of Natural Healing and teach Reiki Levels 1, 2, and 3, including Advanced and Master Teacher training and have received certifications through other spiritual based programs.
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Accreditation
Rose Temple Yoga School’s training is accredited through the American Yoga Council AND Yoga Alliance.
