Courses

Dr. Betsy teaches several online courses a year that take students on a more in-depth journey into their bodies and minds. Check out past courses that you can access now or upcoming live courses.

Current & Upcoming Workshops

Remind

Fall 2024

REMIND is Dr. Betsy’s signature 9-week course designed to “remind” you of your fullest potential as a human being and transform anxiety, depression, and stress using the tools of yoga.

There is over a decade worth of research showing the effectiveness of yoga for back pain, blood pressure, heart disease, smoking cessation, depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, and even ADD. It clearly bolsters our physical and mental health.

This course, based on current research, focuses on the 6 factors thought to underlie yoga’s curative effects: balancing the nervous system, regulation of the breath, inhabiting the body, remaining in the present, creating new narratives, and reversing anatomical patterns in the physical body.

Each week we will explore one of these factors through lecture, discussion, and full yoga practice. You will also receive weekly email support, as well as additional resources like videos, recordings, and handouts to practice these skills at home.

Data we collected from participants in the last 2 courses showed a statistically significant decrease in both anxiety and depression by the end of the course.  These findings align with other current research that suggests people see mental health improvements with yoga in as short as 8 weeks.

Who is this workshop for?  This workshop is for anyone who wants to bolster, enhance or up-level their mental well-being.  Everyone struggles with challenging emotional states, and this course provides straightforward tools to feel better. This course is also useful for mental health professionals who want to use yogic tools in their work.

Yoga For The Mind

Registration open class begins feb 19 2024

If you’re interested in Yoga and Psychology, you probably want effective, practical life skills for vibrant health and an awake life.

You know how intricately connected the mind and the body are and the great capacity we all have for healing and for expanded well being. 

You  want to help yourself and others to not just get by, but to actually thrive.  To feel good physically, with a clear mind and a sense of resiliency.  To have more moments of genuine happiness.

For 20 years, I’ve wanted all the above and I knew it had to do with healing and strengthening the connection between my mind and my body.

Despite a decade of graduate school getting a doctorate in counseling psychology, what finally brought the clarity and road map I had been searching for came through a deep dive into yoga. 

Combining my expertise in psychology and yoga, this course is exactly what I was searching for during my graduate school years – a clear and concise way to integrate the mind and body.  

It’s what so many therapists and students in training have come to me asking for.  It’s what my yoga teacher trainees want to learn more about.  And, it is why I routinely have a wait list of patients wanting to work with me because of this focus on both the mind and the body. 

I’ve seen firsthand that when we apply the time-tested tools of yoga (that now are also being empirically supported by current research), our physical and mental health is greatly enhanced. 

Tend Her 3.0

free course

This 4-week free course for Iowa residents (as covered by a grant) helps women return to their inner knowing via reconnection to their body, heart, intuition, and relationships.

Yoga for the Mind is an online 5-month program that will provide you a certification for integrating yoga into your mental health work, or integrating an understanding of mental health into how you teach yoga. Graduates of the certification program, working within their scope of practice, will be able to use the skills learned in this program as adjunctive treatment for mental health.  

The course will also provide evidence based practical tools to use with your clients, whether you are a therapist working 1-on-1 with clients or a teacher leading group classes.

This training also includes weekly calls and Q & A’s with Dr. Betsy for additional support and supervision as you begin to use this methodology in your work. 

Pre-Recorded Workshops

The Intuitive Yogi Series

10 Classes $99

I’ve been fascinated with developing and listening to my intuition for a long time. I’ve learned that everyone is intuitive, but not everyone has developed this skill to its fullest potential.

Intuition has the capacity to guide our lives, help decision-making, keep us safe, and show us what is in our highest interest. In this yoga series, I share a system for hearing our inner whispers through the path of yoga.  Each week we will explore a new aspect of how to listen to intuition.
  • Week 1: Intro to Intuition
  • Week 2: Creating Ritual
  • Week 3: The Intuitive Pelvis
  • Week 4: The Intuitive Heart
  • Week 5: The Intuitive Third Eye
  • Week 6: Connecting 3 Intuitive Centers
  • Week 7: The Breath is A Wonder Drug
  • Week 8: Open to the Signs
  • Week 9: Unblock & Listen to Inner Truth
  • Week 10: Listen & Act

Finding Yourself Series

8 Classes $77

I have always been a lifelong seeker. I believe that every human has a deeper longing to know and actualize their true self.

In this 8-week series, we are using to use the yoga tradition as a template for self-study (Svadhaya). Each week we will explore a new aspect of self to discover or re-discover in a new way.

  • Week 1: Finding Your Practice
  • Week 2: Finding Your Roots
  • Week 3: Finding Your Creative Spark
  • Week 4: Finding Your Core
  • Week 5: Finding Your Center
  • Week 6: Finding Your Shadow
  • Week 7: Finding Your Light
  • Week 8: Finding Your True North

Align & Integrate Series

10 Classes $99

The 8 limbs of Yoga are like a guidebook or a really good map that shows a pathway toward more FREEDOM. The yogis created a plan by which human evolution, both individually and collectively, could progress.

This series explores the first 2 limbs of yoga, the Yamas and the Niyamas. The Yamas are those qualities that help us align with our soul nature. The Niyamas are how we integrate who we are into the world.

These first two limbs essentially teach us how do the inner work and then how to take it into the world. Each class will introduce a yama or niyama, and then provide asana, breath work, mudra, mantra, and self-reflection.

  • Week 1: Ahimsa—Peacefulness: Happiness Begins Within
  • Week 2: Satya—Truthfulness: Integrity Creates Personal Power
  • Week 3: Astheya—Generosity: Giving Initiates the Law of Prosperity
  • Week 4: Brahmacharya—Self Control: Moderation Increases Energy
  • Week 5: Aparigraha—Appreciation: Gratitude Brings Abundance
  • Week 6: Saucha—Purity: Choosing Less Offers More
  • Week 7: Santosha—Contentment: Accepting What is Equals Freedom
  • Week 8: Tapas—Right Action: Pairing Passion and Non-Attachment
  • Week 9: Swadhaya—Self Reflection: Discovering Your True Nature
  • Week 10: Iswara Pranidhana—Devotion: Surrendering to Love

Only Connect Series

9 Classes $88

In this series, learn how yoga can help us reconnect to ourselves, others, and the world at large. The inspiration for this series is coming on the heels of a literal year of disconnection as we all socially distanced in a year of pandemic.

This series explores the first 2 limbs of yoga, the Yamas and the Niyamas. The Yamas are those qualities that help us align with our soul nature. The Niyamas are how we integrate who we are into the world.

These first two limbs essentially teach us how do the inner work and then how to take it into the world. Each class will introduce a yama or niyama, and then provide asana, breath work, mudra, mantra, and self-reflection.

  • Week 1: Ahimsa—Peacefulness: Happiness Begins Within
  • Week 2: Satya—Truthfulness: Integrity Creates Personal Power
  • Week 3: Astheya—Generosity: Giving Initiates the Law of Prosperity
  • Week 4: Brahmacharya—Self Control: Moderation Increases Energy
  • Week 5: Aparigraha—Appreciation: Gratitude Brings Abundance
  • Week 6: Saucha—Purity: Choosing Less Offers More
  • Week 7: Santosha—Contentment: Accepting What is Equals Freedom
  • Week 8: Tapas—Right Action: Pairing Passion and Non-Attachment
  • Week 9: Swadhaya—Self Reflection: Discovering Your True Nature
  • Week 10: Iswara Pranidhana—Devotion: Surrendering to Love

Root Chakra Series

7 Classes $66

Our root chakra is the base and foundation of how we function in the world. It is oriented toward survival and security. If we have a history of trauma, experience anxiety, or are going through a major life transition, our root chakra is likely challenged to stay in balance. 

This series works to develop a new awareness of this chakra, and every practice integrates a new asana sequence, mudra, breath technique, and theme to help you strengthen and balance your root.

  • Class 1: Grounding
  • Class 2: Befriending the Body
  • Class 3: Safety & Survival
  • Class 4: Apana Vayu – The Downward Force of Energy
  • Class 5: Strengthening The Immune System
  • Class 6: The Power of Gravity
  • Class 7: Abundance Consciousness

Release & Lighten Up

7 Classes $66

In this 7-week series, we explore how to lighten up.  We are all literally made of light.  However, life and all its inherent challenges tend to weigh us down and darken our spirit.  To return to our natural state of brightness, it is necessary to shed some of our layers, and this is what this course will help you do. 

  • Class 1: Intro to Series and Finding Freedom
  • Class 2: Overcoming Fear with Tapas
  • Class 3: Meeting Life with More Presence
  • Class 4: Comparison (and judgment) is the Thief of Happiness
  • Class 5: Release Shame & Unworthiness
  • Class 6: The Positivity Ratio 3:1 – Moving Toward More Flourishing
  • Class 7: Landing in A Lightness of Being