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Betsy Poos Yoga

Betsy Poos Yoga offers active yoga classes for the whole self. Roll out your mat and tune in for a practice today.

Class styles include Yoga Flow, Hatha Yoga, Power Yoga, Yoga Sculpt and Yoga Stretch. Betsy also offers speciality courses such as Yoga Trapeze, Yoga for Teens, Love Your Core, 7 Day Sculpt Series, Prenatal Yoga, and Postnatal Yoga.

You’ll find On Demand class lengths ranging from 10-60 minutes. All levels and persons are welcomed here.

Betsy Poos

Betsy Poos is a lifelong student of movement and mindfulness. A yoga teacher since 2005, her delight, compassion, and appreciation for yoga is infectious. Betsy is known for her warm energy and informed alignment cues. Her true magic comes in making each practice equally accessible and challenging.

Betsy holds certifications in hatha yoga, Yogahour, pre/postnatal yoga, teens yoga, personal fitness training, and sports nutrition. Always eager to expand and create, she is an avid dreamer, doer, reader, and writer.

Betsy lives in Washington, D.C. with her incredibly patient husband and two strong willed daughters.

Betsy’s Story

Growing up in Texas my mom always called me the little girl with a curl.  The nursery rhyme goes “For when she was good she was very good, but when she was bad she was horrid.”  In other words, I grew up a hot head.

As a child and into my early adult years my creative outlets of dance and writing brought forth the best in me, but my strong competitive nature and focused career ambitions kept me playing the line as that little girl with a curl.

I moved to Washington, D.C. in 1999 ready to change the world one issue at a time as a Congressional Aide.  Turns out congress does not pay much so I started teaching a dance fitness class at the local gym.  I received a complimentary membership and had an outlet to sweat and de-stress after work. One day the gym offered to pay my way for yoga training.  Day one of training was my first yoga class.  I was resistant to even remove my shoes, but by the end of the training I was eager to keep learning…and share whatever I could with others. 

Yoga joins my need to move and strengthen my body while tapping into a calmer state of being.  That little girl with a curl spunk is still in me (and very present in my daughters), but thankfully now I’ve got a big yoga toolkit. 

I completed my first 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training course in 2005. Since then I have maintained my personal practice, attended many more trainings, taught thousands of classes and co-led multiple trainings and retreats.  I grew a thriving community as Co-owner of Capitol Hill Yoga (2009-2015) and Realignment Studio (2017-2020). The Betsy Poos Yoga online platform celebrates the many ways, places, and forms to practice yoga on and off the mat.

I joined Fusion Academy DC in 2022 as the Yoga & Wellness Teacher, spending each day sharing the yogic principles and practices with middle and high school students. Currently the Director of Student Services, I weave my background in Social Emotional Learning and Mindfulness to tailor academic plans for each student. While I am rolling out the mat less in the formal classroom these days, there is a through line of service and care in my role that I love.

My services are provided from the mindset of self leadership and self care. I’ve long cultivated patience alongside persistence as well as strength alongside humility. I see possibility in the impossible. I teach to share.

Training Highlights

  • 2024-25 - Master’s of Education Candidate - Breathe For Change

  • 2023 - CPR / AED (Re)Certification

  • 2023 - The Science of Well-Being for Teens - Yale University

  • 2022 - Teaching Teens’ Yoga Training - Yoga Ed

  • 2021 - Certified Personal Trainer - National Council on Strength & Fitness

  • 2021 - Sport Nutrition Specialist - National Council on Strength & Fitness

  • 2020 - Yoga Sustainability & Equity - Rachelle Knowles/Cultivate Union

  • 2020 - Essential Yoga Anatomy - Jason Crandell & Paul B. Roache, M.D.

  • 2018 - Yin Yoga Intensive - Yael Flusberg

  • 2015 – Yoga Birth Prenatal Teacher Training RPYT 85 - Heather Brown

  • 2015 – The Science of the Private Lesson - Francesca Cervero

  • 2014 – Yogahour Teacher Intensive - Darren Rhodes & Brigette Finley

  • 2013 – Yogahour Training - Darren Rhodes, Brigette & Alexis Finley

  • 2012 – Advanced Teacher Development - Noah Mazé and Christina Sell

  • 2010 – Anusara Yoga Certification Track RYS 500

  • 2010 – Yoga for Two Prenatal Teacher Training - Mary Barnes

  • 2009 – Willow Street Yoga RYS 200 Teacher Training - Suzie Hurley

  • 2008 – Anusara Yoga Immersion - Kate Miller

  • 2005 – Living Yoga Program RYS 200 Teacher Training

  • 1999 – The University of Texas at Austin, Bachelor of Arts in Government