Our Instructors

Betsy Barry

Betsy is a Registered Yoga Teacher who completed her certification in Vinyasa Flow at Frog Lotus Yoga in North Adams, MA. She is passionate about sharing her joy of Yoga with others. She is a wife, mother of 3, avid reader, earnest yoga student and enthusiastic cook. “Yoga provides a lifelong opportunity to engage in two things I love: learning and teaching. I see Yoga as a means to help us remember what we already know about ourselves: that we are essentially joyful and peaceful beings.”


Tony Berg

Tony began his study of martial arts at the age of 10, when he had his first lesson in tai ji quan.Over the next 15 years he studied several “external” or “hard” style martial arts and yoga.In 1984 he returned to the internal art of tai ji quan at Umass Amherst where he was studying for a Bachelor of Arts. It was here that he learned the first section of the Yang style long form. He graduated from Umass with a degree in Italian, though he also studied various other languages including Mandarin Chinese.  In 1988 Tony traveled to China where he taught English, first in Taiwan, then in Beijing at the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. It was while there that he developed an interest in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Upon returning to the United States, he worked for several years in the mental health field, after which he took a sabbatical in which he continued his language studies and focused on refining his body movement skills: running, swimming, biking, hiking, in-line skating, dance, martial arts and yoga.　In May of 1998 Tony graduated from Bancroft School of Massage Therapy in Worcester. His training included Swedish massage, sports massage and shiatsu, which is based on the theories of TCM. He has been working as a licensed massage therapist since then.

Kathy Clark

Kathy hails from New York and has been in the corporate training industry for over 20 years. She is very familiar with the daily pressures resulting from job stress and has been able to combine her professional business experience with her personal interest in health and well-being. Kathy has been practicing yoga for over 10 years, and has discovered the powerful benefits of adding 30 minutes of yoga to her daily workout schedule. She is a graduate of the Yoga Teacher Training Institute in Northport, NY, and is a Registered Yoga Teacher at the 200 hour level (2002) and a member of the National Yoga Alliance, California Yoga Teachers Association and LIYA. Kathy teaches an eclectic style of Hatha yoga, incorporating Kundalini, Jivamukti and Iyengar traditions into her practice. She offers her students the enormous benefits of a variety of yogic traditions. Kathy also incorporates deep breathing and relaxation techniques to maintain the balance of body, mind and spirit. Kathy has taught at a number of yoga studios on Long Island, NY and is currently sharing her passion for yoga with the community in the Boston area. Kathy believes that yoga is for everyone, for every-‘body’, regardless of age, lifestyle, or ability. Everyone can reap the benefits of a regular yoga practice, and the joys of living in the present moment.

Marcia Coakley

Dancing since she was young, Marcia Coakley loves guiding people to experience the Joy of Movement. From her first Nia class she was hooked. THIS was what she was looking for…to move, and be healthy for the rest of her life. EveryBody can! Come get moving – for a gentle and safe challenge, or a dynamic, athletic workout.  Increase strength and function … feel connected and able.  What’s YOUR body’s way?With a Ceramics degree, she has been a studio potter for more than 25 years, and an educator in many disciplines.  She is a certified Nia Blue Belt instructor, certified Brain Gym/Educational Kinesiology training, long time yoga practitioner, a mom homeschooling two teens, pursuing a powerful nutrition/wellness mission, and thrilled to bring Nia to you.

Janice Foley

As the owner of a communications consultancy and Mom of two active “tween” daughters, Janice lives a full and busy life. But, after years of feeling like she was living on adrenaline, she found that yoga provided the mind, body and soul connection she craves. Janice teaches hatha and vinyasa flow classes with energy, enthusiasm and spirit so that you leave her class with a more toned and limber body, focused mind, peaceful heart – and, most importantly, a smile on your face. As a Marathon runner, she has a special expertise to help any student benefit from a more flexible spine, stronger muscles and better alignment to reduce injury and enhance positive health. Janice has taught students from 10-years-old to almost 80! She offers diverse modifications that allow for a true all-levels class. Janice is a Registered Yoga Teacher (200) who shares her love of yoga and its benefits for all in both Franklin and Mattapoisett.

Kate Greer

Kate tries to offer from the heart in everything she does. Until recently she was a full time yoga teacher in New York City and traveled to teach workshops and retreats around the country. Her greatest life adventures now include a new partner and a move to the Boston area to start a family. Kate received her Vinyasa certification from Sonic Yoga in NYC, where she also studied with Sri Dharma Mittra. In addition, she is an Anusara inspired teacher and recently took her first teacher training course in Kundalini Yoga. She has studied Anusara with John Friend, Darren Rhodes, Noah Maze, Elena Brower and Amy Ippoliti. Her first Kundalini class was with Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa, who touched her heart and life. Last summer Kate attended a one-month intensive teacher training at ‘Yogi Bajan’s Ranch’ with the beautiful Sikh community in Espanola, NM. “To all my teachers — the ones in name, as well as those who teach me in life, love and laughter — Satnam and Namaste.”

Kaye Khalsa

Co-Director, Founder of Franklin Yoga and Wellness Center, Rainforest Preserve in Costa Rica, and EP &HR Fund, a 501C3 non-profit agency for earth preservation and human relief. After leaving the banking industry, and having two beautiful boys, Kaye began training and teaching in the wellness industry. To date, she completed nearly 1,300 hours of training in yoga, meditation and healing modalities and has taught over 2,000 hours of yoga and meditation classes. Currently, her primary focus is writing, and managing the yoga center. Kaye is registered with Yoga Alliance as a RYT500 teacher. Her yoga certification was in Kundalini Yoga & Meditation and she has participated in a number of Anusara and Hatha Yoga trainings and workshops. She received her Cranio-Sacral Training through Upledger Institute. She participated in Advanced Practitioner training in the Healing from the Core curriculum, a number of Brain Gym training modules and Sat Nam Rasayan (a meditative healing practice) training. Kaye is also a Reiki Master/Teacher and received a Oneness and Healing Deeksha from Baghavan (Oneness Foundation) in India. She works with adults and children and teaches Yoga classes in public and private elementary, middle and high schools, corporations, and other studios in the metro west area of Boston as well as the founder of the Children’s Yoga and Art Camp here in Franklin. Kaye has taught and lead workshops in yoga and meditation locally and in Costa Rica and Hawaii. Kaye is also co-founder of a beautiful 150 acre rainforest preserve project on the pacific coast in Costa Rica. Recently, Kaye has branched out into writing. In addition to writing a weekly newsletter for Franklin Yoga, she has a story published in one of the newest Chicken Soup for the Soul books, Power Moms, released in March 2009. She is passionately working on her first novel Joan of Arc, Beyond the Veil. To read the first chapter click here.

Guruatma Khalsa, M.ed.

Guruatma (Registered with Yoga Alliance as ERYT500) is an international teacher who has been teaching Yoga for 30 years. He began his teaching career in the 70’s instructing Hatha Yoga and began to focus on teaching primarily Kundalini in the early 80’s. He has been a stress management consultant at Tufts University Graduate School where he has been teaching yoga and meditation classes for the past 14 years. Guruatma has lead workshops in Costa Rica, Hawaii and throughout the United States. He is a Reiki Master/Teacher, a Wellness Coach and Co-Director of Franklin Yoga and Wellness Center.

Sharon LeBouf Dubois


Pamela McIntyre

Former Chair of the Theatre Department at Wheaton College (Massachusetts), Pamela McIntyre is the creator of Divine Moves, a joyful movement practice merging creativity and spirituality.  She has a Ph.D. in Theatre (Acting/Directing) and a minor concentration in Communications.  Pamela has training in the Nia technique, JourneyDance, Kundalini and Svaroopa Yoga, Reiki, Alexander, Modern Dance, Voice, Acting, and “The Artist’s Way” (Julia Cameron).  She has acted in many theatre productions and films, recorded a music CD entitled Wunjo: the Call of Light and written a self-discovery workbook, What Matters to You?: Finding Meaning in Your Academic and Professional Life. She teaches movement classes and workshops at yoga studios, educational centers, conferences, and spiritual retreats. As Faculty Fellow at the Filene Center for Work and Learning, she was an holistic life and career advisor for students and alumni and created web and workshop content on self-discovery, oral presentations, and interviewing. As an artist, teacher, and spiritual guide, she celebrates the human spirit and the divine connection between creativity, spirituality, movement, and wellness. Contact her at 508-272-9577 or pamela@divinemoves.com.

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