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....Betsy began work in sacred dance in the 1980's. She helped form the Sacred Dance Group in Savannah. Upon moving to Sewanee, Tennessee, she joined the Liturgical Dance Group. Once returning to Savannah, she then joined the Islands Dance Theatre, a ballet troupe.
....Teaching dance has been a career for Betsy, one that started back in the '60's covering: ballet; pre-ballet; creative movement; modern dance and folk dancing. She held educational courses on creative movement as well as teaching dance to preschoolers. She has also held dance workshops& retreats. Over the past 10 years she has facilitated retreats in: sacred dance; liturgical dance; movement as prayer, and art and spirit.
....Dance has long been Betsy's passion, her first love, which turned into a career spanning over 5 decades. She began formal dance training at 7 years old and continued through pre-adolescence & young adulthood as a ballet student.
....In the '50's she began to perform with two ballet companies in Atlanta. She also performed with the Modern Dance Group at Agnes Scott College. Dorothy Alexander, founder of the Atlanta Ballet, teacher & choreographer and sacred dancer, was her primary mentor over the years.
....At one point Betsy gained an American Indian styled name of "Dancing Flower of Light," so named by one of her colleagues in a workshop.
....Betsy took up yet another career, one of social work. At the University of Georgia she earned her Masters Degree in Social Work. She has 25 years of experience in protective & clinical social work with abused and bereaved children and adults. Also, for 9 years she has done volunteer work at Hospice's annual bereaved children's camp.
....Yoga has become Betsy's latest passion along with dance. She began an in-depth study of yoga at Satchidananda Ashram near Buckingham, Virginia. It was there in 2001 that she attended classes, and in 2002 she returned for further training. In 2003 she worked on staff assisting in training yoga instructors on how to teach children's yoga.
....Betsy is dually certified as an instructor in both adult and children's yoga. She has been teaching since 2001. Also, she has facilitated yoga workshops and retreats teaching basic health benefits of yoga, benefits that are both physical and spiritual in nature.
....She gained yet another name at Satchidananda Ashram, an Eastern Indian name this time -"Brahmi." So her full appellation now is: Betsy Dancing Flower of Light Brahmi Boyd Strong.
.... Will, her husband, has long had a passion for words. In the 60's & 70's he worked on several underground newspapers around the country, among them Atlanta's The Great Speckled Bird. In Savannah he started Albion's Voice which originated as a literary publication at Armstrong State College.
....Will then began traveling the U.S. Contributing to various other underground publications. His travels took him to Washington, D.C., and westward to Berkeley, Venice Beach, Santa Monica and Seattle. At one point he joined V.I.S.T.A., the domestic peace corps, serving in Houston and Albuquerque.
....Eventually, he returned to Savannah and again attended Armstrong State College. He became a member of Masquers, the drama group, and reported for The Inkwell, the student newspaper. He also served as President of the Literary Club and Chess Club. In 1980 he completed degree work in English with a minor in History.
....Will was also a long-time member of Toastmasters International. He advanced to the Silver ATM level in Toastmasters. He served several times as judge for speech contests sponsored by various civic clubs.
....His interest in writing has turned to poetry, especially concrete poetry in which the words take the shape of the poem's idea. He is currently in the process of collecting poems for a chapbook publication. He is also putting together other poems and writings for a larger edition of his writings.
....Will began studying yoga in 2002 at a YMCA class where he and Betsy connected as students. He then came under Betsy's tutelage. They soon married. They have been enjoying a student-teacher/student-student relationship in yoga. They honeymooned for a week at Pura Vida, a yoga retreat in Costa Rica. They also attended a 2 week long yoga retreat at Satchidananda Ashram.
....Will has become one of Betsy's model students. He looks forward to becoming certified as a yoga instructor, then able to assist her in teaching couples yoga.

A Moving Experience
PO Box 1019
Tybee Island, GA 31328
(800) 239-2873